The Sydney Painter

Most Sydney painters charge between $45 and $85 per hour, or roughly $20 to $60 per square metre when quoted by area. A standard three-bedroom interior repaint sits between $4,000 and $8,000. A full exterior on the same home is generally $8,000 to $18,000. At Magic Touch we prefer fixed-price written quotes rather than open hourly billing, so the number you sign is the number you pay.

A small one to two-bedroom interior repaint takes one to three days. A standard three to four-bedroom interior runs three to five days. A full exterior repaint of a free-standing home typically runs one to two weeks once prep, weather and drying time are factored in. We confirm a written timeline before we start so you can plan around it.

Yes. Magic Touch Painting & Decoration operates under NSW painter licence 326860C and carries full public liability insurance. You can verify any NSW painter licence through Service NSW’s licence checker before engaging any tradesperson we recommend you do.

Magic Touch is an accredited applicator for Dulux, British Paint and Taubmans, the three brands we use as standard across Sydney homes. We can also apply a brand you specify if you have a colour-match preference or want to keep an existing manufacturer warranty intact.

Yes we’re open seven days a week. Saturday and Sunday work is offered at standard rates for residential customers, which suits homeowners who want minimal disruption to the working week. We can also start a job on a public holiday if you’ve got a specific deadline.

Fixed pricing as standard. After an on-site inspection, you receive a written quote with the scope, paint brand and product, number of coats, prep work and timeline. The price doesn’t move unless the scope does and any change is agreed in writing first, never at the end.

Yes. Every Magic Touch project comes with a written workmanship guarantee. If something goes wrong with the application peeling, bubbling, finish defects within the warranty period, we come back and rectify it at no charge. The paint manufacturer warranty also applies on top of that, and we’ll register it for you where applicable.

A standard Magic Touch interior includes: furniture protection and masking, crack and hole filling, sanding, sugar-soaping where needed, one coat of primer if required, and two coats of premium topcoat. End-of-day cleanup, snag list walk-through and removal of all sheeting and tape on completion.

Almost always, yes. We work room-by-room and seal off active zones with sheeting so the rest of the home remains livable. Most homeowners barely notice us. If you have a specific room you need painted overnight or out of hours, we can usually accommodate.

For most quotes we can book a start date within one to two weeks. For urgent jobs pre-sale repaints, end-of-lease, settlement deadlines we can sometimes start within 48 hours if the diary allows. Call Sam directly on 0431 512 786 to check current availability.

Yes. We work with strata managers and owners corporations on common-area repaints, balcony refurbishments and ongoing maintenance programs. For businesses, we deliver office, retail and medical fit-out repaints, usually out of hours so trading isn’t affected. See the commercial and strata pages for the full scope.