Soldiers Hill VIC 3350 ยท about 2 km from central Ballarat
Painters in Soldiers Hill
Painters Ballarat paints Victorian and Edwardian homes across Soldiers Hill, the heritage suburb just north of the railway station. Weatherboard villas and cottages with iron lacework, brick houses with timber fretwork, and the occasional interwar home. Careful prep, heritage colour advice and no permit needed for like-for-like repaints. Request a free quote.
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Soldiers Hill rises north of Ballarat station, about 2 km from the CBD. The whole suburb sits inside heritage precinct HO170, and nearly every house dates from the 1860s to the 1940s. Walk Lydiard Street North, Macarthur Street or Armstrong Street and you see why: iron-laced verandahs, picket fences, unpainted brick chimneys and mature street-tree avenues.
Our work here is heritage repainting done properly. That means checking for lead paint, repairing rot and loose fretwork, priming bare timber and choosing colours that suit the period without being bound by rules, because the residential precinct has no external paint controls.
Local knowledge
Painting in Soldiers Hill
The housing is mostly Victorian and Edwardian. There are larger middle-class villas with cast-iron lacework or timber fretwork, narrow single-fronted cottages, and a scattering of interwar and modern infill. Almost everything is single or two storey, weatherboard or brick, sitting on brick piers with hipped or gabled roofs in corrugated iron, slate or terracotta. Bluestone spoon drains line many streets.
Landmarks include Ballarat railway station, the 1917 Ballarat North Workshops, Macarthur Street Primary (1878) and St Columba's (1912). The Macarthur Street shops and the North Star and North Britain hotels are the local gathering points, and Walter Jones Reserve is the main park. The suburb is elevated, with its highest point around 472 m and views back to the city, so the north and west faces of houses cop wind and afternoon sun.
Soldiers Hill borders Wendouree and Ballarat North to the north, Black Hill to the east, Ballarat Central to the south across the railway, and the corner of Ballarat East to the south-east. Separate houses make up about 84 per cent of dwellings, and close to 40 per cent are rented, so we do both long-term owner repaints and quicker rental turnarounds.
Typical work
Common jobs around Soldiers Hill
- Full exterior repaints of Victorian weatherboard villas, including lacework, verandah posts and fretwork
- Repainting timber windows, doors and picket fences in heritage trim colours
- Lead paint testing and safe removal on pre-1970 timber
- Interior repaints of high-ceilinged rooms, hallway arches and ornate cornices
- Plaster crack repair on lath-and-plaster and early hard plaster walls
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FAQ
Soldiers Hill painting questions
Do I need a heritage permit to repaint my house in Soldiers Hill?
Not for a like-for-like repaint. Soldiers Hill is heritage precinct HO170, but residential precincts in Ballarat do not have external paint controls, so repainting already-painted surfaces needs no permit. Painting unpainted brick or stone, or demolishing fabric, is different. If your house is individually listed, check with City of Ballarat before changing colours.
Can you match original Victorian colours?
Yes. We can scrape back to the earliest coats to find original colours, or work from a heritage palette. Typical Soldiers Hill schemes use a stone, cream or deep green body with darker trims and a contrasting door, but many owners choose a modern scheme and that is allowed too.
How do you deal with iron lacework?
Cast-iron lacework is wire-brushed or gently blasted back to sound metal, treated with a rust converter where needed, primed with a metal primer and finished in an enamel or exterior acrylic. Loose or broken panels are re-fixed or replaced with matching castings before painting, so the finish lasts as long as the timber around it.
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