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Painters in Gold Coast

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

Showing all 24 licensed painters across Gold CoastUpdated 2026-08-27 · Register QBCC

Based in Varsity Lakes

Quality of work · 13Professional & friendly · 12Response time · 10

At Brush Worx Painting & Decorating Pty Ltd, exterior painting leads what customers talk about, with repaints and refreshes also getting a mention. Different people get named in the feedback — the painter and office staff alike — so it comes across as more than one pair of hands. Most of the 24 Google reviews sampled as of 28 August 2026 landed in the last twelve months, and the rating sits at 5 stars across those 24 reviews. The QBCC register confirmed the Painting and Decorating licence as current on 22 August 2026.

Based in Burleigh Heads

Professional & friendly · 43Quality of work · 32Response time · 19

Coverage by Design's review trail on Google starts in November 2019, giving the Burleigh Heads painter over six years of documented feedback. A good share of the sampled reviews arrived in the last twelve months, and the owner writes back to more than half of the customers who leave feedback. Customers most often bring up roof & gutter painting, with exterior work and colour selection also coming up. The business is rated 5 stars across 87 Google reviews as of 28 August 2026. Its QBCC licence in Painting and Decorating was confirmed current on 22 August 2026.

Based in Mermaid Waters

Professional & friendly · 7Quality of work · 7Communication · 5

At Creative Painting Projects, the same tradesperson's name appears in most of the 17 Google reviews, a pattern that suggests a one-person operation rather than a larger team. The Mermaid Waters painter's QBCC licence in Painting and Decorating was confirmed current on 22 August 2026. Every one of the reviews analysed as of 28 August 2026 arrived within the past year, and customers most often describe interior painting, with exterior work and repaints & refreshes also coming up. The business carries a 5-star rating across those 17 reviews.

Based in Arundel

Professional & friendly · 22Quality of work · 16Response time · 13

Customers at Creative Plastering & Painting talk most about surface prep & repairs, with interior painting also coming up. More than one name appears in the feedback, and someone handling bookings is among them, which points to a team with someone at the desk. The owner writes back to 28 of the 29 customers who leave feedback. The business holds 5 stars across 29 Google reviews as of 28 August 2026. The QBCC register confirmed the Arundel painter's licence as current on 22 August 2026, covering the class Painting and Decorating.

Based in Currumbin Waters

Professional & friendly · 22Quality of work · 21Response time · 12

Customers of Currumbin Painters keep mentioning more than one person, including office and booking staff — a sign of a team with someone handling the front desk. The owner wrote back to 20 of the 34 customers who left feedback. Interior painting is what customers describe most, with exterior work and new builds & renovations also coming up. The QBCC register confirmed a current Painting and Decorating licence for the Currumbin Waters painter on 22 August 2026. 5 stars across 34 Google reviews as of 28 August 2026.

Based in Highland Park

Professional & friendly · 61Quality of work · 49Response time · 34

At DR Paint, customers most often bring up roof & gutter painting, and the people who hired them keep naming the same tradesperson — a pattern that reads as the owner doing the work themselves. The oldest review on DR Paint's Google profile is from May 2017, and 18 of the 90 reviews sampled as of 28 August 2026 arrived in the past year. The owner writes back to 80 of the 90 customers who left feedback. The QBCC register confirmed a current Painting and Decorating licence on 22 August 2026. 5 stars across 90 Google reviews.

Based in Parkwood

Quality of work · 13Professional & friendly · 12Reliable & trustworthy · 7

Customers of Evolution Paint & Design keep naming the same painter, suggesting a one-person operation where the owner handles the work personally. The owner also writes back to 16 of the 18 customers in the sample. Colour selection leads what customers talk about, with new builds and renovations coming up behind it. The QBCC register confirmed a current Painting and Decorating licence for the Parkwood business on 22 August 2026. Its Google rating stands at 4.8 stars from 18 reviews as of 28 August 2026. The earliest review on record lands in February 2023, giving the business over three years of customer feedback to draw on.

Based in Carrara

Professional & friendly · 19Quality of work · 19Response time · 12

In Carrara, customers most often bring up interior painting at Iconic Painting Pty Ltd, with exterior work and repaints & refreshes also coming up (reviews analysed as of 28 August 2026). The feedback names more than one person, including office staff — a pattern consistent with a crew plus someone handling the desk. The owner writes back to 31 of the 32 customers who left feedback. The oldest review on Iconic Painting Pty Ltd's Google profile is from September 2020, and the QBCC register listed the business as holding a current Painting and Decorating licence when checked on 22 August 2026. 5 stars across 33 Google reviews.

