The kerb decides the price.
Buyers see the outside of your home before they see the inside, and they're judging it from the footpath. A faded, chalky or peeling exterior tells them the house has been left to the weather — and they write that into their offer. A crisp repaint is the single cheapest way to change that first number in their head.
- Typical duration
- 4–8 days
- Written quote
- Within 48 hours
- Workmanship warranty
- 5 years
- Coats applied
- Prime + 2 topcoats
Exterior Repaint — Brisbane & South East Queensland (SEQ)
Typically 4–8 daysWhy an exterior repaint pays for itself
The money side
Curb appeal isn't a soft concept — it's the reason people get out of the car. The money case is simple:
- The exterior is what your listing's first photo shows, and what buyers drive past on the way in. It sets the price they think the house is worth before they've seen a single room.
- A repaint costs a small fraction of the price difference a well-presented home can attract over a tired-looking one on the same street.
- It removes 'the outside needs doing' from the inspection report — an item most buyers will discount for, because they'd rather not find a tradie.
- Fresh trim lines, a clean front door and a consistent palette read as 'maintained', which is what keeps an inspection from turning into a haggle.
The protection side
On the outside, paint is weatherproofing. When it fails, the structure behind it starts failing too — quietly, and expensively.
- Brisbane UV breaks the paint film down. Once it goes chalky it stops shedding water, and the timber underneath starts taking it on.
- Peeling or cracked paint on weatherboard lets moisture into the boards — that's how rot, swollen joints and termite entry get their start.
- Priming bare timber and caulking every joint seals the building envelope, not just the look of it.
- A repaint is the moment we can see what's behind the old film: rusted flashings, failed sills, and the small things that become big things.
Every job includes
What you actually get
- Full exterior clean and prep before any brush touches the house
- Scrape, sand, fill and spot-prime back to bare, sound timber
- Caulk all joints, corners and openings
- Two full topcoats of premium exterior paint
- Sills, barge boards, fascia and trims detailed by hand
- Metal guttering and downpipes cleaned up and touched in
- Drains cleared, surfaces rinsed, site left tidy at the end of each day
How it works
Four steps, zero surprises
1
We inspect the whole envelope
Every elevation, plus the gutters, sills and flashings — so the quote includes the prep the house actually needs.
2
Fixed written quote
You see the system, the number of coats and the products we'll use. No surprises added halfway through.
3
Prep, prime, paint
The prep takes the longest and it's the part that decides how long the paint lasts. We don't shorten it.
4
Walkaround and touch-in
We inspect every elevation with you, touch in what needs touching in, and clear the site.
Questions people ask us
How often should a Brisbane exterior be repainted?
As a rule of thumb every 5–8 years, sooner on sun-baked elevations and near the coast. If the paint is chalky when you run a hand over it, it's time.
Do you work in winter or through the wet?
Exterior paint needs a dry surface and a dry forecast to cure properly, so we watch the weather and reschedule rather than push a coat on early.
Can you fix the rotten weatherboard as well?
Yes — splicing and replacing damaged boards is part of the job. We'll show you what we found and price it before we start, not after.
Where we work
Brisbane & all of South East Queensland
Based in Brisbane with crews working right across SEQ — the bay and northern suburbs, Ipswich and the western corridor, the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast and out to Toowoomba. If you're inside SEQ, we'll usually have a crew available.
Free, no-obligation
Get your quote & lock a start date
Tell us about the property and the scope. We'll reply within one business day with a timeframe and fixed price range.
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