Repairs and painting with a spray gun gave this low-level Queenslander a much-needed facelift.
The project
We drove with a caravan from Surf Coast, Victoria up to Bundaberg, Queensland, with our painting gear and tools to see a property we had purchased which had just received a new roof due to bad leaks. It is a lovely low-set Queenslander built in the 1920s.
We had a tight timeframe. Our plan was to paint the whole outside of the house and repair some rotten boards within a week.
We had already been to Bunnings at home to purchase a paint spray gun. Having never used one but having minimal time, we thought it would be the only way we could meet the timeframe.
We needed to find some really old hardwood when we arrived and needed to replace about a dozen boards on the back of the house before being able to paint. The colours were a nice creamy yellow and heritage green trim.
The new roof meant we needed to protect it when spraying. Pressure wash, sanding and then taping up everything to then spray. We also had really pointy awnings (aluminum sunshades) in heritage green that also needed painting. Some big days of repairs and painting meant the house now looks amazing.
Total cost was $726 and spray gun was $200, saving us a little over $10,000 by D.I.Y.
Before and after
