Prep Is Invisible And Expensive
It is most of your labour and none of what the customer sees. Photograph it, describe it, put it in the quote as a line item. Painters who explain prep stop losing jobs to painters who do not do it.
Website Design for Painters — Australia-wide
Websites for painters that sell the prep, not the paint.
Two quotes for the same house, one four thousand dollars apart, and the customer cannot see why. The difference is sanding, filling, priming and two proper coats instead of one thin one — all of it invisible by the time the job is done. If your site does not explain that, you are quoting against someone who skips it.
Why It Matters
The cheap quote wins until you explain why it's cheap.
Repaints Are A Different Sale
A new build is a builder's contract. A twenty-year-old weatherboard is a homeowner worrying about lead paint, rotten sills and whether you will be gone in a week. Same brush, entirely different conversation.
Strata Work Is Steady Money
Body corporates repaint on cycles, pay reliably and rarely change painters once they trust one. They also search differently, want insurance and compliance detail, and almost never appear on a painter's website.
Service Pages That Rank
Every job you do, its own page.
Painting enquiries come in attached to a surface and a problem, not to the word painter. Each surface prices differently and worries the customer differently, which is why each deserves a page in its own language.
- Interior house painting
- Exterior & weatherboard painting
- Roof painting & restoration
- Strata & body corporate painting
- Commercial & office painting
- New build & developer work
- Wallpaper removal & feature walls
- Timber staining & deck coating
What You Get
What every build includes
Design and build that puts preparation front and centre, with before-and-after sets that include the prep stage rather than just the finish. Separate paths for homeowners, builders and strata managers, because all three search and buy differently. Mobile-first, fast, SEO fundamentals included, no lock-in.
Getting Found Locally
Painters live or die in the map pack.
Painting is a comparison purchase with a short shortlist. Most people get three quotes and most of those three come from the first screen of a local search. Website design for painters that ignores the Google Business Profile is doing half the job — the profile, the review flow and the service area often matter more than the site itself.
Suburb pages work unusually well for painters because the housing stock changes so much across Melbourne. Weatherboard in Northcote, render in Doncaster, period terraces in Fitzroy — each needs different prep, and saying so proves you know the area rather than just claiming to service it.
Recent Builds
The same build, for trades like yours.
Recent builds for trades people judge by the finished photo. Website design for painters is built the same way: a gallery that loads fast, interior and exterior work split out, and a quote request that doesn’t ask for an essay.
Builders
Thornwick Build Co.
Architecturally designed homes and renovations across Melbourne's inner east.
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Builders
Merridew Homes
We build custom homes, knockdown rebuilds and townhouses across Melbourne, servicing the south-east and surrounding suburbs.
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Landscaping
Notlee Landscapes
Landscaping & concrete site — project galleries, service areas and an Instagram-first enquiry flow for a visual trade.
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Straight answers, no fine print.
How much does a painting website cost in Australia?
One fixed number, quoted before any work starts and GST inclusive. A solo residential painter needs less than a business running strata contracts and commercial crews, so the scope drives the price. No hourly billing, no lock-in. Packages are $799 for Starter, $1,790 for Business and $2,990 for Complete, all one-off and GST inclusive. See what each package includes.
How do I stop being undercut on price?
By making the invisible visible. A page that shows sanding, filling, priming and the number of coats, with photos of each, changes what the customer thinks they are comparing. Without it, every quote looks like the same job at different prices.
Are before-and-after photos worth it for painting?
Only if the before is genuinely bad and the after is shot from the same angle in the same light. Half-hearted pairs read as staged. One honest set of a peeling weatherboard house turned around is worth twenty finished-room photos.
Should I chase strata and body corporate work on the site?
If you want repeat revenue, yes. Strata managers search for painters with the right insurance and a track record on multi-unit sites, and they hire on cycles rather than once. Very few painters have a page aimed at them.
Do you build separate pages for interior and exterior?
Yes, and for roof painting too. They are different price points, different seasons and different searches. A single painting services page competes for all of them and wins none.
Make the invisible work visible.
Tell us what kind of painting you want more of and we will reply within one business day with a fixed quote.
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