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WHOLE HOUSE PAINTING
Whole House Painting in Melbourne
One Croydon-based team for the whole place, inside and out, with a written price before the first drop sheet comes out.
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$10M Public Liability Insured
Family-Owned · Trading since 2000
27 Years Experience on the Tools
WHOLE HOUSE PAINTING
A Full House Repaint, Planned as One Job
Most house repaints happen in pieces. One room this year, the hallway next, the front of the house two summers later. The colours never quite line up and the job drags on for years.
Doing it in one go changes the maths. Drop sheets go down once, furniture gets moved once, access and ladders get set up once. Every one of those steps repeats when you book rooms separately.
ABM Painting handles whole house painting in Melbourne from our base in Croydon. Babak has spent 27 years painting homes across the eastern suburbs. That covers weatherboards around Croydon and Mooroolbark and brick veneer through Ringwood and Bayswater.
The house sets the pace. Melbourne summers bake north and west-facing walls. Cool, damp winters slow drying and push moisture through render and timber. Inside, hallways, kitchens and kids’ bedrooms wear out long before the spare room does.
So we walk the whole property first, then work through it in an order you can live with. Rooms stay usable, furniture stays covered and floors stay protected while we move through.
You get one written price for the lot and one contact from quote to clean-up.
WHY IT FEELS HARD
What Puts People Off Painting the Whole House
Whole-house jobs are where the small problems get expensive. Here’s what we hear most often from homeowners across Melbourne’s east.
“The prep gets skipped.”
“Nobody turns up when they say they will.”
“The quote never matches the invoice.”
“Every quote says something different.”
“We still have to live here.”
How We Fix It
The Whole House Sorted, Room by Room
Every one of those worries comes back to planning. We look at the full property first, write down what’s actually involved, then work through it in an order that suits how you live. You get a house that matches end to end and a price that holds.
- Prep is part of the job, not an extra. Filling, sanding and cleaning happen before any topcoat, and it's written into the quote so nothing is left to guess.
- One written price for the whole house. Rooms, surfaces and coats are itemised up front, so there are no mid-job surprises.
- We work in stages you can live around. Bedrooms and living areas get done in a set order, so you always have usable space while the job runs.
- Colours planned across the house. We help you line up walls, ceilings and trims so the scheme flows from the entry through to the back rooms.
- Babak on site, not just at the quote. The person who priced your job is the one holding the brush.
What's Involved
What Whole House Painting Covers
A full repaint is really several jobs running to one plan. Interiors, exteriors and all the trim work in between, sequenced so wet areas dry properly and you’re not boxed out of your own home. Here’s the scope and how we run it.
What we paint
- Walls, ceilings and cornices through every room
- Skirting boards, architraves, doors and door frames
- Kitchens, bathrooms and laundries with moisture-resistant finishes
- Hallways, stairwells and entry areas
- Weatherboards, scraped, sanded, filled and spot-primed board by board
- Render and brickwork, washed back and sealed where the surface needs it
- Eaves, fascias, gutters, verandah posts and the front door
- Filling, patching, sanding and undercoating before any topcoat
Cladding decides how much of the job is preparation. A weatherboard home takes far more prep than rendered brick, because every board gets worked over before a topcoat goes near it. That’s where the hours go on older homes around Croydon and Mooroolbark.
Most whole-house jobs start on the inside, which is where our interior painting work sits, then move outside once the weather window suits. If you only want part of the property done, our house painting page covers the smaller options.
How it works
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Free on-site quote
We walk the whole property with you, inside and out, then send a clear itemised price by room and surface.
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Colours and finishes
We help you settle on a scheme that carries through the house, and match sheen levels to how each room gets used.
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We protect and prep
Furniture gets moved and covered, floors get protected, then surfaces are cleaned, filled and sanded back for a smooth base.
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We paint in stages
Room by room and elevation by elevation, cutting in by hand, with the right number of coats for full coverage.
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We walk it with you
You check the work zone by zone and we touch up anything that needs it before we move on.
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We clean up
Gear packed away, furniture back where it belongs and the house handed over ready to use.
Local considerations. Melbourne’s east is hard on a paint job. Summer sun cooks north and west-facing weatherboards around Croydon, Mooroolbark and Kilsyth, while cool damp winters push moisture into render and timber. Older homes can hide cracked plaster, past patch jobs and layers of old paint that need proper stripping back. We pick products and prep to suit the surface and the aspect, not a one-size approach.
📝 Free job quotes. Every whole house painting job starts with a free, no-obligation quote, so you know the full cost before you commit.
