Commercial Painting
Commercial building | phased repaint
A commercial facade repainted in phases so the tenants could keep trading throughout the work.
Managing agents, property managers & portfolio owners
You are not buying paint. You are buying a file you can defend.
The scope has to be comparable, the price has to hold, the residents have to be warned, and at the end you need photographs and a guarantee document to close it out. Contractors who only do the painting part make the rest of it your problem.
- Based in Durbanville, working Durbanville, Aurora, Vierlanden, Eversdal, Welgemoed, Bellville, Brackenfell, Kraaifontein, Kuils River, Plattekloof, Sonstraal Heights, Panorama, Kenridge, Fisantekraal and surrounds
- WhatsApp us and we reply during office hours.
- Written scope, one fixed price for the job
Problem & approach
Where these projects go wrong, and how we handle them.
The usual problem
Managing a portfolio means the contractor's admin becomes your admin. Quotes arrive as a single line and a total, so trustees cannot compare them and you end up rewriting the scope yourself. Prices move once the scaffold is up because nothing was measured. Residents were never told, so the complaints come to your office instead of the site. Variations arrive without a number attached. And when an owner asks two years later what exactly was done and what it is guaranteed for, there is nothing in the file except an invoice.
Our approach
We do the paperwork as part of the job. A measured area schedule, a photographic condition report, a scope that states preparation, primer, product and number of coats, and one fixed price for the whole job. Resident notices before each phase. One named site contact. Variations priced in writing before anyone lifts a brush. And a handover pack at the end with photographs, product data sheets and guarantee documentation, so the file closes itself. We work to your approval, purchase order and invoicing process, across a single building or a portfolio.
What may be included
Scope you can actually read.
The exact line items on your quote depend on the site inspection. This is the shape of what a typical project of this type includes.
- Site survey and measured area schedule per building, block or elevation
- Photographic condition report you can attach to a trustee or owner report
- Written scope stating preparation, primer, product, coats and exclusions
- One fixed price for the whole job, itemised so it can be compared line for line
- Phasing and programme options against a maintenance or reserve fund budget
- Resident and tenant notices before each phase
- One named site contact for the duration
- Variations quoted in writing before the work happens
- Progress claims on larger jobs, to your purchase order process
- Snag list closed per phase, signed off before the next one starts
- Handover pack: photographs, product data sheets, guarantee documentation
Products we work with
The Systems Behind the Work.
Approved applicator and authorised reseller of Rubber Sealant® Liquid Rubber.
Our preferred paint on most projects.
We are not a Plascon approved applicator. Plascon is simply the paint we choose to specify for its quality and track record, and we will recommend a different system where a project calls for it.
Our process
9 steps from enquiry to handover.
- 1
Enquiry from the managing agent, portfolio manager or trustee
- 2
Site survey with whoever holds the building's history
- 3
Measure, condition report and photographs
- 4
Written scope and one fixed price for the whole job
- 5
We present or answer questions at the trustee meeting or AGM if that helps
- 6
Programme, phasing and notices agreed
- 7
Work executed phase by phase with a single site contact
- 8
Snag list per phase, closed before moving on
- 9
Handover pack issued for the file
Honest limits
What we will tell you up front.
A proper contractor should be honest about what a service can and cannot do. These are the things we will always flag.
- We quote painting, waterproofing, damp proofing, roof coating and high pressure cleaning. Structural, roofing, electrical, plumbing and shopfitting work needs those trades.
- Waterproofing and damp proofing is Rubber Sealant Liquid Rubber only. No torch-on, no injection damp courses.
- We do not take on unmeasured lump-sum work. Every scope gets measured, because that is what stops the price moving later.
- Access to private units, balconies and gardens depends on residents. Missed access is quoted as a return visit rather than billed as a surprise.
- Qualifying Rubber Sealant® systems may carry a 13-year manufacturer product guarantee, subject to manufacturer inspection, specification, application, certification and maintenance conditions.
Not sure what your for property managers & managing agents needs? Send us a photo.
Take one photo on your phone, send it on WhatsApp, and we will tell you what we are looking at. We are in Durbanville most weeks, so a site visit is easy to arrange.
WhatsApp a photoFAQ
For Property Managers & Managing Agents: questions we hear
Budgeting
What decides the scope of your quote?
Preparation, access, repairs and the specified coating all affect the job. We inspect first, then quote one fixed price for the agreed scope.
Related work
Completed commercial work.
Real Williams & Co commercial project photographs. More in the projects gallery.
Commercial Painting
Commercial facade | preparation and cleaning
A commercial facade and paved area prepared, cleaned and made ready for coating as part of a planned repaint programme.
