Workmanship
Warranty
Upscale Painting & Decorating (NSW Painting Licence 453040C) is a painting company in Sydney providing interior, exterior, residential, heritage terrace and commercial painting in Surry Hills and across inner-city Sydney. 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 Surry Hills job is quoted in person by Esmayel, fixed in price in writing before work starts, and backed by a written workmanship warranty.
Reviews
Surry Hills homeowners who trusted us with their space.
Letting a painter into your home or business means trusting them with your floors, your fit-out and your time. Here’s what Sydney clients 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
Painting a Surry Hills property shouldn’t be a guessing game.
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 in a home where every room is lived in. Or, if it’s a shopfront or office, you can’t afford to lose trading days to a job that runs over with no clear schedule.
In Surry Hills there’s an extra worry on top of those. Much of the suburb is heritage-listed terraces and converted warehouses, built tight to the street with no driveway to work from. The wrong painter treats that as someone else’s problem. We treat it as part of the job.
Those are all 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 Surry Hills job.
Most painters tell you they’re reliable, tidy and good value. We’d rather show you. Every Surry Hills job comes with five commitments, in writing, before we start.
Services
Painting services for Surry Hills homes, terraces and businesses.
Surry Hills runs from 1880s Victorian terraces to converted rag-trade warehouses to the cafes and studios along Crown and Devonshire Streets, and Upscale Painting & Decorating paints all of it. Every service below is available across the suburb and the surrounding inner city.
The process
How we paint a Surry Hills 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 sort out access and parking for your terrace or shopfront up front, then photograph and protect every floor, fixture and fit-out, prep properly, filling, sanding, priming, and apply premium Dulux systems. Prep is where a paint job is won or lost.
Painting in Surry Hills
Heritage terraces and a high street that never sits still.
Surry Hills isn’t a typical Sydney suburb to paint, and the reason is its split character. On one side are the terraces, row after row of Victorian and Federation houses from the 1880s and 1890s, much of it inside City of Sydney heritage conservation areas. On the other is one of inner Sydney’s busiest commercial strips, Crown Street, Devonshire Street and Reservoir Street, packed with cafes, restaurants, bars, boutiques, design studios and warehouse-conversion offices. The two need very different things from a painter, and a lot of crews only know how to do one.
For the terraces, the constraints are heritage and lead. Conservation-area controls can dictate exterior colours, finishes and how original detailing is treated: rendered parapets, cast-iron lacework, decorative cornices and ceiling roses. Many pre-1970 terraces also carry lead-based paint under newer coats, which has to be prepared safely with containment and wet methods rather than dry sanding. We work to the City of Sydney controls and use Dulux systems suited to render, lime plaster and original timber, so the finish lasts and the property stays compliant.
For the businesses, the constraint is trading time. Painting a shopfront, cafe or office on Crown Street means working around opening hours, often early mornings, evenings or overnight, so you don’t lose a day’s takings. We build that scheduling into the quote rather than treating it as an afterthought, which is part of why “commercial painting Surry Hills” is one of the jobs we’re asked for most.
For everything, the constraint is access. Surry Hills terraces and shopfronts are built hard to the street with no off-street parking and narrow frontages, on streets under resident parking schemes. Sorting access, parking and gear logistics is something we plan before day one, not something we leave you to deal with. We’ve painted homes and businesses across Surry Hills and the neighbouring inner city, Darlinghurst, Redfern, Paddington, Chippendale and Moore Park, since 2016, and we bring that local knowledge to every quote.
Pricing
What painting costs in Surry Hills
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 clients 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
Surry Hills painting questions, answered.
Before you let a painter near your terrace or your shopfront, you want straight answers, not a sales pitch. These are the questions Surry Hills homeowners and business owners put to Esmayel on almost every quote, answered plainly so you know exactly what to expect before you book.
Do you paint heritage and terrace homes in Surry Hills?
Yes. Much of Surry Hills sits within City of Sydney heritage conservation areas, which can govern exterior colours and finishes on Victorian and Federation terraces. Upscale Painting & Decorating works to those controls, prepares pre-1970 lead paint safely, and uses Dulux systems suited to render, lime plaster and original timber detailing.
Do you do commercial and shopfront painting in Surry Hills?
Yes. Commercial painting is one of our most-requested Surry Hills services. We paint shopfronts, cafes, restaurants, bars, studios and offices along Crown Street, Devonshire Street and across the suburb, scheduled around your trading hours, including evenings and overnight, so you don’t lose business.
How do you handle parking and access on a Surry Hills terrace?
We plan it before day one. Surry Hills terraces and shopfronts are built to the street with no off-street parking, so we sort out access, on-street parking and gear logistics as part of the quote, and protect shared entrances and stairwells as we work.
What suburbs near Surry Hills do you cover?
Upscale Painting & Decorating services Surry Hills and the surrounding inner city, including Darlinghurst, Redfern, Paddington, Chippendale, Waterloo, Moore Park and the Sydney CBD.
Service Area
Servicing Surry Hills, the inner city and greater Sydney
Upscale Painting & Decorating is a team of Sydney painters servicing Surry Hills and the surrounding inner city. Alongside Surry Hills, we paint homes and businesses in:
Centennial Park
Sydney CBD
Sydney CBD
Pyrmont
