# Most coastal homes are maintained *backwards.* > Scheduled coastal home maintenance from Salt Coast. We map your whole property, then keep salt, corrosion and weather from ever getting ahead of it. Salt Coast | Source: https://saltcoast.com.au/maintenance-plans/ Maintenance Plans The coast doesn't stop, so protection can't either. Salt Coast maps your whole property, then keeps salt, corrosion and weather from ever getting ahead of it. [Register your interest](https://saltcoast.com.au/contact/) [See how a plan works](#how) ![A Salt Coast tradesperson inspecting the rendered exterior of a coastal home on a maintenance visit](https://saltcoast.com.au/assets/maintenance-visit-inspection-wa.webp) The usual way ## A coastal home gets looked after by emergency. The paint peels, so you repaint. The render bubbles, so you fix it. The balustrade rusts, so you deal with it. Each job is a reaction to damage that's already happened, and by the time you can see it, salt has been working on the place for months or years. The Salt Coast way ## A maintenance plan, not a paint job. A plan treats your home the way a dentist treats your teeth. You don't wait for a problem and then react; you're on a schedule, things get checked before they fail, and small issues are dealt with while they're still small and cheap. The coast never stops arriving, so the answer isn't a one-off fix. It's a rhythm, set by how exposed your property actually is: check your suburb's [AS 4312 corrosivity zone](https://saltcoast.com.au/coastal-exposure/) to see how fast that clock runs where you live. How it works ## One site visit puts your whole home on the record ### We map everything on the first visit It starts with a job you want done: a repaint, a deck, a wash-down. While we're on site quoting that work, we walk the whole property and catalogue it: every surface and fixture, its material, its condition, and when it'll next need attention. ### The property register becomes your plan That catalogue is the plan. Each item (the render, the roof, the decking, the gates, the BBQ, the stainless) gets its own maintenance clock based on what it's made of and how exposed it is. All on the record with a photo and a next-due date. ### We come back before things fail The schedule does the remembering. Ahead of each item being due, we're in touch to arrange the visit, the same way your dentist reminds you it's time. We catch the bigger surface work before it becomes a strip-and-redo. A plan that keeps your home ahead of the coast ## It runs in a loop, so your home never falls behind ↻ Ahead of the coast, all year 1 We map your property every surface and fixture 2 All on one record condition + when it's due 3 Maintained on schedule before things fail, not after 4 Your home stays sound year-round, no surprises 1 We map your property every surface and fixture 2 All on one record condition + when it's due 3 Maintained on schedule before things fail, not after 4 Your home stays sound year-round, no surprises ↻ …then it begins again, before anything fails. It starts with one site visit. After that, the schedule does the remembering, not you. What's on the plan ## The surfaces you coat, and the fixtures you protect Longer cycles ### Surfaces Exterior paint and render, roofs, decking and timber, driveways and masonry. Cleaned, sealed, repaired and recoated on longer cycles, with salt washed off in between, so coatings last. - Exterior paint & render - Roofs, decking & timber - Driveways & masonry Shorter cycles ### Fixtures & hardware Outdoor metal, balustrades, gates and railings, lighting, the BBQ, door and window hardware, stainless. Cleaned, treated and re-protected on shorter cycles, because that's how fast salt works on them. - Outdoor metal & balustrades - Gates, railings & lighting - BBQ, door & window hardware, stainless The single most valuable job ### The regular salt wash-down Tying it all together is the regular salt wash-down, removing salt before it bites is the single most valuable recurring job on the coast. It's what protects everything else on the plan. ![A regular salt wash-down in progress, rinsing salt off the rendered wall of a coastal home](https://saltcoast.com.au/assets/salt-wash-down-coastal-home-wa.webp) Why this works better on the coast ## Prevention is cheaper than repair, by a wide margin. ⅒ The cost of a wash vs a re-render 0 Dates you have to remember A regular wash and a timely touch-up cost a fraction of stripping peeled paint, re-rendering a salt-damaged wall or replacing corroded fixtures. The maintenance plan isn't an added expense on top of looking after your home. It's the cheapest way to look after it, because it stops the expensive failures happening at all. It also means you're never the one keeping track. No diarising when the deck's due or noticing the gates have started to rust. Your home's on a record, the record runs the schedule, and the schedule brings us back. That's the whole point: a coastal home that simply stays right, without you having to manage it. Common questions ## FAQs **When do maintenance visits start?** Salt Coast launches in October 2026. Registering your interest now costs nothing and puts you first in line: among the first properties contacted and scheduled in when visits begin. We'll keep you posted as launch approaches. **What does a maintenance plan include?** It covers the two things the coast attacks: the surfaces you coat and the fixtures you protect. Exterior paint and render, roofs, decking, driveways and masonry on longer cycles; outdoor metal, balustrades, lighting, the BBQ and door hardware on shorter ones, plus the regular salt wash-down that ties it all together. Each item sits on its own schedule based on what it's made of and how exposed it is. **How often are visits scheduled?** There's no single interval: each surface and fixture gets its own clock. Front-line surfaces that cop the most salt come up more often; sheltered ones less. The schedule does the remembering: ahead of each item being due, we're in touch to arrange the visit, the same way your dentist reminds you it's time. **Why maintain instead of just repainting when it fails?** Because salt damage is far cheaper to prevent than to repair. A regular wash and a timely touch-up cost a fraction of stripping peeled paint, re-rendering a salt-damaged wall or replacing corroded fixtures. Maintaining isn't an added expense on top of looking after your home. It's the cheapest way to look after it, because it stops the expensive failures happening at all. **Can a plan start after someone else painted the property?** Yes. We start with a site visit to map your property as it is today: every surface, its material and condition, and when it'll next need attention, regardless of who did the last coat. From there your home goes on the record and the schedule takes over. SALT COAST ## Launching October 2026. Register now and you're first in line when site visits start. No obligation — and we'll keep you posted. [**Call** 0485 000 558](tel:0485000558) [**Text us** 0485 000 558](sms:0485000558?&body=Hi%20Salt%20Coast%2C%20I'd%20like%20to%20book%20a%20free%20walk-through%20and%20quote.%0AName%3A%20%0AAddress%3A%20%0AAbout%20the%20job%3A%20) **Arrange a quote** Use the form and we'll come back with a time Arrange a quote General enquiry *(This page carries an interactive enquiry form. Agents and readers without a browser can reach Salt Coast at hello@saltcoast.com.au or 0485 000 558.)* Thank you. You're on the list. We'll confirm by email, keep you posted as launch approaches, and your property will be among the first contacted when visits begin in October 2026. --- Salt Coast. Built for the coast. Paint and protective maintenance for coastal Western Australian homes: interior and exterior painting, plus washing and cleaning, roof restoration, rust and corrosion protection, salt-damage treatment, deck and timber care, and recurring maintenance plans. Fremantle based, servicing the coast from Dawesville to Two Rocks. Phone 0485 000 558, email hello@saltcoast.com.au, 29 Queen Victoria St, Fremantle, WA 6160, Australia. Machine-readable index: https://saltcoast.com.au/llms.txt | Agent guide: https://saltcoast.com.au/agents.md | Sitemap: https://saltcoast.com.au/sitemap.xml