CommercialBox Hill · Commercial · 2025
Fourteen-Level Office Lobby Refurbishment
A fourteen-level office lobby and lift core repainted across four consecutive nights with zero disruption to weekday tenant access.
- Silver Thaw
- Monument
- Safety Yellow
Commercial Painting Melbourne
Offices, retail, strata and hospitality painted around your trading hours.
The short answer
Commercial painting is judged on programme as much as finish. Work is staged in zones, scheduled outside trading hours where needed, documented with site-specific SWMS, and specified in fast-recoat low-odour products so the space returns to service the same night.
Commercial painting is a logistics exercise as much as a trade one. Tenants need access, retail needs to trade, and a body corporate needs a program it can communicate to residents weeks in advance.
We staging our commercial programs in zones, work nights and weekends where required, issue site-specific SWMS and inductions, and provide a nominated supervisor who reports progress against the schedule daily.
What every commercial painting job includes
- Staged programs with night and weekend availability
- Site-specific SWMS, inductions and traffic management
- Strata common areas, car parks, balustrades and line marking
- Low-odour, fast-recoat products for occupied tenancies
- Progress reporting and defect close-out documentation
Typical specification: Dulux Envirosolutions and Precision Coatings systems selected for wash-down durability and rapid return to service.
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How we prepare
The preparation behind a commercial painting that lasts
Preparation is where the money either goes or gets saved, and it is the part you cannot see once the job is finished. This is exactly what happens before colour goes on.
- 01
Scope and program before mobilisation
A zone-by-zone program is issued with dates, access windows and notification requirements so tenants, residents or staff know exactly when their area is affected.
- 02
Compliance documentation
Site-specific SWMS, inductions, insurances, working-at-heights certification and traffic management are supplied before the first day, not chased afterwards.
- 03
Surface assessment
Occupied assets carry decades of patch repairs and unknown coating histories. We test adhesion and existing sheen so a recoat does not lift the layers beneath it.
- 04
Return-to-service preparation
Furniture, stock and equipment are relocated and protected by our crew, and each zone is cleaned, re-set and photographed before it is handed back.
Products we specify, and why
Occupied tenancies
Low-odour, low-VOC systems with a fast recoat window so two coats can go on inside a single night shift.
High-traffic corridors and lifts
Scuff-resistant washable coatings rated for repeated cleaning, so common areas hold their appearance between painting cycles.
Car parks and plant rooms
Line-marking paint, anti-slip coatings and DTM enamels on balustrades, bollards and handrails.
Wet and clinical areas
Anti-microbial and steam-resistant systems for medical suites, hospitality kitchens and change rooms.
Workmanship standards
Hold us to these. They are written into every commercial painting proposal we issue.
- Nominated supervisor on site, with daily progress reporting against the program
- Zones handed back cleaned, re-set and photographed
- All work above 2m on certified access equipment with permits in place
- Defect close-out register maintained and signed off by the client or building manager
- Colour and product schedule issued so future maintenance matches exactly
- Progress claims tied to completed zones, not calendar dates
Every commercial painting proposal we issue names the products, the number of coats and the preparation steps above, so you can compare it line by line against any other quote.
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Choosing a work window
The right shift pattern is a trade-off between cost, disruption and speed. This is how the three options usually compare on an occupied site.
| Program | Disruption to trade | Relative cost | Best suited to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard hours | High | Base rate | Vacant tenancies, pre-handover fit-outs |
| After hours / evenings | Low | +15–25% | Retail, offices, medical suites |
| Night shift | Minimal | +25–40% | Hospitality, supermarkets, 24-hour assets |
| Weekend block | None midweek | +20–30% | Strata common areas, schools, car parks |
Recent projects
Commercial Painting we have completed
Each case study documents the condition we started with, the preparation, the products, the colours and the finished result.
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Glen Waverley · Commercial · 2024
Medical Suite Repaint and Fitout Finish
Eight consulting rooms and a waiting area repainted over two weekends in an anti-bacterial, wipe-down system with zero clinic downtime.
- Snowy Mountains Half
- Green Grey
- Vivid White
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