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Painters Como spend most of their days on the older brick and weatherboard river cottages that step down the slopes toward the Georges River, beside the Como bridge and the railway line that carries the Illawarra trains across the water. This Sutherland Shire pocket runs from the shops near Como station down to Scylla Bay and the Como Pleasure Grounds, and two things drive a repaint here: how close a wall sits to the tidal river, and how steep and bush-clad the block is behind it.

Position on the slope sets the method more than square metres do. A weatherboard cottage looking straight out over the river weathers nothing like a brick house set back on a shaded, bush-backed rise, so painters Como walk the fall of the block first — the river-facing timber, the damp low courses near the water, the render on the uphill walls — before any figure is set. On the pre-1970 cottages, older paint is tested for lead before a scraper is lifted.

Weatherboard river cottages along the Georges River

The weatherboard cottages closest to the water carry the character of old Como, and their timber takes the brunt of a tidal river that pushes a mild salt haze up from Botany Bay. Painters Como wash that film off before priming, take the boards, sills and bargeboards back to firm timber, and seal the bare spots so the coat holds on the river-facing side. Jetty steps, boat-shed doors and the timber decks that hang over the bank get the same durable exterior system rather than a thin refresh.

Steep bushland blocks and shaded uphill walls

Behind the waterfront, Como climbs into steep bushland blocks where access, not paint, is the hard part. Painters Como foot scaffolding and ladders on the fall of the land, sheet the bushland gardens below, and work the tall gable ends that these sloping sites throw up. The uphill and southern walls sit shaded under the canopy and hold damp, so they are washed with a proper anti-mould treatment and dried before coating rather than blasted, and older brick is checked for cracked mortar before priming.

Get the sequence right on a Como waterfront and the finish holds through the tides and the southerlies; rush it and the river face is lifting by the next wet season. So painters Como set the scope around the fall of the block — the salted river timber washed and sealed, the shaded uphill render treated and dried, the sound faces simply prepared and coated — rather than pricing the cottage as one flat job.

Because the waterfront cottages and the steep bush blocks are lived in and hard to reach, painters Como book the exposed river elevations for a dry, still stretch so the coat cures before the next change, rig safe access on the slope, and protect the decks, jetties and bushland gardens below with drop sheets. Interiors are painted one room at a time, so a family stays in the house while the outside is brought back.

Every job starts with a walk-through and an itemised quote — free, with a reply inside 24 hours. The work is done by licensed, insured painters (NSW Lic 357576C) and covered by our 10-year guarantee.

Interior repaints in Como typically start from $800 per room, with exterior work quoted after a walk-through — pricing depends on prep condition more than size, and every quote is itemised so you can see exactly where the money goes.

Painters Como: common questions

What does a repaint cost in Como? Inside, repaints begin at $800 per room, while a waterfront or steep-block exterior is quoted only after a walk-through, because on the river the salt-washing, the access rigging and the timber prep move the total far more than floor area. After the walk-through the quote is itemised, so the preparation, the access gear and each coat show on their own line.

Why does the river-facing paint fail first? The Georges River is tidal and carries a light salt haze that works under a coating from beneath, so those walls are washed back and finished in a salt-tolerant exterior system before the timber is sealed. Painters Como also watch the low courses near the water, where rising damp lifts a coat early, and prepare them to suit.

Can you paint a steep bushland block, and is the old paint safe? Yes. Access is rigged and footed on the fall of the land so the tall gable ends and uphill walls are reached safely, and the shaded, canopy-damp walls that grow mould are washed, rinsed and dried before coating. On the pre-1970 cottages painters Como test the paint for lead and prepare it damp, never dry-sanding it above the bushland below.

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