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We repair Point Lonsdale’s holiday cottages and family homes, and we look after holiday and Airbnb homes between bookings. On most of the Queenscliffe side nearly any building work needs a permit, so we sort that question first.
Point Lonsdale is split between two councils at Fellows Road, and the rules change depending on which side your house is on.
Across the Natural Coastal Area on the Queenscliffe side, the design overlay needs a planning permit for all buildings and works except routine maintenance. That includes decks, carports and extensions, and front fences unless they are post-and-wire up to 1.2 metres. Houses are capped at two storeys and 8.5 metres, with no more than 40% of the block covered. On the Greater Geelong side the main trigger is going above 7.5 metres. We raise the permit question in the first conversation.
The Borough describes a mix of early 20th century, Californian, Art Deco, post-war, 1960s and contemporary homes, and its policy favours horizontal weatherboard, timber verandahs and timber joinery. Our Point Lonsdale work has been mostly doors, 7 of our 12 jobs, along with rotted floors, balcony repairs and cladding replacement. Like-for-like timber is usually the right answer here.
At the 2021 census 42% of Point Lonsdale homes weren’t lived in full-time, and we look after holiday and Airbnb homes around their bookings. Behind the town, the homes at The Point estate have been going up since the mid-2010s, with floors set at least 2.35 metres above sea level. They are now reaching the age for decks, pergolas and first repairs.
Looking after a shop on Point Lonsdale Road or a club building on the foreshore? That side of our work is on our commercial carpentry page.
Ordered by the work we have done in Point Lonsdale, then what coastal homes need.
Our most common Point Lonsdale job. Doors, frames and hardware in salt air.
Cladding replaced and matched on older cottages.
Rotted floors, balconies and boards repaired.
New decks, with the Queenscliffe permit sorted first.
Timber verandahs that suit the coastal village look.
Timber windows kept working near the water.
For holiday and Airbnb homes, worked around bookings.
A call or a message, with the address so we know which council and overlay apply.
On the Queenscliffe side most works need one. We tell you before you spend money on drawings.
Itemised and free, with any permit step set out.
The same crew start to finish, and photos as we go if you aren’t down.
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.
Point Lonsdale is named after Captain William Lonsdale. A lighthouse first went up here in 1863, and the present one dates from 1902. Land sales began in 1876 and the railway reached Queenscliff in 1879. The Terminus guesthouse opened in 1885, and the surf life saving club formed in 1947.
The 2021 census counted 3,788 residents with a median age of 61, and more than half of homes owned outright. A holiday village of timber cottages with tight planning controls is why the work here is careful repair, like-for-like timber and permits sorted early.
Queenscliff • Ocean Grove • Bellarine
Point Lonsdale borders Queenscliff, Swan Bay, Mannerim, Marcus Hill and Ocean Grove.
Tell us about the house and which side of Fellows Road it is on, and we will come back with a free estimate.