Painters Inc. Ltd is a family-owned Wellington painting company established in 2003 and led by Damian and Fiona Palmer, working from 77 Madras St in the Wellington CBD. For more than two decades the team has painted homes and commercial spaces across the capital, with a particular reputation for monolithic, cedar and weatherboard homes — the exteriors that need more than a quick once-over.
What sets them apart is technical depth. Monolithic texture-clad homes are prone to cracks in the plaster, so Painters Inc specialises in weathertight membrane systems and advises on the remediation each house actually needs. They paint and stain cedar cladding, prepare and paint timber weatherboards and cement fibreboard products such as Hardi Plank and Axon Panel, and take on roof painting projects including scaffolding. Interiors and wallpaper work — stripping, relining, hanging murals and anaglypta — run through the winter months, June to mid-September.
Every job starts with a free, tailored quote: Damian and Fiona visit in person, photograph the property, arrange a scaffolding quote and issue a full specification with a fixed price. Their painters are all full-time employees — never subcontracted — working under a strict Code of Conduct, and every project is backed by a Five Year Workmanship Warranty and $5 million public liability insurance. A registered Master Painters New Zealand member and Site Safe company, Painters Inc also publishes technical guides on maintaining monolithic and cedar homes, and their NoCowboys reviews tell of stress-free projects, meticulous preparation and clear, honest advice.
Some houses just need a coat of paint. Others need a painter who understands what's going on underneath. Painters Inc. Ltd, a family-owned Wellington company based at 77 Madras St in the CBD, has built its reputation on the second kind — homes with monolithic cladding, cedar weatherboards and other exteriors where preparation and the right coating system matter as much as the final colour.
Damian and Fiona Palmer founded the business in 2003, and it remains very much a family operation. Their son Sam joined in 2017 as Operations Manager and maintains a strong presence on every painting site. Damian and Fiona personally conduct the on-site evaluation for every project, so the people who quote your job are the people who stand behind it. The painters themselves are all full-time employees — experienced tradesmen the company describes as honest, conscientious and professional — and no work is contracted out to other painting teams.
Painters Inc is best known for its work on monolithic homes. Texture-clad houses are prone to cracks through the plaster and need a weathertight membrane to protect them from water ingress, and the team specialises in both painting these homes and advising on what remediation is genuinely required — knowledge they share in technical articles on their website.
Cedar is another forte. Left without a good protective coating, cedar cladding degrades over time, so Painters Inc paints and stains cedar homes and advises on the best option for each one. They also prepare and paint timber weatherboards and cement fibreboard products such as Linea board, Hardi Plank and Axon Panel — noting that timber takes more preparation time than its cement counterparts — and they now quote only on modern weatherboard houses with aluminium windows. Roofs are in scope too, quoted with any scaffolding requirements included.
When the weather turns, the team moves indoors. Interior painting runs from June to mid-September and covers everything from whole rooms to window and door joinery, with remedial plastering available where walls need it. The same seasonal window applies to wallpaper: the crew has extensive experience stripping, relining and hanging paper, and can advise on replacing old wallpaper or hanging murals and anaglypta.
It starts with a free tailored quote. Damian and Fiona visit the property, discuss what's needed and offer advice, take photos and arrange a scaffolding quote through their preferred suppliers. You then receive a full job specification and a fixed-price quote, followed up a few days later to answer any questions. Once scaffolding is up, most projects take one to two weeks, weather permitting.
Reassurance comes from the paperwork: a Five Year Workmanship Warranty, $5 million public liability insurance, membership of Master Painters New Zealand and Site Safe, and Workplace First Aid certification among the team. The company also operates under a strict Code of Conduct and always provides references.
The reviews Painters Inc points to on NoCowboys are consistent. Joan, a repeat customer whose house they've painted twice, praises Damian's clear guidance; John calls his exterior job totally stress free and painless; David & Christine highlight excellent preparation on their three-storey home; Sue's steep section required significant scaffolding, which the team arranged; and Koen describes the complete repaint of his monolithic-clad house as "nothing short of outstanding," singling out the attention to detail.
Recent projects in Papakowhai and Silverwood sit alongside a growing library of technical insights — from maintaining monolithic homes to choosing the right paint to fill cracks — that reflect a company happy to educate homeowners even before they quote.
For Wellington homeowners weighing up a big repaint, that combination counts for a lot: a family firm that quotes in person, fixes its prices, keeps the same trusted crew on site and guarantees the work for five years. To arrange a free quote, call Fiona in the office on 0800 765 137 or email [email protected].