Workmanship
Warranty
Upscale Painting & Decorating (NSW Painting Licence 453040C) is a Sydney house painting company providing interior, exterior and full-home painting in Gymea Bay and across the Sutherland Shire. 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 Gymea Bay job is quoted in person by Esmayel, fixed in price in writing before work starts, and backed by a written workmanship warranty.
Reviews
Gymea Bay homeowners who trusted us with their homes.
Letting a painter into the home you’ve lived in for years means trusting them with your floors, your furniture and your routine. Here is what Gymea Bay 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 Gymea Bay home you’ve lived in for years shouldn’t be a gamble.
Most Gymea Bay homes are held for the long term. Families and older couples stay put on the quiet streets running down toward Port Hacking, and a repaint often means refreshing a home that hasn’t been touched in fifteen, twenty, sometimes thirty years. That makes the decision feel bigger, not smaller.
If you’ve put it off, it’s usually for one of a few reasons. You’ve been quoted a price that crept up once the work started. You’ve heard about painters who didn’t turn up, or who left dust and damage behind. Or you simply don’t want strangers in a home full of your things for a fortnight, with no clear idea of what’s happening or when it will be finished.
Those are reasonable worries, and they’re 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 Gymea Bay job.
Most painters tell you they’re reliable, tidy and good value. We’d rather show you. Every Gymea Bay job comes with five commitments, in writing, before we start.
Services
Painting services for Gymea Bay homes.
Gymea Bay is a suburb of freestanding houses, from original post-war brick and weatherboard homes on the high streets to rebuilt waterfronts looking over Port Hacking. Upscale Painting & Decorating paints all of it. Every service below is available across the suburb and the wider Sutherland Shire.
The process
How we paint a Gymea Bay 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. On older Gymea Bay homes the prep stage is the difference between a coat that lasts and one that peels.
Painting in Gymea Bay
Bushland blocks, waterfront weather and homes held for decades.
Gymea Bay isn’t a typical Sydney suburb to paint, and the reasons are specific to the place. It sits on a peninsula reaching into Port Hacking, about 27 kilometres south of the city, on the bay side of President Avenue. Because there’s almost no through-traffic, the streets running down toward the water, off Gymea Bay Road and Ellesmere Road, are quiet, leafy and lined with established gardens. It is overwhelmingly a suburb of houses. There is virtually no apartment or unit stock here, so nearly every job is a full family home rather than a unit or a common area.
The first factor is how long people stay. Gymea Bay is mostly families and older couples, many of whom have owned the same home for decades. A repaint here is often the first in fifteen to thirty years, which means weathered timber, chalked-back exterior paint and surfaces that need genuine preparation, not a quick recoat. We quote for the prep the home actually needs, and we put that scope in writing so there are no surprises once the scaffolding is up.
The second factor is the setting. The bushland that gives Gymea Bay its leafy character, including the Coonong Creek Bushland Reserve and the tree canopy protected across the suburb, also throws shade, leaf litter and damp onto southern and tree-side walls, where mould and timber rot take hold. Homes facing the water near the Gymea Bay Baths and the North West Arm take salt and weather on their exteriors. We choose the Dulux exterior system to suit each aspect of the house, because the wall under the gum trees and the wall facing the bay don’t need the same thing.
We’ve painted homes across Gymea Bay and the neighbouring Shire suburbs, Gymea, Yowie Bay, Grays Point, Miranda and Caringbah, and we bring that local knowledge to every quote.
Pricing
What painting costs in Gymea Bay
Painting costs depend on the size of the home, 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
Gymea Bay painting questions, answered.
The questions Gymea Bay homeowners ask us on every quote, answered properly.
Do you paint older homes that haven’t been repainted in years?
Yes, and they’re a large part of what we do in Gymea Bay. Many homes here are held for decades and need real preparation before painting: scraping back chalked or peeling paint, treating weathered timber, filling and priming. Upscale Painting & Decorating quotes the full prep scope in writing so the price is fixed before we start.
Do you paint exteriors on waterfront and bushland blocks?
Yes. Homes near Port Hacking and the Coonong Creek bushland take more weather, salt and shade than a typical inland house. We match the Dulux exterior system to each aspect of the home so the finish lasts on the walls that cop the weather, not just the street frontage.
What suburbs near Gymea Bay do you cover?
Upscale Painting & Decorating services Gymea Bay and the surrounding Sutherland Shire, including Gymea, Yowie Bay, Grays Point, Miranda, Caringbah, Kirrawee and Cronulla.
Service Area
Servicing the Sutherland Shire and greater Sydney
Upscale Painting & Decorating is a team of Sydney painters servicing Gymea Bay and the wider Sutherland Shire. Alongside Gymea Bay, we paint homes in:
Centennial Park
Sydney CBD
Sydney CBD
Pyrmont
