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House Painters in Burnside

Two-storey family homes, foothill estates and stained timber doors, painted by a licensed Adelaide team (BLD 328101). Fixed written quotes.

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Painting Services in Burnside, Adelaide

Burnside's first official settlers arrived in 1839, and Peter Anderson named the area after his property beside Second Creek ('burn' is Scots for a creek). Wealthy Adelaide families were soon building estates in the foothills, and the council became known for its tree planting. After the war the area grew fast, from 27,942 people in 1947 to 38,768 in 1961, as houses filled the last of the paddocks. Painting a Burnside home well comes down to two things: preparing every surface properly, however big the house, and looking after the timber that makes these homes stand out.

We paint Burnside homes inside and out, from a single room to a full two-storey exterior. Every job starts with an in-person quote, and you get a fixed price in writing.

What We Offer in Burnside

  • Exterior repaints for two-storey homes, older estates and post-war houses
  • Stained and clear-finished timber front doors, recoated or refinished
  • Mould and mildew scrubbed off shaded walls, eaves and pergolas before painting
  • Interior repaints with plaster repair, cornices and ceilings
  • Colour consultation for exteriors and interiors
Know Your Home

Burnside Homes and What They Need

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Large and two-storey homes

More walls, more trims, more height. The prep doesn't get thinner.

A large or two-storey home means more eaves, fascias, window frames and trims to prepare, and upper walls that need safe access. Every surface still gets the same prep: washed down, loose paint scraped back, gaps filled and bare spots primed before the topcoats. Your written quote spells out how we'll reach the upper levels.

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Stained timber front doors

Recoat a stained door before the finish breaks down, not after.

A stained or clear-finished timber door needs different care to a painted one. Intergrain's guidance for its exterior clear finish is four or more coats in extreme conditions such as full sun, and for its exterior stain, colour fade is the first sign it's time to recoat. Intergrain also says timber is best protected, and easiest to maintain, when it's recoated before the coating and the timber underneath start to deteriorate.

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Shaded walls, eaves and pergolas

Mould and mildew come off before any paint goes on.

Burnside has long been known for its trees, and walls, eaves and pergolas that sit in shade can grow mould and mildew. Dulux's advice before repainting is to scrub it off with a diluted household bleach solution, one part bleach to three parts water, and it lists power washing as an option too. Once the surface is clean and dry, it's ready to paint.

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Sunrooms and window frames

Window frames get sanded and filled so the edges stay sharp.

Sunrooms, bay windows and rooms full of glass mean a lot of window frames. Each frame is cleaned, lightly sanded and any gaps filled before painting, and the glass is masked or scraped clean afterwards so the lines stay crisp.

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Lead in older paint

Home built before the mid-1970s? Treat the old layers as lead paint.

SA Health advises assuming houses built before the mid-1970s have lead-based paint in their older layers. In Burnside that covers the older estates and the post-war homes built in the boom after 1947. Sanding or scraping it releases toxic dust, so it needs careful handling. If your home is that age, ask us how we'll manage it on your job.

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Pricing Guide

What Painting Costs in Burnside

Every Burnside job gets a fixed written price once we've seen it. As a starting point, these are our typical ranges for an average 3–4 bedroom Adelaide home:

What moves a Burnside quote up or down: two-storey access, the number of eaves, windows and trims, how much mould or flaking paint has to come off, and whether stained timber needs recoating or stripping back.

Full interior repaint
$3,000–$8,000
Exterior repaint, single storey
$3,500–$7,000
Kitchen cabinets (15–20 doors)
$1,800–$3,500

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FAQs

Burnside Painting FAQs

Possibly. Some Burnside neighbourhoods are covered by a Historic Area Overlay, which the council's master plan describes as the highest level of neighbourhood-scale protection in the Planning and Design Code, and individual homes can be Local Heritage Places. Under South Australia's planning rules, external painting of a Local Heritage Place that could affect its heritage value counts as development and needs approval. Internal painting doesn't. If you're unsure, call the City of Burnside on (08) 8366 4200 before you choose colours.
If you love the timber look, recoat the stain or clear finish before it breaks down. Intergrain says that keeps the timber best protected and easiest to maintain. Once the finish has failed, the door usually needs sanding back before it's recoated. If you'd rather have a painted door, we can do that instead. We'll talk it through at the quote.
It comes off first. Dulux recommends scrubbing mould and mildew off with one part household bleach to three parts water, or power washing, before repainting. Dulux also makes Weathershield, a topcoat it says resists mould and algae growth, which suits walls that stay in shade.
Yes. Your written quote covers how we'll safely reach the upper walls, eaves and gutters, and how many days the job will take.
A typical 3–4 bedroom interior takes 3–5 working days, and a single-storey exterior about the same. Larger and two-storey homes take longer. You get a specific day count in your written quote.

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Licensed, insured, and locally owned. We'd love to help with your next painting project.

0401 976 328

About Rovina Painting in Burnside

Rovina Painting is a licensed house painting company based in Adelaide, South Australia, providing professional painting services to Burnside and surrounding suburbs including Toorak Gardens, Rose Park, Kensington Park, Stonyfell.

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BLD 328101, fully insured
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Over 15 years, 850+ completed projects across Adelaide
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Interior, exterior, commercial, cabinet refinishing and pre-sale painting
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