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New Home Painting
New Home Painting in Melbourne
A new build deserves a finish that holds up past handover, and we paint yours like it is ours.
4.8 on Google · 24 Reviews
$10M Public Liability Insured
Family-Owned · Trading since 2000
27 Years Experience on the Tools
NEW HOME PAINTING
Painting new homes across Melbourne's east
A brand new home should not need a repaint in three years. Builders work to a budget, and paint is often where that budget runs thin. Two quick coats over rushed prep can leave flashing, roller marks and edges that never look sharp.
We are ABM Painting & Maintenance, based in Croydon. Babak has spent 27 years painting homes across Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, from Ringwood and Mooroolbark out to Lilydale. That is the same trade skill a new build needs, applied to fresh plaster and new timber instead of an old repaint.
New home painting in Melbourne asks for patience more than speed. Plasterboard has to be sealed properly before any colour goes on. Skirtings, architraves and doors need filling and sanding, not one fast coat. Get that groundwork right and the finish still looks sharp years later.
Melbourne weather adds to the job. Hot dry summers and cool damp winters move timber and test exterior coatings. North and west facing walls take the worst of the UV. A new build needs the right exterior system, not the cheapest one.
Every job is quoted free and in writing, so you see what is included before anything starts. Babak is on the tools himself, not only at the quote. You get a trade-qualified, insured painter who treats your new home the way he would treat his own.
COMMON CONCERNS
What new home owners run into
Most of these come up after handover, when the finish gets a proper look in daylight.
"The walls look patchy in the light."
"I don't want builder white through the whole house."
"Two coats and no sealer."
"I can't work out when to paint."
"The touch-up paint never matches."
OUR APPROACH
A finish built on proper prep
The difference between a paint job that lasts and one that fails is what happens before the colour goes on. New plasterboard gets sealed. Timber gets filled and sanded. Dust gets cleaned off, not painted over. That groundwork is where your finish is won.
- Sealed first, then coated. New surfaces get a proper sealer, so the topcoats bond instead of sitting on plaster dust.
- Even walls under real light. Careful sanding and roller technique means no flashing or patchy spots when the afternoon sun hits.
- Your colours, not builder white. Pick a scheme for the whole house and we work it through room by room.
- Timed around your build. We come in at the right point in your schedule, before furniture and after the trades that make mess.
- Clean lines and clean floors. New carpet, new benchtops and new fittings all get covered before a brush comes out.
Book a free written quote and we will walk your new home with you.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
New home painting from prep to final coat
New builds need a different approach to a repaint. There is no old paint to work with and no settled surfaces to lean on. Fresh plasterboard, raw timber and new render each want their own system.
What we cover
- Interior walls and ceilings. Sealer coat on new plasterboard, then topcoats in your chosen finish.
- Trim and joinery. Skirtings, architraves, doors and door jambs filled, sanded and coated.
- Feature walls and colour schemes. Set your palette across the home before the furniture lands.
- Exteriors. Render, weatherboard, eaves, fascia and garage doors, coated for Melbourne's UV and damp.
- Post-handover defects. Nail pops, hairline cracks and scuffs from move-in, patched and made good.
- Maintenance after the fact. Because we handle painting and general maintenance, the small fix-ups around a new home come back to one contact.
How it works
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Site walk and quote
Babak walks the build with you, checks the surfaces and gives you a free written quote.
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Colour and finish
We help you settle on colours, sheen levels and where each finish belongs.
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Scheduling
We slot in around your builder, your trades and your move-in date.
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Prep
Dust removal, filling, sanding and masking. Floors and fittings covered before anything else.
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Sealing and coating
Sealer on raw surfaces, then topcoats built up properly, room by room.
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Final check
We walk the home with you in daylight, mark anything you are not happy with, and fix it.
If your build is a full turnkey job inside and out, the scope overlaps heavily with our whole house painting service, and we quote it the same way. Both sit under our broader house painting work across Melbourne’s east.
Local considerations. New homes around here come two ways. The Kinley estate at Lilydale is putting up homes on the old Cave Hill quarry site, open ground with no established trees, so north and west walls cop full summer UV from the first day. Closer in through Croydon, Kilsyth and Mooroolbark, most new builds are knockdown-rebuilds, infill blocks and townhouses on established streets. Those bring mature trees, tight side access and neighbours a few metres away. Cool damp winters slow exterior drying either way, so we plan the outside work around the weather rather than pushing through it.
📝 Free job quotes. Every quote is free and in writing. You see the surfaces, coats and finishes listed before you commit to anything.
Why ABM Painting
A painter who turns up and stays on the job
Plenty of painters quote new builds. Fewer are the person actually holding the brush.
