Workmanship
Warranty
Upscale Painting & Decorating (NSW Licence 453040C) is a painting company in Sydney providing interior, exterior, apartment and house painting in Bondi and across the Eastern Suburbs. Upscale Painting & Decorating is owner-led by Esmayel Nazari since 2016, a Dulux Accredited Painter and a certified member of Master Painters Australia. Every Bondi 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
Bondi 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’s 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 Bondi property shouldn’t be a gamble.
If you’ve put off repainting, 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, if your property is between tenants, going to market, or running on a short-stay schedule, you can’t afford a painter who runs a week late and costs you a fortnight of empty income.
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 property 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 Bondi job.
Most painters tell you they’re reliable, tidy and good value. We’d rather show you. Every Bondi job comes with five commitments, in writing, before we start.
Services
Painting services for Bondi homes, apartments and investment properties.
Bondi’s housing stock is unusual: beach-facing Federation cottages, art deco and inter-war walk-up apartment blocks, modern semi-detacheds, and a heavy concentration of investment and short-stay properties. Upscale Painting & Decorating paints all of it. Every service below is available across Bondi, North Bondi, Bondi Beach and the wider Eastern Suburbs.
The process
How we paint a Bondi property, first call to final walk-through.
When you can picture the steps, the unknown stops being stressful. Here’s exactly what happens.
Colour Consult and 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 and 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 more on a Bondi exterior than almost anywhere in Sydney.
Painting in Bondi
Painting Bondi’s beachside homes and investment apartments.
There are two reasons painting in Bondi is different from painting almost anywhere else in the Eastern Suburbs, and both of them shape how we quote, prep and finish a job.
The first is the weather. Bondi sits on a stretch of open Pacific coastline, and properties east of Campbell Parade, on streets like Notts Avenue, Ramsgate Avenue, Brighton Boulevard and the streets running back from North Bondi, cop direct salt-laden spray and aggressive UV that most Sydney exteriors never see. A generic exterior system that lasts ten years in Bellevue Hill might be peeling, chalking or flaking inside two or three on a Bondi facade. We specify Dulux Weathershield exterior systems chosen for salt and UV exposure, and we prep the substrate so the system actually has a chance.
The second is the property mix. Bondi has an exceptional density of art deco and inter-war walk-up apartment blocks, especially through the streets between Bondi Road and the beach: Curlewis Street, Hall Street, Glenayr Avenue, O’Brien Street, Roscoe Street, Beach Road. Many of these are strata-managed, many are owned by investors, and a huge share is leased or short-stayed rather than owner-occupied. That changes what a painting job has to deliver. It needs to land on a date, finish on a date, and not cost the owner a week of rental income or short-stay bookings while we’re on site.
We schedule Bondi jobs accordingly: between tenants, between settlements, between Airbnb bookings, or around a fixed campaign date, with the start and end dates locked in writing before we begin. Sale-prep repaints are quoted to your agent’s listing date. End-of-lease repaints are quoted to your incoming tenant’s move-in. Short-stay refreshes run between checkouts.
Bondi is in Waverley Council, not Woollahra, so any heritage or exterior-treatment controls work differently from what applies in Double Bay or Bellevue Hill. Where Council controls apply to a property, we work to them. We’ve painted homes and apartment blocks across Bondi and the neighbouring Eastern Suburbs, Tamarama, Bronte, North Bondi, Bellevue Hill, Rose Bay and Bondi Junction, since 2016, and bring that local knowledge to every quote.
Pricing
What painting costs in Bondi
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
Bondi painting questions, answered.
The questions Bondi homeowners, landlords and strata managers ask us on every quote, answered properly.
Do you paint apartments and strata buildings in Bondi?
Yes. Bondi has one of the highest concentrations of art deco and inter-war walk-up apartment blocks in Sydney, and Upscale Painting & Decorating paints individual units, common areas, stairwells and full building exteriors. We coordinate directly with strata managers and bodies corporate so the work runs without disrupting residents.
Do you handle end-of-lease, sale-prep and Airbnb refresh painting in Bondi?
Yes. A serious share of Bondi’s housing is investment property, and Upscale Painting & Decorating paints between tenants, before sale campaigns, and between short-stay bookings. Each job is scheduled to a fixed start and end date so you don’t lose rental income or listing time waiting on a painter.
Do you paint exteriors facing the ocean in Bondi?
Yes. Properties east of Campbell Parade and through North Bondi take direct ocean spray and aggressive UV that most Sydney exteriors never see. Upscale Painting & Decorating specifies Dulux Weathershield exterior systems built for salt and UV exposure and preps the substrate so the system performs as it should.
What suburbs near Bondi do you cover?
Upscale Painting & Decorating services Bondi, North Bondi and Bondi Beach, plus the surrounding Eastern Suburbs including Tamarama, Bronte, Waverley, Bellevue Hill, Rose Bay, Bondi Junction, Dover Heights and Vaucluse.
Do you provide a written warranty?
Yes. Every job is backed by a written Dulux 5-year workmanship warranty, with the certificate handed to you on completion. If anything fails because of how we painted it, we come back and fix it.
Service Area
Servicing Bondi, the Eastern Suburbs and greater Sydney
Upscale Painting & Decorating is a team of Sydney painters servicing Bondi and the wider Eastern Suburbs. Alongside Bondi, North Bondi and Bondi Beach, we paint homes and buildings in:
Centennial Park
Sydney CBD
Sydney CBD
Pyrmont
