Timaru and South Canterbury
Interior, exterior, heritage and commercial painting by Trevor Lusty and his team. Reliable, tidy trade painters who turn up on time and finish to a standard the whole town can see.
5.0
Google rating
15
Five star reviews
3rd
Generation painters
Local
Timaru based team
What we do
Residential and commercial work across Timaru and South Canterbury. Whatever the job, the approach is the same: honest advice, careful prep and a finish that lasts.
01
Walls, ceilings, trim and doors, finished to a standard you notice every time you walk in.
From a single room refresh to a full home repaint. The team works clean, keeps you in the loop and leaves each space tidy at the end of every day. Old houses with walls that aren't the straightest are no problem, careful prep is where the finish is won.
02
Weatherboard, roughcast and plaster exteriors, painted to handle South Canterbury weather.
A proper exterior job starts long before the topcoat: washing down, scraping back, priming bare timber and sealing the lot. That's the difference between a paint job that lasts a couple of summers and one that still looks sharp years on.
03
Timaru's older homes deserve painters who respect the detail.
Arched verandas, turned posts, sash windows and original mouldings all need patient prep and a steady hand. We've restored villas and character homes across the district, bringing tired exteriors back to life without losing what makes them special.
04
Offices, warehouses and workplaces, painted around your business hours.
We handle commercial jobs of all sizes across Timaru, from meeting rooms to full warehouse interiors. Respectful of your staff, tidy on site and finished on schedule, so your business keeps running while the place gets a new lease of life.
Recent work
From modern family homes to big commercial interiors, here's a look at the kind of work the team turns out around Timaru. Follow the Facebook page for more.
Lusty Decorating on Facebook
About
Painting runs in the family. Lusty Decorating is a third generation outfit, and that heritage shows in how the team works: quality first, professionalism and integrity in everything, and trade painters who are reliable, trustworthy, courteous and careful.
Trevor leads every job from the Seaview workshop on Elizabeth Street, backed by a team that customers consistently describe the same way in their reviews: on time, tidy, helpful with advice and easy to have around your home or workplace.
You'll spot the navy lighthouse on the ute and the site signs around town. Behind it is a simple promise: the job gets done on schedule, the place gets left clean, and the finish is one you'll be happy to show off.
The Lusty Decorating ute, a familiar sight around Timaru.
Reviews
Every one of the 15 reviews on Google gives Trevor and the team five stars. Here's what they say.
"Always turned up on time, courteous and alway's kept you in the loop with what was going on. Nothing was a bother. Kept everything tidy and alway's cleaned up when finished for the day so place was neat and tidy. End result was great and not overpriced. I very highly recommend and rate this painter."
"Trevor and his team painted my new kitchen, perfection at its best!!! Old house, walls not the straightest. They were fast, efficient, quality workmanship, cleaned up, left no mess - job done! Would highly recommend for future painting jobs."
"Trevor and his team painted the inside of our home, they did an excellent job. Trevor's team were professional, efficient, helpful with advice. High quality workmanship, I would definitely recommend Trevor and his team, we were very happy with their amazing work."
"Can't recommend these guys enough! The quality was top-notch, they were friendly and respectful in our workplace and everything was finished on schedule. Our building looks amazing. We will definitely be calling them again for future projects."
Contact
Ring or message Trevor for a straight answer and a fair price on your next painting job, big or small.