Geelong painters
Highlight Painting Service provides residential and commercial painting throughout Geelong and surrounding areas. The business was founded by Sam Anwari and has more than 26 years of painting experience, helping homeowners and businesses refresh their properties with careful preparation and durable finishes.
Local painters
Highlight Painting Service is a Geelong painting business working on homes, workplaces and investment properties. The work covers interior repaints, exterior repaints and commercial painting, including offices and other business premises.
Sam Anwari started the business more than 26 years ago. Jobs are planned around the property, the condition of the surfaces and how the space is used. That assessment decides the preparation, which is agreed before finish coats go on.
Homeowners, businesses, property managers, investors and builders can expect a clear scope before work starts, updates while the job is underway, and a walkthrough when the painting is complete.
Our services
Start with the service that matches the property. House painting covers a whole home, while interior and exterior pages explain the different preparation and coating needs. Commercial painting is planned around workplaces and business premises.
Preparation
The finish is only as sound as the surface underneath it. Before finish coats go on, the surfaces are inspected. Loose paint, cracks, stains, chalking and bare patches all change what the job needs, so two houses of a similar size can need quite different preparation.
Cleaning removes dirt that would stop a new coating from bonding. Cracks and gaps are filled where that repair is part of the scope, and rough edges are sanded so the next coats sit evenly. Bare timber, patched areas and surfaces that will not hold paint are primed. The primer and the number of coats are chosen for the surface, whether that is an interior wall, weather-exposed timber or previously painted render. Not every project receives the same system.
Finish coats are then applied and checked for misses, heavy edges and untidy cutting-in. A completed exterior at Reid Street, Barwon Heads, started with a wash, removal of loose paint, filling and sanding before the new coats were applied.
Why choose us
These are the practical reasons customers ask about before they book: who does the work, how the job is explained, and how the property is looked after.
Sam Anwari has worked in the painting industry for more than 26 years and still leads the business. That experience shows up in how surfaces are assessed and how the scope is explained before a quote is accepted.
You should know which areas are included, what preparation is expected and how access will work. Questions are answered before the job starts, and the finished work is checked with you at the end.
Floors, furniture and fittings that need protection are covered before painting starts. When the work is finished, it is walked through with you and the area is left tidy.
Completed jobs on this site include homes in Geelong, Highton, Torquay and Barwon Heads. The project pages show the photograph and the work that was carried out, rather than a stock image.
How a job runs
Tell us the suburb, whether the work is interior, exterior or commercial, and which surfaces are involved. The quote is obligation-free and is based on the size of the area, access and the condition of the paint.
The preparation agreed in the quote is completed before finish coats. Floors, furniture and fittings that need protection are covered first.
Coatings are applied to suit the surface, whether that is interior walls and ceilings, weather-exposed timber and masonry, or a commercial interior. Cutting in, rolling and detail work are checked as the job progresses.
When the painting is complete, the work is walked through with you. Touch-ups agreed in the scope are completed and the area is left tidy before the team leaves.
Who we paint for
Interior work covers walls, ceilings and trim. Exterior work covers weather-exposed surfaces such as timber, render and previously painted masonry. Whole-home repaints can include both, which is why house painting has its own page.
Offices, retail spaces and other business premises need coatings that suit daily use, plus a schedule that respects staff and customers. Where it is practical, work is staged so the premises can stay open.
Rental refreshes, repeat work and builder handovers need consistent finishes and a scope that can be repeated across properties. Partnership enquiries are handled separately from one-off home quotes.
Heritage restoration
Highlight Painting restored and repainted the exterior timber of the shop at 164 Bellarine Street, Geelong. Boards that could not be saved were replaced by a carpenter. The remaining timber was bogged, patched and sanded, coated with an exterior primer, and painted in the same matched colours.
That restoration received the 2025 Geelong Heritage Award for Restoration of a Heritage Place. The award recognises the conservation of the building. Highlight Painting's role was the exterior painting. The council citation is in the 2025 Geelong Heritage Awards booklet.
