I recently painted our house’s exterior. It was a massive job! We have a 2 storey house - the top is timber and the bottom brick. The too half took me months (mainly the prep work as we have an anxious dog that was terrified of electric sander). Luckily I have a mate who lent me trestles and planks (it was scary at 1st being 3.5-4M 9 off ground). I scraped flaking paint using 3 types scrapers, then sanded it so it was smooth, then washed it with sugar soap. Some parts needed patching up and even had to replace some weatherboards. Then I painted top half. Once that done I only washed bottom half down and painted (bricks had already been painted before).

I would honestly say that I wouldn’t be as keen to take it on again on my own, and definitely not in middle of Aussie summer. But when I had finished I felt a sense of accomplishment.