Based in Mermaid Waters

Professional & friendly · 9Quality of work · 9Communication · 4

Customers at Keep On Rolling Painting Services most often talk about exterior painting, with colour selection also coming up regularly. The same painter is named in 18 of the 20 analysed reviews, a pattern consistent with the owner handling the work personally rather than a crew. The earliest review on record lands in June 2020, so the business has over six years of customer feedback behind it. The QBCC register confirmed a current Painting and Decorating licence on 22 August 2026. Rated 5 stars across 20 Google reviews as of 28 August 2026.

Based in Tamborine

Professional & friendly · 39Quality of work · 30Response time · 18

Several different names come up in the feedback for Kraudelt Painting, one of them on the phones, which points to a team rather than a solo operator. The owner writes back to 47 of the 52 customers who left feedback, and Google reviews for the Tamborine painter go back to June 2014, more than a decade of history. Customers most often bring up exterior painting, with interior work and surface prep & repairs also coming up. The QBCC register confirmed a current Painting and Decorating licence on 22 August 2026. 4.9 stars across 52 Google reviews as of 28 August 2026.

Based in Coolangatta

Professional & friendly · 8Quality of work · 7Communication · 4

In Coolangatta, Legacy Painting Contractors PTY LTD is a painter whose customers keep naming the same tradesperson — a pattern that reads as the owner doing the work themselves. The owner also writes back to 10 of the 12 customers who left feedback (as of 28 August 2026). The QBCC register confirmed its Painting and Decorating licence as current on 22 August 2026. The business holds a 5-star rating across 12 Google reviews, with the earliest review dating from March 2025. Customers most often bring up interior painting, with repaints and refreshes also mentioned, and surface prep and repairs coming up as well.

Based in Varsity Lakes

Quality of work · 24Professional & friendly · 18Response time · 10

Customers at M Painting Services name more than one person when they talk about the job — the painter on site and someone handling the desk — which reads as a small crew with a front office. The first Google review of this Varsity Lakes painter was posted in May 2017, putting over nine years of feedback on record. Quality of work is what customers describe most often, with 24 of the 36 analysed reviews mentioning it (as of 28 August 2026). The QBCC register confirmed a current Painting and Decorating licence on 22 August 2026. 4.9 stars across 37 Google reviews.

Based in Pimpama

Professional & friendly · 35Quality of work · 30Response time · 18

Customers keep naming the same painter at MDC Decorating Specialists Pty Ltd., which reads as an owner doing the work themselves rather than a crew. The earliest Google review for the Pimpama business lands in October 2018, giving it over seven years of feedback on record. The QBCC register confirmed a current Painting and Decorating licence on 22 August 2026, and the owner writes back to a good share of the customers who leave feedback. 4.9 stars across 55 Google reviews as of 28 August 2026.

Based in Southport

Professional & friendly · 14Response time · 12Quality of work · 11

Southport's Mr Painter Gold Coast Pty Ltd has Google reviews going back to January 2024, a history that spans more than two years. Customers repeatedly name the same tradesperson, suggesting a one-person operation. The QBCC register confirmed its Painting and Decorating licence as current on 22 August 2026. It holds a 5.0-star rating across 20 Google reviews as of 28 August 2026.

Based in Highland Park

Quality of work · 9Professional & friendly · 8Value & pricing · 3

Customers at Next Gen Painting keep naming the same painter, which suggests the owner is the one doing the work. Interior painting is what they talk about most, though exterior work and repaints & refreshes also come up. Google reviews for Next Gen Painting go back to February 2018, giving the business over eight years of review history. As of 28 August 2026, the business holds 5 stars across 13 Google reviews. The QBCC register confirmed a current Painting and Decorating licence on 22 August 2026.

Based in Coombabah

Professional & friendly · 53Quality of work · 53Response time · 29

The owner writes back to 93 of the 94 customers who left feedback, and 23 of the 94 sampled reviews landed in the past year. Customers most often bring up interior painting at Peter Painter, with repaints & refreshes also coming up in the sample (reviews analysed as of 28 August 2026). Peter Painter has been collecting Google reviews since February 2021, giving it a review history that reaches back more than five years. Rated 5 stars across 107 Google reviews. The QBCC register confirmed the Coombabah painter's Painting and Decorating licence as current on 22 August 2026.

