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Painting done properly.

Careful prep, honest advice and a finish that lasts, across Nelson. Free quotes.

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  • 5.0 rating on Google
  • Age Concern Care and Repair partner
  • 30+ years painting Nelson homes

Interior, exterior, roofs and colour advice

A blue weatherboard bungalow with white and yellow trim, seen from the corner

Exterior painting

Weatherboards, fascia and roofs, prepped properly for Nelson’s coastal sun so the finish holds up for years.

A freshly painted white hallway with a door on each side and a turquoise-framed window in the middle looking onto a blue sky

Interior painting

Walls, ceilings, trims and doors, masked, filled and finished with a clean, even coat throughout your home.

A white front door with yellow-trimmed glass panels on a blue bungalow

Colour consultation

Not sure what will suit your home? Get help picking colours and finishes that work in real Nelson light.

A bright blue painted roof valley against a deep blue sky

Roof painting

Corrugated iron and steel roofs washed, prepped and coated, so the colour and the roof both last.

Before and after

BeforeStained, patchy render on a house wall with a window and a ladder
AfterA render wall painted an even white
Stained, patchy render, repainted white.
BeforeA cream weatherboard gable with dark mould stains under the window
AfterThe same cream gable repainted, clean under a blue sky
Stained weatherboards, repainted.
BeforeA timber garage door stripped back to bare, blotchy wood with the surrounding wall masked off
AfterThe same timber garage door finished in a rich, even brown stain
Timber garage door, stripped and restained.
BeforeA tired grey and dark corrugated iron roof seen from above, with houses and hills behind
AfterThe same roof repainted a bright, even blue
Corrugated iron roof, grey to blue.

Recent work

  • A freshly painted cream weatherboard house with white window frames and storage doors
  • A freshly painted white rendered house with lime-green window frames, seen from the corner
  • A garage door and corrugated roof freshly painted teal, with a satellite dish and a blue sky
  • A freshly painted deep green shopfront with a white interior and a teal feature wall
  • A freshly painted cream weatherboard house with white windows and a red tile roof

The prep is the job

A paint job lasts as long as what is under it. This is how every one starts.

  1. Old paint peeling and flaking off a roof

    1Wash and scrape

    Loose paint, mould and rust come off first.

  2. Rotted timber beside a brick wall

    2Repair

    Rotten timber and cracked sills are fixed, not painted over.

  3. White primer patches on cream weatherboards

    3Prime

    Bare patches get primer so the topcoat sticks.

  4. Crisp lime-green window frames on a white wall

    4Paint

    An even finish, cut in sharp along windows and trim.

“Tuliff was fantastic - punctual, tidy, and the prep work was next level. Our weatherboards haven’t looked this good in years.”

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Tuliff Ivatt

Owner and painter, Apex Painters

I’ve been painting homes around Nelson for more than 30 years. No call centres, no subcontractors, just me and the brush.

I built Apex Painters on care: careful with your home, careful with your time, and careful with the prep work that makes a finish last.

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