Queen Anne, Mock Tudor and red-brick California bungalows — the housing we have painted for four decades.
Westbourne Park was built out across the first three decades of the twentieth century, and almost everything about painting it comes back to that. AJ Blunt Painting is based on Belair Road at Hawthorn, the suburb directly next door, and we have been working on homes like yours since 1982.
A repaint should fit around your life, not the other way round. We start with a free site visit at a time that suits you, and the written proposal lands within 24 hours.
You get a clear plan before anything begins: where we start, how long each stage takes, what needs moving, and an honest allowance for weather. If timber repair is likely we say so at the quote rather than discovering it in week two.
Being based in Hawthorn, the next suburb across, means we can get to you quickly for the site visit and come back promptly if anything needs attention later.
Laid out in 1881 and subdivided in stages through to the 1920s, the suburb filled with the housing of its moment. The southern pocket began as the “Cottonville” homestead blocks, and much of the land was almond orchard before it was houses. Westbourne Park Primary School still sits on Goodwood Road along the western boundary.
The housing is mainly red brick, in Queen Anne, Mock Tudor, symmetrical and Californian bungalow styles, on tree-lined streets. That matters commercially: on most homes here the exterior painting opportunity is not the walls. It is the timber joinery, eaves, fascias, barge boards, verandah timbers and the roof. A painter quoting as though this were a render suburb will produce the wrong price.
There is a planning dimension too. In March 2022 the City of Mitcham had Character Area Overlays added to the Planning and Design Code over parts of several suburbs, this one among them. If you are changing an original external finish, confirm what applies to your address with the council first.
Rainfall across the City of Mitcham also runs 25 to 50 per cent higher than on the Adelaide Plains because of the nearby foothills, which shortens the reliable exterior painting window and makes mould more common on shaded elevations.
As a leading interior & exterior painter in Adelaide, we specialise in restoring the beauty of Adelaide’s heritage homes and buildings. Our team is committed to preserving their unique character while ensuring the highest quality workmanship.
Get your project started without delay. As experienced house painters, we provide fast, accurate quotes within 24 hours, so you can plan with confidence.
From initial consultation to the final coat, we offer end-to-end project management. Our expertise as Adelaide’s trusted painters ensures every detail is handled with care and precision, delivering outstanding results on time and within budget.
Every masterpiece begins with a vision, and at AJ Blunt Painting, our primary focus is understanding that vision as if it were our own. When you choose our Adelaide painting services, our dedicated team of experts will start with a detailed consultation. This initial step ensures that we completely understand your needs, vision, and the specific requirements of the project.
Preparation is key to any successful painting job. Our painters Adelaide team prides itself on careful preparation. We don't rush; instead, we take the necessary time to ensure every surface is primed and ready. We also make sure to respect your space and belongings. That's why we go the extra mile to ensure everything is protected from any potential paint splashes or dust.
This is where the magic happens! With a careful selection of only the highest quality paints and materials, our skilled painters in Adelaide will bring your vision to life. Our painter Adelaide professionals blend their years of experience with unmatched skill, ensuring each task is completed with precision.
Quality is at the heart of everything we do. Once the primary painting process is finished, we don't just pack up and leave. Instead, we invite you to walk through the freshly painted area with our team. This step ensures every tiny detail aligns with your expectations.
Interiors, exteriors, or both — we handle homes from a single room through to a full property refresh.
Inside, that means walls, ceilings and the detailed timber trim these homes carry, with colour advice that suits the age of the building and the light each room actually gets. We work room by room so the house stays liveable.
Outside, the focus is timber and metal. Queen Anne and Mock Tudor homes carry brackets, finials, verandah posts, fretwork and deep fascias, and after a century some of it needs repair rather than another coat. We assess all of it at the quoting stage and price repairs visibly, so there are no uncomfortable conversations mid-job.
We also paint shops, offices and commercial premises across the inner south, including the Goodwood Road frontages.
Commercial work is planned around your trading hours, with evening and weekend work available where closing is not an option. You get safe work method statements, current licensing and insurance documentation, and a written schedule confirmed before we mobilise.
It depends almost entirely on condition rather than size. A 1920s bungalow with sound timber and intact paint costs far less than the same house with rot in the fascias and failing paint on the window joinery. That is why we insist on a site visit rather than quoting over the phone, and why our proposals itemise preparation separately.
We would usually say no, and we will tell you that even though it means a smaller job for us. Painting face brick commits you to recoating it indefinitely. In most cases repainting the render, timber, roof and gutters gives the lift owners are after while leaving the brick alone.
Quite possibly. SA Health advises assuming buildings built before the mid-1970s contain lead-based paint, and most of the suburb was built in the first three decades of the 1900s. We treat pre-1970 paintwork as lead-containing and prepare it using containment and wet methods rather than dry sanding.
Most full exterior repaints of a standard home here run three to five days, longer if timber repairs are needed or the weather interrupts. We give you a realistic schedule in the written proposal before anything starts.
Yes, and it is usually cheaper to do them together while access equipment is already on site. See our roof painting and fence painting pages.
Our office is on Belair Road at Hawthorn, the suburb next door. We respond to every enquiry within 24 hours and can usually arrange a site visit within a few days.
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