Every price range, product claim and safety rule on this site comes from one of the sources below. If something here has changed, email [email protected] and we will check it and correct the page.
Government, council and consumer guidance
- Auckland Council, check if there are heritage controls on your property
- Auckland Council, pressure washing and water blasting guidance
- Consumer NZ, fencing law
- Fencing Act 1978
- Health New Zealand, lead-based paint
- Inland Revenue, registering for GST
- WorkSafe New Zealand, check for asbestos before high pressure spraying on roofs
- WorkSafe New Zealand, working on roofs
Paint makers and building research
- BRANZ Level, lead paint
- Dulux New Zealand, Colour Forecast 2027
- Habitat by Resene, the top Resene paint and stain colours being used outside (October 2024)
- Habitat by Resene, tips for painting outside in summer
- Resene, A4 drawdowns
- Resene, CoolColour and dark colours on exterior surfaces
- Resene, Woodsman waterborne decking stain data sheet
- Resene, paint system for COLORSTEEL and COLORBOND roofs
- Resene, paint systems for exterior timber
- Resene, roof painting questions answered by its technical team
- Resene, testpots and samples
Published prices and cost guides
- CheckMyBuilder, deck cost guide for New Zealand, 2026
- CheckMyBuilder, exterior house painting cost guide for New Zealand, 2026
- Published prices of an Auckland building and painting business, 2026
- Published prices of several Auckland and New Zealand house painting businesses, checked November 2026
- Published prices of several Auckland and New Zealand house painting, roof painting and building businesses, checked November 2026
- Published prices of several Auckland and New Zealand roof painting businesses, checked November 2026
- ServiceTasker, what it costs to stain, oil or paint a deck in New Zealand
- Superior Painters, Auckland roof painting prices by roof type and size for 2026
- Superior Renovations, cost to paint a house in Auckland, 2025