Lana Coc-Kroft, Remuera

Ed and the Restorative Painters team have done “quite a bit of work” for Auckland property owner Lana Coc-Kroft. Lana’s builder recommended Ed, and she says, “he’s the only painter I’ll use, and the only one I’ve recommended to others multiple times”. In fact, “when I’ve referred Ed to others, I’ve been phoned later and thanked”. 

Lana enjoys renovating older properties, such as a recently completed 140 year old villa. She says these are special projects requiring “a collaboration of skilled craftspeople, and there’s a lot more preparation involved”. 

The sites are big and busy, “and everyone has to be responsible for their own work and self-sufficient”. 

Lana says, “Ed is a craftsperson who knows what he’s doing”, and that the entire Restorative Painters team “are reliable, consistent, punctual, articulate, and know what they’re doing”. She sees that Ed “trains his team responsibly, and then spot checks the whole time”. He then cycles back after the job is done to check she is happy with the results. 

Some projects have been “real curveballs, and Ed has just rolled with it”. Right after lockdown, Lana bought her current home and had a nine week turnaround on a full renovation, including exterior and interior repaint, before move in day, “and somehow he pulled it off”. 

Lana appreciates that “Ed is willing to take responsibility and give advice, and that he always has a good, worthy opinion and suggestions”. For example, she appreciates his “guidance about colours and products”