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We repair and update Corio’s Housing Commission-era homes, can keep rentals in shape for landlords and property managers, and finish the small new lots at Somerley. Corio has a large stock of Housing Commission homes and a big rental market.
Corio has a large stock of houses built by the state in a 20-year rush, and a lot of Corio homes are now rented.
From the late 1950s the Housing Commission built five estates in Corio, about 2,500 houses in around 20 years. Those homes are now 50 to 65 years old. Across our 59 Corio jobs, doors came up in 19, painting and plaster in 10 each, and gutters and fascias in 6. That is a house this age asking for its gutters, eaves, frames and linings to be looked after properly.
At the 2021 census about 40% of Corio’s homes were rented, against about 29% across Victoria. Since 2021 Victorian rentals have had to meet minimum standards for things like locks, windows and structural soundness. We do the repairs that come out of a routine inspection, the work between tenants and the fixes that keep an older house compliant.
Cedar Woods’ Somerley on Plantation Road is about 400 lots across 11 stages, at 179 to 350 square metres, and its first two releases sold out in 2026. Small lots mean small yards: compact fences, screens and storage rather than a big alfresco. Elsewhere, about a tenth of Corio is zoned to encourage units on old house blocks, so knock-down rebuilds are coming too.
Managing a warehouse in the business parks or a tenancy at Corio Village? The commercial side of our work is on the commercial carpentry page for Corio.
Ordered by the work we have done in Corio.
Our most common Corio job, 19 of 59. Doors that drop, stick or won’t lock.
Painting and plaster repairs alongside the carpentry.
Gutters and downpipes on 60-year-old houses.
Rotten fascia boards behind the gutters.
Windows that need to open, close and lock for the minimum standards.
Inspection lists and minimum-standards repairs for landlords.
Fences and screens on Somerley’s small lots.
A call, a message or an inspection report. Landlords can start there.
We check the gutters and fascias as well as the problem you rang about.
Itemised and free, with the minimum-standards items marked for landlords.
The same crew start to finish, with photos for landlords who are not on site.
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.
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.
Corio was first known as Cowie’s Creek, after the landowner James Cowie. Geelong Grammar moved to its Corio campus in 1914, and its original buildings are heritage listed today.
The Housing Commission arrived in the late 1950s, and Corio Village shopping centre opened in 1973 to serve the estates. The 2021 census counted 15,497 residents, with a median age of 35. A large stock of 60-year-old public-built houses, many now rented, is why the work here is repairs, upkeep and rental work.
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Corio borders Norlane, North Shore, Lovely Banks, Lara and Avalon, with Corio Bay to the east.
Send us the list or the inspection report, and we will come back with a free estimate.