Workmanship
Warranty
Upscale Painting & Decorating (NSW Painting Licence 453040C) is a Sydney house and apartment painting company providing interior, exterior, residential and apartment painting in Burwood and across Sydney’s 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 Burwood job is quoted in person by Esmayel, fixed in price in writing before work starts, and backed by a written workmanship warranty.
Reviews
Burwood 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 Burwood 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
Repainting in Burwood, without the guesswork.
If you have been putting off repainting, it usually comes down to a few things you would rather avoid.
A quote that crept up once the work started. A crew you had never met turning up at the door, or not turning up at all. Or simply not wanting strangers in your home for a fortnight with no clear sense of what is happening or when it will be done.
Those are fair concerns, and they are the exact ones Upscale Painting & Decorating is built to remove. Everything about how we work is designed so you know the price, know the schedule, and know your home is protected before a 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 Burwood job.
Most painters tell you they are reliable, tidy and good value. We would rather show you. Every Burwood job comes with five commitments, in writing, before we start.
Services
Painting services for Burwood homes and buildings.
Burwood’s housing runs from grand Federation homes to high-rise apartments above the town centre, 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 a Burwood 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, filling, sanding and priming, before applying premium Dulux systems. Prep is where a paint job is won or lost.
Painting in Burwood
Federation streetscapes and a town centre that keeps rising.
Burwood is one of the more interesting suburbs in Sydney to paint, because two very different building stories sit side by side, and they ask for opposite things from a painter.
The first is heritage. Burwood holds some of the finest Federation housing in the Inner West. The Appian Way, the model estate George Hoskins laid out off Burwood Road in the early 1900s, is widely regarded as one of the finest Federation streetscapes in Sydney, and it sits inside a heritage conservation area protected under the Burwood Local Environmental Plan. The streets around it carry Federation Queen Anne and Edwardian bungalow homes, full of verandahs, turned timber posts, decorative gables and roughcast render. Painting these properly means respecting any conservation-area colour and finish controls, using Dulux systems suited to original timber and render, and treating older paintwork carefully. Get it wrong and it can mean a repaint, or a conversation with Council.
The second is growth. Around Burwood station and Westfield, the town centre has become one of the Inner West’s most intensively redeveloped centres, with apartment towers and mixed-use buildings rising over the last two decades. That brings unit interiors, common areas and full strata facades, which means working alongside strata managers and bodies corporate, managing access through shared entrances, and keeping disruption to residents low. We handle that scheduling and communication as part of the job, not as an afterthought.
There is one more factor, and it is the opposite of the coast. Burwood sits inland in the Inner West, so the hardest thing on its exteriors is not salt, it is sun. West-facing brick, render and weatherboard cop strong afternoon heat right through Sydney’s summers, which punishes lower-grade exterior coatings and fades colour early. We factor that exposure into the system we quote, so the finish holds for years rather than seasons.
We have painted homes and buildings across Burwood and the neighbouring Inner West, including Croydon, Ashfield, Strathfield, Concord, Five Dock and Summer Hill, since 2016, and we bring that local knowledge to every quote.
Pricing
What painting costs in Burwood
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
Burwood painting questions, answered.
Most Burwood quotes begin with the same handful of questions, usually about heritage and Federation homes, painting in the town-centre apartment blocks, and how quickly we can get to you. Here are straight answers to the ones we hear most, before you even pick up the phone.
Do you paint Federation and heritage homes in Burwood?
Yes. Burwood has a large stock of Federation and period homes, and several streets, including the Appian Way precinct, sit within heritage conservation areas under the Burwood Local Environmental Plan, which can govern exterior colours and finishes. Upscale Painting & Decorating works to those controls, uses Dulux systems suited to original timber and rendered surfaces, and handles older paintwork with lead-safe practices.
Do you paint apartments and strata buildings in Burwood?
Yes. Burwood’s town centre has one of the densest concentrations of apartment buildings in the Inner West. Upscale Painting & Decorating paints individual units, common areas, stairwells and full building exteriors, and coordinates directly with strata managers and bodies corporate so the work runs without disrupting residents.
What suburbs near Ashfield do you cover?
Upscale Painting & Decorating services Burwood and the surrounding Inner West, including Croydon, Ashfield, Strathfield, Concord, Five Dock, Enfield and Summer Hill.
Service Area
Servicing the Inner West and greater Sydney
Upscale Painting & Decorating is a team of Sydney painters servicing Burwood and the wider Inner West. Alongside Burwood, we paint homes and buildings in:
Centennial Park
Sydney CBD
Sydney CBD
Pyrmont
