We have just had most of the exterior of our timber house painted by Women at Work Painters (WAWP) in two separate repeat contracts six months apart.

We found WAWP very reliable. They came to give us well structured quotes, timings and contracts when they said they would. Their prices were reasonable, so we gave them repeat business for the two halves of our job.

The work was a bit tricky because of the high roof height, Georgian window frames and prolific plantings/garden beds adjacent to the building walls and surrounding picket fences. The preparation and painting was done to a high standard – the two painters on our jobs were courteous, hard-working and very skillful. The painters kept us informed about when they were to be on the job and what parts of the project they would be doing the next day. The painters did what they said they would do and made negligible mess on our property. WAWP management visited several times during the jobs to confirm the high standards set were being met by the assigned painters and that we clients were happy.

They left us a list of the paints/colours which they used and where they used them. They also left us some left over paints so that we can do touch-ups ourselves when needed in the future. We have a young puppy who is a bit of a bolter and they were careful to keep gates closed to isolate him in non-work areas and prevent escapes.

Frankly, we can’t think of anything we would like them to have done better.