In Vilamoura you paint between seasons, and the enemy is the sea. Salt attacks metal balcony railings, window frames and ironmongery far faster than inland, and a façade facing the sea needs a paint system with anti-corrosion protection on the metalwork, not simply fresh paint over the top.
We get there in about 20 minutes · Free site visit and quote
Vilamoura is an intensive holiday-letting area, and that changes everything about how you work: here the jobs live around the booking calendar.
A resort planned around its marina, with gated developments, holiday apartments and golf villas, all a few minutes from the sea. Mostly apartments in managed developments and resort villas, many built between the nineties and 2010, with generous balconies, metal railings and direct exposure to salt-laden wind.
In Vilamoura we work mainly for holiday-let owners and management companies: deep changeover cleans, painting between seasons and quick repairs before the high season.
Between one set of guests checking out and the next checking in there is sometimes a single day. Working here means getting in, doing the job and getting out within that window, or a booking is lost — and the owner pays for it.
Being close to the sea corrodes balcony railings, ironmongery, gates and window frames far faster than inland. What lasts ten years in the barrocal needs attention here after three or four.
Permitted working hours, use of the service lift, façade colours agreed at the owners' meeting. Ignoring this means a fine for the owner and work stopped halfway through.
We look at the condition of the substrate. A wall with rising damp is not solved by painting, and it is better to know that beforehand.
We help with the colour and explain the difference between grades. We put a sample on the wall when there is doubt.
Protection, repairs and primer. It is the longest stage and the one that makes the difference.
Finishing coats, removal of protection, cleaning and a final walk-through with you.
Exterior paintwork in deep ochre red, a new solid timber pergola and the Santa Catarina floor tiles brought back.
Treatment of cracks, joints and junctions in a house of straight lines, where any wall defect shows from across the room.
Façade, veranda and outdoor ceilings repainted, with full protection of the paving and the glazing.
We work in Vilamoura regularly. We set out from Loulé and get there in about 20 minutes, which means we can come and look at the job without charging for the trip.
Between one set of guests checking out and the next checking in there is sometimes a single day. Working here means getting in, doing the job and getting out within that window, or a booking is lost — and the owner pays for it. It is the situation we come across most often in Vilamoura, and it is why we look at the job before quoting.
With water-based paints, the same day. The smell is minimal and the paint continues to cure over the following weeks without bothering anybody.
With proper preparation and good-grade paint, eight to ten years on a normal façade. On a south-facing façade or near the sea, expect less — five to seven years.
We can, and it is the most common situation. We work room by room so part of the house is always usable, and we use water-based paints, which are practically odourless.
Tell us what you need and we will come and look. We get there in about 20 minutes and the visit is free.
