Workmanship
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Upscale Painting & Decorating (NSW Painting Licence 453040C) is a painting company in Sydney providing interior, exterior, residential and apartment painting in Gladesville and across the Inner West and Ryde. 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 Gladesville job is quoted in person by Esmayel, fixed in price in writing before work starts, and backed by a written workmanship warranty.
Reviews
Gladesville 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
Repainting a Gladesville home shouldn’t be a hassle.
If you have put off repainting, it is usually for one of a few reasons.
You have been quoted a price that crept up once the work started. You have heard about painters who did not turn up, or who left dust and damage behind. Or you simply do not want strangers in your home 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 Gladesville job.
Most painters tell you they are reliable, tidy and good value. We would rather show you. Every Gladesville job comes with five commitments, in writing, before we start.
Services
Painting services for Gladesville homes and buildings.
Gladesville runs from solid post-war brick homes to riverside apartment blocks and the Victoria Road shopfronts, and Upscale Painting & Decorating paints all of it. Every painting service below is available across Gladesville and the wider Inner West and Ryde area.
The process
How we paint a Gladesville 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, priming, before applying premium Dulux systems. Prep is where a paint job is won or lost, and it matters even more on Gladesville’s older brick and rendered surfaces.
Painting in Gladesville
One suburb, two councils, and the brick that comes with it.
Gladesville is unusual among Sydney suburbs, and the reason matters the moment you repaint an exterior. The suburb is split across two local government areas. Part of Gladesville sits in the City of Ryde, and part sits in the Municipality of Hunter’s Hill, the two councils openly describe themselves as sharing the suburb. The boundary runs roughly through the Victoria Road spine. Which side of that line your home sits on can change what applies to the outside of your property.
On the Hunter’s Hill side, the constraint is heritage. Hunter’s Hill is Australia’s oldest garden suburb and carries some of Sydney’s strictest conservation controls. For homes near Henley, Huntleys Point and the river, exterior colours, finishes and how original sandstone, timber and rendered detailing is treated can be governed by the Hunter’s Hill planning controls. Getting it wrong can mean a repaint, or a problem with Council. We work to those controls and use Dulux systems suited to the original substrates.
On the Ryde side, the constraint is the housing stock. A large share of Gladesville was built out in the post-war decades, including the Ryde Council housing developments of the late 1940s through the 1960s, which is why so much of the suburb is solid full-brick and brick-veneer. Painted and rendered brick of that age needs the right preparation and the right exterior system to hold up, particularly on the weather-facing and river-facing elevations. We prep and coat it so the finish lasts rather than peeling back in a few seasons.
Gladesville’s Parramatta River position adds one more factor. Homes around Banjo Paterson Park, Looking Glass Bay and the Huntleys Point and Henley waterfront take more weather and moisture exposure on their exteriors, which is worth factoring into the choice of exterior system. We have painted homes and buildings across Gladesville and the neighbouring Inner West and Ryde, Drummoyne, Five Dock, Hunters Hill and Putney, since 2016, and we bring that local knowledge to every quote.
Pricing
What painting costs in Gladesville
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
Gladesville painting questions, answered.
Every Gladesville quote tends to surface the same handful of questions, usually about council approvals, the older brickwork around the suburb, and how soon we can get to you. Here are straight answers to the ones we hear most, so you have them before you even pick up the phone.
Do you need council approval to repaint a house exterior in Gladesville?
For most like-for-like repaints, no. But Gladesville straddles two councils, the City of Ryde and the Municipality of Hunter’s Hill, and the Hunter’s Hill side carries stricter heritage and conservation controls that can govern exterior colours and finishes. Upscale Painting & Decorating checks which controls apply to your property before quoting and works within them, so you do not end up repainting twice.
Do you paint apartments and strata buildings in Gladesville?
Yes. Gladesville and the neighbouring riverside pockets hold a large stock of walk-up apartment blocks. 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.
Can you paint older brick and rendered Gladesville homes so the finish lasts?
Yes. Much of Gladesville is post-war full-brick and rendered housing, and that surface needs proper preparation and the right Dulux exterior system to hold up, especially on river-facing elevations. Prep is where the job is won, so we fill, sand and prime properly before any topcoat, and back the result with a written 5-year workmanship warranty.
What suburbs near Gladesville do you cover?
Upscale Painting & Decorating services Gladesville and the surrounding Inner West and Ryde area, including Drummoyne, Five Dock, Hunters Hill, Henley, Huntleys Point, Putney and Boronia Park.
Service Area
Servicing the Inner West, Ryde and greater Sydney
Upscale Painting & Decorating is a team of Sydney painters servicing Gladesville and the wider Inner West and Ryde area. Alongside Gladesville, we paint homes and buildings in Drummoyne, Five Dock, Hunters Hill, Henley, Huntleys Point, Putney, Boronia Park and across the Inner West.
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