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ResidentialSeptember 2025

Newtown character cottage

Client Private — Newtown

Two-bedroom 1935 cottage, interior and exterior repaint completed while the owners lived in. Eight-day turnaround.

Compact 1935 cottage, 78m² interior, 95m² exterior. Owners had bought it three months earlier and wanted a full refresh before moving in their daughter.

Ran interior and exterior in parallel — Sione's exterior crew on the outside Monday-Wednesday, Dan's interior crew inside Wednesday-Friday with weekend dry time on the exterior. SpaceCote Low Sheen on walls (Resene Black White, half-strength), Aquanamel on trim (full Resene Black White). Exterior in Lumbersider over the existing sound paint.

Total $11,400. Owners' daughter moved in the following Monday. No smell complaints; we'd specced the low-VOC Environmental Choice line throughout.