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We replace timber windows, fit doors and locks and patch plaster in Newcomb’s 1960s homes and newer townhouses, around the Bellarine Highway and the old saltworks. About a quarter of addresses sit in a flood overlay, so we check that before anything goes up outside.
Newcomb grew quickly in the 1960s, and it is now changing from the inside, with units and townhouses built on bigger blocks.
Across our 9 Newcomb jobs, windows, doors and locks, plaster and ceilings, and floor coverings each came up in 2. That has meant replacing a timber corner window, removing and replacing a double-glazed window, installing doors and skirting in a rental, fitting a deadlock, and plaster repairs.
The special building overlay covers about 833 of Newcomb’s 3,085 addresses. In it, a fence, a pergola or verandah, or a deck needs a planning permit. A small extension under 20 square metres with its floor at least 300 millimetres above the flood level is exempt, as is an upper-storey extension. Along the bay edge, a coastal flood overlay applies to a few dozen more.
About 52 hectares of Newcomb is zoned for increased housing diversity, which allows up to 70% site coverage, so that is where more units and townhouses are encouraged. At the 2021 census 41% of homes were rented. For landlords and agents, we can work through a repair list between tenants, as we have on a Newcomb rental.
Running a tenancy at Newcomb Central, Bellarine Village or along the Bellarine Highway? That side of our work is on our commercial carpentry page for Newcomb.
Ordered by the work we have done in Newcomb, then what 1960s homes and new units need.
Old timber windows replaced.
Doors, locks and deadlocks fitted and adjusted.
New internal and external doors with jambs and skirting.
Plaster, ceilings and painting.
For the four in ten homes that are rented.
Fences, with the flood overlay permit checked.
Pergolas that clear the flood overlay rules.
A call or a message. The address tells us if the flood overlay applies.
Outside work in the overlay can need a permit; we say so up front.
Itemised and free, so a landlord can approve item by item.
The same crew start to finish, and photos when it is finished.
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.
Newcomb is named after Caroline Newcomb, companion and partner of Anne Drysdale. The area was known as West Maloop until 1956, when the progress association asked for the change. It grew fast in the 1960s as heavy industry came to nearby Point Henry; the primary school opened in 1959 and the high school in 1969.
The 2021 census counted 4,704 residents, with a median age of 40 and about one home in six a townhouse. Sixty-year-old houses, new units and a flood overlay are why the work here is repair and well-checked outdoor work.
East Geelong • St Albans Park • Leopold • Belmont • Geelong
Newcomb borders East Geelong, Moolap, Whittington and Thomson.
Owner or agent, tell us what you need and we will come back with a straight answer and a free estimate.