Run by a Dutch–Portuguese couple, working with experienced local painters. Interior and exterior work for homes and villas: a fixed written price, a start date that holds, and your legal guarantee confirmed in writing.
Quality paint from CIN and Robbialac, floors and furniture fully protected, and a walkthrough at the end of every job. You sign off only when you're happy with it.
Walls, ceilings, doors and woodwork. Full preparation (filling, sanding, priming), because that is what decides how the finish looks in two years. Undecided on colour? We bring sample pots and paint patches on your own wall, so you see them in your own light before anything is decided.
Villa facades, walls and shutters. Crack repair, priming and coatings chosen for salt air and strong coastal sun.
Quick turnarounds between tenants or guests, scheduled around your bookings. We work with property managers and surf-house owners across the region, and you get a proper invoice, so the cost goes through your books rather than out of your pocket.
The green and black staining on coastal walls is living growth, not dirt. Paint over it and it comes back through within a year. We kill it, treat the surface, then use coatings made for salt air. Interior damp is assessed and priced separately, never painted over.
Whether you're in Amsterdam, London or New York, we handle the whole job: inspection with photos, a fixed written quote, progress updates while we work, and the final walkthrough on your behalf.
Most companies here won't give you a number until they're standing in your hallway. These are the ranges our clients typically pay. Everything is included: materials, preparation, protecting your floors and furniture, and cleaning up.
We are not the cheapest, and we'd rather say so now. You can find someone here who will paint a room for less. What you are paying us for is a price that doesn't move, a start date that holds, work you can inspect before you pay the balance, and someone who answers the phone two years later if something fails. If the lowest number is what matters most, we're honestly not the right company, and you've saved us both a visit.
How we reach a number: we measure the actual wall, ceiling and woodwork area at the visit and price on that, not on a guess from photos. What moves it within a range: the condition of the surface. Damp, cracked render, bad previous paintwork and difficult access are what separate the bottom of a range from the top. Bigger jobs also cost less per square metre: a whole house is cheaper per m² than one room, because setup and travel are spread further. Ceiling heights above about 2.7 m and rooms still full of furniture push a job upwards. We tell you exactly which apply at the visit, in writing. The quote you sign is what you pay, including any VAT. The ranges above are a guide, not an offer. Flexible on dates? If we can fit your job around others in the same area, we'll take something off. Just ask.
Finding a good painter here isn't the hard bit. Getting a clear price, a date that holds, and someone who answers the phone afterwards. That's the hard bit. That's the job we've taken on.
WhatsApp us photos of the rooms or the facade, or book a free visit. Either way it costs nothing.
We measure, check for damp, and hand you a written itemised price at your door, not in an email three days later, if at all. What's included, what isn't, and exactly what you'll pay.
Floors and furniture covered, work done on the agreed dates, site left clean at the end of each day.
We inspect first, then you approve before the final payment. Portuguese law already gives you a guarantee on work like this. We set out in writing exactly what we are responsible for, rather than hoping you never find out.
I'm Ermo, a Dutchman living on the Lisbon coast. My partner Inês is Portuguese and grew up between Sintra and Ericeira, so between us we cover both halves of this: she knows the area, the trades and how things are actually done here, and I know what properly prepared work looks like. I spent summers painting with my mother's partner, who has run his own painting company in the Netherlands for years. That's where I learned to spot a job being rushed.
I don't hold the brush any more. The work is done by experienced Portuguese painters I've checked and worked with. What I do is quote your job honestly, keep the schedule, inspect the work before you ever see it, and answer the phone afterwards. That last part turns out to be rare. You deal with me from the first visit to the final walkthrough, in your own language, and I don't hand you off to anyone.
We're new here, and I'd rather say so than invent a wall of reviews. So judge us on the quote instead: if it isn't clearer and more specific than the others you get, don't hire us.
Always, on every job, whatever the size. It matters more than people realise: if the property is rented out or run as Alojamento Local, the cost only goes through your books with a fatura. It also means the work is insured and you have something to point at if anything goes wrong. Plenty of work here is done in cash with nothing on paper, and it is cheaper for exactly that reason, but you carry the risk and you cannot claim a cent of it.
Two reasons, and both are easy to check. First, painters price on painted surface, not floor area. An 80 m² apartment has 250–300 m² of wall and ceiling once you count hallways, ceilings and bathrooms. So one quote may cover the whole flat and another only two rooms. Second, many quotes exclude surface preparation, masking and protecting your furniture, and charge for them separately, which is most of the labour. Ask both questions of every quote you get, including ours.
Very common here. Many Portuguese houses have foundations sitting directly on the ground, and rising damp will lift any paint eventually, no matter how good the work. We check for it at the quote visit. If it's there, we say so and price the treatment separately rather than painting over it and letting you discover the problem next winter.
You can, and it will come back through within a year or two. The dark staining on walls, renders and north-facing facades near the sea is living growth: algae and mould feeding on salt, damp air and shade, not dirt that has settled. Painting over it seals it in and it grows back through the new coat. We wash it down, treat the surface with a biocide so the growth is dead rather than covered, and then use exterior coatings intended for coastal conditions. It costs a little more the first time and much less the second, because you are not repainting the same wall every two years. If someone quotes you to simply paint over green walls, that is why their price is lower.
A one-bedroom apartment typically comes in between €1,450 and €1,850, a two-bedroom between €2,150 and €2,800, and a three-bedroom between €2,850 and €3,700, including materials, preparation and cleaning up. The final figure depends on the condition of the walls, the ceiling height and access, which we measure at the visit and confirm in writing.
Lisbon, Cascais, Estoril, Sintra, Ericeira, Mafra and Torres Vedras. If you're just outside that, ask anyway. We'll tell you honestly whether it's practical rather than quote you and cancel later.
Interior work is usually quicker than exterior, which depends on weather and season. We give you a realistic date at the visit rather than an optimistic one. You get the price at the visit too, so there's no waiting to find out what it costs.
Yes. Every quote includes materials, preparation, protection of your floors and furniture, and cleaning up. If something isn't included, it's stated on the quote.
Yes, as standard, and we don't charge extra for it. Every water-based matt paint for walls and ceilings sold in the EU is already capped at 30 g/L of solvent by law, so this isn't about scare stories. Certified low-emission paint sits well below that cap, which means much less smell and a room you can sleep in the same night rather than airing out for two days. That matters most if you have a baby on the way, someone asthmatic in the house, or a rental that has to take guests again tomorrow. If you'd rather have a natural mineral or lime paint, we quote that separately.
No. Many of our clients are abroad during the work. We send progress photos and carry out the final walkthrough on your behalf.
More than most people realise. Portuguese law gives you a legal guarantee on work carried out on your property, up to five years on immovable property, and longer on structural elements. We do not try to reduce that, and we are not going to pretend a shorter "our own warranty" is a favour to you. What we do put in writing is exactly what we are responsible for: defects in our workmanship, meaning peeling, flaking or failure of the coating we applied. What it cannot cover is rising damp, structural movement, or damage caused after we finish. That matters here. Portuguese houses often sit directly on the ground, and rising damp defeats any paint however well applied. If we find damp we will tell you, price the treatment separately, and guarantee the paintwork only once the cause is dealt with. We would rather lose the job than paint over it.
In three stages: 40% when we book the dates, 30% once the materials are on site and the first coat is done, and the final 30% after the walkthrough, when you've approved the work. You receive a proper invoice.
We reply within a few hours, and you get your written price at the visit itself. Prefer to skip the form? Send photos straight to WhatsApp.