The Painting People

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History of a family business:

The Painting People John Crimston began his Painting and Decorating apprenticeship in 1960 at Ultimo Tafe in Sydney while working for Ernie and Ron Benjamin. In 1969 shortly after marrying, John left the Benjamin Brothers and began working for Arthur Higman in Parramatta. In October of 1971, after the birth of his first child John decided it was time to begin working for himself and left Arthur Higman to start John S Crimston Painting and Decorating.

Johns first customer was Joe Napoli at St Ives, and for the next 30 years John painted many hundreds of homes around the lower north shore of Sydney, mostly on his own but occasionally with help. Over the years John trained two apprectices, and his eldest Son Andrew.

In 1999 Andrew joined the business, and in anticipation of Johns retirement changed the name to The Painting People, diversified the business into commercial and industrial painting services and built a franchise system around Johns quality and service model that served him so well.

The company now carries out work in every state and territory in Australia through a mixture of staff, agents and franchisees. We have franchisees that specialise in the various markets that make up the Painting and Decorating industry, and each one is an owner operator with their own staff.

Our Specialist Painting Divisons are:

Residential and and Prestige Residential Painting Services

Interior and exterior painting
Decorative and Faux Finishes
Wallpaper and wall coverings
House Washing and painted surface maintenance

Roof Restoration Services - Restoraroof by The Painting People

Cleaning and mould removal
Tile replacement and repointing
Repainting of tile and metal roofs

Commercial / Industrial Painting Services

Pressure cleaning of building fascades
Painting of broad areas and trim to commercial interiors and exteriors
Corrosion repairs and protective coatings for steel
On site spray painting
Texture coatings
After hours and weekends available

New Construction Painting Services

Painting of new buildings
Internals and externals
Spray painting and texture coatings

Floor Preparation and Coating Services

Diamond grinding
Shot blasting
Glue and surface removal
Epoxy and polyurethane coatings
Rapidshield UV Instant Cure

Our Business model means that each of our divisions in each location is operated by a small business owner.

The benefits to you, our clients is a high level of dedication to service and committment to quality.

Please take your time to browse our website, and email us with any questions.

We look forward to being of service.

Regards,

Andrew Crimston

Managing Director