Painting Services in Dubai

A one to two bedroom apartment normally takes one to two days, a three bedroom apartment two to three days, and a full villa three to seven days depending on size, ceiling height and the condition of the existing surfaces. Walls that need crack filling, damp treatment or a colour change from dark to light need an extra coat and add roughly a day. Occupied homes take slightly longer than empty ones because we work room by room and re-protect furniture each morning. Move-out repaints are the fastest job we do and can often be finished the same day you call. We confirm the exact schedule in writing after the free site visit, so you know the finish date before any work starts.

Yes, and the choice matters more here than almost anywhere. For exteriors we use heat-reflective, UV-resistant weatherproof systems from Jotun, National Paints and Caparol, which are formulated to hold their colour through 45°C summers, coastal humidity and blown sand rather than chalking and fading within a season. Exterior walls get crack filling and a bonding primer before topcoats, because in Dubai's heat most exterior paint failures start at the substrate, not the paint. Interiors get low-VOC, washable emulsions that are safe for families and pets and can be wiped clean, which matters in high-traffic hallways and children's rooms. We confirm the exact product and finish with you at the free colour consultation before ordering.

Yes to both. Every painter on our team is trained, background-checked, uniformed and covered by full liability insurance, so you are protected if anything is damaged while we work in your home or office. Sama Alras Technical Services holds Dubai trade licence 923026. Every project is covered by a written workmanship warranty that is printed on your quotation rather than promised verbally, running up to five years on exterior painting and waterproofing and covering defects such as peeling, blistering and flaking caused by our workmanship. If something does go wrong inside the warranty period, we return and put it right at no charge. We also walk the finished job with you before handover so any touch-ups are done while the crew is still on site.

Yes. After-hours and weekend commercial painting is one of our most requested services in Dubai, and we schedule it as standard rather than as a special request. We work evenings, overnight and across weekends so your staff arrive to finished walls and zero disruption, which is why the service suits offices, retail units, clinics and warehouses where daytime closure is not an option. For occupied workplaces we use low-odour, low-VOC emulsions so rooms are usable immediately rather than needing to air out. We protect desks, IT equipment and flooring before starting and clear everything before your team returns. Larger fit-outs can be phased floor by floor so only one area is out of use at a time.

Yes, and it is one of the most common jobs we handle. Our move-out painting service restores rental apartments and villas to landlord-approved handover condition so your property passes its final inspection and you recover your security deposit. We repair nail holes, wall anchors, scuffs, hairline cracks and any damp patches, then repaint in a standard landlord-approved white or the original scheme, matching the finish the handover requires. Because tenancy handovers rarely leave much notice, same-day and next-day slots are available across every Dubai community we serve. Send us photos on WhatsApp and we can usually quote a fixed price without a site visit, then complete a standard apartment in a single day.

Almost never. For interior painting in an occupied home we work room by room so you always have somewhere to sleep, cook and work, and most families stay in the property throughout. Before a brush is opened we move furniture to the centre of the room and sheet it, mask skirting, sockets, switches, door frames and floors, and seal off the work area so dust does not travel through the apartment. The low-VOC washable emulsions we use for interiors have very little odour, so a room is normally usable again the same evening rather than needing days to air out. Exterior and full-villa repaints are different only in scale, and if you would rather be out of the way during a whole-property job we will compress the schedule and work extended days to shorten it.

All of it, because preparation is where a paint job is actually won or lost in Dubai. Every quotation includes washing down and degreasing the surface, scraping back any flaking or blistering paint, filling nail holes and hairline cracks, raking out and repairing wider cracks properly rather than skimming over them, sanding to a smooth finish and applying the correct primer for the substrate. Bare plaster, previously glossed woodwork, damp-affected walls and exterior render each need a different primer, and using the wrong one is the most common reason a repaint peels within a year in this climate. Where cracks or peeling are caused by water ingress we identify and fix the source first through our waterproofing and wall repair service, because painting over an active damp problem simply hides it until the next summer.