Exterior painters for Sydney homes
Render, brick, weatherboard, eaves, fascias, decks and fences. Washed back, repaired properly, then coated in a system built for Sydney weather and salt air.
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What you get on every exterior job
Five things that do not change from one house to the next.
Built For Salt Air
Weather-rated systems picked for coastal exposure, not just colour.
Fixed Price Quotes
Priced on site, in writing. Rain does not change the number.
Access Priced Properly
Scaffold and ladders named in the quote, not sprung on you later.
Repairs Before Paint
Render cracks, rotten timber and rust fixed first, not coated over.
Washed Back First
Every exterior gets cleaned down before a brush touches it.
Exteriors we have finished
Every photo is a real house in Sydney. Tap any of them to open it full size.
What we paint outside
Most exteriors are a mix of surfaces, and each one wants a different system. Here is what we cover.
Surfaces
- Rendered walls
- Brick and blockwork
- Weatherboard and cladding
- Fibro and sheeting
- Eaves and soffits
- Fascias and barge boards
- Gutters and downpipes
- Window frames and sills
- Doors and garage doors
- Balustrades and handrails
Around the house
- Decks and verandahs
- Pergolas
- Fences and gates
- Retaining walls
- Carports
- Garden sheds
- Front facades
- Feature walls
- Letterboxes
- Steel and wrought iron
Salt is what kills exterior paint here
Most of our work sits within a few kilometres of the water, and that changes the job. Salt carries inland on the breeze, settles on every wall, and draws moisture out of the air onto the surface. It works into render, sits under coatings, and eats steel brackets, balustrades and fixings from the inside out.
A house in Bondi, Bronte or Coogee will show wear on a west or south-east facing wall years before an identical house a few suburbs inland. Painting over that without washing it off first is the most expensive shortcut on an exterior job, because the coating never bonds to the wall. It bonds to a layer of salt, and then it lets go in sheets.
So every exterior we do starts with a proper wash down, then rust and salt damage get treated, and the topcoat is a system rated for coastal exposure rather than whatever matched the colour. There is more detail in our post on how Sydney's salt air affects exterior paint.
What actually happens on an exterior repaint
Six stages, in order, on every exterior job we take.
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On-site quote
We walk the outside of the house with you, check every elevation, and look at what the weather has already done. Chalking render, blistered timber, rusted brackets, failed sealant around windows. You get a fixed price in writing with the repairs listed, not hidden in a total.
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Access and protection
Scaffold, ladders or trestles go up where they are needed, and that is a line in the quote you can see. Windows, decking, paths, gardens, air conditioning units and anything else that is staying gets covered or masked before we start washing.
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Wash down
The whole exterior gets pressure cleaned or hand washed depending on the surface, to take off dirt, chalk, salt, cobwebs and mould. Painting over an unwashed exterior is the single fastest way to get a finish that peels in a sheet two summers later.
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Repairs and prep
Cracks in render raked out and patched, loose and flaking paint scraped and sanded back to a sound edge, rotten timber cut out and replaced, rust treated back to bare metal, and every gap around windows, doors and trims re-caulked so water has nowhere to get in.
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Prime and seal
Bare render, new patches, bare timber, treated rust and any chalky surface gets the right primer or sealer for what it is. This is the step that decides whether the topcoat bonds for ten years or lets go in eighteen months.
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Two topcoats and handover
Two coats of a weather-rated system, applied in the right conditions. We do not paint in rain, in the wet hours of a cold morning, or onto a wall the sun has just cooked. Then we walk the outside with you, fix anything you point at, and take the scaffold and the rubbish with us.
Different walls, different systems
Accredited Painter
Dulux and other trusted exterior systems, matched to the substrate rather than to the colour chart. The most common exterior failure we get called out to fix is not a cheap paint. It is a reasonable paint on the wrong surface, or a reasonable paint over a surface nobody prepared.
Render and masonry want a breathable membrane, so moisture in the wall can get out instead of pushing the coating off in blisters. Timber moves with heat and damp, so it wants a flexible system and tight caulking at every join. Metal wants the right primer for the metal it is, and rust treated back before anything goes over it.
Colour matters too, and not only for looks. Dark charcoals and deep blues look sharp on a sample card and fade fastest on a west-facing wall in Sydney sun. We will tell you which colours hold up, and there is more on it in our post on choosing exterior paint colours.
- Render and masonry Breathable membrane system. Lets the wall dry out rather than blister.
- Bare or unpainted brick Sealed first, then coated. Skipping the sealer means patchy suction.
- Weatherboard and timber Flexible system, full caulking, rot cut out and replaced first.
- Eaves and soffits Washed for mould and cobwebs, then a low sheen that stays clean.
- Steel and wrought iron Rust treated back to bare metal, then a metal-specific primer.
- Decks Decking-specific system built for foot traffic and standing water.
How long an exterior takes
- Single storey, weatherboard
- 4 to 7 days
- Single storey, render or brick
- 4 to 6 days
- Two storey home
- 1 to 2 weeks
- Trims and windows only
- 2 to 4 days
- Deck or fence
- 1 to 3 days
- Heritage terrace facade
- 5 to 10 days
These are working days, not calendar days. Exteriors are weather dependent and nothing anyone does changes that. If it rains we stop, cover up and pick up the next dry day, and the fixed price does not move because of it.
What exterior painting costs
Straight answer first: nobody can price an exterior properly without walking around the house. Here is what moves the number.
Access and condition drive exterior pricing more than size does. A single storey brick house with sound walls and a clear perimeter is straightforward. A two storey weatherboard on a steep block, with a metre of side setback, rotten fascias and thirty years of flaking paint, is a different job on the same floor area.
