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We replace fascias, repair weatherboards and cut out rotten timber on East Geelong’s interwar and postwar houses, between Eastern Park and the CBD. A large part of its housing is in two heritage areas, so we check what needs a permit before work starts.
East Geelong is about a third parkland, with streets of 1910s to 1950s houses between Eastern Park and the CBD.
Our East Geelong work has been mostly the outside of the house: fascia replacement, gutters, weatherboard repairs and cutting out timber rot, along with roofing, doors and painting. On houses close to a hundred years old, the roof line is often where water gets in first, and a soft fascia usually means the rafter ends behind it need a look too.
Urban East Geelong began around 1916, and by 1924 Myers and McKillop Streets were built up as far as Meakin Street. After the war the State Housing Commission built an estate here. Two heritage areas, one for early 20th century homes and one for those built after the First World War, cover around 57 hectares. In them, external changes generally need a permit, but repainting and fences don’t.
Most of the residential streets are zoned for slow, incremental change, so people renovate and extend rather than knock down. Ormond Road is the exception: it is a housing diversity area where buildings of up to three storeys are encouraged on larger sites, and 54 new social homes were finished there in August 2026. About three in ten homes are rented, so repairs between tenants are something we can take on too.
Looking after a shop in the Garden Street or Ormond Road strips? That side of our work is on our commercial carpentry page for East Geelong.
Ordered by the work we have done in East Geelong, then what its older houses need.
Gutters refitted so water leaves the roof properly.
Old doors eased, re-hung and re-latched.
Painting after the timber repairs.
Rotten fascias and rafter ends replaced.
Rotten boards cut out and matched.
Outside work in the two heritage areas.
For landlords with a house in East Geelong.
A call or a message. A photo of the roof edge or the rotten board helps.
We look past the damage to the cause, so the repair lasts.
Itemised and free, with any heritage permit step spelled out.
The same crew start to finish, with the timber sealed and painted.
Prompt, great communication and a terrific job. Have used JF Maintenance for lots of work over the years and would recommend.
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.
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.
Limeburners Point was a source of building lime as early as 1838, and the heritage-listed kilns are still there. Geelong East Primary School opened on Boundary Road in 1857. Eastern Park, home of the Geelong Botanic Gardens, makes up about a third of the suburb.
The 2021 census counted 4,012 residents, with most homes separate houses and about one in seven a townhouse. Houses from the interwar and postwar years, many in heritage areas, are why the work here is repairing timber and keeping water out.
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East Geelong borders Newcomb, Thomson, Geelong and South Geelong, with Corio Bay to the north.
Tell us what you have noticed and we will come back with what is behind it and a free estimate.