Your home deserves more than "just a repaint"
Quality paint protects what’s underneath, lifts street appeal, and can add real value—especially in Melbourne’s inner east, where Victorian and Edwardian homes, terraces, townhouses, and architect-designed residences face harsh UV, cold southerlies, winter moisture, and driving rain in fast-changing conditions. A quick coat won’t last or do your home justice. Darryl Hathway Painting & Decorating delivers meticulous preparation, high-end finishes, neat respectful teams, and proper project management from first visit to final walkthrough.
A quick look at our work
Browse our portfolio to see the standard of finish we deliver—sharp cutting-in, smooth walls, and exterior transformations across character and contemporary homes, plus projects completed with minimal disruption.
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Snapshot of our Melbourne painting services
We offer a full range of high‑end painting services for inner‑east homes and commercial properties, including:
Interior house painting
Detailed, high‑finish work for living areas, kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms.
Occupied homes, apartments and townhouses handled with care and minimal disruption.
Work coordinated with designers, cabinetmakers and other trades where required.
Exterior house painting
Weatherboards, render, brick and specialty claddings.
Heritage facades and trim work for period homes.
Systems designed to cope with UV, temperature swings and moisture.
Heritage & period homes
Victorian, Edwardian and Federation‑style homes in Hawthorn, Kew, Toorak and surrounds.
Careful restoration of details, including sash windows, fretwork and verandahs.
Colour schemes that respect heritage overlays while refreshing the overall look.
Each service is delivered using the same DH systems that underpin our high‑end work all over Australia.
Where we work in Melbourne
We concentrate our Melbourne work in suburbs where a high‑end finish and careful detailing really matter.
We also service neighbouring inner‑east suburbs on request. If your home or project is within reasonable reach, we are happy to discuss it.
Hawthorn & Hawthorn East
Period homes, family houses and townhouses with strong streetscapes and established gardens. We focus on meticulous preparation, heritage‑sensitive colour schemes and protection of landscaping and surrounding properties.
Toorak
Large, complex homes and apartments that demand careful staging, coordination with other trades and designers, and an uncompromising finish. Privacy, cleanliness and reliability are paramount.
Kew
High‑appeal family homes and heritage properties with prominent street presence. We specify coatings to suit tree cover, shade, exposure and the character of each street.
South Yarra
Terraces and apartments often governed by owners‑corporation rules. We manage access, parking, lifts and common areas sensitively while delivering clean, modern finishes.
Richmond
Terraces, townhouses and warehouse conversions with a mix of old and new fabric. We balance durable coatings for busy urban living with crisp detailing and careful prep on older substrates.
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With one of Australia's largest trade followers on Instagram, with over 40k Instagram followers, it excites us to showcase what we do on Instagram, daily. Watch us behind the scenes, and our dedication to excellence.
Since Darryl Hathway Painting & Decorating opened its doors in 2009, we've gone from strength to strength and are proud to be recognised as one of Australia's top-rated painting companies. Still family owned and operated, Darryl is supported by his brother Luke and wife Sharon.
Our reputation was built in Brisbane through consistently high standards, a strong local following, and a transparent track record of results shared through our reviews and social media. Today, we bring that same level of care and professionalism to a growing number of projects in Melbourne's inner east.
Why Choose Us?
Choosing who to trust with your property can be a difficult task. Our team is known for careful preparation, respectful worksites, clear communication, and finishes that look as good up close as they do from the street.
We have experience with homes and projects where detail matters, including:
- Victorian and Edwardian homes in Hawthorn, Hawthorn East and Kew
- Large residences in Toorak and South Yarra
- Terraces, apartments and warehouse conversions across Richmond and the CBD fringe
Skirtings, cornices, sash windows, ornate trims and detailed facades are everyday work for our teams—not an occasional challenge. We also have experience working on heritage-listed properties, where care, process and presentation are critical.
Our business was built in Queensland, where trade licensing requirements are stricter and more tightly enforced. That environment has shaped the calibre of painters we hire and the expectations we set on every job. Even where local minimum requirements differ, our internal standards stay the same.