Woolgoolga · Coffs Harbour · Sawtell · Emerald Beach
From a patched hole in the hallway to re-sheeting a whole room. Repairs, gyprock, cornice and ceilings for homes between Red Rock and Sawtell — done properly, cleaned up, and finished ready for the painter.
Not sure what it needs? Send a photo and I'll tell you straight — and roughly what it'll cost.
What I do
Three things make up most of my work. If your job is a mix of all three, that's normal — it's all quoted together as one price.
The bread and butter. Fast-setting compounds mean most small repairs are set, sanded and ready for paint the same day — or first thing next morning if the damp won't let them dry.
New sheeting for walls and ceilings — measured, hung, set and sanded to a proper paint-ready finish.
The part people notice without knowing why — a cornice line that runs true, and corners that are actually square. Same standard of finish on every job.
Renovating?
I also take on full-room and whole-house plastering for small to medium residential renovations across the Coffs Coast — kitchens, bathrooms, extensions and knock-throughs. Happy to work in with your builder's schedule.
How it works
A quick chat about what's happened. A photo of the damage usually tells me most of what I need to know, and I'll give you a ballpark on the spot.
I come out, measure up and put a fixed written price in front of you. No call-out fee, no obligation, and no chasing me for a number.
Booked in for a date that suits you, done properly, and the dust and offcuts leave with me. Handed over ready for the painter.
Recent work
Quality plasterboard installation and custom fit-outs for unique architectural designs, finished to a professional standard. Residential plastering across Woolgoolga, Coffs Harbour and the wider Coffs Coast — new walls and ceilings, renovation work, cornice and the setting and finishing that makes a room sit right.
Tap any photo to see it full size. Homes around Woolgoolga and the Coffs Coast.
Where I work
I'm based on the northern beaches and cover the run from Red Rock and Corindi in the north, through Woolgoolga, Emerald Beach and Moonee Beach, into Coffs Harbour, and south to Sawtell, Toormina and Bonville.
Further out — Urunga, Nana Glen, Glenreagh — still worth a call. I get out that way often enough, and I'll tell you straight if the travel doesn't stack up.
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Questions
Small jobs are a big part of what I do. A single hole in a hallway wall is a perfectly normal call to make. Small repairs are usually grouped into a run so you're not paying for a wasted trip, which means you may wait a few days for a slot — but you will get a call back and a real date.
It comes down to how big the damaged area is, whether the sheet has to be cut out and replaced or can be patched, how much protecting and prep the room needs, and how we get to it — whether it's reachable off trestles or the job needs scaffold. Access is the one that catches people out: a stairwell void or a raked ceiling can take longer to set up than it does to plaster.
What it doesn't depend on is the standard of the finish. That's the same on every job. Text me a photo and I'll give you a ballpark straight away, then a fixed written price when I come out. Quotes are free and there's no call-out fee.
Yes — that's home turf. Woolgoolga, Sandy Beach, Mullaway, Safety Beach, Emerald Beach, Arrawarra, Corindi and Red Rock are all covered, as well as Coffs Harbour and south to Sawtell and Bonville.
I carry public liability insurance and invoice under an ABN. On licensing: in NSW, residential building work valued over $5,000 in labour and materials requires a licensed contractor. I deliberately keep to jobs under that threshold — repairs, single rooms, small to medium work — which is exactly the work I'm set up for.
If a job is going to come in over $5,000, I'll tell you that up front rather than take it on. Worth asking any tradesperson the same question before they start.
On small repairs I use fast-setting compounds, and if the day allows I'll drop back the same afternoon to sand it off and hand it over finished. That's what I aim for on most of them.
What decides it is drying time, not effort. Humidity and the weather on this coast can stretch that out well past what it'd be in a dry week, and compound that isn't fully dry can't be sanded properly — rush it and you'll see the patch later, flashing through the paint. When a job falls that way I come back the next morning for the final sand rather than cut the corner.
Once it's sanded and dust-free, give it a full day before the paint goes on. Larger jobs get a schedule up front so you can book your painter in with confidence.
Always. Floors get covered, doorways get sealed where practical to keep sanding dust out of the rest of the house, and every offcut and bag leaves with me. You shouldn't be able to tell I was there apart from the wall looking right.
No — I stick to plastering and leave painting to painters. I hand the job over properly prepped and can point you to a couple of good local painters if you need one.
Get it sorted this week
Call for a free quote, or send a photo of the job and I'll come back to you with a price.
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