Painting Services in Dubai
Interior and exterior painting for apartments, villas and commercial units — including the washing, filling, sanding and priming that decide how long the finish actually lasts. Primo has been operating in Dubai since 2012.
- Interior and exterior
- Residential and commercial
- Site visit before quotation
What a Primo Painting Job Covers
A painting quotation is mostly a preparation quotation. These are the three parts of it.
Preparation
Washing down, filling cracks and nail holes, caulking gaps, sanding back and priming. This is the part that determines whether the finish holds, and it is itemised rather than assumed.
Interior
Walls, ceilings, trim, doors, frames and built-in joinery, with the surrounding areas masked and protected before anything is opened.
Exterior
Facades, boundary walls, soffits, railings and gates, using coatings suited to sun and salt exposure rather than the same product used indoors.
Repaint, Prepare and Repaint, or Fix First?
Paint hides very little and fixes nothing. This is how we decide what your surfaces actually need before a brush touches them.
Surfaces We Paint
Each substrate needs a different preparation and a different primer. Using the wrong one is the most common reason a repaint fails early.
Plaster and Drywall
The most common interior substrate. Filling, sanding and a suitable primer matter more here than the topcoat does.
Wood
Doors, frames, trim, railings and joinery. Requires sanding back, knot treatment where needed, and a primer matched to the timber and its exposure.
Metal
Gates, railings, balustrades and frames. Rust has to be removed and the surface primed before a topcoat, or corrosion continues underneath the paint.
Concrete and Masonry
Boundary walls, facades and soffits. Needs cleaning, crack repair and a masonry-appropriate system rather than an interior emulsion.
How a Painting Job Runs
Site visit
We look at the surfaces in daylight, identify what is sound and what is not, and establish whether anything needs fixing before painting.
Scope and quotation
You receive a written quotation itemised by area and by stage, so preparation is visible as a line rather than buried in a rate.
Colour selection
Colours and sheen levels are confirmed before work starts. We can advise on how a colour will read in the room, but the choice is yours.
Protection and masking
Furniture is moved or covered, floors sheeted, and fittings, frames and glazing masked before any sanding begins.
Preparation
Washing down, filling, caulking, sanding and priming. On most jobs this takes longer than the painting.
Coats
Topcoats are applied in the number the system requires, with the recoat intervals it requires rather than the ones the schedule would prefer.
Inspection and handover
We walk the work with you in good light, cut in and touch up what needs it, remove masking and clean before handover.
What Affects Your Quotation
We do not publish painting prices, because these are the things that actually move the number.
Condition of the surfaces
The largest variable by a wide margin. Sound walls need little preparation; flaking, damp or previously badly painted ones can take longer to prepare than to paint.
Area, not room count
Cost follows the square metres of wall and ceiling, plus the linear metres of trim — not how many rooms the property has.
Number of coats and colour change
Going from a dark colour to a light one, or covering strong stains, adds coats. So does a low-opacity colour.
Trim, doors and detail
Cutting in, doors, frames, skirting and railings are slow work. A room with a lot of detail costs more than its floor area suggests.
Height and access
Stairwells, double-height spaces, facades and soffits need scaffolding or towers, and that changes both cost and programme.
Occupied or empty property
Working around a household means more protection, more moving and unmoving, and shorter working windows than an empty unit.
Primo does not quote painting without seeing the surfaces. Anything priced from photographs alone will change once someone inspects them in daylight.
What to Send With Your Enquiry
The more of this you can send up front, the more useful the first conversation is.
- Photographs of the surfaces, including any flaking, cracking or staining
- Roughly how many rooms, or the approximate area
- Whether it is an apartment, villa or commercial unit
- Interior, exterior, or both
- Whether you are changing colour, and roughly to what
- When you need it done, and whether the property is occupied
Why Choose Primo for Painting
Most painting complaints are preparation complaints. The value is in a contractor who prices the preparation openly instead of quoting a low rate and cutting it on site.
Preparation is priced, not assumed
Washing, filling, sanding and priming appear as their own line in the quotation, so you can see what you are paying for and compare quotes honestly.
Operating in Dubai since 2012
Primo has worked across apartments, villas and commercial properties in Dubai since 2012, on renovation, fit-out and maintenance contracts.
- Written, itemised quotations
- Site visit before pricing
- Furniture and floors protected
- Cleaned and walked at handover
Painting Questions
What does your painting service include?
Washing down, filling cracks and nail holes, caulking gaps, sanding and priming, followed by the topcoats. Minor making good is part of the scope. Preparation appears as its own line in the quotation rather than being folded into a rate.
Which surfaces do you paint?
Interior and exterior surfaces including plaster and drywall, wood, metal, concrete and masonry — walls, ceilings, trim, doors, frames, railings and gates. Each needs a different preparation and primer, which is confirmed on the site visit.
Do you advise on colour selection?
Yes. We will talk through how a colour is likely to read in the space given its light and aspect, and what sheen level suits the surface and its use. The decision stays yours, and colours are confirmed before work starts.
Can you paint over damp or stained walls?
We would not recommend it. Paint over active damp fails, usually within months, and the cost of redoing it lands on top of the original job. The source needs dealing with first — often a waterproofing question rather than a painting one.
Can I supply my own paint?
Yes. Clients regularly supply their own paint, particularly for a specific colour or brand. We will confirm quantities and when it needs to be on site so it does not hold up the programme.
How do I get a painting quotation?
Send photographs and roughly how many rooms or what area on WhatsApp, or call us. We arrange a site visit, and the quotation comes back in writing, itemised by area and by stage.
Planning Painting Work in Dubai?
Send photographs and rough areas and we will arrange a site visit. The quotation comes back in writing, itemised by area and by stage.
Surface Finishes & Protection
Primo covers resin and microcement floors, waterproofing systems and paintwork. Start at the hub if you are not sure which service your surface needs.