Painters in Coogee Coastal homes, painted inside and out.

Salt, chalk and mould stop paint sticking, so an exterior this close to the water starts with a proper wash, then the right primer for each surface: bare timber, render, brick and metal each need a different one. On top go two full coats of a 100% acrylic coastal system such as Dulux Weathershield, not one coat thinned to stretch it. Our guide to the best paint for coastal homes goes further.

Many Coogee blocks are three and four storeys with tight side setbacks, so scaffold or a boom is often the honest answer rather than ladders. It’s priced upfront in the quote, never added once work starts.

Coastal light shifts colours more than people expect, so we test your shortlist on the actual walls and look at it with you in the morning and the afternoon before anything is locked in. Inside, a washable low sheen such as Dulux Wash&Wear, and a warm white usually sits better in Coogee’s strong sun than a stark cool white.

Coogee’s older federation cottages get sensitive colour choices and proper preparation of the original timber and render, with cracks patched, gap filled and spot primed so they disappear under the finish rather than being painted over.

As a guide for 2026: a single room $600 to $1,500, a three bedroom interior $6,000 to $12,000, and a full exterior $8,000 to $25,000+. Every quote is walked and itemised so you can see exactly where the money goes.

Yes. Proview Painting is based in Coogee, so Neil can come round to walk through your job and you can actually get hold of him.

A top grade 100% acrylic exterior system over the right primer for each surface, after a thorough wash. On beachfront walls we use Dulux Weathershield coastal systems. The system matters more than the tin.

Yes. A lot of Coogee is apartment blocks and strata. We handle common property repaints, balconies and stairwells, with the full compliance pack for owners corporations.

It depends how close you are to the water. Beachfront homes on Arden and Beach Street usually need an exterior repaint every 5 to 7 years, because the salt never stops landing. Up the hill towards Carrington Road, 8 to 12 years is normal. Interiors usually last 10 to 15 years.

Yes, they’re a big part of our Coogee work: common property repaints, stairwells, balcony soffits and rendered facades, with quotes ready for the committee, notice for residents and the full compliance pack. Blocks built before about 1970 are treated as containing lead paint, which changes how they’re prepared.

Usually, yes. In a suburb like Coogee with so many apartments, a freshly painted interior tells buyers the bigger things were probably looked after too, and peeling exterior paint gives them a reason to offer less. Repaint before the campaign photos, not after the building inspection.

Yes, most clients do. Interiors are done room by room in an order agreed with you before we start. Furniture is moved to the middle of each room and covered, floors are sheeted, and the place is left tidy at the end of every day.

It depends on the timber and how exposed it is. Decking oil looks best but needs recoating every 12 to 18 months this close to the water. A good stain stretches to 2 to 4 years and evens out patched boards. Paint is only the right call for an old, heavily repaired deck.