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Professional Painting Contractors in Dubai for Homes, Villas & Apartments
Abbas Technical Services is a team of professional painting contractors in Dubai who prepare every wall properly, use branded low-VOC paint and finish on the date we agree. We paint apartments, villas and offices across Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Abu Dhabi, Umm Al Quwain and Ras Al Khaimah.
Because we are also plumbers, electricians, carpenters and false ceiling specialists, we fix what is behind a stain or crack before we paint over it. Book a free site visit and you get a written, fixed quote that names the paint, the primer and the number of coats.
Painting Services in Dubai We Handle
Our home painting services cover every surface in a property, from one feature wall to a full villa inside and out. Each job starts with surface repair, because paint only looks as good as the wall underneath it.
- Interior painting: walls, ceilings, doors, skirting and trims in apartments, villas and offices.
- Villa painting: interiors, facades, boundary walls, gates and pergolas.
- Apartment painting: move-in refreshes, move-out repaints and between-tenant turnarounds.
- Exterior painting: weather-resistant systems for facades and compound walls.
- Wallpaper fixing: hanging, removal and wall repair for vinyl, non-woven and fabric papers.
- Decorative paint: Venetian plaster, marmorino, limewash, metallic and sand textures.
- Wood and metal painting: doors, wardrobes, railings and gates, with the right primer for each.
- Damp and mould repainting: the moisture source fixed first, then anti-mould primer and finish.
Interior Painting Services in Dubai
Interior painting services in Dubai have one job beyond colour: surviving air-conditioned rooms that are dry all day and damp with condensation at the edges. We wash, fill and sand every wall, spot-prime the repairs and apply two finish coats, cutting in by brush at ceilings, sockets and frames.
Our wall painting services include colour advice with large sample patches painted on your own wall, so you judge the shade in your own light, not on a card.
Which paint finish for which room
Room or surface | Finish we recommend | Why |
|---|---|---|
Living rooms and bedrooms | Matt or eggshell | Hides small wall flaws and reduces glare |
Hallways and children’s rooms | Eggshell or silk | Wipes clean without polishing the wall |
Kitchens and bathrooms | Silk or satin with anti-mould additive | Resists steam, grease and condensation |
Ceilings | Flat matt ceiling white | No glare under downlights |
Doors, skirting and trims | Water-based satin or gloss enamel | Hard-wearing where hands and feet touch |
Move-out repaints | Matt in the landlord’s specified white or off-white | Matches the handover standard |
Villa Painting Services in Dubai
Our villa painting services in Dubai cover the whole property: interiors, facades, boundary walls, metal gates and timber pergolas. For an occupied home, our professional painting contractors work in zones, so your family always has rooms to use, and cover floors and furniture before any sanding starts.
Exterior walls in the UAE face intense sun, wind-blown sand and, in coastal communities like Palm Jumeirah and Dubai Marina, salt deposits. We power-wash the facade, seal cracks with a flexible filler, prime, and finish with an exterior emulsion or an elastomeric coating that flexes as the wall heats and cools. Most villa exteriors need recoating roughly every 4–7 years, sooner on sun-facing walls.
Summer scheduling matters. The UAE bans outdoor work in direct sun from 12:30 pm to 3:00 pm between 15 June and 15 September. Paint applied in midday heat also dries too fast and fails early, so we plan exterior coats for early mornings and late afternoons. If you need a house painting service in Dubai for a townhouse rather than a villa, the same process applies at a smaller scale.
Apartment Painting Dubai: Move-In, Move-Out and Refreshes
Apartment painting in Dubai usually runs on a deadline: a handover date, a new tenant or a building’s permitted working hours. Our professional painting contractors arrange the building management NOC, book the service lift and protect corridors before materials go up.
For move-out painting, most Dubai tenancy contracts expect the unit returned in its original colour, usually a white or off-white matt with matching ceilings. We fill nail and screw holes, repaint to the landlord’s specification and leave the unit clean for inspection. Check your contract and move-in report first, so you only pay for what the handover requires.
