Best painters in Essendon and Moonee Valley (2026)
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Google’s own place records for the Essendon house-painter search return painters from Richmond to Lalor, so this page keeps to one council area: the City of Moonee Valley, which takes in Essendon, Essendon North, Ascot Vale, Avondale Heights, Keilor East and Niddrie. Eight painters based there hold a Google rating of 4.3 or better, publish a street address and have a free listing in this directory. They are ranked below on Google rating and review volume together, with the near misses named and the reason each is not ranked.
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The order below comes from Google ratings and review counts and nothing else. A paid placement is labelled FEATURED, sits outside the ranking and never changes the order.
See placement optionsAlborz Coating Painters in Melbourne
Alborz Coating Painters in Melbourne holds 5.0 from 142 Google reviews and its Google listing publishes a street address in Essendon. Weighted 4.7934, 0.0651 clear of #2.
View listingROA Quality Painting
ROA Quality Painting holds 5.0 from 84 Google reviews and its Google listing publishes a street address in Avondale Heights. Weighted 4.7283, 0.0224 clear of #3.
View listingMaster Choice Painting Pty Ltd
Master Choice Painting Pty Ltd holds 5.0 from 70 Google reviews and its Google listing publishes a street address in Essendon North. Weighted 4.7059, 0.0437 clear of #4.
View listingVIC Choice Painting
VIC Choice Painting holds 5.0 from 48 Google reviews and its Google listing publishes a street address in Keilor East. Weighted 4.6622, 0.0675 clear of #5.
View listingAbi Painting Services
Abi Painting Services holds 4.9 from 31 Google reviews and its Google listing publishes a street address in Niddrie. Weighted 4.5947, 0.0079 clear of #6.
View listingVista Painting
Vista Painting holds 5.0 from 21 Google reviews and its Google listing publishes a street address in Essendon. Weighted 4.5868, 0.0332 clear of #7.
View listingTristan Painting & Decorating (Handy man)
Tristan Painting & Decorating (Handy man) holds 5.0 from 12 Google reviews and its Google listing publishes a street address in Ascot Vale. Weighted 4.5536, 0.0298 clear of #8.
View listingQuickPro Painters
QuickPro Painters holds 5.0 from 5 Google reviews and its Google listing publishes a street address in Essendon. Weighted 4.5238.
View listingWhy these 8 and not the rest
A painter is ranked here only if it clears five tests at once: a Google rating of at least 4.3, more than two reviews, a street address on its own Google listing, a Google category of painter, and a free listing in this directory. Thirteen painters in the Essendon search cleared all five. The eight based in the City of Moonee Valley are ranked; the five based outside it are named below.
Painting on its own is not a registered trade in Victoria, so there is no painting licence number to check, and this page makes no licence claim for anyone on it.
Close calls, named
Each of these comes up in the same search. None is ranked, for the reason given. None of it is a statement about the quality of their work.
- Expert Paint & Renovation (Richmond) – 5.0 from 214 reviews: based in Richmond, outside Moonee Valley.
- Finest Finish Painting & Venetian Plaster (Lalor) – 5.0 from 117 reviews: based in Lalor, outside Moonee Valley.
- Ometek Painting & Decorating (Coburg) – 4.9 from 78 reviews: based in Coburg, outside Moonee Valley.
- MaxPro Painting & Decoration (Maribyrnong) – 5.0 from 26 reviews: based in Maribyrnong, just over the Moonee Valley boundary.
- Simon’s Painting Solutions (Parkville) – 5.0 from 21 reviews: its Google address is in Parkville, outside Moonee Valley.
When a painter needs to be registered in Victoria
Painting alone does not need registration. Consumer Affairs Victoria’s guidance on registered building practitioners, read for this page on 3 November 2026, lists painting among the single-trade jobs that don’t require registration with the Building and Plumbing Commission (BPC).
Combined trades are different. The same guidance says registration is required to take on domestic building work costing more than $10,000 that covers more than one type of work, its example being plastering and painting. So if one quote bundles painting with plastering, rendering or other building work and the total passes $10,000, ask for the BPC registration number and check it on the BPC’s “Find a practitioner” search.
| The job | Registration? | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Painting only, any size | Not required for painting alone | Check reviews, insurance and a written quote |
| Painting plus plastering or other building work, over $10,000 | Required | Ask for the BPC registration number and check it before you sign |
| Roof restoration or roof work | Can involve other trades | Ask exactly what work is included and who does each part |
One honest limit: this page did not check any painter’s insurance, registration or business details. Ask for them yourself before work starts.
What to ask before booking
What exactly is in the quote? Rooms or surfaces, number of coats, the paint brand and range, and who supplies it. Two quotes are only comparable if they paint the same thing the same way.
How much preparation is included? Filling, sanding, sugar-soaping, scraping and priming are where cheap quotes save money and where finishes fail. Ask what prep each surface gets.
Are you insured? Public liability matters when someone is on a ladder near your windows, your floors and your neighbour’s fence. Ask for a certificate.
What is the deposit, and when is the rest due? Get the payment stages in writing, tied to work done.
What happens if the finish fails? Ask how long the painter stands behind the work and what they will do about peeling or patchiness.
Red flags
- A quote with no detail. One line and one number leaves you nothing to hold them to.
- Cash only, no invoice. No invoice means no paper trail if the work fails.
- A big upfront payment before any work. Pay against progress, not promises.
- Painting bundled with plastering or building work over $10,000 from someone who can’t show a BPC registration. That combination needs one.
- No questions about your surfaces. A painter who quotes an exterior without looking at it is guessing.
How this list was built
Google data. Ratings, review counts, street addresses, categories and trading status come from Google’s own place records for the Essendon house-painter search, read on 26 October 2026.
Weighted score, not raw stars. Each painter is scored with a Bayesian average that pulls a small sample toward 4.5, so a perfect score from a handful of reviews does not outrank a near-perfect score from a hundred. Numbers five and six are 0.0079 apart, close enough that a single new review could swap them.
Only painters listed in this directory. Each ranked painter links to its free listing. Painters without a listing here are not ranked.
Nothing here was paid for. Placement on this list cannot be bought. Paid placements are labelled FEATURED and sit outside the ranking.
Questions homeowners ask
How did you rank these painters?
By a weighted Google rating that balances score against the number of reviews, among painters in the Essendon search that are based in the council area, publish a street address on Google and are listed in this directory.
Are these rankings paid?
No. Paid placements are marked FEATURED and do not change the order.
Do painters need a licence in Victoria?
Painting on its own does not need registration with the Building and Plumbing Commission. A job over $10,000 that combines painting with other building work, such as plastering, does.
Why isn’t my painter on this list?
Usually because their Google listing shows no street address, they have fewer than three reviews, they are based outside the council area, Google files them under another category, or they are not yet listed in this directory.
Are you a painter in Essendon or Moonee Valley?
The painters named above but not ranked are off this page for one reason each. Claiming your free listing and publishing a street address on your Google profile are both free. Either can put you on the next update.
See placement options Browse the directoryLast updated 3 November 2026. Ratings, review counts, addresses, categories and trading status were read from Google place records on 26 October 2026 and will drift; the weighted scores are calculated from those figures and nothing else. Registration guidance is from Consumer Affairs Victoria, read on 3 November 2026. This page makes no claim about any painter’s registration, insurance, conduct or quality.