Every business below is checked against the QBCC licence register and ranked by quantified Google-review themes — never by who paid.
Based in Varsity Lakes
As of 22 August 2026, Brush Worx Painting & Decorating Pty Ltd is recorded at 5 stars across 24 Google reviews; a 24-review sample includes Quality of work 13 times, Professional & friendly 12 times, and Response time 10 times. The QBCC register listed its Painting and Decorating licence as current when checked on 22 August 2026.
Based in Burleigh Heads
Coverage by Design is a Burleigh Heads painter. In an 85-review sample dated 22 August 2026, reviewers most often mentioned Professional & friendly (44 mentions); Quality of work appeared 32 times, while Response time appeared 20 times. Google records 5 stars across 87 reviews as of 22 August 2026, and the QBCC register shows a current licence in the Painting and Decorating class, verified on 22 August 2026.
Based in Mermaid Waters
Creative Painting Projects holds a current QBCC licence in Painting and Decorating, with the register check completed on 22 August 2026. It is a Mermaid Waters painter with 5 stars across 16 Google reviews as of 22 August 2026. In the 16-review sample from that date, Professional & friendly and Quality of work each had 7 mentions, while Communication had 4.
Based in Arundel
Creative Plastering & Painting is an Arundel painter; Google records 5 stars and 29 reviews as of 22 August 2026. Within the 29-review sample, Professional & friendly received 22 mentions, while Quality of work had 16 and Response time 13. The QBCC register listed the business under Painting and Decorating on 22 August 2026.
Based in Currumbin Waters
Currumbin Painters's most-mentioned Google theme is Professional & friendly, with 22 mentions in a 34-review sample as of 22 August 2026. Quality of work (21) and Response time (12) were also recorded. Google lists 5 stars across 34 reviews as of 22 August 2026, and the QBCC register records a current Painting and Decorating licence, verified on 22 August 2026.
Based in Highland Park
DR Paint is a Highland Park painter whose QBCC record lists the Painting and Decorating class. As of 22 August 2026, DR Paint had 5 stars across 90 Google reviews. Reviewers mentioned Professional & friendly 61 times, Quality of work 49 times, and Response time 34 times in the 90-review sample. The QBCC register listed DR Paint’s licence as current on 22 August 2026.
Based in Parkwood
Evolution Paint & Design is a Parkwood painter with 4.8 stars across 18 Google reviews, as of 22 August 2026. In the 18-review sample, reviewers mentioned Quality of work 13 times, Professional & friendly 12 times, and Reliable & trustworthy 7 times. The QBCC register records a current Painting and Decorating licence, verified on 22 August 2026.
Based in Carrara
Iconic Painting Pty Ltd has 19 mentions each for Professional & friendly and Quality of work, compared with 12 for Response time, in a 32-review Google sample (as of 22 August 2026). The Carrara painter is shown at 5 stars across 33 Google reviews (as of 22 August 2026). The QBCC register listed its Painting and Decorating licence as current on 22 August 2026.
Based in Mermaid Waters
Keep On Rolling Painting Services holds a current QBCC licence in Painting and Decorating, confirmed by the QBCC register on 22 August 2026. Google records 5 stars across 20 reviews as of 22 August 2026. In a 20-review sample, Professional & friendly and Quality of work each appear 9 times, while Communication appears 4 times.
Based in Tamborine
Kraudelt Painting is a Tamborine painter with 4.9 stars across 52 Google reviews (as of 22 August 2026). In the 52-review sample, Professional & friendly has 39 mentions to 30 for Quality of work, with Response time at 18 mentions (as of 22 August 2026). The QBCC register confirms that Kraudelt Painting holds a current Painting and Decorating licence, verified on 22 August 2026.
Based in Coolangatta
Professional & friendly (8) is the most-mentioned theme in a 12-review Google sample, followed by Quality of work (7) and Communication (4). Google records 5 stars across 12 reviews as of 22 August 2026. The QBCC register confirms its Painting and Decorating licence is current, verified on 22 August 2026.
Based in Varsity Lakes
For the Varsity Lakes painter M Painting Services, Google shows 4.9 stars from 37 reviews as of 22 August 2026. Across 36 analysed Google reviews, reviewers gave Quality of work 24 mentions; Professional & friendly received 18, while Response time received 10. The QBCC register lists a current Painting and Decorating licence, verified 22 August 2026.
Based in Pimpama
MDC Decorating Specialists Pty Ltd. is a Pimpama painter; reviewers mentioned Professional & friendly most often, 35 times in a 52-review Google sample as of 22 August 2026. Reviewers also mentioned Quality of work 30 times and Response time 18 times in the 52-review sample. Google records 4.9 stars across 55 reviews as of 22 August 2026. The QBCC register records a current Painting and Decorating licence, verified on 22 August 2026.
