Painting
Fresh paint makes rooms look larger and cleaner, and it photographs well.
- Interior walls, ceilings, trim and doors
- Exterior, fences and front entrance
- Patching and plaster repairs first
Ready for sale. Present beautifully.
All the cosmetic works that get your home ready for sale: painting, flooring, lighting, repairs, styling and gardens. One team, one fixed price, across Melbourne’s south-east.
Free quote within 24 hours. Nothing to commit to until you approve it.
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What needs doing?
Tap everything that applies. We will open your quote with it filled in.
Start my quote
About five minutes. A fixed, itemised quote within 24 hours.
- 50+ projectsprepared for sale
- 24 hoursfrom photos to quote
- Your dateswork planned back from photo day
- 50% to start50% when it is finished
The work that changes what buyers see
Buyers decide quickly, and mostly with their eyes. We do the three things that change a first impression the most for the money, and leave the rest alone.
Styling
Empty rooms look smaller and are hard to imagine living in. We furnish and style the home so it feels finished at the first open.
- Furniture, art, rugs and soft furnishings
- Delivered, set up and collected
- Virtual styling from $50 an image
Gardens and street appeal
Buyers form a view from the footpath. A tidy garden, a clean path and a painted fence make them want to see inside.
- Garden beds, edging, mulch and planting
- New turf and lawn repair
- Pressure washing, fences and entrances
Before and after
Cosmetic work only, with no structural changes. Drag the handle on each photo to compare. See more results
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FinishedVirtual styling for empty rooms
Selling an empty apartment or rental? We add realistic furniture to your listing photos, so buyers can see how the home could look without moving a single piece in.
- $50 an image
- Back within 24 hours
- The room itself is never changed
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Four steps, and you only deal with one person
You do not need to find a painter, a stylist and a gardener, or line up their dates. We do that, and we work back from the day your photographer is booked.
Send us the details
Tell us what you want done and add a few photos from your phone. It takes about five minutes.
TodayGet your quote
A fixed, itemised price for each part of the work, so you can choose all of it or some of it. For bigger jobs we come and walk through first.
Within 24 hoursWe do the work
One person from Ascend books and manages every trade, and keeps you and your agent up to date.
Booked to your photo dateReady for photos
We walk through it together, fix anything that is not right, and leave the home clean for the photographer.
Before your campaign starts
How pricing and payment work
You will know the full price before anything starts. No estimates that grow, and no bill waiting at settlement.
- What sets the price
- The size of the home, the surfaces and the condition they are in. An apartment and a house are very different jobs, so we price yours from your own photos and sizes.
- Your quote
- Fixed and itemised. Every part of the work is priced on its own line, so you can see where the money goes and leave out anything you do not want.
- How you pay
- 50% to start, 50% when the work is finished. No finance, no interest, and nothing owing at settlement.
- Changes
- If you add to the job, we price the extra work and you approve it before we start on it.
“From the initial consultation to the final walkthrough, everything was handled with care and professionalism. I couldn’t be happier with the result.”
“They handled the painting and flooring and got it looking perfect for the open. Sold above reserve.”
“Very professional throughout. We used Ascend for staging across two properties. Will be using them again.”
For real estate agents
Have a listing that needs work before it is photographed? Send us the address and your dates. We quote within 24 hours, deal with your vendor directly and hand the home back ready for the campaign.
- Quotes back within 24 hours
- Work timed to your photography date
- One contact for you and your vendor
- All your cosmetic works from one team
Questions people ask first
Something else? Call 0491 089 110.
How much does it cost?
It depends on the home. An apartment and a house are very different jobs, so we do not guess. Send us photos and room sizes through the quote form and we will give you a fixed, itemised price for your home within 24 hours.
How do I pay?
50% to start the job and 50% when it is finished. We do not offer pay at settlement, which also means there is no finance, no interest and nothing taken out of your sale.
How long does it take?
It depends on the work. Tell us your photography date when you ask for a quote and we plan the job back from it. If the timing is tight, we will say so in the quote.
Do I need to move out?
Usually not. We work room by room and keep the home usable. For a bigger job we may suggest a few days away so it goes faster, and we will tell you that in the quote.
Which areas do you cover?
Melbourne’s south-east, including Bentleigh East, Carnegie, Malvern East, Brighton and the suburbs around them. If you are not sure whether we come to you, send the suburb with your quote request and we will tell you the same day.
Find out what your home needs before it goes to market
Send a few photos and room sizes. We will come back with a fixed, itemised quote within 24 hours.
