Exterior Body Corporate Painting

Rendering surfaces refers to the application of cement to external, internal brick or concrete walls to help achieve a smooth or deliberately textured surface. Buildings that are rendered usually require repainting after approximately 10 years. Over time, the paint on rendered surfaces can fade and begin to look old, often losing its shine. This is partly due to what is known as oxidation, which is the paint’s natural reaction to being exposed to the sun.

Bagging is similar to rendering. A mixture is applied over the brick’s surface. However, bagging can highlight imperfections and doesn’t have a smooth finish like rendering. Instead, it’s often a textured appearance. It’s also more porous than render, meaning it is more inclined to hold dirt quicker than a rendered surface, which can result in the paint coating breaking down faster. If a building has used a bagging technique and you can still see the brickwork (unlike a smooth finish render), it can also show cracking after a few years of painting. Any water runoff on these types of surfaces can also leave unsightly water stains, making the property appear dirty.

Managing a body corporate or strata building can mean ongoing costs to make sure you’re maintaining your investment. To ensure your investment doesn’t degrade over time, it’s important to repaint external surfaces every 10 to 12 years.

Due to the size and scale of body corporate properties, such as apartment buildings and townhouse unit complexes, some properties can present challenges when it comes to body corporate painting. For example, there may be site access issues due to a building’s size or design. This is why it’s essential to use a painter who has experience with body corporate painting. Our team can work with onsite managers to minimise disruptions to your residents and deliver a high-quality finish.

At Surepaint, we can provide external strata painting services for a range of areas, including exterior walls, roofs, gutters, downpipes, fascias, soffits, eaves etc. We can also paint the outside of garage doors, including roller doors. We’re experienced working on an extensive range of different surfaces.

We are also passionate about protecting your property. We ensure that all of our sites are set up to minimise any damage to concrete surfaces, gardens or lawns. We focus on quality control and all of our Brisbane body corporate paint projects are overseen by a licensed supervisor.

Let’s take a look at some common surfaces of body corporate buildings and how we can help:

Render & Bagged Surfaces

Masonry & Stone Surfaces

Masonry is typical on external surfaces of strata buildings. Masonry refers to single units that are laid and bound together with mortar. Some of the most common materials used in masonry construction include brick, concrete blocks or stone. With masonry, the typical issues of a body corporate building usually include cracking. Cracking can start due to moisture ingress, which gets into the masonry and speeds up paint failure. Water ingress refers to water getting underneath or between the masonry and can often lead to damp patches or mould.

Based on the condition of the building and your needs, we may recommend a number of associated painting services that you can be packaged together for your convenience.

Timber & Fibre Cement Weatherboards

Weatherboard isn’t often used in strata buildings unless it’s an existing Queenslander on a plot that’s been subdividaed to build new apartments behind. Depending on the age of the older home, it may be suffering from paint damage, and we can assess the best approach to take.

If it’s an older home (pre-1978), it’s essential to understand that there is a high likelihood that the building has been painted with lead-based paint. Therefore, if it’s suffering paint damage, it will be necessary to remove the lead-based paint by using one of several recommended methods that we offer for the safety of tenants and neighbours.

Timber & Fibre Cement Weatherboards

If your body corporate building is relatively new, it’s likely to be fibre cement cladding. A common brand is James Hardie, which uses fibre cement to make its products look like other materials, including timber weatherboards. Many new body corporate buildings are using this to replicate a weatherboard look at a lower cost. When repainting fibre cement cladding it generally doesn’t require a lot of preparation as it is not an organic product. Fibre cement can be a good choice for body corporate exteriors as they add a protective layer onto the external surface which can help to provide weather resistance and protect the building from the harsh Queensland climate. It’s a relatively easy surface to repaint given the low preparation required. This type of surface is highly durable and also offers a strong resistance to damage from any moisture, meaning the ongoing maintenance is also relatively low.

Brick Buildings

If your body corporate building is brick, your property is only likely to require minimal painting to keep it looking modern and fresh, for example, gutters, fascias and eaves. However, depending on the size of your property, it’s important to note that even if the painting required is minimal, there may be significant costs associated with setting up the site. For example, if your apartment building is multiple stories, we may need to use an elevated boom lift to access hard to reach areas for painting which can be costly.