Keep reading
The pages our Durbanville clients read before they phone us.
Start here
- Painters in DurbanvilleWhat we charge, how we scope it, and why the cheap quote was never cheaper.
- Commercial painting in DurbanvilleOffices, warehouses, complexes and shops, scoped in writing and painted around your trading hours.
Durbanville, service by service
- Roof waterproofing in Durbanville
- Damp proofing in Durbanville
- Exterior painting in Durbanville
- Interior painting in Durbanville
- Asbestos roofs explained in Durbanville
- Complex and body corporate repaints in Durbanville
Where we work
- Painters & waterproofing in DurbanvilleWhat the housing stock here needs, and what it costs.
- Painters & waterproofing in AuroraWhat the housing stock here needs, and what it costs.
- Painters & waterproofing in VierlandenWhat the housing stock here needs, and what it costs.
- Painters & waterproofing in EversdalWhat the housing stock here needs, and what it costs.
- Painters & waterproofing in WelgemoedWhat the housing stock here needs, and what it costs.
- Painters & waterproofing in BellvilleWhat the housing stock here needs, and what it costs.
- Painters & waterproofing in BrackenfellWhat the housing stock here needs, and what it costs.
- Painters & waterproofing in KraaifonteinWhat the housing stock here needs, and what it costs.
- Painters & waterproofing in Kuils RiverWhat the housing stock here needs, and what it costs.
- Painters & waterproofing in PlattekloofWhat the housing stock here needs, and what it costs.
- Painters & waterproofing in Sonstraal HeightsWhat the housing stock here needs, and what it costs.
- Painters & waterproofing in PanoramaWhat the housing stock here needs, and what it costs.
- Painters & waterproofing in KenridgeWhat the housing stock here needs, and what it costs.
- Painters & waterproofing in FisantekraalWhat the housing stock here needs, and what it costs.
Complexes, commercial & managed buildings
- Body corporate & complex repaintingA scope trustees can compare, phased block by block.
- Commercial & retail paintingShops and offices painted after hours, never closed.
- Retail & shopping centre paintingMalls and shopfronts painted around trading hours.
- Office interior paintingOccupied offices repainted floor by floor, after hours.
- White boxing & make-good paintingGet a commercial unit lettable again, fast.
- Warehouse & industrial coatingRusted metal roofs sealed, hot workshops cooled.
- For property managers & agentsWritten scopes, fixed prices, photographs for the file.
- Painting maintenance programmesScheduled cycles for portfolios and property companies.
- Wine farm & estate paintingOld lime plaster, gables and cellars, handled properly.
Sectors we work in
- Wine cellar paintingWashdown, condensation and taint risk, specified properly.
- Schools, churches & clinicsProgrammed into holidays, services and quiet clinic days.
- Guest houses & restaurantsRoom by room, overnight, never a lost sitting.
- Dealerships & showroomsBrand colour standards, after hours, open in the morning.
- Self-storage, gyms & logisticsMetal roofs and big elevations, water and rust first.
- Planned maintenance cyclesBudget once, inspect yearly, never repaint in a panic.
Business parks & work at height
- Painting in Atlas GardensWarehouses and offices done around your trading hours.
- Painting in Durbanville HillsExposed, wind driven buildings need their own specification.
- Factory & industrial paintingWater first, then steel, then walls. In that order.
- Office park & multi-tenant repaintsFloor by floor, out of hours, nobody loses a day.
- Exterior crack & plaster repairWhy the crack came back, and how it is properly fixed.
- Working at heights paintingThe compliance to demand before anyone leaves the ground.
- Scaffolding & access paintingAccess is priced per erection. Plan around that and save.
- Painting tender checklistOne page, so three quotes describe the same job.
Specialist systems
- Rubber Sealant® Liquid RubberApproved applicator and reseller: prices, coverage, colours and guarantee terms.
- Buy liquid rubber in DurbanvilleThe same drums we use, collected by arrangement.
- Liquid rubber prices, per litre and per m²Every price published, with the coverage behind it.
- Asbestos roofs explainedSealing in place versus stripping, and who may do the work.
- Waterproofing & damp proofingLiquid rubber on roofs, walls and rising damp.
Durbanville and surrounds
Get a fixed price for your for property managers & managing agents.
Three ways to start, all of them quick. Send a WhatsApp, tap to call, or leave your details and we come back with a written scope and one fixed price for the whole job.
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Monday–Friday 08:00–17:00
What happens after you send it
We reply, ask the few questions that matter, then book a proper look at the property. You get a written scope, one fixed price for the whole job, and a straight answer on what we will not do.
One-year workmanship guarantee on qualifying Williams & Co work.
Takes about 20 seconds