House and Villa Painters in Koh Kaew

Where is Koh Kaew, and what are the homes like?

Koh Kaew is the sub-district north of Phuket Town. It follows Thepkrasattri Road, the main route to the airport. East of the road the land drops to the sea and mangrove; west of the road it climbs into the hills. Among the zones we travel to for painting work in Phuket, Koh Kaew stands out as a blend of family housing and a boating community.

Painters in Koh Kaew deal mainly with four kinds of building:

• estates of detached and semi-detached houses on both sides of Thepkrasattri Road, many occupied by families whose children attend the international schools nearby
• waterside houses, townhouses and condos inside the Boat Lagoon and Royal Phuket Marina developments
• mid-rise condos and apartment blocks beside the main road
• shop buildings, showrooms and boatyards

What does the east-coast sea do to exterior paint in Koh Kaew?

The Koh Kaew shoreline faces Phang Nga Bay, where wind and waves are calmer than on the Andaman side. Houses here rarely receive direct wave spray the way west-coast beach properties do. Two things still work on the exterior paint.

The first is salt and moisture from brackish water. A canal-side or marina-side house stands only a few steps from the water. Balcony rails, steel awning frames and aluminium door frames collect a salt film. The wall facing the water often leaves white powder on the hand when rubbed, which is a sign that the paint film has started to break down.

The second is damp from the mangrove and from large trees. A wall that stays in shade all day grows black and green algae. That growth has to be washed off and treated before painting, otherwise the staining comes back through the new coat.

Houses on the hill side, west of Thepkrasattri Road, sit further from the sea. Their main problems are afternoon sun and rainwater running down the slope. Surface preparation and the choice of paint system for each case are explained under our exterior wall painting service. Where water is entering a wall from a roof deck or through a wide crack, please note that we do not take on waterproofing or structural crack repair; a specialist has to fix that before any painting.

What extra steps does a Koh Kaew condo involve compared with a house?

Condo work in Koh Kaew is usually inside the unit, for example a repaint before letting or after a tenant leaves. The added element is coordination with the building's juristic office.

1. The owner notifies the juristic office and obtains permission for the contractor to enter.
2. Materials are carried through the lift and shared corridors at the times the building sets, with floor protection laid where the building requires.
3. Work takes place only on permitted days and hours, which often exclude evenings and holidays.
4. All waste is taken off the premises by the painters and never left in the shared refuse room.

The outside face of the building and the outer side of the balconies are common property. A unit owner cannot repaint those; that work is commissioned by the juristic office. Both kinds of scope appear on the condo unit painting page. A juristic office planning to repaint a whole block should read about building painting for juristic offices and businesses.

What should you know about site access in Koh Kaew?

Thepkrasattri Road through Koh Kaew is busy at rush hour and its U-turn points are far apart, so a delivery vehicle has to plan the route to enter the lane from the correct side. Estates and the marina developments have guard posts that check contractor names. Owners should register the painters' names and vehicle plate ahead of the visit.

Inside the waterside developments the roads are narrow and the houses stand close together, with the back of the house on the water. Space to stand scaffolding behind such a house is limited. Only after seeing the site can the painter say which type of scaffold will work.

Koh Maphrao, the island just off the Koh Kaew shore, is reached by boat. Any job on that island needs a separate conversation about transport.

How do you get a painting quotation for a home in Koh Kaew?

Contact Phuket Pro Painters by phone on 063-004-0115 or by WhatsApp. The painters will come out, look at the house and measure it with no fee. The team communicates in English, so foreign owners can go through the details with us directly. The quotation lists surface preparation and scaffolding as separate items. For detached and semi-detached homes, an overview is given under painting for family houses and villas.

The neighbouring zone to the south, with its dense estates, is Wichit, the family housing belt on Chao Fa Road. Another east-coast area, with far more sea around it, is Cape Panwa and Ao Makham, the peninsula of villas and resorts.