Based in Advancetown

Professional & friendly · 41Quality of work · 34Response time · 24

The oldest review on Pristine Painting Perfection's Google profile is from May 2017, so its feedback record spans close to a decade. Of the 65 customers whose feedback was analysed as of 28 August 2026, every single one received a reply from the owner. Customers most often bring up interior painting, with exterior work and surface prep & repairs also coming up. The QBCC register listed the Advancetown painter as holding a current Painting and Decorating licence when checked on 22 August 2026. 5 stars across 67 Google reviews.

Based in Jimboomba

Professional & friendly · 17Quality of work · 15Communication · 5

Customers of Pure Perfection Painting name more than one person in their feedback, including someone who handles the phones — the pattern of a small crew with a front desk rather than a solo operator. Interior painting is the work they talk about most, ahead of repaints & refreshes. The owner wrote back to 24 of the 25 customers who left feedback, as of 28 August 2026. The QBCC register confirmed a current Painting and Decorating licence for the Jimboomba business on 22 August 2026. 4.7 stars across 29 Google reviews.

Based in Upper Coomera

Quality of work · 14Professional & friendly · 11Response time · 10

At Restyling, customers most often talk about surface prep & repairs, with interior painting and colour selection also coming up. The same tradesperson is named in 18 of the 20 analysed reviews, which suggests the owner handles the work personally. The owner writes back to the majority of customers who leave feedback — 12 of the 20 analysed reviews got a reply. Restyling, an Upper Coomera painter on the Gold Coast, holds a current QBCC licence in Painting and Decorating, confirmed on 22 August 2026. Its Google rating is 5 stars across 20 reviews as of 28 August 2026.

Based in Southport

Professional & friendly · 5Response time · 3Quality of work · 3

Interior painting is what customers at Smooth touch painting & decorating pty ltd talk about most, though the 12 Google reviews analysed as of 28 August 2026 form a small sample. Most of those reviewers single out one tradesperson, a pattern consistent with the owner working hands-on. The QBCC register confirmed the Painting and Decorating licence as current on 22 August 2026, and the business carries 5 stars across its Google reviews.

Based in Yatala

Quality of work · 23Professional & friendly · 22Response time · 16

Customers name more than one tradesperson at Southside Superior Contract Painting Pty Ltd, along with someone handling the desk, which points to a crew with office backup. Interior painting leads the work customers talk about, with repaints and refreshes also coming up. A good share of the sampled reviews arrived in the last twelve months, and the owner replied to about half of the customers who left feedback. On 22 August 2026 the register showed the Yatala painter holding a current Painting and Decorating licence. The business carries 5 stars across 49 Google reviews as of 28 August 2026.

Based in Coolangatta

Professional & friendly · 54Quality of work · 44Response time · 16

TMM Painting & Decorating's owner writes back to 76 of the 83 customers who left feedback on Google as of 28 August 2026. A good share of those reviews arrived in the past year, with 27 of the 83 sampled coming in the last 12 months. Customers most often talk about interior painting, with exterior work and repaints & refreshes also coming up. The QBCC register confirmed the Coolangatta painter's licence as current on 22 August 2026, covering Painting and Decorating. Rated 4.9 stars across 83 Google reviews.

Based in Elanora

Professional & friendly · 17Quality of work · 16Reliable & trustworthy · 6

In Elanora, the people who hired Triple Coat keep naming the same painter in their feedback — a pattern that suggests the owner is the one on the tools, not a rotating crew. The earliest Google review for this Gold Coast painter lands in April 2015, giving it over a decade of review history on record. The owner also writes back to 25 of the 27 customers who left feedback, as of 28 August 2026. Triple Coat holds a current QBCC licence in Painting and Decorating, confirmed against the register on 22 August 2026, and carries a 5-star rating across 27 Google reviews.

Based in Elanora

Professional & friendly · 7Quality of work · 6Reliable & trustworthy · 4

Customers have left 13 reviews for Gold Coast painter Universal Painting, rating it 5.0 on Google as of 28 August 2026. Professional and friendly service comes up often, and the quality of the finished job is a regular mention. Its Google review history begins in August 2026, so feedback is just starting to build. The QBCC register confirmed a current Painting and Decorating licence on 22 August 2026.

