Repainting builder-grade Barrhaven homes into something that actually looks finished — since 1999.
Ottawa House & Cabinet Painting has been painting homes in Barrhaven for over 26 years. We handle interior repaints, exterior work, kitchen cabinet refinishing, stipple ceiling removal and drywall repair across every subdivision in the south end, and the estimate is free and on-site.
Barrhaven is the neighbourhood we get called to most, and the reason is almost always the same. The subdivisions here went up fast between the late 1990s and today, and volume builders finish them with one coat of flat builder white on every wall in the house. It photographs fine on move-in day, then it scuffs when you brush past it, it will not wipe clean, and it makes a brand-new home feel unfinished. A proper two-coat repaint in a washable eggshell is the single change that makes the biggest difference in a Barrhaven home.
Predominantly 1995–2024 subdivision housing from Minto, Mattamy, Tamarack, Claridge and Richcraft — two-storey singles, semis and townhomes, with pockets of 1970s and 1980s bungalows in Old Barrhaven around Greenbank and Cedarhill.
Every community in Ottawa has its own housing stock and its own recurring problems. These are the ones we see most in Barrhaven.
The standard Barrhaven job. We prime where needed, then apply two coats of a scrubbable eggshell so hallways and stairwells stop marking every time someone carries a bag past them. Most three- and four-bedroom singles here are a four to six day project.
Almost every Barrhaven single has an open-to-above foyer that homeowners cannot safely reach. We bring proper staging rather than working off an extension ladder over a stairwell, and cut the ceiling line straight without touching your railing.
The maple and oak kitchens installed across Stonebridge and Chapman Mills in the 2000s are structurally sound and worth keeping. We remove the doors, spray them off-site to a factory-smooth finish, and reinstall — typically 30–60% of the cost of replacing the kitchen.
Newer Barrhaven homes came with unfinished or builder-finished basements. We paint the drywall, trim and doors after your framing is done, and repair the cracks and screw pops that show up in the first few years as a new build settles.
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No charge, no obligation, and a written fixed price before any work starts.
Barrhaven is our single busiest area. We have completed projects in Longfields, Stonebridge, Half Moon Bay, Chapman Mills and Davidson Heights, and we can give you addresses of past Barrhaven jobs as references before you book. There is no travel surcharge for Barrhaven.
A typical Barrhaven townhouse interior — walls, ceilings, trim and doors on all levels — generally runs $4,500 to $7,500 depending on square footage, ceiling height and how much trim work is involved. Walls-only repaints start lower. Every quote is a fixed written price after an on-site visit, not an hourly rate.
Usually yes, and not because of wear. Volume builders in Barrhaven apply a single coat of low-grade flat paint, which is why the walls mark so easily and cannot be washed. Repainting in a quality two-coat eggshell is less about colour than about getting a surface that survives normal family life.
Yes. Most Barrhaven exteriors are brick front with vinyl or stucco sides, so the exterior work here is usually front doors, garage doors, porch columns, railings, soffit and fascia, and stucco. We schedule exterior work April through October, when Ottawa temperatures hold well enough for the coating to cure.