Blackrock is one of south Dublin’s most characterful coastal villages, and its housing reflects that mix — grand Victorian and Edwardian homes on the leafy roads inland, tightly-packed red-brick terraces around the village, mid-century semis toward Newpark and Stillorgan, and modern apartments clustered near Frascati and the seafront. Each of these needs a different hand, and that is exactly why homeowners here call Original Dublin Painter. Alex and the team have spent 20+ years painting and decorating properties just like these, and our 4.9★ rating from 159 Google reviews speaks to the care we take on every job.

Why Blackrock homeowners choose us

Living close to Dublin Bay is lovely, but the salt air and coastal weather are hard on paintwork. Render, timber and window frames on properties near Blackrock Park, Idrone Terrace and the Rock Road take a battering, so surface prep and the right exterior systems matter enormously. We know which coatings hold up here and which ones peel by the second winter.

Locals keep coming back because we are:

  • Tidy and clean — dust sheets down, edges cut sharp, and your home left spotless each evening.
  • Punctual and professional — we turn up when we say we will and keep you posted throughout.
  • Great with colour — genuinely helpful advice on heritage tones for period homes or bright, contemporary schemes for newer builds.
  • Fair and upfront — every job comes with a free, no-obligation on-site quote and is fully guaranteed.

What we paint in Blackrock

Whether it is a single room refresh or a whole-home transformation, we cover it all:

  • Interior painting — walls, ceilings, hallways, stairwells, ornate cornicing and the tall, awkward returns common in Blackrock’s older houses.
  • Exterior painting — render, pebbledash, front doors, soffits, fascias and railings, all prepped to stand up to coastal weather.
  • Full house painting — a coordinated interior-and-exterior package for owners doing a full refresh, a pre-sale spruce-up or settling into a new home.

We also handle kitchen cabinet respraying, front door painting, feature walls and decorative finishes when a room needs something special.

Local knowledge that shows

Because we work across this whole part of south Dublin, we understand the practical side of decorating in a busy village. Parking near Main Street and the Frascati Shopping Centre can be tight, so we plan access and materials carefully to keep disruption to a minimum for you and your neighbours. We regularly work in the surrounding areas too — Booterstown, Monkstown, Stillorgan, Mount Merrion and Deansgrange — so we know these streets and the housing stock well.

Every period feature, from original sash windows near Blackrock College to timber panelling in the older terraces, gets the patient preparation it deserves. That attention is what turns a good paint job into one that still looks fresh years later.

Stillorgan, Mount Merrion, Booterstown and Foxrock

Inland from the village, the housing changes. Mount Merrion and much of Stillorgan are mid-century semis and detached houses, many of them extended over the years, with painted render, timber or uPVC windows and long hallways. The work here is often a full interior repaint after an extension, or an exterior refresh where the render has started to crack and stain. Kilmacud and Cornelscourt are similar, with mature estates that are well past their first repaint.

Booterstown has a mix of period houses near the Rock Road and newer apartment schemes, and up towards Ballsbridge the redbrick Victorian and Edwardian terraces need the same patient prep as the older houses in Blackrock village. Foxrock is mostly large detached houses on big plots, where an exterior job means a lot of wall, woodwork and often scaffolding, so we plan it in stages around the weather.

Common questions from Blackrock homeowners

How much does it cost to paint a house in Blackrock?

Our Dublin house painting price guide puts a full interior and exterior repaint of a 3-bed semi at €2,500 to €4,500 and a 4-bed detached at €3,500 to €6,500. Period houses with sash windows, high ceilings and railings tend to sit at the upper end because the prep takes longer. We give a fixed price after a free visit.

Do I need permission to repaint the front of a period house?

Usually not if you’re keeping the same colour. If your house is a protected structure or in an Architectural Conservation Area and you want to change the colour, check with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council first.

Do you cover Stillorgan, Foxrock and Ballsbridge?

Yes, along with Booterstown, Mount Merrion, Kilmacud, Cornelscourt, Deansgrange and Monkstown.

Nearby areas

We also have a page for painters in Dún Laoghaire, covering Monkstown, Glasthule, Sandycove and Dalkey, and you can see every area we cover across Dublin.

Get a free quote in Blackrock

Ready to give your home a lift? Alex will call out, take a proper look, talk through colours and finishes, and give you a clear, fair price with no pressure. Get a free quote today, or call or WhatsApp us on 087 788 5040 — your vision, brilliantly brought to life.