Areas we paint in Auckland

We work across Auckland, starting on the North Shore. Each suburb below has its own housing story, drawn from Auckland Council and Heritage New Zealand records: which era the houses come from, what they are built of, and their setting. Those three things shape a repaint more than anything else.

North Shore

• Devonport

  Timber villas and cottages from 1870 to 1940, the special character overlay, and salt air on a peninsula.

• Northcote

  Villas on Northcote Point from 1880 to 1940, and the 1950s and 60s state houses of central Northcote, each with its own prep needs.

• Birkenhead

  Villas, bungalows and state houses from the 1890s to 1940s on Birkenhead Point, and two-storey homes on the coast.

• Bayswater and Belmont

  A 1910 subdivision, bungalows, post-war state and Navy houses in solid timber, and homes on a harbour peninsula.

• Takapuna

  Remnant villas and bungalows among infill, state houses beside beachfront homes, and salt exposure close to the beach and Lake Pupuke.

• Beach Haven

  Modest 1920s bungalows and the 1960s and 70s timber homes built on former orchards after the Harbour Bridge opened.

• Milford

  Early baches, 1960s and 70s group-built homes, and architect-designed houses on the roads down to the beach and marina.

• East Coast Bays

  1960s brick, block and weatherboard homes, Parade of Homes estates and houses on steep coastal ridges.

Central and West Auckland

• Ponsonby

  1860s to 1880s workers’ cottages and early villas on tight lots, timber weatherboard and fretwork, and lead-safe prep on old paint.

• Grey Lynn

  The 1880s Surrey Hills Estate, cottages and villas in the east, transitional villas and bungalows in the west, and fretwork to restore.

• Mt Eden

  Stonyhurst Estate villas and bungalows, steep 1800s streets on Maungawhau, and brick, plaster and shingle houses among the weatherboard.

• Titirangi

  Post-war modernist houses, 1970s pole houses on steep bush sections, cedar boards and the Waitākere Ranges setting.