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Painters in Brisbane

Every business below is checked against the QBCC licence register and ranked by quantified Google-review themes — never by who paid.

Showing all 10 licensed painters across BrisbaneUpdated 2026-07-25 · Register QBCC

Based in Coorparoo

Quality of work · 78Professional & friendly · 67Response time · 43

At Diamond Brothers Painting, customers talk most about exterior painting, with interior work and surface prep & repairs also coming up. The feedback names more than one person, including someone handling the phones, which points to a team with a front desk. The owner replies to most customers who leave feedback, and 38 of the 100 analysed reviews arrived in the past year. The oldest review on Diamond Brothers Painting's Google profile is from November 2020, giving over five years of review history. The QBCC register confirmed a current Painting and Decorating licence on 25 July 2026. Rated 4.9 stars across 318 Google reviews as of 28 August 2026.

Based in New Farm

Quality of work · 70Professional & friendly · 61Response time · 42

Customers at Bella Casa Painting & Decorating Pty Ltd keep naming the same painter, suggesting the person behind the brush is the owner. The earliest Google review for this New Farm business lands in October 2019, and 15 of the 100 sampled reviews arrived in the past year. Rated 5 stars across 173 Google reviews as of 28 August 2026, the business also sees customers most often describing interior painting, with new builds and renovations coming up behind it. The QBCC register confirmed its Painting and Decorating licence as current on 25 July 2026.

Based in Thornlands

Quality of work · 54Professional & friendly · 53Response time · 25

Customers at BJC Painting Services name more than one person in their feedback, with office and booking staff among them — a pattern that suggests a crew with someone handling the front desk. The oldest review on BJC Painting Services's Google profile is from September 2019, giving it over six years of review history as of 28 August 2026. The QBCC register confirmed a current Painting and Decorating licence on 25 July 2026. Interior and exterior painting lead the work mentions, with colour selection also coming up. 4.8 stars across 78 Google reviews.

Based in Moorooka

Quality of work · 41Professional & friendly · 35Response time · 27

In Moorooka, Tier 1 Painting is a painter whose customers keep naming the same tradesperson — the work reads as the owner's own hands. The earliest review on its Google profile lands in November 2019, so the feedback history spans more than six years. Of the 65 reviews analysed as of 28 August 2026, 15 came in the past year, and the owner wrote back to all 65 customers who left feedback. The QBCC register confirmed a current Painting and Decorating licence on 25 July 2026. Rated 4.9 stars across 72 Google reviews.

Based in Grange

Quality of work · 43Professional & friendly · 38Response time · 18

Customers keep naming the same painter at Callan Painting and Decorating, which reads as an owner who does the work themselves rather than a crew. The earliest Google review for this Grange business lands in January 2020, giving it over six years of feedback on record. Quality of work is what customers describe most, with exterior painting leading the work mentions. On 25 July 2026 the QBCC register showed the business holding a current Painting and Decorating licence. 4.9 stars across 66 Google reviews as of 28 August 2026.

Based in Birkdale

Professional & friendly · 42Quality of work · 32Communication · 13

Roof & gutter painting is what customers of Vivid Projects Pty Ltd come back to most, ahead of interior work and surface prep & repairs in the 59 reviews analysed as of 28 August 2026. Alongside the tradespeople, customers also name office staff, so the operation looks like a team with someone running the front desk. The owner wrote back to 42 of the 59 customers who left feedback, and the earliest review on Google goes back to June 2018, which gives this Birkdale painter more than eight years of review history. The QBCC register confirmed a current Painting and Decorating licence on 25 July 2026. 4.9 stars across 60 Google reviews.

Based in Kedron

Quality of work · 34Professional & friendly · 24Response time · 17

More than one name appears in the reviews of RKL Painters Pty Ltd, and someone handling bookings is among them — a pattern that points to a crew with an office. The owner wrote back to all 52 customers whose feedback was analysed as of 28 August 2026. The QBCC register confirmed the Kedron painter's licence in Painting and Decorating as current on 25 July 2026. With a 5-star rating across 53 Google reviews, the people who hired them most often describe the quality of the finished work, and a good number also bring up colour selection.

