Workmanship
Warranty
Upscale Painting & Decorating (NSW Licence 453040C) is a painting company providing interior, exterior, residential and strata painting in Cremorne and across the Lower North Shore. Owner-led by Esmayel Nazari since 2016, Upscale Painting & Decorating is a Dulux Accredited Painter and a certified member of Master Painters Australia. Every Cremorne 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
What Cremorne homeowners say once the job is done.
Letting a painter into your home, or into your apartment block, 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
Repainting in Cremorne shouldn’t come with surprises.
If you’ve been putting off repainting, it’s usually for a reason you could name straight away.
You’ve been quoted a price that quietly climbed once the work started. You’ve heard about painters who didn’t show up, or who left dust through the flat and marks on the floor. If you’re in an apartment, you don’t want a fortnight of mess in a home you’re still living in, with no clear idea of what’s happening or when it will be done. And if the job touches common property, you don’t want to be the owner who has to explain a painting mess to the strata committee.
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 brush is lifted.
You deal with Esmayel directly, the owner, 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 Cremorne job.
Most painters tell you they’re reliable, tidy and good value. We’d rather show you. Every Cremorne job comes with the same five commitments, in writing, before we start.
Services
Painting services for Cremorne homes, flats and buildings.
Cremorne runs from 1930s Art Deco walk-up blocks to Federation houses and harbourside homes, and Upscale Painting & Decorating paints all of it. Every service below is available across Cremorne and the wider Lower North Shore.
The process
How a Cremorne paint job runs, 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. On Cremorne’s older flats and period homes, prep is where a paint job is won or lost.
Painting in Cremorne
Painting Cremorne: Art Deco flats, period homes and harbour streets.
More than almost any other suburb on the Lower North Shore, Cremorne is an apartment suburb, and a particular kind of apartment. The streets running off Military Road are lined with 1930s Art Deco walk-up blocks, built in the same decade and the same spirit as the heritage-listed Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace at 380 Military Road. Painting one of these flats is not the same job as painting a modern unit, and a painter who treats it that way will leave a result that doesn’t last.
The interwar flat is the constraint. An Art Deco unit in Cremorne usually means original 1930s plaster, decorative cornices, ceiling roses, picture rails, curved wall returns and steel-framed casement windows, all carrying ninety years of accumulated repaints. Getting a clean, lasting finish means reading those surfaces properly, sanding back where coats have built up unevenly, and choosing Dulux systems suited to original plaster and aged steel rather than reaching for a one-size product. We’ve painted these flats long enough to know where they fight back.
The second constraint is coordination. Because Cremorne is so apartment-dense, a great deal of the painting here happens inside strata blocks: a single unit, a shared foyer, a stairwell, or a full building façade. That means working alongside a strata manager or body 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.
Between the flats sit Cremorne’s freestanding Federation and Californian Bungalow homes, many with the ornate detailing of their era. Cremorne falls entirely within the North Sydney Council local government area, and the Council maintains a local heritage register under the North Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2013, with heritage items through the suburb and a conservation area at Cremorne Point. Where a property is listed or sits inside that conservation area, exterior colours and finishes can be controlled. We work to those controls and keep the property compliant.
Cremorne’s leafy, hilly streets step down to the water between Sydney Harbour and Middle Harbour, and that position adds one more factor: homes facing the water towards Cremorne Point and Kurraba Point take more sun and weather on their exteriors, which is worth building into the choice of exterior system. We’ve painted homes, flats and buildings across Cremorne and the neighbouring Lower North Shore, Neutral Bay, Cammeray, Mosman and North Sydney, since 2016, and we bring that local knowledge to every quote.
Pricing
What painting costs in Cremorne
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 won’t 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
Cremorne painting questions, answered.
The questions Cremorne homeowners ask us on every quote, answered properly.
Do you paint Art Deco and interwar apartments in Cremorne?
Yes. Cremorne has one of the densest stocks of 1930s Art Deco apartments on the Lower North Shore, and Upscale Painting & Decorating paints them regularly. We work with the original plaster, cornices, ceiling roses, picture rails and steel-framed windows these flats are built with, using Dulux systems suited to surfaces that have been repainted many times.
Can you coordinate with our strata manager or body corporate in Cremorne?
Yes. A large share of our Cremorne work is inside strata buildings, including individual units, foyers, stairwells, balconies and full building exteriors. Upscale Painting & Decorating coordinates directly with strata managers and bodies corporate, manages access through shared entrances, and schedules the work to keep disruption to residents low.
Do you work on heritage and conservation-area homes in Cremorne?
Yes. Cremorne sits within the North Sydney Council area, which maintains a local heritage register and a conservation area at Cremorne Point. Where a property is heritage-listed or inside the conservation area, exterior colours and finishes can be controlled. Upscale Painting & Decorating works to those controls and uses Dulux systems suited to original timber, render and plaster.
How quickly can I get a painting quote in Cremorne?
Esmayel will visit your Cremorne home or apartment within 24 hours of your call for a free, no-obligation quote, or provide a quick estimate over the phone the same day. Call 0490 094 862.
What suburbs near Cremorne do you cover?
Upscale Painting & Decorating services Cremorne and the surrounding Lower North Shore, including Cremorne Point, Neutral Bay, Cammeray, Mosman, North Sydney, Kurraba Point and Willoughby.
Service Area
Servicing the Lower North Shore and greater Sydney
Upscale Painting & Decorating is a team of Sydney painters servicing Cremorne and the wider Lower North Shore. Alongside Cremorne, we paint homes, apartments and buildings in:
Centennial Park
Sydney CBD
Sydney CBD
Pyrmont
