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Commercial Painters Melbourne

Offices, retail fit-outs, warehouses and body corporate buildings painted around your trading hours.

Workmanship guarantee

Issues fixed at no cost to you

Dulux products only

Premium paints on every job

How much does it cost?

Office and retail interiors $18 – $45 per m²
Warehouse and industrial $20 – $120 per m²
Small shopfront or office suite $8,000 – $25,000

Coating system, access equipment and after-hours scheduling drive the price more than floor area alone. Every job gets a fixed written quote from a site walkthrough.

What's included

Offices, retail spaces, warehouses and common areas
After-hours, weekend and staged scheduling to avoid disrupting trade
Full surface preparation and durable Dulux commercial-grade systems
Ceilings, walls, doors, frames and exterior facades
Site-safe work practices and $20M public liability cover
Fixed written quotes with a clear scope, no hourly surprises

Our approach

Site walkthrough and scope

We inspect the site with you or your facilities manager, agree the scope room by room, and put the whole job in a fixed written quote.

Scheduling around your business

Nights, weekends or staged sections, we plan the work so your staff, tenants or customers are not painted around during trading hours.

Commercial-grade systems

High-traffic areas get scuff-resistant, washable Dulux coatings specified for the surface, not whatever is cheapest per litre.

Clean handover

Every area is inspected, touched up and cleaned before handover, with a walkthrough against the agreed scope.

Commercial painting contractors Melbourne businesses can schedule around

The difference between commercial and residential painting is rarely the paint, it is the logistics. An office cannot smell of fresh paint at 9am on a Monday, a retail space cannot close for a week, and a warehouse cannot halt dispatch while walls dry. Modernize Solutions has painted commercial, industrial and residential sites across Melbourne since 1987, and the first question we ask on any commercial quote is not about colours, it is about how your site operates and when we can work without getting in the way.

That planning shapes everything else. High-traffic corridors and stairwells get scuff-resistant, washable Dulux coatings that hold up to trolleys and school bags rather than standard interior paint. Low-odour, fast-recoat products keep offices usable the next morning. Work is staged area by area so each section is handed back finished, cleaned and ready to use. And because commercial sites have real compliance requirements, we carry $20M public liability insurance and provide certificates to building and facilities managers before anyone opens a tin.

We quote every commercial job from a site walkthrough with a fixed written scope: offices, retail fit-outs, medical suites, warehouses, showrooms and body corporate common areas. If you are comparing commercial building painters or painting contractors in Melbourne, put our quote next to any other, the scope will be the clearest document on the table.

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Common questions

Can you paint our office outside business hours?

Yes. Most of our commercial work runs after hours, on weekends, or in stages so your business keeps trading. We agree the schedule up front and stick to it.

How much does commercial painting cost in Melbourne?

Office and retail interiors typically run $18 to $45 per square metre, warehouses and industrial buildings $20 to $120 per square metre depending on the coating system. A small shopfront or office suite usually lands between $8,000 and $25,000. Access equipment like scaffolding or a boom lift adds $300 to $2,000 or more. Every job gets a fixed written quote from a site walkthrough with a clear scope.

Are you insured for commercial sites?

Yes, Modernize Solutions carries $20M public liability insurance and follows site-safe work practices. We can provide insurance certificates for building managers before work starts.

Do you handle body corporate and strata buildings?

Yes, we paint common areas, facades and individual units for owners corporations across Melbourne. See our strata painting service for the detail on how we manage committees and quotes.

What size commercial jobs do you take on?

From a single office refresh to warehouses and multi-tenancy buildings. Smaller jobs are usually completed in a day or two after hours; larger sites are staged so each area is handed back finished.

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Workmanship issues fixed at no cost Fully insured

We'll return and fix any workmanship issue at no cost.

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