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Recent Tradesman reviews in East Brisbane

Amazing. Highly recommend. Tim has done an excellent job. Communication was great, he was punctual, friendly and went above and beyond.

Plastering - Expansion joint, ceiling patch and 2 small wall patches

$400

Excellent work by Dharamvir. Would highly recommend!

Plastering of attach. imgs after downlight install

$5

Dharamvir was a great tradesman and easy and respectful to have around the house. The work was perfect and he took great pride in an excellent job. Highly recommended.

Plastering and cornice

$200

Fast and efficient and a genuine guy

Electrician - disconnection power points

$250

Brilliant! I urgently needed plastering and painting done all I can say is good luck finding someone who does both Dan completed both plastering and painting to absolute perfection with only a days notice you must choose him he is the best!

Painting and plastering

$1,000

Prompt service. Clean finish. Thanks.

Install 4 outdoor power points

$100

What's the average cost of a tradesman in East Brisbane

$150 - $497

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$150

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$260

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$497

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What does a local tradesman do?

Tradesmen (and tradeswomen!) can help you tackle the tasks that need the expertise, tools, and knowledge that only a qualified local tradie can give. Whether you need a trade to help with home repairs or construction, you can find local tradesmen to help with tasks like:

Electrical & plumbing tradies

When you hire a tradie to work with electricity, gas, or water, they’ll need special qualifications, training, and equipment to keep you and your house safe from fires, flooding, and property damage. You’d need to hire an electrician to install your new light fittings or electrical equipment, like ovens. And you’d need a plumbing tradie to help with plumbing tasks, like fitting new taps and pipes, or gas plumbing tasks like installing or repairing heaters and stoves. Your tradie will start by asking questions about the issues you’re having, then they’ll do a physical inspection of the area to assess the work needed. They’ll use their specialist tools and equipment to repair, install, or replace parts to get everything working properly.

Carpentry & cabinet making tradies

Tradesmen are usually qualified professionals, so they’re ideally suited to tasks that need a higher skill level than a handyman. Carpenters and cabinet makers are in high demand for installing new cabinets, custom-making furniture and installing built-in robes and cupboards. They’ll measure your space to ensure the furniture and built-ins fit perfectly and match your existing decor. Then they’ll work with a range of equipment and tools (onsite or offsite) to cut and shape the wood, then assemble any parts to create your finished product.

Home exterior work tradies

Tradesmen can help provide a professional finish to your exterior building tasks. For example, installing or repairing balustrades. Your professional tradesmen will measure, fit and install glass, metal, or wood balustrades to make your balcony area or stairs safe while matching the design of your home. Once they’ve established a safe work zone, they’ll remove the old balustrades before installing the new parts. Another popular exterior task is installing or upgrading awnings. Your tradie can pull down old, broken, or faded awnings and help you choose a new awning to match your house and surroundings. Then they’ll carefully install the new awning so that it is safe and secure.

Concrete repairs & resurfacing tradies

When concrete is damaged, it can create trip hazards, and let in water, dirt and other pests, which can cause further damage. Concrete resurfacing can help repair damage and give your property an instant update with coloured concrete overlays and/or designs. Your tradie will first assess the damage, then repair or replace any broken areas. Then they may clean the existing area with high-pressure hoses or chemicals. Once the area is clean and prepared, they’ll mix up a thin, concrete-based surface compound that will cover the area.

Recent Tradesman tasks in East Brisbane

Install sauna

$400

Ransome QLD 4154, Australia

30th May 2026

Need help putting together this sauna. Have instruction manual and all the components. Put the base together already and oiled, so just need help with the last parts. Front and back pieces of sauna already assembled so just need to be put on the base.

Install plasterboard wall and ceiling

$500

Manly West QLD, Australia

30th May 2026

Install plasterboard ceiling and walls in garage ( to existing framing ) one wall (appx 6m long) ceiling (appx 3m x 6m) . Painting not required .

Plastering of single garage ceiling

$1,500

Cleveland QLD, Australia

28th May 2026

Ceiling in Garage is dropping and needs plastering. Scope of works; - Remove existing plaster ceiling - Redo plaster ceiling and cornices ensuring it is level - Remove Waste from Site Located in Cleveland

Small plastering job

$500

Chandler QLD, Australia

25th May 2026

Small cracks to be repaired as well as a repair to an expansion joint where ceiling has slightly dropped.

