Victoria’s many beautiful heritage homes remind us of our past, of a bygone age when elegant architectural styles beautified the colonial towns and cities in Victoria and elsewhere in Australia. These homes hold special significance and it’s expected that owners of heritage homes maintain the appearance of the home for historic, cultural posterity. Here’s what you should consider when painting your heritage home in Victoria:
Replicate Historical Paint Colours and Techniques
Paints used on heritage homes, particularly if they’re colonial era homes, certainly differ from modern paints in many ways. From the specific colours used to the method of application, a lot has changed in one or two centuries. Paints back then were made with industrial processes that might seem primitive today compared to the modern paints available today through synthetic means.
Qualified home painters in Victoria can best match the exact paint colour and texture of your heritage home and apply it using professional techniques to achieve a picture-perfect appearance that makes your home feel brand new again (well, brand new for the 1800s!)
Remain Compliant with Australian Heritage Guidelines for Painting and Maintenance
If you live in an older home that is classified as a state- or local-level Heritage Home then your home must be maintained in accordance with the Heritage Act 2017. You cannot just paint your home hot pink or fluorescent yellow, for example, if your home is considered a heritage home. Instead, you must make efforts to preserve and maintain the historic look of the home, within reason.
Painting is certainly one of the most obvious aesthetic changes one can make for their home exterior, and as such you will almost certainly need to obtain permits for any painting that is out of the ordinary. It’s much more simple and straightforward to choose a reliable painter in Victoria that understands the historic appeal of your home and can paint it just as it was in colonial times, for example.
Historic Colours vs Modern Colours
One major change that has happened in many of our lifetimes (if you’re around 40 or older) is that lead paints have been banned in Victoria, all over Australia, and in most of the developed world. Of course, there are many health benefits to having paint without lead, but why does that matter for paint colours and heritage homes?
One phenomenon that occurred after lead paints were banned in the 1990s is that manufacturers had a brief period whereby paint colours were drab and dull, generally speaking. After adjusting to the ban on lead, however, this brief period was followed by an explosion of synthetic colours that were never possible with lead. Necessity is the mother of invention, as the old saying goes.
What most of us may be used to today – for modern homes – is a dizzying array of paint colours and tones that were never possible a few decades ago, much less a few centuries ago. A good painter understands that historic colour palettes were much more limited and heritage home painting, even if using synthetic colours, must match as closely as possible the original colours to remain authentic.
Careful Attention to Detail
Perhaps most importantly, a qualified painter working on a heritage home should have plenty of experience and a keen eye for detail. Home painting isn’t rocket surgery, but expertise certainly separates the pros from novices and the results should look perfect for the homeowner.
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