Commercial Painting in Auckland
A commercial repaint is rarely just paint. It is access, preparation, repairs to the surface underneath, and doing all of it in a building that people are still using. The paint is the last few percent of the job, and it is the part everyone sees.
NPM Management provides commercial and industrial painting across Auckland, interior and exterior, for retirement villages, aged care facilities, schools, apartment buildings, offices, retail stores, factories and social housing. We handle jobs of every size, from a single tenancy refresh to large scale painting programmes for industrial, government and council clients, and the plastering and gib stopping that has to be right before any paint goes on.
We are a Rosedale-based team with more than ten years in Auckland property and over 3,000 completed projects, for clients including Metlifecare, Oceania, BUPA, The Selwyn Foundation, Haumaru Housing and AA Home. We hold Totika health and safety accreditation and manage safety through Safe365.
What we paint
Exterior repaints
cladding, weatherboards, soffits, fascias, joinery, fences and the exterior of whole blocks and villages, with the washing, sanding and spot priming a repaint depends on
Interior repaints
walls, ceilings, doors, frames and trims in offices, common areas, corridors, stairwells and resident rooms
Industrial and warehouse spaces
factory and warehouse interiors, plant areas and large wall and ceiling areas
Retail and hospitality
store interiors and frontages, where presentation is the point of the job and trading hours set the programme
Apartments and residential units
common areas, exteriors and individual units, including units being turned around between residents or tenants
Plastering and gib stopping
patching, stopping and making good, so the finish is flat before it is painted
Painting in occupied buildings
Almost everything we paint stays open while we paint it. Residents are home in a retirement village. Care staff are working in an aged care facility. A school is in term, a shop is trading and an office is full of people who still need to get to their desks.
That changes how a painting job is planned. We ask for your business hours and the times that suit the building, then shape the programme around them. Areas are closed off in sections rather than all at once, so access routes and exits keep working. Wet paint is signed and protected. Each area is cleaned and handed back at the end of the day, not left as a site.
On a residential site the communication matters as much as the painting. Residents, tenants and families need to know which area is being worked on, when, and for how long. We agree that with you before the work starts, rather than letting people find out by walking into it.
Preparation is where a repaint lasts or fails
The difference between a repaint that lasts many years and one that is peeling within a couple of seasons is almost always the preparation, not the paint. Paint applied over a chalky, dirty or moving surface fails with it.
Before an exterior repaint we wash the building down, sand and scrape loose or flaking paint, fill and repair damaged areas, replace rotten timber where it is found, and spot prime bare surfaces. Inside, walls and ceilings are patched, stopped and sanded so the finish is even. The right system depends on the substrate: timber weatherboards, fibre cement sheet, masonry, concrete block, plasterboard and metal all need a different primer and coating approach, and we specify the system to suit what is actually there.
Because we are a property maintenance company as well as a painting contractor, the repairs that turn up during preparation do not stall the job. A soft weatherboard, a failed window seal or a damaged soffit lining is fixed by the same team, under the same programme, instead of becoming a second contractor and a second visit.
Older buildings: lead paint and asbestos
Many of the buildings we work in were built long before 2000, and that brings two hazards that a painting contractor has to plan for.
Lead-based paint
WorkSafe advises that if a building was built in the 1980s or earlier, it is best to presume it has been painted with lead-based paint. Preparing old lead paint the wrong way creates lead dust, which is a real health risk to the painters and to anyone living or working nearby. On older buildings we plan preparation methods that keep dust down, contain the work area, and clean up and dispose of the waste properly.
Asbestos in textured coatings
Textured and stippled ceiling finishes, some wall coatings and many older sheet materials can contain asbestos. We identify suspect materials before preparation starts. Where asbestos is present, our asbestos removal team deals with it and the painting carries on afterwards, as one job rather than two.
Painting programmes across a site or a portfolio
For operators with more than one building, painting works best as a planned cycle rather than a series of one-off jobs. We have the capability to deliver large scale painting programmes for industrial, government and council clients, and for retirement village and housing operators who repaint across many buildings.
A programme sets out which buildings and elevations are due, in what order, and at what cost, so repainting is budgeted years ahead rather than discovered when the cladding starts to fail. Because we buy through supplier-negotiated contracts, we can offer sharp rates on programme work. Painting also fits naturally into a wider planned preventative maintenance programme, where exterior condition is inspected each year and the repaint is scheduled before weather gets into the building.
For retirement villages in particular, repainting between residents and ahead of open days is a routine part of how a village stays saleable, and it is work we do for village operators.
How a painting job runs
Site visit and assessment
We look at the building, the surfaces and their condition, how the building is used, and anything that will affect access or safety, including the age of the building.
Scope and price
You receive a documented scope and a clear price before anything starts, covering preparation, repairs, the paint system and the programme.
Programme and access
We agree working hours, the sequence of areas, access equipment and how residents, tenants or staff will be kept informed.
Preparation and repairs
Washing, sanding, filling, stopping, timber repairs and priming, with any lead paint or asbestos handled safely.
Painting and handover
The coatings are applied, each area is inspected with you, and the site is cleaned and handed back.
What affects the cost and timing
We price each job on its own scope, because the variables are large. The main ones:
Surface condition
sound paintwork needs a clean and a light sand, while failed paint needs far more preparation
Access
single storey work from the ground costs less than work needing scaffolding, a mobile elevating work platform or roof access
Substrate and paint system
different surfaces need different primers and coatings, and specialist coatings cost more
Working hours
painting around residents, trading hours or school terms can mean staged work across more visits
Repairs
rotten timber, damaged linings and failed sealant found during preparation are priced and agreed as they are found
Older building hazards
lead paint and asbestos add controls, testing and disposal
Common questions
Our Key Clients
Talk to us about your painting job
If a building is due for a repaint, inside or out, we will come and look at it and give you a clear scope and price.
Call 09 600 2212 or send us the details, and tell us how the building is used so we can plan the work around it.