Workmanship
Warranty
Upscale Painting & Decorating (NSW Licence 453040C) is a painting and decorating company in Sydney serving homeowners, businesses and strata across the Inner West, from Balmain, Glebe and Newtown to Haberfield, Five Dock and Ashfield. Owner-led by Esmayel Nazari, painting Sydney homes since 2016, Dulux Accredited and a Master Painters Australia member.
Reviews
Why Inner West homeowners choose Upscale Painting.
Hiring a painter for an Inner West home means trusting someone with a property that often has decades of character built into it. Here is why locals choose Upscale.
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
Service Area
Inner West suburbs we paint.
We paint homes and businesses right across Sydney’s Inner West, including:
- Ashfield painters, Federation homes and apartment blocks around the town centre.
- Burwood painters, period houses and busy commercial frontages.
- Drummoyne painters, waterside homes and renovated semis.
- Five Dock painters, family homes and California bungalows.
- Gladesville painters, brick homes and unit complexes.
- Haberfield painters, the garden suburb, where Federation heritage and conservation controls matter.
- Surry Hills painters, terraces, warehouse conversions and shopfronts.
The problem
Painters who actually understand Inner West homes.
If you own a home in the Inner West, you already know your house is not like a project home in a new estate. You might have a Victorian terrace in Balmain, a Federation cottage in Haberfield, a warehouse conversion in Marrickville or a renovated semi in Five Dock. Each one asks different questions of a painter, and a crew that only knows new builds will get them wrong.
Here is what painting an older Inner West home really involves, and how Upscale handles it.
Period and heritage detail. Ceiling roses, ornate cornices, archways, picture rails and cast-iron verandah lacework are hand-prepared and brush-finished, never rushed with a spray gun. Getting the cutting-in crisp on a hundred-year-old cornice is the difference between a paint job and a restoration.
Lead paint in pre-1970 homes. Many Inner West houses still carry lead-based paint under newer coats. We prepare these surfaces safely, with proper containment and wet methods rather than dry sanding, so your family and our painters stay protected.
Solid masonry and render that needs to breathe. Older terraces are often solid double brick or lime render with no cavity. We use breathable coatings suited to those walls, because sealing them with the wrong product traps moisture and leads to bubbling, salt staining and peeling within a season or two.
Heritage conservation areas. In places like Haberfield, exterior colours and finishes can be subject to heritage controls. We work with period-appropriate Dulux Heritage colours and can help you keep the street presentation right.
The street itself. Narrow frontages, shared party walls and limited parking in Balmain, Glebe and Newtown change how a job is set up. We plan access, scaffolding and timing around your terrace and your neighbours, not the other way around.
FAQ
Inner West questions, answered.
Thinking about painting an Inner West home or business? Here are the questions we hear most from locals, from heritage and lead paint to suburbs covered and how our fixed pricing works.
Do you paint heritage and Federation homes in the Inner West?
Yes. Heritage and period homes are core to what we do across the Inner West. Upscale Painting & Decorating prepares and finishes Victorian and Federation features by hand, works with period-appropriate Dulux Heritage colours, and understands the conservation controls that apply in suburbs like Haberfield.
Do you handle lead paint in older houses?
Yes. Many Inner West homes built before 1970 carry lead-based paint. Upscale prepares these surfaces safely using containment and wet methods rather than dry sanding, protecting both your household and our painters.
Do you do commercial and strata painting in the Inner West, or just houses?
Both. Alongside residential work, Upscale paints shopfronts, offices and strata buildings across the Inner West, scheduled to keep businesses trading and residents undisturbed.
