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We fix the doors, gates and fascias of Clifton Springs homes and can build the decks and pergolas that look out over Corio Bay. It is a town of big separate houses on sloping blocks, and the rules here are mostly about height and views.
Clifton Springs is almost entirely separate houses on the slopes above Corio Bay, from the first country club estate lots to streets built after 2016.
Doors have come up in 4 of our 6 Clifton Springs jobs, from adjusting doors that bind to replacing doors and hardware. Gates came up in 2, including a new gate post concreted in, and we have repaired a rotted outdoor bench seat. Several of those jobs were for utility buildings around town; the same work suits gates and outdoor timber on a bay-facing block.
We have replaced rotted fascia around a box gutter here, including opening up the eave to strengthen the beam behind it. Box gutters overflow when they block, and the water goes straight into the fascia and the frame. Catching it early keeps the repair to the timber you can see.
A view-sharing overlay covers 3,898 of the town’s 4,186 addresses. It only needs a permit for a house or extension more than 7.5 metres above natural ground, so single-storey work, decks and pergolas are usually unaffected. A second storey that goes above 7.5 metres needs a permit, and a view impact analysis where views are affected. The town’s settlement boundary is now law, so homes get renovated rather than replaced by new estates.
Looking after a building in Clifton Springs for a business or club? That side of our work is on our commercial carpentry page.
Ordered by the work we have done in Clifton Springs, then what bay-view homes need.
Our most common Clifton Springs job. Doors that bind, catch or won’t close.
Doors and hardware replaced when they are past fixing.
New posts and gates that hang straight.
Rotten fascia around box gutters replaced.
Decks that make the most of the bay view.
Shade that stays under the height limit.
Outdoor timber repaired before it fails.
A call or a message. A photo of the gate, door or fascia helps.
If it is going up, we check the 7.5 metre view-sharing trigger.
Itemised and free, with what is included and what is not.
The same crew start to finish, and a check that it all closes right.
Michael worked with our budget and we were so impressed by their diligence and workmanship. They did not cut corners but went the extra mile. So impressed we engaged them again at another property.
Prompt, great communication and a terrific job. Have used JF Maintenance for lots of work over the years and would recommend.
Beyond our expectations, and it was great to work with people who could turn our ideas into something better than we imagined. Couldn’t recommend them highly enough.
The discovery of mineral springs here was announced in 1870, and a hotel opened in 1888 and a jetty in 1890 for the bay steamers. In 1959 developers bought 1,300 acres with two miles of bay frontage and engaged Victor Gruen and Associates to design a country club estate with 5,000 house lots.
The 2021 census counted 7,646 residents with a median age of 48, nearly all in separate houses. Big homes on sloping blocks, bay weather and a height rule are why the work here is outdoor timber, doors and well-planned additions.
Drysdale • Portarlington • Leopold • Bellarine
Clifton Springs borders Drysdale, Curlewis and Bellarine.
Tell us what you have noticed and we will come back with a straight answer and a free estimate.