Recent work
These are completed jobs in Highton, Geelong, Torquay and Barwon Heads. Each card uses the project address and description already stored with that job.
Highlight Painting completed interior and exterior house painting at Swallowtail Drive in Torquay. Inside, the walls were repainted, including feature walls at the fireplace and in a rear room. Outside, the timber deck was sanded and re-stained, and the exterior window frames were painted.
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Highlight Painting completed a full exterior house painting update at Dryden Way in Highton, on a two-storey rendered home with classical detailing, set above the street on a sloping block.
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Highlight Painting repainted the exterior of a modern two-storey corner home at Highland Way in Highton. The exterior house painting scope covered the fascia, eaves, rendered walls and downpipes.
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Highlight Painting repainted the walls and ceilings of a contemporary two-storey home at Midden Terrace in Barwon Heads, after the existing finish had started to look outdated.
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Highlight Painting repainted the exterior of a large rendered home at Polo Place in Highton. The exterior house painting scope covered the fascia, rendered walls, and timber windows and doors.
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Highlight Painting repainted the interior of Captains Bar in Geelong, a commercial painting project covering the ceilings, walls and woodwork.
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Painting work is carried out across Geelong and nearby communities. Completed projects on this site include homes in Geelong, Highton, Torquay and Barwon Heads.
Enquiries are also taken for Belmont, Newtown, Grovedale and Waurn Ponds, plus Leopold and Lara. If you are unsure whether your suburb is covered, include it when you request a quote.
Before you book
Fading, chalking, cracking, flaking and peeling are signs the coating is no longer protecting the surface. Interiors are often repainted because the colour no longer suits the room, or because marks and scuffs have built up. Exteriors usually fail first on the sun-facing and weather-exposed sides.
A repaint is also worth considering before selling or reletting, when the existing colour makes the property look tired even if the paint is still intact.
House painting quotes in Geelong vary with the size of the area, whether the work is interior or exterior, access, the number of colours, and how much repair the surfaces need. Commercial quotes also depend on scheduling, ceiling height and whether the premises stay open.
Highlight Painting does not publish a fixed price list. The quote follows a look at the actual property.
Look for examples of similar work, a written scope, and a clear explanation of preparation and materials. Ask how access, furniture and cleanup will be handled, and whether the business paints both homes and commercial properties if that matches your job.
A lower price that leaves out preparation is rarely the cheaper result once the finish starts to fail.
Exterior coatings deal with sun, rain and movement in timber and masonry. Paint that is already chalking, cracked or loose will show through a new coat, and bare patches need priming before the finish. A sheltered wall and a west-facing wall on the same house often fail at different rates, so the preparation is assessed on each side rather than copied from a standard checklist.
Share the suburb and whether you need interior, exterior or commercial painting. We will use that to scope the quote.
Google reviews
5.0 average from 45 Google reviews
“Great service, prompt and professional. Quick and reliable with perfect results. 10 out of 10.”
Wildrainflower
“Very timely and exceptional care for detail. It was a pleasure to have Sam and Paul work on my house.”
Bridget Jones
“Engaged Sam and the Highlight Painting crew for a second time and this occasion had exterior work done alongside the internal rooms. First class outcome, swift and no fuss, always pleasant and tidy. Would strongly recommend as Sam is highly trust worthy and the work is always finished to an excellent quality. Thanks Sam”
Garry Hastings
“Sam did a fantastic job painting my house. Amazing attention to detail and excellent quality finish. Thankyou Sam!”
Grace Terrill
“Professional and friendly. Well priced. Great attention to detail. Wonderful service.”
Edwina Eaton
“Sam is reliable, easy to work with, and the quality of his painting is second to none! I have no hesitation in recommending Sam to anyone looking for a hardworking and dedicated painter. Thanks Sam!”
Stuart Fisher
Ready to start
Planning an interior repaint, an exterior refresh or a commercial painting project? Tell us the suburb and what you want to achieve. Call 0402 310 506 or send the details through the quote form and we will outline the next step. Quotes are obligation-free.
