Workmanship
Warranty
Upscale Painting & Decorating (NSW Painting Licence 453040C) provides residential and commercial painting services for homes, apartments and buildings in Vaucluse 2030 and across the Eastern Suburbs. 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 Vaucluse job is quoted in person by Esmayel, fixed in price in writing before work starts, and backed by a written workmanship warranty.
Reviews
Vaucluse 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 in Vaucluse shouldn’t cost you more than you agreed to.
If you’ve held off on repainting, it’s usually because of something you’ve already lived through with another tradesperson.
A quote that grew once the scaffold was up. A painter who never quite finished the trim and then stopped returning calls. A crew who turned the entry into a worksite for three weeks and left a chip in the timber on the way out. Or a price that arrived without anyone actually walking the property.
Those concerns are reasonable, and they’re exactly the ones Upscale Painting & Decorating is built to remove. Every step of how we work is designed so the number you’re quoted is the number you pay, the work that’s promised is the work that’s done, and the home is in better condition when we leave than when we arrived.
You deal with Esmayel directly, not a call centre or a rotating crew. And every commitment we make for your Vaucluse job goes in writing before the first tin is opened.
The Upscale Promise
Five things in writing with every Vaucluse job.
Most painters tell you they’re reliable, tidy and good value. We’d rather show you. Every Vaucluse job comes with five commitments, in writing, before we start.
Services
Painting services for Vaucluse homes, apartments and buildings.
Vaucluse covers everything from clifftop estates and harbourside homes to apartment blocks along New South Head Road, and Upscale Painting & Decorating paints all of it. Every service below is available across the suburb and the wider Eastern Suburbs.
The process
How we paint a Vaucluse home, 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 (fill, sand, prime) before applying premium Dulux systems. Prep is where a paint job is won or lost.
Painting in Vaucluse
Painting in Vaucluse 2030 means working around what’s already there.
Postcode 2030 wraps the headland from the Hermitage Foreshore through Vaucluse and down to the Watsons Bay border, and almost every property inside it has something the painter has to work around. Original parquetry floors. A garden the owners planted twenty years ago. A view that needs to stay unblocked through the job. A neighbour whose driveway is the only way to reach the side fence. Cabinetry, art, joinery, fixtures, finishes the household has chosen carefully and doesn’t want disturbed.
That reality shapes how Upscale Painting & Decorating runs a Vaucluse job. Floors and furniture are photographed and protected before the first tin is opened. Access routes, parking on streets like Wentworth Road and Old South Head Road, and the way materials and ladders move through the property are agreed with the household up front. Where the property is occupied through the work, rooms are staged so the family keeps living normally, kitchens, bathrooms and main living areas are always functional, and the worksite is reset and cleaned at the end of every day.
The other factor in 2030 is heritage. The Vaucluse Estate Heritage Conservation Area, the streets around the original Vaucluse House grounds and the Wentworth Estate, carries Woollahra Council controls that govern exterior colours, finishes and how original detailing is restored. Getting it wrong means a repaint or a problem with Council. We work to those controls and use Dulux systems suited to the original substrates, render, sandstone, timber, so the finish lasts and the property stays compliant.
We’ve painted homes and buildings across Vaucluse and the neighbouring Eastern Suburbs, Rose Bay, Bellevue Hill, Point Piper, Dover Heights and Watsons Bay, since 2016, and bring that local knowledge to every quote.
Pricing
What painting costs in Vaucluse.
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
Vaucluse painting questions, answered.
Painting a home in Vaucluse usually raises the same handful of questions before a quote is even booked: how the heritage area is handled, how apartments and strata buildings differ from houses, how long a repaint actually takes, and what life inside the house looks like while the work is going on. Below are the questions Esmayel is asked most often on Vaucluse jobs, with the answers he’d give on the phone.
Can you paint inside the Vaucluse Estate Heritage Conservation Area?
Yes. Properties around Wentworth Road, Coolong Road and Greycliffe Avenue sit inside the Vaucluse Estate Heritage Conservation Area, which the Woollahra Local Environmental Plan governs. Upscale Painting & Decorating works to those colour and finish controls and uses Dulux systems suited to original render, sandstone and timber so the property stays compliant.
Do you paint apartment buildings and strata complexes in Vaucluse?
Yes. Upscale Painting & Decorating paints individual units, common areas, hallways, stairwells and full building exteriors across the apartment stock that lines New South Head Road and the streets running off it. We coordinate directly with strata managers and bodies corporate so the work runs without disrupting residents.
Can the family stay in the house while you’re painting?
In most cases yes. Upscale Painting & Decorating stages rooms so the household keeps living normally through the work. Kitchens, bathrooms and main living areas stay functional, low-odour Dulux interior systems are used, and the worksite is reset and cleaned at the end of every day.
How long does a typical Vaucluse repaint take?
A single room interior repaint usually takes 1 to 2 days. A full 3-bedroom interior repaint typically runs 5 to 7 working days. A full exterior repaint on a larger Vaucluse home can run 2 to 4 weeks depending on size, surface condition and weather. Esmayel gives you a written start date and a finish date with every quote.
What other Eastern Suburbs do you cover?
Upscale Painting & Decorating services Vaucluse and the wider Eastern Suburbs, including Rose Bay, Bellevue Hill, Point Piper, Double Bay, Dover Heights, Watsons Bay, Bondi and Tamarama.
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 Eastern Suburbs and greater Sydney
Upscale Painting & Decorating is a team of Sydney painters servicing Vaucluse and the wider Eastern Suburbs. Alongside Vaucluse, we paint homes and buildings in:
Centennial Park
Sydney CBD
Sydney CBD
Pyrmont