Removal of window awning

$100

Cleveland QLD, Australia

25th May 2026

The removal and disposal of outside window awning

Great communication hard worker and eye for detail Thank you Dom

Painting Balustrade & Handrail for Interior Stairs

$300

Murarrie QLD, Australia

22nd May 2026

Painting of the handrail and balustrade for our internal stairs. Balustrade is only for 5 stairs. Handrail goes full height of stairs ~4m long. Gloss white. Quote to exclude supply of paint and primer

Small Rendering Job

$200

Manly West QLD, Australia

22nd May 2026

Need a renderer for a small job on front brick fence. Will be marrying into old render. Half of the beads have been installed. Will need to supply rest of material

Awning installation

$200

Thornlands QLD 4164, Australia

21st May 2026

Need installation of a 3m x 2.5m Instahut retractable awning at my home. Looking for someone experienced with awning installation and wall mounting. The awning will need to be securely installed onto an exterior wall. Please bring your own tools and ensure correct alignment and safe mounting. Details: • Awning size: 3m x 2.5m • Brand: Instahut • Installation only (awning supplied) • Must have experience with similar installations • Flexible with date/time Please provide: • Your quote • Previous experience/photos if available • Estimated time required

Install 5 ceiling fans plus 1 power point.

$500

Alexandra Hills QLD, Australia

21st May 2026

Need 5 ceiling fans installed 3 x with light 2 x no light plus put in a double power point. Must be licensed

Anchor cupboards to wall and cut out hole for power point

$100

Cleveland QLD, Australia

9th May 2026

We need two cupboards anchored to the wall (we have lots of different screws etc but you will need to know what to use); and cut out hole of cupboard hole for the power point behind cupboard.

Job done so quick and beautifully done! Thanks so much!!!!

Interior carpentry, plastering and rendering work

$10

Sheldon QLD, Australia

3rd May 2026

Our living room and dining room have a mismatch of wall surfaces, heights etc, and we want to tidy this all up by some reframing, and then some plastering as well. This is going to be easiest if you come out and quote, but I have provided some photos. There are 6 walls that we're talking about. 1) A large facebrick wall that needs some framing to hang a sliding barn door on it, and then plastering over the facebrick wall. Aircon needs to be taken down and then hang back up etc. 2) 3 walls that have rough render on then, we want this replaced with smooth render 3) 1 dry wall we need built up to ceiling height and then plastered on both sides 4) 1 dry wall with a wooden top frame that we want removed (so the wall is staying, the 1970s style wood frame is going) and plastering redone. Ignore the budget. We have no idea what to expect, but this silly app makes you set a budget

Thanks for the assistance

Plastering

$400

Ormiston QLD, Australia

7th Apr 2026

Looking for someone to plaster a feature wall

Russell and his team did a great job at such short notice. I would definitely use them again.

Remove/demolition of decorative balustrade and bricks

$180

Manly West QLD, Australia

24th Feb 2026

Remove this decorative balustrade and bricks. We have a council waste voucher for this.

Thank you! Did some demo work, very happy 🤩

Install awnings

$200

Capalaba QLD, Australia

9th Feb 2026

Take down old awnings and install new ones. 4 awnings in total.

Very knowledgeable and competent. Very impressed.

Toilet RCD power point

$205

Wynnum QLD 4178, Australia

6th Feb 2026

Install client supplied double rcd type power point to toilet area, from nearby power circuit. Assumed all accessible for cable routing either down brick cavity or via roof, down internal wall.

Second time using Benjamin and would do so again. Punctual, good eye for detail and quick to communicate as per the first time.

Rendering

$10

Alexandra Hills, Queensland

20th Jan 2026

Rendering and painting the front house (both sides ) I want to paint the walls white and the gates black Height 150 cm 16metres long

Great job thanks Enrique !

Plastering and paint patch up work

$200

Murarrie QLD 4172, Australia

15th Jan 2026

3 x small areas of plastering and paint patch ups

Great work Thankyou

Fix holes in drywall and wooden door and paint

$200

Thornlands QLD, Australia

5th Jan 2026

Need some holes in drywall fixed and wall painted and also some holes in the door filled in and door painted. There is also a fix in the roof, need that painted and made to look good. Pics attached

Russell patched some holes and painted the walls and ceiling. Great work, no issues recommending him.

Replace bearer beam under the slatted awning

$100

Alexandra Hills QLD, Australia

4th Jan 2026

The supporting beam under the slatted awning in the photos is rotten and needs to be replaced. A whole piece should be running from one post to the other. I can do the painting myself, I just need the timber replaced. The job can be done on these dates: 9-10-11th of January.

He is very experienced and very kind and polite. Very well priced also, I’m so happy with the work he has done. Highly recommend him!

I need to have a 15 amp power point installed for a spa

$500

Wynnum West QLD 4178, Australia

25th Dec 2025

I need to 15 amp power point nstalled for a new spa I got for Christmas. It will be outside, on the back of the house i think

Great job. Efficient, professional, affordable. Will use him again!