Painting Services We Offer

Most Melbourne painting companies, including us, quote a fixed price for the job rather than an hourly rate, because an hourly rate gives you no protection against a slow job or a thin prep. Where hourly figures are quoted in the market they generally sit between $45 and $75 an hour per painter, but that number tells you nothing about how many hours the job needs. A written fixed-price quote listing coats and products is the only figure worth comparing.

A whole-home repaint runs from roughly $4,000 for a small apartment to $20,000 and above for a large house. A typical 3-bedroom Melbourne home falls between those ends, and where it lands depends on whether you are painting interior only or interior and exterior, how much trim and joinery is involved, and the condition of the existing coating. Use the painting cost calculator for a planning figure, then get a site quote for a real one.

A single room usually takes one to two days. A three-bedroom interior typically runs four to seven working days. A full exterior on a standard home takes about one to two weeks once preparation, weather windows and recoat times are allowed for. Preparation is the variable, not the painting: on a weathered exterior it can take longer than the coating itself.

Choose by what you are trying to achieve rather than by surface. If you are selling, that is pre-sale painting. If the outside is chalky, peeling or faded, that is exterior painting. If the house feels tired inside, that is interior painting. If one element looks dated but the rest is fine, there is usually a targeted service for it, such as cabinet painting or feature wall painting. If you are unsure, call and describe the problem.

Yes. We paint offices, retail fitouts, strata common areas and warehouses through our commercial painting service, and we schedule around trading hours, including nights and weekends where a site cannot be closed. All commercial work carries the same $20 million public liability cover and 7-year workmanship warranty as residential jobs.

We use Dulux, Haymes, Taubmans, Berger and Wattyl. The specific product and coat count is named in your quote rather than described generically, so you know exactly what is going on the wall. If you have a preferred brand or an existing colour to match, we will specify to it.

Yes. Washing, sanding, filling, caulking and spot-priming are part of every quote, and the quote states how much preparation is allowed for. Preparation is where cheap quotes usually differ from realistic ones, so it is the first thing to compare when you have two prices in front of you.

No. Most of our work is in occupied homes. We work room by room, protect floors and furniture, keep one living area and a bathroom usable, and clean up at the end of each day. For whole-house exteriors you can stay in the property throughout.

Lead times move with the season, and spring and pre-Christmas are the busiest windows. Small interior scopes can often be booked within a fortnight. Whole-home and exterior projects usually need more notice, which is why we give you a firm start date at quote stage rather than a rolling estimate.

Every job carries a 7-year written workmanship warranty covering the application itself, which is separate from the paint manufacturer’s product warranty. If something in our work fails inside that period, we come back and put it right.