Painting a House Cost - Buyer Experiences and Price Information

Figure cost out. Paint should represent 15 percent of total. Paint averages 400 sq ft per gallon. Average cost of quality paint equals 40.00 per gallon. One coat is not a paint job, and anyone who offers lifetime warranty is counting on not living more than several years! Spend a lot of my time doing redoes over new paint jobs!

Look at a prior post........5 guys for a 1 1/2 weeks.....wow..... over 300 man hours for 3500 dollars........... who does this work for nothing. Insurance , overhead...... The pros know.... thats the problem....undocumented workers. And people wonder whats wrong with our economy. Who (legally)can feed their family, pay taxes and live on that?

He pressure washed the house. Our home is 106 yrs old w/bad paint or no paint.Scrapped, primmed, caulked all windows and doors. Painted the house and will do the trim in a second color. This will be completed in 3 days he says. Is this Price to high? My dad said it is way to expensive, but I have not paid the full ammount yet.

WOW. my house looks fabulous. 5yr fix for free warranty. Troy and his guys did AWESOME!!!!! wil hire agian. thanks troy. JAKE BARTEK.

Painting Professionals. They did a fabulous job with a crew of 4. We had them paint 4 colors. Fair Price we had 3 bids they were in the middle but had Insurance and very friendly and prompt. Have recommended to several friends with same results. Sherwin Williams Resilience paint satin finish is what they recommended. Love the results.

I had the exterior of my home painted by Perea Painting in Orange County California at low cost and quality work (They had a special going on for Exterior house painting which made them really reasonable). These were REAL painters from Orange County. Their services were quick and left the exterior of my house looking great. Thanks for the estimate calculator!

Didn't pressure wash the home prior to painting. Contracted for one coat. Missed a lot of spots in shingles crevices and complained that because the wet paint was the same color as the dried paint he couldn't see where he painted which resulted in a lot of touch ups. Still not perfect, and doubt he would come back to fix areas I noticed were not painted after he left.

Home is strange 3 stories from back but one story in front - home is built into hillside , around here a REALLY tall home, some painters wont do the house because they dont have ladders tall enough so it was difficult finding someone willing AND reasonable in price - Pressure wash , Sherwin Williams Loxon primer,then Sherwin Williams Super Paint all around.

He kept jacking the price and I thought but seemed like a good guy. He worked hard but I cant figure out how he charged 10000 for prep and paint...can anyone advise me. Its a bunalow that needed good sanding and pressure washing. He still wants another 2000.

I used these guys to paint my trim, cielings and walls. The did a great job preping the walls, where clean and professional. I am very picky so I wanted to make sure I had hired a contractor that would pay attention to detail.

Davis Painting did a wonderful job painting our house. They used 3 different colors, 4 if you count the front door. Our home had just been resided and the paint job looks fantastic.

Just got an estimate to do only the eaves and overhangs of my home, not the whole home. The estimate is about $2,000. Does that seem right?

Please idont bleave life time warranty this companyes out there have only been in the painting business for 10 yers and thy hir the best slaes person on earth to make you go with them dont beleave it.

Spray guns are crap for domestic house painting. Way to much overspray it gets on everything. Anyone who says spray gun is the way obviously uses one and therefor won't put it down in any way. I'm a painter 20yrs in the job and I own 2 spray guns top of The range and hounestly they are crap. That's why it's expensive for a good painter. $10,000 American for 3000 sqm with a spray gun is robbery!!!

Looks like a new house. Took 1 week-mostly prep. Lifetime warranty. Will never have to paint again. Thank goodness I found them...even did minor carpentry for some rotted trim and clapboard.

I'm a painter in Vancouver, BC, Canada and just finished a small cedar shake house over the last few weeks. It blows my mind how cheap people expect to have work done. My prices are in the lower-mid range in this city. Two coats sprayed on the body/soffit and two on all the trim.

Our property manager received a quote from his go to guy of $8,000 to remove wallpaper (in a couple of rooms) and paint (basic flat eggshell). I am willing to pay a fair price, but this seems outrageous!! Please advise.

I received estimates that were anywhere from $1000 to $12,000 (which blew my mind!) and went with a man who painted a house nearby. He was new to the area and working on building his biz.

Spraying offers a much thicker coat then brushing . You cant get mill built up with a brush . Some paints can be sprayed at .14 to .15 mills. Compare that to a brsuh of .2 or .4 mill.
I do not know hwo writes these articles but maybe they should consider using a real paint contractor and not field test from various painters. There are tons of painters out there but only a few painters.If you dont get this then your one of the tons.

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this took about 3 weeks of prep including replacing all the trim, on the weekends and 2 weekend to pain, about 100 man hour of work

I have an Arts and Crafts house with a lot of trim and detail. I was estimated anywhere from $2500 to $10,000. With a little apprehension, I went with Bill McHenry's College Pro Painters in Midland since I was on a budget. I shouldn't have been nervous at all - they did a great job, used SW Duration paint and did the expected prep work. It took them 1.5 weeks with 5 guys who worked all day. Painting is expensive, but the finished product is well worth it!

It is not true that spraying leaves a thinner coat. It depends on the size of tip and also if it is back rolled it actually leaves on more paint plus its a much better job, without lap marks from an old fashioned brush. I have been a Home exterior sprayman for 35 years.

this home is a 1910 colonial home and I have been getting prices from 12-15,000 to paint this home--Why are your prices so much less in cost? I mean 5,000 seems low for a 3000 sqft home. Is that based on a one-story at that price and then basically double that for the additional story??

need price quote for painting a building for a Church

It was a very good deal for the our house improvment project. The house looks great!

need a price for painting a 1 story 3 bedroom house