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All 11 of our Lorne jobs have been commercial: doors, locks and closers at water authority plants, an office renovation and benchtop, depot flooring, brick repointing and roof washing. Mountjoy Parade’s 244 addresses and the foreshore projects keep the town busy.
Lorne is a tourist town: shops, cafes, motels and apartments line Mountjoy Parade, with a hospital, a nursing home, a P–12 college and a small industrial estate behind.
At a water authority’s plants we have hung two external slab doors and an internal door with mortice locks, handle sets and closers, freed a binding exit door by resetting its hinges, and fitted door closers on a same-day run with other coastal sites. Elsewhere in town we planed a swollen door and adjusted its hinges and striker.
We have renovated offices, installed a benchtop, laid glued waterproof vinyl planks in a depot toilet area and repointed brickwork around a wash station with a wash-resistant mortar additive. At one office we worked in a harness to clean the verandah roof, windows and gutters, and at another building we pressure-washed the roofs, walls, windows and three tanks.
Mountjoy Parade’s Commercial 1 zone covers 3.7 hectares. Its design overlay keeps central-core frontages to 7.5 metres above the footpath, with anything higher set back 7.5 metres and 10 metres the maximum, encourages awnings, post-supported verandahs and decks, and favours timber in walls and verandah detail. Point Grey’s redevelopment began in February 2026, the Sea Baths are becoming a spa and wellness centre, and the pier’s decking is being replaced in stages.
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What Lorne’s shops, accommodation, offices and plants need kept up.
Swollen doors, worn locks and brickwork fixed.
Slab doors, closers and handle sets.
Office renovations and benchtops.
Shopfront verandahs that suit the street.
Decks for cafes and accommodation.
Common property in apartment buildings.
Older Lorne buildings with heritage listings.
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Quieter months for disruptive work where possible.
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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.
The Mountjoys opened a guest house in 1868, and Erskine House, the grand Pacific Hotel and the Lorne Hotel were built by 1878. The Great Ocean Road reached Lorne in 1922.
At the 2011 census, accommodation, cafes and food services made up 19.8% of local jobs. Hospitality buildings, health care and a school are why the commercial work here is steady upkeep in a bushfire and heritage setting.
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