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Sea-facing exterior, Main Beach.

Southport. Full coastal-grade exterior system on a salt-exposed home one street back from the water.

Project
Project 01
Completed
March 2026
Build time
9 working days
Footprint
Two storey, 4 bedroom
Before
After
Sea-facing exterior, Main Beach, Southport. Full coastal-grade exterior system on a salt-exposed home one street back from the water.

The job

What we walked into, and what we did.

The problem

A two-storey home one street back from the water, repainted three years earlier, already chalking and peeling on every sea-facing wall.

Our approach

We tested each elevation for salt and exposure, prepped back to sound substrate, and specified a higher-grade salt and UV rated system for the sea-facing walls than the sheltered ones.

The result

A clean, even finish across the whole home, with a ten-year written warranty and a system matched to what each wall actually faces.

Materials

  • Salt and UV rated exterior system
  • Sea-facing high-grade topcoat
  • Full substrate prep and priming

Named in writing

Materials and the honest number.

Exposure Sea-facing, high salt One street back from the water
Surfaces Render and timber
Coats Primer plus two topcoats
Warranty 10 years, written
What it cost
$13,500
A fixed price, agreed in writing before we started.
Prep and priming$4,200
Coastal-grade system, applied$7,600
Access and detailing$1,700
Price a project like this

9 days

How the job ran.

  1. Days 1 to 2

    Assess and prep

    Every elevation tested for salt and exposure, then washed, scraped, sanded and primed back to sound.

  2. Days 3 to 7

    Coastal-grade system on

    Named primer and two topcoats, with the higher-grade topcoat on the sea-facing walls, wet-film checked as we went.

  3. Days 8 to 9

    Detail and handover

    Cut-in, detailing and a full walk-around with the owner, then the written warranty handed over.

On site

A closer look.

“Two years on it still looks like the day they left, and the sea-facing walls are the ones I was most worried about.”
Rebecca T., Main Beach · Southport
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