Painter Gorredijk, for shop and home

Gorredijk came into being around peat extraction. The Opsterlandse Compagnonsvaart, known in the Kromme Knilles area, runs right through the village, and a place with shops, businesses and homes grew up along it. Today it is still a shopping village for the surrounding area, not far from Heerenveen.

That is why we get different questions here than in a small neighbouring village. A shopfront that looks tired, a building with a business downstairs and a home upstairs, a small office that wants a fresh start.

Along the canal there are also family homes that border directly on the water. Something else comes into play there: damp at the bottom, sometimes a narrow pavement and access that we need to check in advance. We go through those buildings in the same way.

With a shop building, the first impression counts. Customers walk right past your shopfront and spot peeling paint on the lower threshold sooner than you do. A well-painted facade and a crisp door say something about your business straight away.

With commercial painting we think along on durability and colour, to suit your corporate identity. A dark shopfront, for example in anthracite RAL 7016, looks sharp, but shows dirt and scratches differently from a light one. We discuss that on site, with your building in front of us.

Closed means expensive, we know that too. So we agree in advance when each part is due. A door your customers use we do at the moment that bothers you least, or in sections. We place scaffolding so that your entrance stays clear and the pavement is safe.

Inside we can also work in sections: the stockroom first, then the shop. We agree what can be done on a quiet day. We only promise what we can really deliver.

Painting work on a home that is two years old or older carries 9 percent Dutch VAT, on a commercial building 21 percent. Since 1 July 2025 a mixed-use building is split: 9 percent on the residential part, 21 percent on the rest. That is exactly the situation of many buildings in a shopping street.

So we list it item by item on the quote, so your accountant can work with it straight away. The full explanation is under Dutch VAT on painting work.

Send photos of the shopfront and the upper floor, and of the places where it is going wrong. Tell us whether someone lives upstairs, and what your opening hours and quiet days are. If you have a corporate identity with colour codes, include them.

If it is a home on the canal, add the year of construction and the last paint job. During the site visit we look at the surface, discuss the colours and agree everything. Also say whether there are signs or awnings on the facade, so we know what has to come off or be worked around.

The biggest factors are the surface area, the preparation and how much your building has to be done in sections. Nationally, the market indication is from €35 per m2 for exterior painting, from €15 per m2 for interior walls and from €50 each for exterior frames.

Those are not MJA prices. After the site visit you get a fixed quote from us with the agreed work. How to assess a frame is covered under painting window frames and doors.

Working in sections to keep your business open takes a little more time, but that usually outweighs a closed shop. In the quote we set it out honestly, item by item. Then you decide for yourself what happens now and what can wait for a quieter period.

MJA Allround Bouw works for private customers and small businesses. We also painted a harbour crane in Stavoren, for example. We have our own scaffolding and a cherry picker where needed, are a member of OnderhoudNL and a recognised training company. On Google we have a 4.8 from 25 reviews.

Do you have a business or home in Gorredijk? Request a site visit via the quote request, or call Mohamed on 06 3006 0558. At handover we walk through the work together, so you know your business looks neat again.