How much to charge for paint job?
Question:I live in NYC and have someone who wants me to paint their apartment. There are 5 rooms total (not sure exactly what size yet, most likely not too big). I am curious what to charge for labor and supplies. I don't want to be expensive or cheap.
Three years ago we had our house 1200sq ft painted and it came to a total of $3200 and to me that is ridiculously high. Anyone out there in the NE with any experience?
Answers:
1200 sq. ft for $3200 sounds about right. I'm in the south where stuff is cheap and paid $4200 for a 1500 sq. ft. house a year ago.
Are you painting walls only? Or, ceiling and trim work, too? How high are the ceilings? Are there a lot of intricate things to paint around?
When calculating paint price, you have to look at the area of the walls, not the sq. ft of the floor. When it comes to painting, a 10x10 room in one place isn't equal to a 10x10 room in another. A room with 12 ft ceilings is going to take more time and supplies to paint than a 10x10 room with 8 ft. ceilings. Also, you have to take doors and windows into consideration.
Need to know some scope of work, are you talking walls, ceiling and trim. Are going to use good paint i.e. 100% acrylic? If all this is true I would think several hundred a room, more for a kitchen, less for a small room.
we got an estimate for our 3 bedroom living room, and dining room for $2,200. That was not incluiding the paint. So we were responsible for purchasing the paint. Our rooms are very large, and we live in Chicago, so the rates shouldn't be too different. We got another quote to paint each room for $200 so that would have been $1000. And again we were responisble for purchasing the paint.
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