Work / Commercial

Commercial projects across Melbourne

Shops, service stations, schools, community buildings and offices, photographed before and after. For tickets, insurance and after hours work, see the commercial services page.

Guzman Y Gomez drive-through restaurant painted in the brand's yellow and charcoal, Melbourne, Sunbury
How these were done

What the photographs do not show

Every job below was painted around somebody's trading hours. The bottle shop ceiling in Ballarat went up overnight between close and open. The office building in Footscray was reached from a boom lift while the building kept working underneath. The school colonnade in Essendon was done section by section around the timetable.

None of that happens without the paperwork behind it: twenty million dollars of public liability, current work permit and safety cards, and licences for scissor lift and boom lift. The full set of conditions, and what we take on in warehouses, factories and workshops, is on the commercial services page.

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Retail & hospitality

Roadside & retail

Franchise sites where the colour is the brand. Sharp cut-in lines around the signage, clean two-tone panels, finished to the standard a national name expects. Shop interiors as well, worked around trading so the doors open on time.

Guzman Y Gomez, Sunbury

A new build in Sunbury painted inside and out. Parts of the exterior are metal, so those took a metal system rather than the render coating used elsewhere. Shown as the street frontage, the canopy, the drive-through lane and the corner.

Guzman Y Gomez corner mural, bright yellow wall over a charcoal base, Sunbury
Guzman Y Gomez full frontage painted in signature yellow, Sunbury
Guzman Y Gomez drive-through entrance and pole signage, Sunbury
Guzman Y Gomez corner with signage and patterned feature panels, Sunbury
Guzman Y Gomez entrance canopy and patterned feature wall, Sunbury

7-Eleven service station, Sunbury

A new service centre in Sunbury, painted inside and out. As on the neighbouring site, the metal sections of the exterior took a metal system of their own. Shown as the forecourt canopy, the building front and the corner.

7-Eleven store front with signage tower and charcoal panels, Sunbury
7-Eleven building corner in red, charcoal and white bands, Sunbury
7-Eleven and Mobil fuel canopy with brand signage, Sunbury

Woolworths bottle shop in Ballarat, open ceiling in black

The trading floor of a bottle shop in Ballarat, where the ceiling is left open and the structure, ducting, cable trays and pipework are all on show. Sprayed out in black so the services drop away and the lit shelving and signage carry the room. Stock, shelving and every bottle on display were wrapped in plastic and taped off before any spray went up. Worked overnight with a small crew, start to finish in a single night, and the shop traded as normal the next morning.

BeforeBottle shop open ceiling before, white structure and ducting on show, stock wrapped in plastic, Ballarat
AfterSame view after, ceiling structure sprayed black with the shop back in trade, Ballarat
Finished black ceiling running the width of the trading floor over the wine aisles, Ballarat
Close up of the finished ceiling, black structure and services behind the linear lights, Ballarat
Black ceiling above the orange feature wall and the shopfront glazing, Ballarat
Community & public buildings

Community buildings

Buildings that stay open to the public while the work is on. Painted in stages around visitor access, with entrances and walkways kept usable.

Heritage community centre in Caulfield, full exterior repaint

A rendered heritage community centre in Caulfield repainted right around, from the street frontage to the side and rear elevations. The old render had cracked and blistered in patches, so those were cut out, filled and made good before any colour went on. Finished in a soft pale grey, and the client asked for the window frames to change colour with it. The walls run high, so the top sections were done from a boom lift and the rest off ladders.

BeforeSynagogue front facade before, tired cream render, Caulfield
AfterSame front facade after, repainted in a clean off white, Caulfield
BeforeSide elevation part way through, patched render over the old cream, Caulfield
AfterSame side elevation finished in off white, Caulfield
BeforeSide wall before, blistered and stained render around the arched window, Caulfield
AfterSame side wall after, even off white finish with the brick plinth left clean, Caulfield

Community centre decking in Point Cook, ramps and stairs

Timber decking right around a community building in Point Cook: the entry ramp, the access ramp, the open terrace, the walkway along the black facade and the external stairs. The old red coating had worn back to bare timber along the traffic lines. All of it was machine sanded back, then recoated in a warm ivory, with tactile indicators and stair nosings left clean and sharp.

BeforeCommunity centre access ramp before, worn red timber decking, Point Cook
AfterSame access ramp after, recoated in a warm sand tone, Point Cook
Finished entry ramp, evenly coated in a warm sand tone between white balustrades, Point Cook
BeforeWalkway along the black facade before, red decking on a grey day, Point Cook
AfterSame walkway after, sand coloured decking in full sun, Point Cook
BeforeOpen terrace before, worn red decking with planters, Point Cook
AfterSame terrace after, recoated in a warm sand tone, Point Cook
BeforeExternal stairs before, red treads worn back to bare timber, Point Cook
AfterSame stairs after, evenly coated with clean tactile indicators, Point Cook
Schools & education

Schools

Bright, hard-wearing finishes on school grounds, worked around term times and kept safe for students throughout.

School entrance colonnade in Essendon

New steel columns at a school entrance in Essendon, finished in a run of different colours at the client's request. Metal throughout, so it took a metal system from primer to topcoat. Shown before and after from two angles, with a detail of the canopy.

Finished canopy close up, teal beam and perforated roof, Essendon
BeforeBare galvanised steel school colonnade before, Essendon
AfterSame colonnade after, painted in bright colours, Essendon
BeforeColonnade from the opposite end before, grey steel, Essendon
AfterColonnade from the opposite end after, full colour, Essendon
Offices & workplaces

Office buildings

Occupied buildings that cannot stop trading while the outside is painted. Access is planned around the working day, and the high sections are reached from a lift rather than staged off the footpath.

Two storey office building in Footscray, full exterior repaint

The full outside of an office building in Footscray, painted for the owner directly. The walls run high, so the upper sections were reached from a boom lift. Shown as the street frontage, the curved wall, the entrance and the lift lobby glazing.

BeforeOffice building entrance before, pale render around the glazed frontage with steps and access ramp, Footscray
AfterSame entrance after, walls repainted in deep charcoal with the white balustrades left clean, Footscray
BeforeSide elevation before, pale painted brick marked with graffiti tags, Footscray
AfterSame side elevation after, painted out in charcoal with a boom lift still on site, Footscray
BeforeCorner of the building before, blue feature panel beside pale render with graffiti at the base, Footscray
AfterSame corner after, charcoal walls with the blue panel kept as the accent, Footscray
BeforeCurved stair tower before, stained cream render covered in graffiti, Footscray
AfterSame curved stair tower after, finished in an even charcoal above the white ramp, Footscray
Finished glazed frontage seen from below, charcoal walls against the mirrored upper floor, Footscray
Full street elevation finished, charcoal walls under a long band of reflective glazing, Footscray
Boom lift working the upper wall of the office building above the occupied car park, Footscray

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