Wallpaper Fixing
Wallpaper fixing in a UAE home fails for one reason more than any other: moisture behind the wall, often from a hidden pipe or AC drain. We check for damp before we hang anything. Then we skim and sand the wall flat, apply a sizing primer and let the rolls acclimatise in the air-conditioned room for a day.
Wallpaper type | Best for | Note |
|---|---|---|
Vinyl | Kitchens, children’s rooms, corridors | Washable and moisture-tolerant |
Non-woven | Bedrooms, rentals | Paste-the-wall install, strips off cleanly later |
Fabric or grasscloth | Majlis and formal living rooms | Dry rooms only; joins are visible by design |
Custom mural | Feature walls | Printed to your wall’s exact size |
We match patterns from a plumb line, roll every seam and trim at ceilings and skirting. Removing old wallpaper before a repaint? We strip it, repair the plaster and prime, so the paint doesn’t blister.
Decorative Paint Dubai: Venetian Plaster, Marmorino and Textures
Decorative paint in Dubai turns one wall into the focal point of a room. These finishes are hand-applied in several layers, so we always make a sample board for you to approve before work starts.
Finish | Look | Best for |
|---|---|---|
Venetian plaster | Polished, marble-like depth | Entrances, majlis, feature walls |
Marmorino | Soft stone texture, matt to satin | Living rooms and villa interiors |
Limewash | Cloudy, chalky movement | Bedrooms and calm, natural schemes |
Metallic and pearl | Sheen that shifts with the light | Accent walls and hospitality spaces |
Sand and stucco texture | Grainy, hides uneven plaster | Exterior and boundary walls, corridors |
Venetian plaster is lime-based and can be sealed with wax for water resistance. Metallic finishes show every flaw, so the wall is skimmed smooth first.
The Right Paint System for Every Surface
Paint fails in the UAE when the primer is wrong for the surface, not because of the topcoat. These are the systems we specify:
Surface | Preparation | Primer | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
New gypsum board or false ceiling | Tape, skim and sand joints | Gypsum sealer | Two coats emulsion |
New cement plaster | Let it cure; check alkalinity | Alkali-resistant primer | Two coats emulsion |
Old paint in good condition | Wash, fill and sand | Spot-prime repairs | Two coats emulsion |
Water, smoke or marker stains | Fix the source and let it dry | Stain-blocking primer | Two coats emulsion |
Mould in bathrooms or kitchens | Kill mould, fix the leak or condensation | Anti-mould primer | Anti-mould silk |
Wood and MDF doors | Sand and fill | Wood or MDF undercoat | Water-based enamel |
Metal gates and railings | Remove rust and degrease | Anti-rust primer | Metal enamel |
Exterior masonry | Power-wash; flexible crack filler | Exterior primer | Exterior emulsion or elastomeric |
Water-based paint is dry to touch within hours but keeps hardening for days, so wait about two weeks before scrubbing a freshly painted wall.
How Our Professional Painting Contractors Work
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Free site visit
We measure, check walls for damp and cracks, and agree colours and finishes.
Written fixed quote
It lists rooms, surfaces, paint brand and product, primer, number of coats and what is excluded.
Protect and prepare
Floors and furniture covered, edges masked, cracks filled, walls sanded and primed.
Paint
Two finish coats on full repaints, ceilings first, then walls, then doors and trims.
Walk-through
We inspect every room with you, touch up anything you point out and clean up.
Aftercare
You get the paint codes for future touch-ups and our 6 months workmanship warranty.
Cheap painting services vs affordable ones
Cheap painting services usually win on price by skipping what you can’t see on day one: primer, the second coat, proper filling or branded paint. The wall looks fine for a month, then stains bleed through and edges peel. You can keep the cost down without that risk:
- Repaint in the same or a similar colour, which needs fewer coats.
