Sorrento homes,
painted properly
Painters in Sorrento
Painters in Sorrento: tell us what needs painting and we'll come and look. You'll get a free written quote before anything starts.
What a paint job in Sorrento has to deal with
The houses, the weather and the rules here, and what each means for the paint.
Permits before paint across most of old Sorrento
The Shire's heritage schedule has more than 80 Sorrento entries, and about 60 of them have outside paint controls. They take in whole precincts: the houses along the cliff, Kerferd Avenue, Darling Road, and Ocean Beach Road on its way to the Back Beach. The Shire says these places need a permit to be repainted outside, and also to coat bare stone or brickwork for the first time. Settle colours with the Shire first.
On a limestone house the paint job is the woodwork
Visitors have been coming since the 1870s, and the Shire's heritage citation names limestone as the main building material along Melbourne Road. The stone itself normally stays unpainted. What needs paint is the woodwork: verandah posts, fascias, window sashes, doors. Salt air finds any break in that coating. Old timber needs scraping to a firm edge, primer on bare patches and filler in the gaps ahead of the finish coats.
Old moonahs overhead and nobody home to notice
Victorian Places calls Sorrento's tree cover generous, and the Sorrento Park moonahs are put at as much as 200 years old. Shade like that keeps the cold side of a house damp and fills the gutters with litter. Some 70.9% of private dwellings stood unoccupied at the 2021 census, so damp and rust can run unseen for months. Walls need washing and drying time, and outside painting waits for a dry spell.
Large family holiday houses, and limestone shops
Houses with four bedrooms or more make up 46.9% of Sorrento's homes. Residents' median age is 64, with 63.9% of lived-in homes owned outright, so repaints tend to be whole houses, planned well ahead. On Ocean Beach Road the shops at the bay end are limestone too, below the Continental Hotel of 1875, itself four storeys of limestone. Walls that high are painted from lifts such as cherry pickers.
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Painting services in Sorrento
Interior repaint
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Exterior repaint
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Commercial
See commercial →Industrial & factories
See industrial & factories →Also: Weatherboard · Fences and decks · Rental / pre-sale repaint · Strata / body corporate
Don't pay to paint your Sorrento home twice.
In Sorrento, like anywhere, the cheapest quote skips the prep, uses cheap paint and does one coat. It looks fine for a few months, then it peels, and you're paying someone to strip it and start again.
| What matters | The lowest bid | Aussie Painting |
|---|---|---|
| Preparation | Filler left unsanded, so every patch shows through the new paint | Filled, sanded smooth and primed where it needs it, so the finish is flat |
| The paint | Whatever's cheapest, thinned to go further | Dulux on every job |
| Coats | One coat and call it done | Enough coats for full, even coverage |
| Your home | Paint on the lights, the floor and the carpet, and a mess left behind | Everything covered, then cleaned up with no dust left, like we were never there |
| Who does the work | Whoever is free that day | All work done by trade-qualified painters |
| Who turns up | Hard to tell who's meant to be on site | A crew in uniform, so you know who's at your home |
| Insurance | Often no cover if something goes wrong | Fully insured, $20 million public liability |
| Timing | Start dates that keep moving, and no word why | A planned schedule, and a heads-up if weather changes it |
| When it fails | Peeling within months, and you pay twice | 7-year workmanship guarantee on interior walls and ceilings |
| Reaching someone | Stops answering once they're paid | Answering the phone 7 days on 0481 737 626 |
| Who you're dealing with | Here this month, gone the next | A Peninsula local, born and raised, painting homes in Sorrento |
Painting homes in Sorrento
Sorrento sits on Port Phillip Bay and Bass Strait, and salt air is hard on exterior paint and bare metal. Sorrento is built on limestone, from the historic Continental Hotel to the old stone homes behind its tree-filled streets. Heritage limestone and older timber need breathable, compatible paint and careful prep, not a heavy modern coat over the top. I'm Daniel Dimsey, born and raised on the Mornington Peninsula. Aussie Painting is a local, Australian-owned business painting house interiors and exteriors across Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula. We genuinely care about every job: we use Dulux paints and put the real time into preparation, because good preparation is what stops paint flaking and peeling early. Interior walls and ceilings are backed by our 7-year workmanship guarantee, and all work is done by qualified painters.
Call Now- Call or send the formTell us what needs painting and where.
- We look and quoteWe see the job in person and put the price in writing.
- We paintPrep, paint, clean up, and a walk-through with you at the end.
A local who actually cares
Sorrento painting questions, answered.
Quotes and price
Do you paint houses in Sorrento?
Yes. We paint homes in Sorrento and the suburbs around it, inside and out. Call or send the form and we'll come and look at the job.
How do I get a quote?
Call us or send the form with a line about the job and where you are. We'll arrange a time to look at it and give you a written quote. The quote is free.
How much does it cost to paint a house?
It depends on the size of the area, how much preparation the surfaces need, their condition, access and height, and how many coats it takes. We don't guess over the phone: we look at the job and put the price in writing, with each of those explained.
Do you take a deposit?
Yes, but only enough to cover the materials for your job. Everything else about payment is set out in your written quote before we start.
The job itself
Is there anything different about painting in Sorrento?
Sorrento is built on limestone, from the historic Continental Hotel to the old stone homes behind its tree-filled streets. Heritage limestone and older timber need breathable, compatible paint and careful prep, not a heavy modern coat over the top.
Who actually does the painting?
Daniel's team of trade-qualified painters. Daniel runs the business and is your contact from the quote to the final walk-through.
What paint do you use?
Dulux, on every job. We pick the right Dulux product for the surface, whether that's a wet-area ceiling, weatherboards or a factory wall.
Peace of mind
Are you insured?
Fully insured, $20 million public liability, on every job.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes. We back our work with a 7-year workmanship guarantee on interior walls and ceilings. The guarantee covers peeling, flaking or blistering of paint we applied, caused by our preparation or application: 7 years on eligible interior walls and ceilings, 12 months on other eligible painted surfaces, and no fixed period on decks, floors, paths, stains, oils and clear finishes. It stays with the customer who paid for the job and doesn't pass to a new owner. Other conditions apply. The full terms are on our guarantee page.
When can I reach you?
Answering the phone 7 days. Call 0481 737 626, or send the form any time.
Do you paint near Sorrento too?
Yes. We also paint in Portsea, Blairgowrie, Rye, Tootgarook and Capel Sound, and right across Frankston & Mornington Peninsula.
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Painting homes in Sorrento · 7-year workmanship guarantee on interior walls and ceilings, conditions apply