Painters Chippendale

Dupaint is a family-owned painting company based in Sydney, painting homes and businesses across Chippendale (NSW 2008) and the surrounding inner-city suburbs since 1998. We are professional painters providing painting services across Chippendale for homes and business premises, with experience in residential, commercial and strata projects for the suburb’s mix of heritage terraces around Abercrombie, Pine and Regent Streets, the apartment towers in the Central Park precinct, and the offices, retail spaces and student-accommodation buildings between Broadway and Cleveland Street. Every job is fully prepared, painted with Dulux, Taubmans or Resene products, and covered by a 5-year workmanship warranty, backed by a team committed to quality and attention to detail.

Why Chippendale clients choose Dupaint professional painters

Painting Sydney homes and businesses since 1998 — over 25 years of inner-city experience from one of the best painters serving the area
Painting & Decorating Contractors Licence 494827C
$20 million public liability insurance (Policy BP2768149)
Dulux Accredited Painter, Taubmans Certified Painter, Haymes Paint Expert
Members of Master Painters Australia and the Housing Industry Association (HIA)
200+ five-star Google reviews across our Darling Point, Glebe and Castle Hill listings, reflecting our expertise and dedicated team
Free on-site quotes and a 5-year workmanship warranty in writing, so you can expect clear pricing and a dedicated service process

What Chippendale homes and buildings actually need painted

Chippendale packs an unusual amount of architectural variety into 0.7 square kilometres. The painting challenges here aren’t generic, they shift depending on which part of the suburb your property sits in.

Heritage terraces and workers’ cottages

Most of the streets between Cleveland Street and Broadway, Abercrombie, Myrtle, Pine, Rose, Wellington, Meagher, Buckland, are lined with Victorian and Federation-era terraces, many still with their original timber sash windows, decorative cornices and pressed-metal ceilings. Repainting these properly takes more than a roller and a tin of Dulux. We lead-test any pre-1970 paint layers, hand-sand the original mouldings rather than running power tools over them, and use breathable paint systems that don’t trap moisture inside solid-brick walls.

Apartments in Central Park and Kensington Street

The Frasers Central Park redevelopment (One Central Park, Park Lane, The Mark, Wonderland) and the restored terraces along Kensington Street are a different job entirely, modern interiors, lift-only access, strict approved building hours, and strata or building-manager approvals to coordinate. We schedule around tenant move-in dates, work to the quiet hours required by the building, and use low-VOC paints where strata bylaws specify them.

Commercial fitouts and shopfronts

Cafés, galleries, design studios and small offices along Broadway, Abercrombie Street, Regent Street and the Kensington Street precinct often need commercial painting services tailored to business spaces and completed outside trading hours. We handle out-of-hours work for restaurants, retail and offices so the doors stay open during the day. Our professional team plans each project to minimise disruption to operations, and we use fast-drying, low-odour products when the turnaround window is tight. Where appropriate, spray guns are used for faster coverage on commercial work.

Strata blocks

Apartment building common areas, lobby walls, lift cores, balcony soffits and external façades around Chippendale frequently sit on strata maintenance schedules. We work directly with strata committees and strata managers, supply dilapidation photos, scope documents and staged work plans, and keep residents informed throughout. On larger strata painting stages, our experienced team helps keep the work efficient and residents informed.

What does painting cost in Chippendale?

Most Chippendale apartment repaints land between $2,500 and $6,000, and a three bedroom terrace interior between $4,000 and $8,000. As a rate, interior work runs $40 to $80 per square metre and exterior work $50 to $100 per square metre. Every Dupaint quote is fixed in writing after a free on-site inspection, so the figure you accept is the figure you pay.