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Babak is on your job, not just at the quote.
The owner who prices your home is the one preparing and coating it. Nothing gets handed to a crew you have never met.
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One contact for painting and maintenance.
We are not a paint-only crew. The small repairs that surface in a new home get sorted by the same person, not chased through three trades.
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Trade-qualified and properly insured.
Certificate III in Painting and Decorating, plus $10 million public liability cover that can be increased for larger projects.
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27 years in the trade, all of it local.
Babak has painted homes across Melbourne’s eastern suburbs since 2000. He knows how local plaster, timber and render behave through our summers and winters.
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Tidy site, honest quote.
Floors and fittings stay covered, the site gets cleaned daily, and the written quote is the price you work from.
HOW WE WORK
What it is like having us in your new home
A new build is spotless when you get the keys, and it should stay that way. Before any prep starts, new flooring, benchtops, tapware and window frames get covered and taped. Plaster dust and sanding dust get vacuumed and wiped, not brushed into the corners.
We work to your access rules. If the builder still has trades on site or the home is under a defects period, we fit around that rather than cutting across it. If you have already moved in, we work room by room so you keep somewhere to sleep and somewhere to cook.
You will know who is in your home each day. Babak works from Croydon, so he is nearby if something needs a second look after the job is done. At the end of each day, gear is packed away, offcuts and masking go with us, and the space is left liveable.
Nothing gets signed off until you have walked it in daylight and said you are happy.
- Cert III Painting & Decorating
- $10M Public Liability
- Family-owned since 2000
- 27 years on the tools
- Croydon-based, local team
WHAT LOCALS SAY
Reviews from homeowners across Melbourne's east
Homeowners across Croydon, Ringwood and the surrounding suburbs have left their feedback on Google.
Common Questions
New home painting questions, answered
How soon can we paint a brand new home?
It depends on how dry the plaster and framing are, so we check the surfaces before quoting. New builds hold a lot of moisture, and painting over damp plaster can cause patchy colour or peeling later. Some owners paint straight away in their chosen colours, others wait until the home has been through a season and any settling cracks have shown up. We will tell you honestly what your walls are ready for.
Should we paint before or after we move in?
Painting before the furniture arrives is usually the cleaner run. Empty rooms mean no shifting, no covering furniture and no working around your life. If you have already moved in, we work room by room so the house stays liveable.
Is the builder's paint job good enough to leave?
Sometimes, though it is often thinner than owners expect. Many builders specify only two coats on new plasterboard with no sealer underneath, which is below the Australian Standard for new unsealed surfaces. That shows up as blotchy walls, poor washability and touch-ups that never blend. We will look at yours and tell you what it actually needs.
Do you handle exteriors on new builds too?
Yes, we coat render, weatherboard, eaves, fascia and garage doors. New estates around Lilydale and Mooroolbark sit exposed while the landscaping is young, so the exterior system matters more than it does on a shaded older block.
Can you fix the paint defects after handover?
Yes, we patch and repaint nail pops, hairline cracks and move-in scuffs. Timber shrinks and plaster keeps curing through a new home’s first year, so small defects are normal. Since we handle painting and general maintenance, the other small fix-ups can go on the same job.
Get Started
Get your new home painted properly the first time
The paint on a new build is the one finish you look at every single day. Get the prep right now and you are not patching blotchy walls or chasing touch-ups in two years. Book a free written quote and Babak will walk the home with you before a single tin is opened.
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Tell us about the build. Send through the plans, the stage you are at and your move-in date.
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We visit and quote. Babak checks the surfaces on site and gives you a free written quote with the coats and finishes listed.
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We work to your timeline. We book in around your builder and your move, then paint it out and walk it with you at the end.
We cover new homes across Croydon, Ringwood, Mooroolbark, Lilydale and the surrounding eastern suburbs. Call 1300 880 734 or request a quote online.
Where we work
New home painting across Melbourne's eastern suburbs
We work from Croydon, so both kinds of new build are a short drive away: the estate homes going up at Lilydale, and the rebuilds and infill blocks through the established suburbs around us. That matters on a new build, where the schedule moves around the builder and the trades ahead of us. Being close means we can get back quickly for a defect patch or a second look after handover.
Suburbs we cover for new home painting
- 📍Croydon Hills
- 📍Kilsyth
- 📍Mooroolbark
- 📍Chirnside Park
- 📍Lilydale
- 📍Mount Evelyn
- 📍Wonga Park
- 📍Ringwood North
Not on the list? Get in touch, we cover plenty of nearby suburbs across Melbourne’s east.