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We have done 9 jobs in Drysdale, 8 for commercial clients and one for a builder: doors replaced and painted, a vacant property secured, paths patched, and 51 rotting timber posts replaced with footpath permits in place. Two big community builds are under way in town.
Drysdale has a heritage main street, a long trade strip on Murradoc Road and five schools.
About 10 hectares of shopping land, with 147 addresses, spreads across High, Wyndham and Hancock Streets, Clifton Springs Road and Murradoc Road, and nearly half of it sits in the Drysdale Commercial Heritage Area. The town-centre design rules ask new buildings to include verandahs. Under the town-centre design rules a shopfront change needs no permit as long as it adds no outside roller shutter and keeps at least 80 per cent of the ground-floor front as entry or clear glass, though a shop in the heritage area may still need a heritage permit.
Our biggest Drysdale job was for a builder: 51 rotting timber posts, five braces and three stirrups replaced, 30 eave sheets renewed and every post painted, with footpath permits, site management and temporary fencing. Before that we inspected 95 posts to find which ones had to go. We have also replaced an outside door and fitted a hood to shed water, painted doors and frames, boarded up a vacant property and patched exposed-aggregate paths to match.
The Murradoc Road trade strip has 214 addresses, many of them small unit factories, and a front fence over 1.5 metres there needs a permit. Saint Ignatius College’s $24 million MacKillop Centre opened in June 2024. The North Bellarine Aquatic Centre’s indoor stage, with a 25-metre pool, gym and café, is due in 2027, and a sports pavilion on Belchers Road broke ground in December 2025.
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Work that suits Drysdale’s heritage shops, unit factories and schools.
Older shopfronts and verandahs in the town centre.
Rotted posts, eaves and paths repaired.
Outside doors with hoods to keep the weather out.
Common property in Murradoc Road unit complexes.
Showrooms, workshops and small shops.
Shop verandahs to suit the town-centre rules.
Planned work for schools and community halls.
Phone, email or a work order from your manager.
Footpath, heritage and design rules looked at before we start.
Set out item by item, including traffic or fencing.
Fencing down, area swept, photos sent.
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.
Drysdale grew not around its churches but around the Buck’s Head hotel of 1852. A butter factory opened in 1891, followed by two flax mills and, in the 1930s, an asparagus factory.
A Corio Bay jetty built in 1872–73 shipped district produce until the Queenscliff railway opened in 1879. The $117 million bypass opened in 2020 to take trucks off High Street, and new housing keeps the shops and trade strip busy.
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