As a rough guide, a full exterior starts from $4,000, and trims and windows on their own from $150 per window and frame, plus materials. Treat both as starting points, not quotes.
The on-site quote is free and you get one fixed number in writing with the repairs and the access equipment listed as their own lines, so you can see exactly what you are comparing against another quote.
What moves the price
- Storeys and access Scaffold on a two storey is a real cost, not a rounding error.
- Block and setbacks Steep sites and tight side passages slow everything down.
- Substrate Timber needs more prep than render. Bare brick needs sealing first.
- Condition of the old coating Sound is quick. Flaking, chalky or blistered is days of scraping.
- Timber repairs Rotten boards, fascias and sills that need cutting out and replacing.
- Rust and metalwork Balustrades, brackets and steel that need treating before coating.
- Extras around the house Decks, fences, pergolas and garage doors each add scope.
Do the roof at the same time
The scaffold is already up and the house is already washed down. Adding the roof to an exterior job costs a fraction of what booking it separately does.
Have a look at roof painting and interior painting. All three sit under residential painting, and we can quote them together as one fixed price with one program.
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Three exterior jobs, before and after. Same spot, same angle.
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Very happy with Mosi and his team. We were on a tight schedule and needed the painting completed before moving in, and Mosi was always very responsive and kept things moving without any fuss.
The quality of the work was excellent, and the apartment looks fantastic. What also stood out was how trustworthy and reliable he was. We gave him the keys to our apartment and felt completely comfortable doing so.
I’d happily recommend Mosi and his team to anyone looking for a professional and reliable painter.
Mosi and the team did a fantastic job on my interior paint job. Mosi advised on paints and finishes, and was extremely flexible in timing around other trades. I will absolutely be using BrushUp Painting again!
I highly recommend BrushUp Painting. Mosi and the team painted the exterior of my house which has an awkward shape and was extremely difficult to access the upper level. They also repaired some rotten timberwork so saved me having to get a carpenter in beforehand. Very happy with the end result and the price.
Mosi and the team did an outstanding job painting our house after full renovation, and we couldn’t be happier with the result. The team handled a range of challenging surfaces with real skill and attention to detail, and the finish looks clean, sharp, and high-quality throughout. It’s clear they take pride in their work and know exactly what they’re doing.
What really stood out was their professionalism from start to finish. They were reliable, easy to deal with, and left the place spotless once the job was done—no mess, no stress. If you’re looking for painters who deliver excellent workmanship and actually care about the final outcome, I’d highly recommend BrushUp Painting.
Mosi and his team recently painted the complete interior of my house. I found him as I had asked my friend who painted her house as it looked great and she put me in touch. They are quick and clean. The whole thing was done in under a week and it looks very fresh and clean. Could not be happier and would use them again!
Mosi and his team did a fantastic job repainting our unit. They were totally professional, courteous and very well priced.
These guys are total professionals and could not recommend them more highly.
Mo and his team were great at painting our house. His pricing was competitive and he started/finished as programmed.
He was able to start with reasonably short notice and willing to do extras that he saw necessary to do a quality job.
He left the site clean and tidy and has made a real difference to the overall appeal of the house.
Will look to Mo again when we need a painter.
I had an amazing experience with Mosi. Their team was professional, punctual, and did a fantastic job. The attention to detail and quality of work exceeded my expectations. My home looks brand new! I highly recommend them for anyone looking for top-quality painting services.
Thank you Mosi for the amazing job you did with our old cottage. You took such great care to provide a beautiful end result. I highly recommend this business.
Where we paint exteriors
Coastal exposure changes from street to street out here. If your house is on this list we have painted one like it nearby.
Harbour and Bays
Paddington and the Parks
Randwick and the South
Questions about exterior painting
We stop, cover what needs covering, and pick up the next dry day. The fixed price does not change because of the weather, and neither does the scope. What can move is the finish date, and you hear about that from us the day it happens rather than at the end.
Autumn and spring are ideal. Mild temperatures and low humidity let the coating cure properly. Summer is workable but we plan around the hottest part of the day, because paint that goes on a wall in direct forty degree sun skins over before it has bonded. Winter is fine on dry weeks, though short days and heavy morning dew slow it down.
On a properly prepped house with a quality system, expect roughly seven to ten years on render and brick and five to eight on timber. Close to the water it is at the shorter end of both, because salt is relentless. Prep is what decides where in that range you land, not the brand on the tin.
Yes. Render and masonry need a breathable membrane system so trapped moisture can escape rather than push the coating off. Timber needs more prep and moves with the weather, so it wants a flexible system and tight caulking. Bare or previously unpainted brick needs a sealer first. Getting this wrong is the most common cause of a premature exterior failure.
Yes, and it is quoted as a visible line rather than absorbed silently. Rotten weatherboards, fascias and window sills get cut out and replaced. Render cracks get raked out, filled and sanded. If the damage runs deeper than paintwork, structural movement or rising damp, we tell you at quote time instead of coating over it.
For most two storey houses, yes, and for anything with a steep block or a tight side setback. It is safer and it is faster, which usually makes it cheaper overall than working off ladders. Either way it is named and priced in the quote, so nobody discovers it halfway through.
Between Bondi and Maroubra it decides how long the finish lasts more than the colour does. Salt sits on the surface, draws moisture, and works into render and metal from underneath. We wash it off properly, treat any rust or salt damage, and use a coating rated for coastal exposure. There is more on it in our post on how salt air affects exterior paint.
Yes, and they are worth doing at the same time as the house. Same set-up, same access, one visit. Decks need their own approach because they take foot traffic and standing water, so they get a decking-specific system rather than whatever went on the walls.
Book a quote on your exterior
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