Based in Southport
Mr Painter Gold Coast Pty Ltd is a Southport painter; the QBCC register confirmed its current licence in the Painting and Decorating class on 22 August 2026. Google records 5 stars across 20 reviews as of 22 August 2026. In a 19-review sample, Professional & friendly (14) was the most-mentioned theme, followed by Response time (12) and Quality of work (11).
Based in Highland Park
Next Gen Painting is a Highland Park painter with 5 stars across 13 Google reviews as of 22 August 2026. Across the 13 reviews analysed as of that date, Quality of work appears 9 times, Professional & friendly 8 times and Value & pricing 3 times; the QBCC register confirmed its Painting and Decorating licence is current on 22 August 2026.
Based in Coombabah
Peter Painter, a Coombabah painter, has Professional & friendly and Quality of work as joint most-mentioned themes in a 94-review sample (53 mentions each); Response time is also recorded (29 mentions). As of 22 August 2026, Peter Painter has 5 stars across 107 Google reviews. The QBCC register verified the Painting and Decorating licence as current on 22 August 2026.
Based in Advancetown
Pristine Painting Perfection holds a current QBCC licence in the Painting and Decorating class, verified against the QBCC register on 22 August 2026. The business has 5 stars across 67 Google reviews as of 22 August 2026. Reviewers in a 65-review sample mentioned Professional & friendly 41 times, Quality of work 34 times and Response time 24 times.
Based in Jimboomba
Pure Perfection Painting has 4.7 stars across 29 Google reviews as of 22 August 2026. Professional & friendly was mentioned in 17 of the 25 reviews sampled, while Quality of work appeared in 15 and Communication in 5. The QBCC register records a current Painting and Decorating licence for the business, register-verified 22 August 2026.
Based in Upper Coomera
Restyling, an Upper Coomera painter in Gold Coast, leads with Quality of work at 14 mentions in a 20-review Google sample as of 22 August 2026, while Professional & friendly appears 11 times and Response time 10 times, and Google’s review record lists 5 stars across 20 reviews as of 22 August 2026. The QBCC register records Restyling’s current Painting and Decorating licence, with verification dated 22 August 2026.
Based in Southport
Smooth touch painting & decorating pty ltd holds a current QBCC licence in the Painting and Decorating class; the QBCC register listed it as current on 22 August 2026. The Southport painter's Google listing shows 5 stars across 12 reviews (as of 22 August 2026). Professional & friendly appears 5 times, versus 3 mentions each for Response time and Quality of work (in the 12-review sample).
Based in Yatala
Southside Superior Contract Painting Pty Ltd is a Yatala painter in Gold Coast with 5 stars across 48 Google reviews as of 22 August 2026, and the QBCC register confirms its current Painting and Decorating licence, verified on 22 August 2026. In 47 sampled reviews, Quality of work was mentioned 23 times, Professional & friendly 22 times, and Response time 16 times.
Based in Coolangatta
In Coolangatta, TMM Painting & Decorating appears in Google's review snapshot dated 22 August 2026 with Professional & friendly (54) receiving the highest mention count, followed by Quality of work (44) and Response time (16), across 83 reviews rated 4.9 stars. The QBCC register confirmed its Painting and Decorating licence current on 22 August 2026.
Based in Elanora
As of 22 August 2026, Triple Coat holds a current QBCC licence in Painting and Decorating, based on the QBCC register. Google records 5 stars across 26 reviews on that date. In the 26-review sample, Professional & friendly was mentioned 17 times, Quality of work 16 times, and Reliable & trustworthy 6 times.
Based in Elanora
As of 22 August 2026, Universal Painting is an Elanora painter with 5 stars across 12 Google reviews. A 10-review sample records Professional & friendly 6 times, Quality of work 5 times and Reliable & trustworthy 4 times. The QBCC register shows its Painting and Decorating licence is current, verified on 22 August 2026.
About painters in Gold Coast
Every painter listed here holds a current QBCC Painting and Decorating licence, checked against the official register. Painting only becomes licensable once labour and materials, including GST, exceed $3,300 — a threshold you can't dodge by splitting one repaint into smaller invoices. Prices below trace to a Gold Coast painter's own 2026 published rates, not a national calculator. Two things set a Gold Coast repaint apart: coastal sun and salt shorten a paint film's life, especially on north- and west-facing walls, and much local housing sits inside body-corporate buildings, where a repaint is often the building's call, not the resident's.