Why ABM Painting
A Painter You Can Have in the House for a Week
A whole-house repaint means someone in your home for days at a time. Here’s what you get with us.
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Owner on every job
Babak is on the tools from prep to final coat, not a sales rep who hands you to a subbie. One familiar face for the whole job.
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Painting and maintenance, one contact
We are more than a paint-only crew. The small repairs a full repaint uncovers get sorted under the same roof, without chasing another trade.
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Trade-qualified and fully insured
Cert III in Painting and Decorating, plus $10 million in public liability cover that can be lifted for bigger projects. Proper training on site and full cover while we work.
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27 years painting Melbourne's east
Nearly three decades in the trade across the outer eastern suburbs. We read a house quickly: what the surface needs, where the moisture sits and how the aspect will treat the finish.
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Tidy sites and honest pricing
Furniture covered, floors protected and a clean-up at the end of each day. The quote is written and the price holds.
Built On Real Work
What a Long Job in Your House Looks Like
A full repaint means a painter in your home for days at a time. That’s a different proposition to a one-day job, and it’s worth seeing how we run it.
The same person turns up each morning. Babak works the job himself, so you’re not re-explaining the plan to a new face every second day and nothing gets lost between crews.
We pack up properly at the end of each day. Gear goes away, floors get swept, and the rooms you need overnight stay usable. You should be able to cook dinner and put the kids to bed without stepping around a job site.
When prep uncovers something that wasn’t priced, cracked plaster behind a wardrobe or rot under a windowsill, we stop and show you before going further. You get a call and a decision, not a surprise at the end.
- Cert III Painting & Decorating
- $10M Public Liability
- Family-owned since 2000
- 27 years on the tools
- Croydon-based, local team
What Our Customers Say
Reviewed by Melbourne Homeowners
Common Questions
Whole House Painting Questions, Answered
Can we keep living in the house while you paint?
Yes, most whole-house jobs are done with the family still in the home. We work through in stages so you always have usable bedrooms and living space, and we agree the running order with you before we start. Water-based, low-odour paints keep the smell down inside.
How often should a Melbourne house be repainted?
Most interiors hold up for five to ten years, and exteriors usually need attention sooner. Timber and weatherboard weather faster than render or brick, especially on walls copping afternoon sun. Fading, chalky patches and peeling edges are the signs worth acting on, before bare timber starts taking water.
Do we have to move our furniture out?
No, we move and cover the heavy items ourselves, though clearing personal things, wall art and breakables helps us start faster. Floors get protected before any work begins and everything goes back when we finish. Tell us about anything fragile or valuable at the quote.
Why do painting quotes vary so much?
Usually because the quotes cover different work, not because one painter is cheaper. Coat count, how much preparation is included, and whether ceilings, trims and doors are in the price all move the total. Ask each painter for an itemised scope, then compare like for like.
Is the prep work included in your quote?
Yes, filling, patching, sanding and undercoating are written into the quote as part of the job, not added later. Poor prep is the main reason a repaint fails early, so we don’t cut it short. If a surface needs stripping back or extra repair, we flag it before starting, not halfway through.
Get Started
Get a Free Quote for Whole House Painting in Melbourne
A full repaint is the one job people put off for years, usually because they can’t picture how it fits around normal life. It fits better than you’d think when the whole property is planned as a single job with a written price. Babak walks the house, prices every room and surface, then works through it in an order you can live around.
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Tell us about your house and which areas you want painted, inside, outside or both.
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We walk the property, talk colours and finishes, then send a clear itemised quote.
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We agree a running order that suits your household and get it done.
We are based in Croydon and cover Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, roughly within an hour’s drive. Wherever your place sits in the east, a free, no-obligation quote is the easy first step.
Where we work
Whole House Painting Across Melbourne
We are based in Croydon and repaint homes across the surrounding suburbs, roughly within an hour’s drive of home base. Housing stock changes street to street out here: weatherboards through Croydon and Mooroolbark, brick veneer through Ringwood and Bayswater, and older homes hiding a few surprises under the last coat. Working the same patch for 27 years means we can read what a house is likely to need before we open a tin.
Suburbs we cover include
A few of the areas we cover for whole house painting. Not listed? Get in touch and ask.
- 📍Croydon
- 📍Croydon Hills
- 📍Mooroolbark
- 📍Kilsyth
- 📍Ringwood North
- 📍Chirnside Park
- 📍Heathmont
- 📍Montrose
Not on the list? Get in touch, we cover plenty of nearby suburbs across Melbourne’s east.