Workmanship
Warranty
Upscale Painting & Decorating (NSW Painting Licence 453040C) is a team of house and apartment painters in Sydney providing interior, exterior, Federation, heritage and apartment painting in Ashfield and across the Inner West. Owner-led by Esmayel Nazari and operating since 2016, Upscale Painting & Decorating is a Dulux Accredited Painter and a certified member of Master Painters Australia. Every Ashfield job is quoted in person by Esmayel, fixed in price in writing before work starts, and backed by a written Dulux 5-year workmanship warranty.
Reviews
Ashfield homeowners who trusted us with their homes.
Letting a painter into your home means trusting them with your floors, your furniture and your time. Here is what Sydney homeowners say after working with Upscale Painting & Decorating. Every review below is a verified 5-star Google review.
Accredited & Licensed
Dulux Accredited Painter
5-Year Warranty
Master Painters Australia
NSW Member
Strata Community Assoc.
SCA NSW Member
NSW Government Licence
Contractor Licence No. 453040C
The problem
A repaint in Ashfield shouldn’t be a guessing game.
If you have been putting off a repaint, it is usually for one of a few reasons.
You have been quoted a number that quietly grew once the work started. You have heard about painters who did not show up, or who left dust, overspray and damage behind. Or you simply do not want strangers in your home, or traipsing through a shared apartment entry, for a fortnight with no clear idea of what is happening or when it will be finished.
Those are reasonable worries, and they are exactly the ones Upscale Painting & Decorating is built to remove. Every part of how we work is designed so you know the price, know the schedule, and know your home is protected before a single brush is lifted.
You deal with Esmayel directly, not a call centre or a rotating crew. And everything we commit to, we put in writing.
The Upscale Promise
Five things in writing with every Ashfield job.
Most painters tell you they are reliable, tidy and good value. We would rather show you. Every Ashfield job comes with five commitments, in writing, before we start.
Services
Painting services for Ashfield homes and buildings.
Ashfield’s housing runs from grand Federation and Victorian homes to one of the Inner West’s densest stocks of red-brick apartment blocks, and Upscale Painting & Decorating paints all of it. Every service below is available across the suburb and the wider Inner West.
The process
How we paint an Ashfield home, from first call to final walk-through.
When you can picture the steps, the unknown stops being stressful. Here is exactly what happens.
Colour Consult & Fixed-Price Sign-Off
You get a free Dulux colour consultation, then a written, fixed-price quote. Nothing starts until you’ve seen the colours you’ll be living with and signed the price.
Protection, Prep & Painting
We photograph and protect every floor, fixture and piece of furniture, then prep properly: washing down, filling, sanding and priming, before applying premium Dulux systems. On Ashfield’s older homes and exteriors, prep is where a paint job is won or lost.
Painting in Ashfield
Face brick, Federation detail and a suburb full of flats.
Ashfield is not a paint-by-numbers suburb, and the reason is the sheer range of what sits on its streets. Within a few blocks you move from grand Victorian and Federation Queen Anne homes, all red face brick, terracotta tile and timber fretwork, to whole streets of inter-war California bungalows, and then to the red and blonde-brick walk-up flats that Ashfield has more of than almost anywhere in the Inner West. Each one asks something different from a painter.
On the period homes, the constraint is heritage and face brick. More than a hundred Ashfield properties carry heritage protection, and several streets sit inside Inner West Council conservation areas where the consistent face-brick frontage is the thing being protected. That matters before you pick up a brush: painting or cement-rendering original face brickwork is exactly the kind of change those controls discourage, so the smart move is often to repaint the timber, render and trim and leave sound brickwork alone. We advise on what should be painted and what is better left, use Dulux systems suited to original timber and rendered surfaces, and keep the finish in line with the streetscape.
On the apartment blocks, the constraint is coordination. Painting a unit, a common stairwell or a full building facade in Ashfield almost always means working alongside a strata manager or body corporate, managing access through shared entrances, and keeping disruption low for residents, on blocks that often have tight or no on-site parking. We plan that scheduling and communication into the job rather than treating it as an afterthought, which is part of why we hold Strata Community Association membership.
Ashfield’s setting adds one more factor: traffic. Liverpool Road and Parramatta Road run through and past the suburb, and the Inner West rail line cuts through its centre. Homes and blocks fronting those corridors collect a film of road grime and exhaust on their exteriors that a quick coat will not hide. We wash and prepare those surfaces properly first, so the new system actually bonds and lasts. We have painted homes and buildings across Ashfield and the neighbouring Inner West, Summer Hill, Haberfield, Croydon, Croydon Park and Burwood, since 2016, and we bring that local knowledge to every quote.
Pricing
What painting costs in Ashfield
Painting costs depend on the size of the space, the condition of the surfaces, the level of prep required, and the paint system used. Most painters will not quote a number without seeing the job, and neither will we. But here are the ranges most Sydney homeowners can expect, based on typical Upscale Painting & Decorating jobs.
| Job Type | Typical Sydney Range |
|---|---|
| Single-room interior repaintWalls + ceiling, one room | $800 – $1,500 |
| Full 3-bedroom interior repaintWalls, ceilings, trim, architraves | $5,000 – $10,000 |
| Full 4-bedroom interior repaintLarger plan, full home | $7,500 – $14,000 |
| Full exterior repaint — single storeyRender, brick, weatherboard | $8,000 – $16,000 |
| Full exterior repaint — double storeyTwo-level, full Weathershield system | $12,000 – $25,000+ |
| Apartment interior repaint1–2 bed, end-of-lease or move-in | $2,500 – $5,500 |
| Strata common areasPer complex, scope-dependent | Quoted on inspection |
Frequently Asked Questions
Ashfield painting questions, answered.
Before you let anyone near your home, you want the awkward questions answered: what a painter will and won’t touch on an older Ashfield home, how they handle a block full of neighbours, and what happens if something goes wrong. These are the questions Esmayel gets asked on Ashfield quotes most often, answered straight.
Do you paint apartments and strata buildings in Ashfield?
Yes. Ashfield has one of the densest stocks of walk-up apartment blocks in the Inner West, and Upscale Painting & Decorating paints individual units, common areas, stairwells, balconies and full building exteriors. We coordinate directly with strata managers and bodies corporate, and manage shared access, so the work runs without disrupting residents.
Can you paint Federation and face-brick homes in Ashfield’s conservation areas?
Yes. Many Ashfield homes are Federation Queen Anne or inter-war bungalows, and several streets sit within Inner West Council heritage conservation areas that protect original face brickwork and streetscape. Upscale Painting & Decorating works to those controls, advises on what should and should not be painted, and uses Dulux systems suited to original timber and rendered surfaces.
What suburbs near Ashfield do you cover?
Upscale Painting & Decorating services Ashfield and the surrounding Inner West, including Summer Hill, Haberfield, Croydon, Croydon Park, Burwood, Dulwich Hill and Canterbury.
Service Area
Servicing the Inner West and greater Sydney
Upscale Painting & Decorating is a team of Sydney painters servicing Ashfield and the wider Inner West. Alongside Ashfield, we paint homes and buildings in the suburbs below.
Centennial Park
Sydney CBD
Sydney CBD
Pyrmont
