Golden Bay · Gianluca Borrelli

Painting done properly — interiors, exteriors, and the odd character house.

Borrelli Painting is Luca Borrelli: local, careful, and happiest when he can walk your place with you before anyone opens a tin — including the old timber windows that need more than a roller. Tākaka, Pōhara, Collingwood, and around the Bay.

Freshly painted blue weatherboard house with white trim in Golden Bay

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Get Luca over to your place

Gianluca's specialty is showing up, looking properly, and talking the job through with you — what needs doing, what can wait, and a number you can trust. Online calculators miss the damp patch, the fiddly eaves, and the conversation that makes a quote feel fair.

Ring or message him. He will come out around Golden Bay, walk the job with you, and quote in person. That is the bit he is good at: being there, being clear, and being someone you can talk to.

Character home in Golden Bay after careful exterior painting

What Luca paints

Interiors

Walls, ceilings, and tidy indoor finishes — including colour changes and new gib.

Exteriors

Weatherboards, fascia, corrugate, and roof iron that have to stand up to Golden Bay weather.

Weatherboards & trim

Prep, undercoat, and a durable topcoat on timber and trim that gets the most wear.

Character homes

Careful work on older and unusual houses — turrets, sunrooms, and mixed rooflines.

Old windows

Repair and repaint of timber sashes — scrape, putty, prime, and a finish that still opens.

Work

Themed areas for finished jobs. More Facebook series will land here as grouped photos.

Old window repair

Leadlights, awning sashes, and weathered timber in stucco walls. This is prep and detailing — not a quick coat over flaking paint.

  1. 1

    Scrape and sand

    Failed coats come off the sash, sill, and frame so the next layers have something sound to hold.

  2. 2

    Timber, putty, hardware

    Soft wood, cracked putty, and tired stays get repaired so the window still opens and weathers.

  3. 3

    Prime and build

    A proper primer, then the finish coats — not a slap of enamel over loose paint.

  4. 4

    Cut in the sash

    Sharp lines on the stucco, clean arrises on the timber, and a sash that is not painted shut.

Leadlight sash

Weathered wooden leadlight window with peeling paint and failed putty
Before
Restored leadlight sash in fresh white, still opening cleanly
After

Awning pair

Two-pane wooden awning window with flaking blue and clay paint
Before
Same awning window cut in clean white against fresh stucco
After

Elevation

Yellow stucco wall with three weathered wooden windows before repair
Before
Same elevation in light grey stucco with three restored white windows
After

About Luca

Gianluca Borrelli — Luca — paints homes around Golden Bay. Interiors, exteriors, and the jobs that need a bit more care: weatherboards, trim, old timber windows, and character houses that were never a simple box.

He would rather come and see the job than guess from a form. Ring or message, invite him over, and get a quote from someone who has stood in the room with you.

Character home with turret after exterior painting

Contact

Call or message Luca. Around Tākaka town, Pōhara Beach, Collingwood, Waitapu Bridge, and nearby.