Interior Paint a 1,900 sq/ft house - How much should I expect to pay someone?
Question:I'm moving into a 1,900 sq/ft house that needs paint and to have wallpaper taken down.
How much should I expect to pay a professional to do this?
Any suggestions on hiring someone?
How long should it take them?
Thank you :-)
Answers:
I did this for a friend a few weeks ago. I'm not a professional, but he still paid me $12 an hour. Depending on how many colors need to be applied, the job can be only a few hours to all day. I used a power sprayer that could paint a bedroom in 10 minutes once furniture, floors, and molding had been taped or covered.
It took me all day, but I am no professional, and was working alone.
You might try doing it yourself. Assuming you haven't moved in yet, you won't have furniture getting in the way, and there are a wide variety of paint sprayers or power rollers at most home stores that can suit any budget.
Hope this helps!
hey,
i couldnt say how much (i am not a painter) but if you want to get a couple of quotes easily over the net with no hassle, then you might want to check out www.whocando.com.au
cheers
tom
That's a pretty loaded question, there are so many variables. First off... the wallpaper, if it comes off easy the painter will throw it in on the bid, if it's a pain, he'll probably charge time & material for that part. $25-$35 per hour is fair. If you choose to find someone for less you'll probably get what you pay for, garbage. If everything is getting painted ceiling to baseboard, you could get some low level maintenance painters in there to do it for $1500-$2000. You could get a journeyman painter but with no contractors license for $2000-$3000 if he were to do it during the week and a contractor will charge you $3500-$5000. It sounds like a 3-4 day job with a small crew. These numbers are based on one type of paint with the same sheen throughout the house. Different colors or a contrast from ceiling to walls will boost the price. If you're looking to get a good paintjob done for cheaper than what you'd pay a contractor, i would hang out outside of a frazee or dunn edwards, wait til you see a professional looking painter and ask if he is the owner or an employee, if he's an employee you can get him to do it as a weekend sidejob. Offer to pay him $250-$300 a day, he'll bring helpers that he works with at his regular job and you can pay them $150/day and you pay for the paint. That is the best combination of quality and price and it would take probably 2 weekends.
$65 per room. 3-4 hours easy to mild prep. .thats if its sprayed
I am a paint contractor.but this all depemds on the prep on the woodwork, how much patching on the walls..and how much the sheetrock is scarred up on the wall paper areas..if the wallpaper areas were original when house built it may even need taped and floated behind it..Nominal price without looking, if the areas are in decent shape..would be around 5200.00 with the contractor furnishing the materials, not you.
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