Primeline Painting Fixed-price painting, with nothing hidden in the prep.
Two painters can quote the same wall and mean completely different amounts of work. We itemise the prep, name the system, and fix the price in writing so it does not move once we start.
Work out your range
A quick, honest estimate for your job, and how to sanity-check any quote you get.
Which repaint do you actually need?
A quick, honest range for your job, plus how to read any painter quote you get.
Your estimate appears here.
Step through the questions on the left. As soon as you answer the last one, we point you to the honest scope and a realistic range for a job your size.
Indicative price ranges
| One-coat budget repaint (The cheap number that skips prep and uses a standard system. On the coast it fails fastest.) | $450 to $900 |
| Single room, sound surfaces (Prep and two topcoats in one interior room.) | $650 to $1,600 |
| Full exterior, coastal-grade (Whole exterior, full prep, salt and UV rated system, ten-year warranty.) | $6,000 to $16,000 |
| Whole-home reset, in and out (Interior and exterior, colours coordinated throughout.) | $14,000 to $40,000 |
Six things that decide where your quote lands.
What moves a painting quote up or down its range.
Six levers. One honest range.
Exposure
Sea-facing and full-sun elevations need higher-grade systems and more coats than sheltered ones.
Substrate condition
Sound render paints faster than chalked, blistered or salt-damaged surfaces that need making good first.
Access and height
Double storey, steep sites and tight access add scaffold, time and safety gear.
Detail and finish
Heritage detailing, feature colours and premium finishes take more prep and more careful cutting-in.
Get a fixed-price quote
Send us a few photos and we will come back within one business day.
Seven lines. Every one in writing.
- 01Substrate and exposure check
- 02Prep back to sound substrate
- 03Salt and UV rated system, named
- 04Two topcoats, wet-film checked
“$4,500 the house” by text → seven lines, priced.
- 1 Substrate and exposure check. Before any price, we test each surface for salt, chalking and moisture and note its exposure, full sun, sea facing or sheltered. The coast has already done things to your walls, and the quote has to account for them.
- 2 Prep back to sound substrate. Wash down, scrape, sand and spot-prime every surface back to sound. This is the line most cheap quotes skip, and it is where a coastal repaint is won or lost.
- 3 Salt and UV rated system, named. Primer and topcoats matched to each surface, by name and by number of coats. You see exactly which system goes where before we start.
- 4 Two topcoats, wet-film checked. Two full topcoats applied to the rated thickness and wet-film checked as we go, then a walk-around with you before we call it finished.
What you get from us
- ✓A written scope with named products and the number of coats
- ✓Prep priced as its own line you can see
- ✓The same painter on your job from start to finish
- ✓A fixed price that does not move once prep starts
- ✓Ten years in writing, and honoured in writing
Cowboy tells
- ✕A one-line quote with no product or coats named
- ✕Prep waved away, then charged as an extra
- ✕A different backpacker crew every day
- ✕A cheap number that climbs once the wall is open
- ✕A verbal promise you can never actually call in
A fixed, itemised proposal. No surprises mid-build.
Every quote lists exactly what you get, line by line, before you commit to anything.
- Measured scopeEvery dimension checked on site, never estimated off a photo.
- Named materialsMake and model on the page, never "or equivalent".
- Labour and timelineWho does the work, and the days it takes, in writing.
- A single fixed priceLocked before work starts, with the inclusions beside it.
Anything outside this scope is quoted separately, in writing, before it happens.
Fixed price
Locked before work starts
Four honest ways to scope the job
Single room or feature
One interior room, or a single exterior element like a deck, fence or feature wall.
Wrong when: The whole exterior is weathering, in which case it is cheaper to do it as one system.
Full exterior repaint
The complete coastal-grade system across the whole exterior: prep, primer and two rated topcoats.
Wrong when: Only one wall or element is actually failing.
Interior and exterior reset
Whole-home repaint inside and out, colours coordinated across every space.
Wrong when: The interior is recent and only the exterior needs the coastal system.
Repair-first repaint
Render cracks, rotten timber or heavy salt damage made good before any topcoat goes on.
Wrong when: Surfaces are sound and only the finish has aged.
Pricing questions
Why is one quote so much cheaper than the others?
Is the price really fixed?
Do you charge for a quote?
How do I know the warranty is real?
Read deeper before you compare quotes
Want it fixed in writing?
Tell us what you need. We’ll book a walkthrough and send a quote with the work itemised, not just a number.