Based in Bardon

Quality of work · 32Professional & friendly · 30Response time · 16

Interior painting is what customers of RJ Painting Projects Pty ltd. talk about most, with exterior work and colour selection also coming up. The QBCC register listed the Bardon painter as holding a current Painting and Decorating licence when checked on 25 July 2026. The owner wrote back to 47 of the 51 customers who left feedback. The business is rated 5 stars across 51 Google reviews as of 28 August 2026.

Based in Kedron

Quality of work · 33Professional & friendly · 29Response time · 16

Google reviews for Lavita Painting reach back to at least July 2023, and the Kedron painter holds 4.9 stars across 48 reviews as of 28 August 2026. Customers name several people, office staff among them, pointing to a team that includes someone at the front desk. The QBCC register confirmed a current Painting and Decorating licence on 25 July 2026.

Based in Carina Heights

Quality of work · 34Professional & friendly · 26Clean & tidy · 10

Customers at Refined Painting Projects talk most about interior painting, with colour selection and exterior work also coming up, and the people who hired them keep naming more than one person — including someone handling the office side — which points to a crew rather than a solo operator. The earliest Google review for this Carina Heights painter lands in October 2017, and the owner writes back to 44 of the 46 customers who left feedback. The QBCC register confirmed its Painting and Decorating licence as current on 25 July 2026. 5 stars across 46 Google reviews as of 28 August 2026.

By the numbers

Painters in Brisbane, ranked by verified Google review volume

Every figure below is counted from this page's own register checks and review analysis — 655 reviews read across 10 licence-verified businesses. Ratings are shown as attributed text and link to the source profile.

RankBusinessBase suburbLicence classGoogle ratingMost-mentioned praise
01Diamond Brothers PaintingCoorparooPainting and Decorating4.9318 on GoogleQuality of work · 78
02Bella Casa Painting & Decorating Pty LtdNew FarmPainting and Decorating5.0173 on GoogleQuality of work · 70
03BJC Painting ServicesThornlandsPainting and Decorating4.878 on GoogleQuality of work · 54
04Tier 1 PaintingMoorookaPainting and Decorating4.972 on GoogleQuality of work · 41
05Callan Painting and DecoratingGrangePainting and Decorating4.966 on GoogleQuality of work · 43
06Vivid Projects Pty LtdBirkdalePainting and Decorating4.960 on GoogleProfessional & friendly · 42
07RKL Painters Pty LtdKedronPainting and Decorating5.053 on GoogleQuality of work · 34
08RJ Painting Projects Pty ltd.BardonPainting and Decorating5.051 on GoogleQuality of work · 32
09Lavita PaintingKedronPainting and Decorating4.948 on GoogleQuality of work · 33
10Refined Painting ProjectsCarina HeightsPainting and Decorating5.046 on GoogleQuality of work · 34

What reviewers praise most

Quality of workpraised at 10 of 10 · 451 mentions
Professional & friendlypraised at 10 of 10 · 405 mentions
Response timepraised at 8 of 10 · 204 mentions
Communicationpraised at 1 of 10 · 13 mentions
Clean & tidypraised at 1 of 10 · 10 mentions

Licence classes held

Painting and Decorating10 of 10
Coverage and verification dates

10 businesses based across 9 suburbs. Licences all verified on 2026-07-25.

About painters in Brisbane

Brisbane's climate is hard on a paint job: intense UV fades exterior coats faster than further south, the wet season feeds mould on shaded walls and eaves, and a timber Queenslander needs far more scraping, sanding and priming than a rendered brick wall before a coat goes on. A QBCC Painting and Decorating licence is required once a job crosses this trade's threshold, and every painter here holds one, checked against the register. Below, a single-room refresh, a per-square-metre exterior rate and a whole-house repaint are priced separately from observed 2026 Greater Brisbane quotes, since prep work, not paint, drives most of the difference.

Brisbane-specific painting realities: the subtropical climate is the main driver of cost and repaint frequency. Harsh UV fades and chalks exterior paint faster than in southern cities, and the November–April wet season plus high humidity encourage mould on shaded walls, eaves and in bathrooms — so washing, treating and sometimes an anti-mould additive are part of a proper job here. Timber Queenslanders and weatherboard homes are labour-intensive to repaint: every board edge needs scraping, sanding, priming and gap-filling, which is why weatherboard exteriors cost far more per square metre than brick or render. Homes built before roughly 1970 may carry lead-based paint, so sanding and prep must follow safe-handling practice. In character-overlay suburbs, exterior colours on heritage facades may need to stay sympathetic to the period. Timing matters too — painters generally avoid exterior work through the wettest storm-season weeks.