Services we offer in Chippendale

Interior painting — walls, ceilings, doors, trims, feature walls, wallpaper removal
Exterior painting — façades, eaves, gutters, render, weatherboard, brick
Residential painting — terraces, semis, apartments, full house repaints
Commercial painting — offices, cafés, retail, hospitality fitouts
Strata painting — common areas, exteriors, balconies, lobby walls
Apartment painting — interior repaints, balcony walls, feature walls
Ceiling painting — water-stain repairs, full repaints, textured ceilings
Kitchen painting — cabinet respray, kitchen wall and trim repaints
Feature wall painting, fence painting, microcement and specialty finishes

How we work - five steps in our painting process from quote to warranty

Free on-site quote.We visit the property, measure, discuss colours and timing for your painting project, and email a written quote with a clear inclusions list.
Colour consultation (optional, free).Help choosing colours from Dulux if you’d like a second opinion, with paint samples and digital renderings for visualisation.
Surface preparation. Sanding, filling, caulking, priming and gap-filling. Applying primer improves paint adhesion and durability. Lead-paint testing on pre-1970 surfaces. Two undercoats on bare timber.
Two to three coats of your chosen finish, applied by employed Dupaint Sydney painters, we don’t subcontract.
Final walkthrough. We walk the property with you before invoicing, address any touch-ups on the spot, and issue a 5-year workmanship warranty in writing.

Recent Chippendale projects

Dangar Place, Chippendale NSW 2008

Full interior repaint of a two-bedroom apartment on Dangar Place. Existing dated walls were prepped, patched and finished in a soft neutral pink across the main bedroom and a warm white through living areas, and the fresh coat brought the apartment to life while improving the feel of the space. Original cornices and skirtings were hand-cut and masked with meticulous attention to detail for exceptional results on the cut-ins and trim.

Rose Street, Chippendale NSW 2008

Living-room repaint as part of a residential painting project in a renovated Chippendale terrace on Rose Street. Walls finished in a soft warm white, ceilings refreshed to bring out the original cornice work, and feature trim painted to complement existing timber flooring, making a noticeable difference to the room.

What Sydney’s climate does to paint in Chippendale

Chippendale sits about a kilometre from Darling Harbour, just south of the CBD. A few weather and environment factors regularly show up in the jobs we quote here:

Western afternoon sun on exposed brick and render facades drives fading and chalking faster than the shaded side of the same street
Traffic grime from Broadway, Cleveland Street and City Road means exterior surfaces close to main roads need a proper wash and rinse before recoating
Humid summers affect drying times and increase mould risk in bathrooms and poorly ventilated terraces, we use mould-resistant paints in wet areas
Solid-brick heritage construction needs vapour-permeable paint systems rather than standard acrylics, so moisture can escape rather than blistering the new coat

Frequently asked questions

Can you paint heritage terraces in Chippendale without damaging the original features?

Yes. Most pre-1970 Chippendale terraces have lead-based paint underneath later coats, so we lead-test, hand-sand decorative timber rather than using power tools, and apply vapour-permeable paint systems on solid-brick walls. Original cornices, ceiling roses, fireplaces and timber sash windows are masked and protected throughout.

How long does it take to paint a 2-bedroom apartment in Chippendale?

Most 2-bedroom apartment interiors take three to five working days from start to finish, depending on preparation work, ceiling repairs and how many colours are involved. Lift access, approved building hours and tenant move-in dates can affect timing, we confirm a schedule in your written quote.

Do I need council approval to change my Chippendale terrace's exterior colour?

Parts of Chippendale sit inside a City of Sydney heritage conservation area, and listed properties or contributory buildings can have controls on exterior colour. We check the property’s status before quoting and let you know if an approval is needed, then work to a compliant palette.

Do you do interior painting in Chippendale?

Yes. Interior repaints are the majority of our Chippendale work, walls, ceilings, cornices, doors, trims, feature walls and wallpaper removal, in both the terraces off Abercrombie Street and the Central Park apartments.

Which suburbs around Chippendale do you cover?

We cover all of inner-city Sydney from our Glebe office, including Glebe, Forest Lodge, Newtown, Redfern, Surry Hills, Haymarket, Waterloo, Alexandria, Darlinghurst, Annandale and Pyrmont.