House painters in West Auckland

House painting in West Auckland

We paint West Auckland homes inside and out: walls, ceilings, doors and trim; weatherboard, brick and plaster-clad exteriors; roofs, fences and decks. Before any exterior paint goes on, the same crew washes and water blasts the house, then scrapes, sands, fills and primes.

Inside, that crew also repairs cracked plaster and stops patched GIB before painting, so there is no second trade to book and no one else to blame if the finish is not right. We plaster interiors only, and we do not do exterior plaster or recladding.

• Exterior repaints, single-storey and two-storey
• Interior repaints, from one room to the whole house
• Roof painting
• Fences, decks, garages and outbuildings
• House wash and water blast before painting

What is different about painting in West Auckland

Many West Auckland homes are older timber weatherboard houses. They often carry several layers of old paint, and the preparation takes longer than the painting: scraping back loose paint, sanding, filling gaps and priming bare timber. On a house built before 1980, the old paint should be tested for lead before it is sanded.

Sites near the Waitākere Ranges are often bush-clad, shaded and damp. The ranges get more rain than the rest of Auckland, and walls that see little sun grow mould, moss and lichen. Those surfaces need washing and treating before they are painted, and paint dries more slowly between coats, so exterior work there needs a run of dry days.

Homes on the Te Atatū peninsula and other harbour edges get salt air, which is hard on paint and metal. Regular washing helps an exterior last, and steel roofs and fixings need any rust treated before painting.

Newer homes around Westgate and Massey usually need less preparation. Where the cladding is fibre cement, the board edges need sealing so they do not soak up the paint.

Planning an exterior repaint

Exterior paint needs dry weather and temperatures above 10°C while it goes on and dries, so most exterior work in the west happens from late spring to early autumn. If you want a summer start, get your quote in early. Interior painting can be done any time of year.

Quotes and what to expect

Hadi Haidary, who owns IDW, quotes and oversees every job. The free quote includes a wall health check, valued at $397: we look at the house, tell you what actually needs doing, and put the price in writing. The price we quote is the price you pay, and the work is covered by one 5-year workmanship guarantee. IDW is rated 5.0 on Google by customers across Auckland.

Karen Frost, Google review: “Hadi and his workers were great, responsive and did what they said they would do. The repaired ceilings look like new and the walls in the bathroom kitchen and living room are finished to a high standard. I will book you again for more work.”

Call 027 521 7411 or 0800 33 1371. We are open Monday to Saturday 8am to 6.30pm and Sunday 8am to 2pm.

Suburbs we cover

• Henderson
• Massey
• Waitākere
• Te Atatū
• Glen Eden
• New Lynn
• Avondale
• Westgate