Typical prices in Brisbane

Ranges reflect quotes observed locally — not national averages, not advertised "from" prices.

ServiceTypical range (A$)
Interior repaint, standard room — walls (per room)
One average bedroom or living room, walls in two coats including basic prep. Ceilings, trim and heavy repair add to this. Smart Quality Painting & Decorating (QBCC 15194149) publishes a Brisbane bedroom at $800–$1,100, but that figure covers walls plus ceiling, one door and window in two coats of premium paint — walls alone sit below it. Airtasker's national guide (updated March 2025) puts a bedroom at $300–$1,000.
A$350A$900
Interior wall painting, two coats incl. paint (per m²)
Labour and paint for wall area in two coats; extensive prep, feature colours or high ceilings sit at the top. QPaint (QBCC 1106217) puts Brisbane interior work at $20–$30/m² in its October 2025 cost guide, setting the floor; other licensed Brisbane painters (Smart Quality Painting & Decorating QBCC 15194149, Brisbane Professional Painters) also quote from around $25/m², and none found price plain interior walls below $20/m².
A$20A$35
Whole-house exterior repaint, single-storey
Single-storey brick or rendered home; double-storey, extensive prep or difficult access push higher, and weatherboard runs well above this. The Quote Yard's Queensland exterior guide (published 24 August 2026) puts a single-storey exterior at $5,000–$15,000, noting Brisbane rates run above regional Queensland; Priority Painting Brisbane publishes $7,000–$10,000 for a three-bedroom brick exterior, sitting inside this range.
A$5,000A$15,000
Weatherboard / Queenslander exterior — scrape, prime, 2 coats (per m²)
Labour-heavy because every board is scraped, sanded, primed and gap-filled; pre-1970 lead-paint handling adds cost. Smart Quality Painting & Decorating (QBCC 15194149) publishes Brisbane weatherboard exterior at $25–$40/m² against brick at $20–$32/m², and The Quote Yard's Queensland Queenslander guide (24 August 2026) puts lead-aware preparation at 25–50% above standard work, with testing $200–$1,500 — which is what carries a heritage timber job into the upper part of this range.
A$35A$70

Cost guides — Brisbane

Job-level cost breakdowns built on the same observed data as the table above.

Common questions

How often will I need to repaint in Brisbane's climate?

More often than in cooler cities. Brisbane's intense UV and the humid November–April wet season are hard on exterior paint — a good exterior job typically lasts around 7–12 years depending on the surface, aspect and paint quality, with north- and west-facing walls fading fastest. Interiors last much longer. The single biggest factor in how long it lasts is preparation, not the paint brand: proper washing, mould treatment, sanding and priming are what stop early peeling and chalking. Cheap quotes usually cut the prep.

Why is repainting a weatherboard Queenslander so much more expensive?

Because the cost is in the preparation, not the paint. A rendered or brick wall is largely wash-and-roll, but a weatherboard home means scraping and sanding flaking paint off every board and edge, spot-priming bare timber, filling gaps and replacing rotten boards — hours of labour per wall. Add the height and access issues on a high-set Queenslander and the per-square-metre rate climbs well above a brick house. If the home predates about 1970 there may be lead paint, which requires safe containment and disposal. A thorough painter will quote the prep explicitly.

Does a painter in Queensland need a licence?

For painting work valued over $3,300 in labour and materials, yes — it's licensable building work and the painter should hold a QBCC Painting and Decorating licence. Small jobs under that threshold don't legally require one, but a licence still signals accountability and insurance. For any larger repaint, ask for the QBCC number and check it on the free register; a licensed contractor also brings Home Warranty obligations on qualifying residential work that a cash operator doesn't. Every painter on this page links to the register.

Can I get exterior painting done during the wet season?

It's harder, and good painters plan around it. Exterior paint needs dry surfaces and a rain-free curing window, so through the wettest stretches of the November–April storm season, exterior work often gets delayed or done in shorter weather windows. High humidity also slows drying between coats. Interior work carries on year-round. If you want an exterior repaint done before summer storms, book the drier months (roughly May–September) well ahead — that's peak demand and good painters get booked out.

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