Prices for the same tin vary between shops in Gauteng, and so does advice. Send one request with the surface, the size and the finish you want, and we pass it to paint shops and paint suppliers who supply towns and cities across Gauteng.
Paint Prices in Gauteng
Paint prices in Gauteng vary between paint shops, hardware stores and trade counters, and with delivery distance. Send one request and suppliers serving Gauteng will quote for the same tins, so you can compare like with like, including tinting and delivery to your door.
New to this? Read the paint prices guide for the choices and the questions worth asking before you pay.
What to know locally in Gauteng
On the Highveld, a good exterior acrylic with UV resistance matters more than the colour card. Deep reds and dark greys on north facing walls in Soweto, Randburg or Pretoria north can fade within a few summers, so many owners choose lighter, warmer tones. Roof paint on corrugated sheeting in Germiston and Alberton needs a metal primer underneath. Textured coatings are common on plastered townhouses in Midrand and Centurion because they hide fine cracks from movement in clay soils.
What gets painted in Gauteng
Gauteng has the largest and most varied building stock in the country, and nearly all of it sits high on the Highveld. Strong UV fades dark colours and chalks old acrylics on north and west walls, summer storms bring hail that dents and strips roof coatings, and lightning season tests every gutter and flat roof. Face brick homes from the 1960s and 1970s, plastered townhouses in sectional title complexes, older stone and tin roof houses in Pretoria, township homes and new estates on the edges of the metros all need different preparation. Body corporates, landlords, shop owners and factory managers ask for painters as often as homeowners do, and paint shops are close by in most suburbs.
Typical paint prices requests in the area come from:
- Homeowners: comparing paint prices for a room or the whole house before buying tins
- Body corporates and estates: bulk pricing on 20 L tins for a planned repaint of every block
- Landlords and sellers: finding the best price per m² for a quick, durable repaint between tenants
Local tips for Gauteng
Most asked for in Gauteng: complex and estate exterior repaints, roof painting and flat roof waterproofing. Where painters and paint shops work from: randburg, Midrand, Germiston, Wynberg, Pretoria west and the East Rand industrial belt. A useful tip: ask for a UV resistant exterior acrylic and a metal primer on any rusted roof sheets.
Around Gauteng the largest group asking is homeowners, which usually means comparing paint prices for a room or the whole house before buying tins. Before you agree to anything: check grade, volume solids and spread rate. Keep in mind: 1970s face brick, IBR and tiled roofs in Benoni and Roodepoort, Pretoria flat roofs.
Service area: Gauteng and surrounds
We pass Gauteng requests to painters and suppliers based in or regularly working in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Ekurhuleni, Sedibeng, West Rand, Midrand, Centurion. Rural jobs should give the nearest town and the farm name, so travel and delivery are quoted honestly.