- Paint while the home is empty, so less time goes on moving and covering.
- Use a decorative finish on one feature wall instead of a whole room.
- Combine painting with other repairs in one visit, since our team covers plumbing, electrical and carpentry too.
Why Choose Abbas as Your Painting Company in Dubai
Most painting companies in Dubai paint over a damp patch and leave. We are a multi-trade painting company in Dubai, so the same team finds the cause and fixes it.
Fixes behind the paint
our plumbers trace the leak behind a stain, our false ceiling team repairs cracked gypsum, and carpentry repairs doors before they are painted.
One written price
brand, product, primer and coats are named, so you can compare quotes like for like.
Branded low-VOC paints
Jotun, Dulux and National Paints, or your own choice.
24/7 calls
speak to us any time; work runs within your building's permitted hours.
How to Choose Professional Painting Contractors in the UAE
Use this checklist before you sign any quote:
- Trade licence: the company’s licence should list painting or building finishing activity.
- Insurance: ask for third-party liability cover in case of damage to your property.
- Written scope: the quote names the paint product, primer and number of coats.
- Inclusions: check ceilings, doors, minor repairs and paint supply are included.
- Paint certification: Dubai Central Laboratory certifies paints against the Al Sa’fat green building limits, for example 30 g/L VOC for interior matt wall paint. Ask to see the certificate.
COVERAGE
Areas We Cover for Tile Work in Dubai
Our tile fixing and tiling teams are based in Al Quoz and cover all of Dubai
Dubai
- Al Quoz
- Al Barsha
- Business Bay
- Downtown Dubai
- DIFC
- Dubai Marina
- JBR
- JLT
- Palm Jumeirah
- Jumeirah
- JVC
- Discovery Gardens
- Mirdif
- Al Nahda
- Dubai Silicon Oasis
Other Emirates
- Sharjah
- Ajman
- Umm Al Quwain
- Ras Al Khaimah
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Professional painting contractors diagnose the wall before painting it: damp, cracks, alkaline new plaster or old oil paint. They choose the matching primer, apply two finish coats and put the scope and warranty in writing.
Dubai painting companies publish apartment repaints from about AED 450 for a studio to around AED 3,800 for a two-bedroom. The final price depends on wall condition, colours and paint brand. Abbas quotes a fixed price after a free site visit.
A three-bedroom villa interior usually takes about 4 to 7 working days, and the exterior adds 2 to 4 days. Occupied villas take slightly longer because we paint in zones.
Yes. We paint room by room, use low-odour, low-VOC paint and keep one area usable at all times. Rooms are usually back in use the same evening.
Inside, a washable low-VOC emulsion, with anti-mould silk in kitchens and bathrooms. Outside, a UV-resistant exterior emulsion or elastomeric coating over the correct primer. Brands such as Jotun, Dulux and National Paints make systems for UAE conditions.
Usually trapped moisture from a leak or condensation, not bad paint. We find and fix the source with our plumbing team, let the wall dry, then use anti-mould primer and finish.
Yes. We repaint to the colour and finish in your tenancy contract, usually white or off-white matt, fill holes and match ceilings, then clean the unit for inspection.
Yes, if you choose vinyl wallpaper and the wall is dry. We check for leaks first and avoid fabric papers in humid rooms.
Yes. It is lime-based, hardens over time and can be waxed for water resistance. It suits feature walls, entrances and majlis rooms rather than wet areas.
Yes, outside the 12:30 pm to 3:00 pm midday break that applies from 15 June to 15 September. We schedule exterior coats for early mornings and late afternoons so the paint cures properly.
Yes. We paint homes in Sharjah, Ajman, Abu Dhabi, Umm Al Quwain and Ras Al Khaimah, with the same quote and warranty terms.
Yes. Every job carries a 6 months workmanship warranty against peeling, flaking and blistering caused by our work.
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