Straight lines on crooked old houses.
Interior and exterior repaints for Victoria's craftsman and heritage homes, from Rockland to James Bay. Every edge is cut by brush and nothing on the trim is taped.
Before and after
Same room, same angle, new coat
What we paint
Old houses, inside and out
Benjamin Moore Regal Select inside and Aura outside, unless you ask for something else.
Interior repaints
Walls, ceilings and trim in homes people are living in, one floor at a time so you always keep a kitchen and a bed.
Exterior repaints
Cedar shingle, clapboard and stucco. Washed, scraped, spot-primed and brushed, with a sprayer only where it belongs.
Heritage windows and trim
Old sashes scraped, reglazed where the putty has failed, and painted so they still open in August.
Colour consult on its own
Sample boards and a written colour schedule, even if you plan to paint it yourself. Taken off the job if we do the painting.
$175
How a job runs
From sample board to final walk
Colour consult
We paint sample boards on your own walls and leave them up for two days, so you see each colour in morning light and under lamps.
Written quote
Within three working days, with the paint, the sheen and the number of coats set down for every room.
Prep
Furniture moved and covered, cracks cut out and filled, trim sanded and primed. Houses built before 1960 get a lead test first.
Two coats, one crew
A sheen chosen for how each room is used, and the same two painters from the first day to the last.
Final walk
We walk every room with you and a roll of blue tape. Anything you mark is fixed before we pack up.
They painted the whole main floor while we lived in it. Every night the kitchen was back in order, the dog never got a green tail, and the trim lines are straighter than the house.
Harriet
Rockland, main floor and stairwell
Prices
Priced by the room, in writing
Typical prices with paint included. Your number is fixed after the consult and does not move.
Bedroom
$680from
Walls, ceiling, trim and door.
- Furniture moved and covered
- Nail holes and dents filled
- Done in a day
Living or dining room
$1,150from
Picture rail, wainscot and built-ins included.
- Cracks cut out and filled
- Sanded between coats
- Done in two to three days
Hall and stairwell
$1,400from
Plank staging on the stairs, no ladders leaning on your walls.
- Up to the top landing
- Banister and spindles by brush
- Done in two days
Kitchen cabinets
$3,900from
Doors sprayed in our shop, boxes brushed on site.
- Degreased, sanded and primed
- Hinges adjusted on the way back
- Kitchen usable every evening
GST extra. Exteriors are quoted on site after a walk around the house.
In writing
Covered before the first can opens
WorkSafeBC registered
Clearance letter attached to every quote.
$3 million liability insurance
Certificate emailed before we start.
Two-year warranty
Peeling or flaking from our work is fixed free.
Lead-safe work
Contained, HEPA-vacuumed and cleaned up by the book.
Exteriors for next summer book by March.
We paint outside from May to September, when the cedar is dry enough to take it. A rainy day moves the crew indoors, so a job may pause but is never rushed.
Colour consults
Tell us about the house
Which rooms, roughly when, and the year the house was built if you know it. We reply within one working day.
Call
(250) 555-0182Serving
- Oak Bay
- Fairfield
- Rockland
- James Bay
- Fernwood
- Saanich
Hours
- Monday–Friday
- 7:30am–4pm
Colour consults on weekday evenings too, when the lamps are on.