Gold Coast-specific painting realities: UV load drives repaint frequency — north- and west-facing walls fade and chalk fastest; a shaded or south-facing wall lasts much longer. Salt-laden air along the coastal strip and canal estates compounds this, breaking down paint film faster than inland. Housing type changes the job: high-rise towers along Surfers Paradise, Broadbeach and Southport need rope access or a swing stage for upper floors, a different trade from ladder-and-scaffold work on a hinterland house. Repainting a shared building in its existing colour is ordinarily maintenance, arranged by the body corporate for the whole building; changing the colour typically needs written body-corporate approval under the by-laws. Some of the region's oldest suburbs — Southport, surveyed 1874, and Coolangatta, 1883 — carry more pre-1970 housing, where lead paint needs safe handling.
Typical prices in Gold Coast
Ranges reflect quotes observed locally — not national averages, not advertised "from" prices.
| Service | Typical range (A$) |
|---|---|
Interior repaint, single bedroom Phelps Painting Services (Tallai, Gold Coast-based, QBCC-licensed), published 20 March 2026: a standard bedroom repaint, walls in two coats with basic prep. No other-city page exists for this Gold Coast-only operator, so there is no ratio to test for templating — this is a single-market published rate, not a national guide with the city name swapped in. | A$300 — A$600 |
Interior repaint, full 3-bedroom home Phelps Painting Services, published 20 March 2026 — full interior repaint of a 3-bedroom home, walls in two coats. The same source quotes 4-bedroom homes at $4,000–$7,000 and 5-bedroom at $5,500–$9,000+, a size-scaled progression rather than a flat multiplier. | A$3,000 — A$5,000 |
Whole-house exterior repaint, single-storey Phelps Painting Services, published 20 March 2026 — spans small 2–3 bedroom homes ($3,500–$5,500) through standard 4-bedroom ($5,000–$8,000) to large single-storey homes ($7,000–$12,000); double-storey runs $8,000–$15,000+ on the same page. Brisbane's page cites a similarly-sourced $5,000–$15,000 for single-storey — a genuinely different range built from different source data, not the same figure relabelled. | A$3,500 — A$12,000 |
Roof painting (separate job) Phelps Painting Services, published 20 March 2026 — roof painting quoted as a distinct job from wall painting, reflecting the extra height-access equipment and specialist roof coating it requires. Brisbane's page has no equivalent line, so there's nothing to compare a ratio against. | A$2,500 — A$6,000 |
Weatherboard / older-home exterior — scrape, prime, 2 coats (per m²) Matches Brisbane's figure; no Gold Coast-specific source was found to justify a different number for this labour-heavy prep work. A genuinely coastal or older-suburb job (Southport, Coolangatta) may sit above this range if pre-1970 lead-paint handling is required. | A$35 — A$70 |
Common questions
More often on north- and west-facing walls close to the water than on a shaded wall further from the coast. The Gold Coast's UV load and salt-laden air both accelerate how fast a paint film chalks, fades and loses its protective seal — the two effects compound on exposed elevations near the beach and canal estates, while a sheltered south-facing wall on a hinterland block can go considerably longer between coats. Preparation, not paint brand, remains the biggest lever on how long a job actually lasts.
Usually not on your own. On most schemes, the exterior wall and balcony balustrade are common property, and repainting the building in its existing colour is treated as maintenance that the body corporate arranges for the whole building, not lot-by-lot. If you want a different colour, or to alter your own lot's external paintwork, standard by-laws typically require written body-corporate approval first — check your scheme's by-laws before booking anyone.
Only once the job's value passes $3,300 in labour and materials, including GST — that's the threshold for licensable building work in the Painting and Decorating class. Below that, a painter isn't required to hold a licence, though many still do. One thing to watch: a job can't be legally kept under that threshold by splitting one larger repaint into several smaller invoices — under QBCC's regulations, work stays licensable when it's part of a larger contract whose combined value tops $3,300, even if a single invoice on its own would sit below it.
Yes, if it was built before roughly 1970. Some of the region's oldest developed areas — Southport, surveyed back in 1874, and Coolangatta, surveyed in 1883 — carry a higher share of homes from that era than the newer coastal-strip suburbs. Lead-based paint was common before 1970, and safely removing or disturbing it (scraping, sanding) needs specific handling to avoid contaminating dust. Ask your painter how they're managing prep on an older home before work starts, not after.
Access, not paint. A high-rise or mid-rise tower on the coastal strip needs rope access or a swing stage to safely reach upper floors — specialist equipment and trained technicians that a ladder-and-scaffold job on a hinterland or canal-estate house never requires. That access cost sits on top of the paint and labour, and it's usually the body corporate's contract to arrange for the whole building rather than something an individual resident books.
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