Residential and Commercial Painters Parkside

Parkside is one of Adelaide’s older inner suburbs, sitting just south of the parklands in the City of Unley. Its narrow streets are lined with small Victorian cottages, row and attached houses, and stone or brick villas from the late 1800s and early 1900s, with shops and offices along Glen Osmond and Fullarton roads. Painting in Parkside often means working on compact, older homes where every detail is on show from the street.

Painting Parkside cottages and villas

Small frontages, close neighbours

Many Parkside cottages sit close to the footpath and to neighbours. Our exterior painting work here involves careful masking, drop sheets on shared paths, and tidy access so we do not spill onto the street or the house next door.

Original details

Victorian and Edwardian homes in Parkside commonly have bull-nose verandahs, cast-iron lace, rendered mouldings around windows and timber sashes. These need hand preparation: scraping, rust treatment on metal, filling cracked render and priming before topcoats. Our heritage painting approach keeps these features rather than covering them up.

Attached and semi-detached houses

For attached homes, we help you pick colours that suit the shared facade, which often looks best when both halves are considered together.

Interiors in older homes

Parkside interiors often have high ceilings, picture rails and original timber floors. We fill settlement cracks, protect floors and finish ceilings, walls and joinery in separate sheens as part of our residential house painting service.

Small commercial premises

We also repaint shops, studios and offices along Parkside’s main roads. Commercial painting can be scheduled outside trading hours.

Heritage and council

Parts of Parkside fall within historic or character areas, and some homes are individually heritage listed. Before changing external colours, check with the City of Unley. We can suggest period-appropriate schemes.

Because Parkside homes are older, we check for lead in very old paint layers before sanding, and use safe preparation methods where it may be present. We also note any rotten timber or failed render that should be repaired first.