By the numbers

Painters in Gold Coast, ranked by verified Google review volume

Every figure below is counted from this page's own register checks and review analysis — 914 reviews read across 24 licence-verified businesses. Ratings are shown as attributed text and link to the source profile.

RankBusinessBase suburbLicence classGoogle ratingMost-mentioned praise
01Peter PainterCoombabahPainting and Decorating5.0107 on GoogleProfessional & friendly · 53
02DR PaintHighland ParkPainting and Decorating5.090 on GoogleProfessional & friendly · 61
03Coverage by DesignBurleigh HeadsPainting and Decorating5.087 on GoogleProfessional & friendly · 43
04TMM Painting & DecoratingCoolangattaPainting and Decorating4.983 on GoogleProfessional & friendly · 54
05Pristine Painting PerfectionAdvancetownPainting and Decorating5.067 on GoogleProfessional & friendly · 41
06MDC Decorating Specialists Pty Ltd.PimpamaPainting and Decorating4.955 on GoogleProfessional & friendly · 35
07Kraudelt PaintingTamborinePainting and Decorating4.952 on GoogleProfessional & friendly · 39
08Southside Superior Contract Painting Pty LtdYatalaPainting and Decorating5.049 on GoogleQuality of work · 23
09M Painting ServicesVarsity LakesPainting and Decorating4.937 on GoogleQuality of work · 24
10Currumbin PaintersCurrumbin WatersPainting and Decorating5.034 on GoogleProfessional & friendly · 22
11Iconic Painting Pty LtdCarraraPainting and Decorating5.033 on GoogleProfessional & friendly · 19
12Creative Plastering & PaintingArundelPainting and Decorating5.029 on GoogleProfessional & friendly · 22
13Pure Perfection PaintingJimboombaPainting and Decorating4.729 on GoogleProfessional & friendly · 17
14Triple CoatElanoraPainting and Decorating5.027 on GoogleProfessional & friendly · 17
15Brush Worx Painting & Decorating Pty LtdVarsity LakesPainting and Decorating5.024 on GoogleQuality of work · 13
16Keep On Rolling Painting ServicesMermaid WatersPainting and Decorating5.020 on GoogleProfessional & friendly · 9
17Mr Painter Gold Coast Pty LtdSouthportPainting and Decorating5.020 on GoogleProfessional & friendly · 14
18RestylingUpper CoomeraPainting and Decorating5.020 on GoogleQuality of work · 14
19Evolution Paint & DesignParkwoodPainting and Decorating4.818 on GoogleQuality of work · 13
20Creative Painting ProjectsMermaid WatersPainting and Decorating5.017 on GoogleProfessional & friendly · 7
21Next Gen PaintingHighland ParkPainting and Decorating5.013 on GoogleQuality of work · 9
22Universal PaintingElanoraPainting and Decorating5.013 on GoogleProfessional & friendly · 7
23Legacy Painting Contractors PTY LTDCoolangattaPainting and Decorating5.012 on GoogleProfessional & friendly · 8
24Smooth touch painting & decorating pty ltdSouthportPainting and Decorating5.012 on GoogleProfessional & friendly · 5

What reviewers praise most

Professional & friendlypraised at 24 of 24 · 556 mentions
Quality of workpraised at 24 of 24 · 498 mentions
Response timepraised at 16 of 24 · 256 mentions
Communicationpraised at 4 of 24 · 18 mentions
Reliable & trustworthypraised at 3 of 24 · 17 mentions
Value & pricingpraised at 1 of 24 · 3 mentions

Licence classes held

Painting and Decorating24 of 24
Coverage and verification dates

24 businesses based across 18 suburbs. Licences all verified on 2026-08-22.

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.

ServiceTypical 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$300A$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$3,000A$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$3,500A$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$2,500A$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$35A$70

Common questions

How often will exterior paint need replacing on the Gold Coast compared with further inland?

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.

I own a unit in a high-rise on the coastal strip — can I just book a painter for my balcony or exterior wall?

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.

Does a Gold Coast painter need a QBCC licence for every job?

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.

My house is in an older Gold Coast suburb — should I ask about lead paint?

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.

Why does exterior painting cost so much more for a coastal high-rise than a hinterland house?

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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