Ball park figure for getting house painted

PGL

Guys

I am thinking of getting the inside of my 3-bed terraced house painted. Before I go contacting painters for quotes can anyone tell what would be a ball park figure for painting the house and supplying the paint?

cheers

hungryjohnjohn

PGL wrote: »

Guys

I am thinking of getting the inside of my 3-bed terraced house painted. Before I go contacting painters for quotes can anyone tell what would be a ball park figure for painting the house and supplying the paint?

cheers

Buy the paint yourself its cheaper then u should only pay 100/130 max a day for the work

Wertz

hungryjohnjohn wrote: »

Buy the paint yourself its cheaper then u should only pay 100/130 max a day for the work

Really? So decorating contractors don't pay tax, VAT, PRSI, PLI or any other overheads? I'd just about work for 130 quid into my hand per day...but ask me to pay tax etc on that amount or to try and pay staff and I'd happily decline the work. You may get a certain brand of painter at these rates...make sure there's somewhere for them to tie their horses and hang their stetson though.
As for getting paint yourself, any decent contractor will be able to buy paint at a better rate than the public through bulk/trade discounts, knowledge of products and lower VAT rate. I've had instances where clients have supplied paint and it's been of poor quality or the amounts have been underestimated, which ultimately ended up costing the client more

BTW your day rate, right or wrong, doesn't allow any leeway for the OP...how are they to know that there's X amount of days' work in doing whatever job and that any price they're being quoted isn't over the top?
I could quite easily go to the OP, tell them there's 5 days' work in what I'm quoting them for, give them a price based on that, then wipe the work out in 2-3 days. On the other hand I could go into the OP's job give them a day rate and a rough estimate of when work will finish, then faff about taking my time at the work and charging them over the odds when the job (finally) finishes.


To the OP, I'm sorry but as I've posted here many times in response to these questions, each house and job is subjective, the workload differs in them all, the area to cover, the amount of prep and brushwork involved, intricate or awkward jobs, woodwork, colours etc etc...even a "ballpark" figure can be thrown way out by an actual quote given after a job has been looked at properly. My advice is to get at least 3 quotes, ask for references or about previous work...the best price may not reflect the best firm to use...quality of finish is always worth that little extra and IME most people don't mind paying that.

harly1516

Spot on