Painter in Amsterdam-Noord: garden villages, new builds

In just a few decades, Amsterdam-Noord has changed from a quiet district on the far side of the IJ into one of the most sought-after places in the city. Yet the old Noord is still visible everywhere: in the garden villages, in the little dyke houses and in the quiet streets of low-rise homes. Oranje Kwast works throughout Noord and has, among other projects, refreshed all the exterior woodwork of a home there.

Garden villages, dykes and new builds on the IJ

Noord has a few very different kinds of homes. The garden villages, such as Tuindorp Oostzaan and Tuindorp Nieuwendam, were built in the 1920s as green working-class neighbourhoods and consist of low-rise housing with lots of wooden window frames, front doors and dormer windows. Along the Nieuwendammerdijk stand old dyke houses, some of which are still made of wood. And on former industrial sites along the IJ, such as the NDSM shipyard and Overhoeks, modern apartments are going up.

For painting, that means three very different challenges. In the garden villages there is a lot of woodwork that is prone to wood rot, homes on the dyke have to cope with extra moisture, and in the new builds the work is mainly indoors, on new walls and ceilings. With the dyke houses there is the added factor that the bottom of the house is sometimes close to the water or the ground, so sills and skirting boards deteriorate especially quickly.

What Oranje Kwast does for you in Noord

The exterior woodwork job in Noord involved the full package on the wooden boards on the outside wall, the fascias and the back door: repairing wood rot, applying primer and finishing with two coats of Sikkens exterior gloss. The result looked as good as new. Take a look at the project in Amsterdam-Noord for the before and after photos.

• Exterior painting of window frames, doors and dormers on garden village homes
• Wood rot repair to bottom sills and frame corners
• Interior painting in new-build apartments, sprayed or rolled
• Advice on a colour that suits the streetscape of the garden village

Getting started in Amsterdam-Noord

Send a message or call 06-18923233 and you will get a personal reply within 24 hours. Our painter will then visit you himself for a free consultation and take a close look at the woodwork. Within 48 hours of that walk-round you will have a written quote. You are welcome to send photos of your window frames in advance via the quote form.

You can read more about painting across the whole city on painter in Amsterdam. If you also own a property in the city centre, take a look at Amsterdam-Centrum.