We Help You Choose The Perfect
Colour Scheme

By working with Surepaint, our team of skilled professionals can help you choose the perfect colour scheme for your body corporate property.

You can have total peace of mind with our unique colour selection process by taking advantage of our colour consultants and digital overlay experts.

Take a look at the below digital overlay we did for a client. This is not a finished product but rather a digital rendering of the committees colour choices.

Have Your Property Painted By Brisbane's Expert Exterior Body Corporate Painting Team

Experience

Our specialist body corporate painters in Brisbane understand how complex body corporate projects can be. We regularly work with body corporate managers, committees and onsite managers and know what our clients expect. We work closely with clients in all aspects, including planning, color selections, production and scheduling our body corporate painting works to minimize disruptions to tenants and residents. Our experience managing small and large-scale projects helps us deliver quality outcomes on time and budget.

Our Promise

We understand that body corporate committees and managers require a quick response when urgent jobs arise on strata properties. Therefore, we aim to prioritize our service for our body corporate clients and resolve any issues as soon as possible.

Convenience

We understand how important it is for our body corporate clients to minimise any disruption and inconvenience to residents. We work closely with managers and body corporate committees to plan our projects for minimal disruption. We spend a lot of time preparing for site set-up to maintain easy access to buildings for residents wherever possible.

Our Quality Guarantee

Our experienced team are all focused on delivering high-quality projects. When it comes to body corporates, we understand the importance of a professional finish to maintain the long-term investment of the property. We can help identify and resolve issues that may affect the property’s value. We recommend high-quality products and use best practice techniques.

Meeting Regulations

Our experience working with small and large-scale body corporate managers means that we understand the importance of meeting specific regulations of individual property charters and adhering to the rules about how particular properties need to be presented. We offer a 10-year warranty on external strata painting, and our insurance means you’re fully covered in the event of any issues.

Communication

We understand that there can be many people involved when working on body corporate projects. Given our experience, we aim to work closely with all parties and keep everyone updated with the project’s progress. We aim to manage the expectations of everyone involved, keeping residents, body corporate committees and managers updated on progress without compromising quality standards.

Experience

What types of properties can you paint?

Our painters can provide painting services to a range of body corporate properties. We can look after both the interior and exterior surfaces of the building. This might include smaller patch-up jobs or full-scale tailored painting services to the entire property. Our team has experience painting residential apartment blocks, retail stores, corporate offices, townhouses and unit complexes. We can also paint other commercial properties, including hospitals and schools, which often require regular repainting due to wear and tear. Our team will work closely with you to understand what you need and develop a tailored project plan for your building. We don’t service large multi-storey apartment blocks; our preferred buildings are three to four storeys to keep our team safe when painting body corporate buildings.

When is the best time of the year to paint for body corporate paint jobs?

There is no one time of year that works better than another when it comes to body corporate painting, and we find that it typically is up to what works best for each body corporate to work around tenants and residents. If we’re working with office buildings, it can be a good idea to consider painting during quieter periods, for example, over the Christmas break when the office closes down for a few weeks. The weather can play a significant role in painting any exterior surfaces, so choosing to paint during the winter months when there is less rainfall in Brisbane can also be a good option for larger buildings.

What happens if it rains?

Being based in Brisbane, rain can obviously be an issue when painting external surfaces. Rain can, unfortunately, cause delays, and there is often not a lot we can do aside from assessing the site to determine how much work we can undertake in the weather conditions. Any delays will be communicated with you immediately, and we’ll do our best to keep the project on track to meet your timelines. Given that most heavy rainfall occurs in Brisbane in late afternoon storms and acrylic paint takes a few hours to dry, we may be able to make progress in the morning.

Top-Rated Exterior Body Corporate Painting Contractor in Brisbane, Australia

Body Corporate Painting Brisbane is located at Suite 22/47 Park Road, Brisbane, QLD, 4064. From Brisbane Airport (BNE) head southeast on Nancy Bird Way and at the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Airport Dr. Now drive from Airport Link and M3 to Petrie Terrace and take the exit toward State Rte 32/Milton Rd/City/Toowong/Ipswich from M3. Then use any lane to turn right onto Milton Rd/State Route 32. Finally, turn left onto Park Rd and Body Corporate Painting Brisbane will be on the right.

We are open Monday – Friday: 08:00 – 16:00.

For additional questions, you can call us at 0480 026 081.

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