Another house question. Paint related. Is $300 + paint

[sequins]

reasonable for 6 regular height walls? I wanted paint over the brown accent walls and most of them are a pillar or a half wall or something. Only two full walls. Does $300 + paint seem reasonable? Thank you. Sorry for all the house qs.

[sequins]

Nov 26, 2014 15:21:43 GMT -5 @barefootbarista said:

I'm confused, is it two walls or six walls? For two walls, no, for 6 walls, maybe? I would think that the 300 would include the paint.

^ 6 walls. But 4 of them are like half walls. i.e. just below the kitchen counter or just above the fireplace etc.

[cjeanette]

I would consider that reasonable.

[whitemerlot]

I paid $300 per average size bedroom for my house and it included paint. No trim or repair work. MCOL.

[laurental]

I think it depends on the sq footage you are covering as well as how much cutting in there is vs rolling. I mean, a wall could be any number of sizes.

[jennistarr1]

sounds good to me but I'm the poster that just got a quote of 1130 (930 plus paint) and that was 7 walls (patch and trim work too though)

[wowhead]

My guys charged by the hour. That seems to make more sense to me. They were $60 per hour plus paint.

[Deleted]

That sounds about right. Try countering that he buy the paint?

[stellas]

I got quoted 6k to paint the entire interior of my 2100 sq ft house, so I vote reasonable.

[aprilsails]

That doesn't sound too bad honestly. If they are working around fireplaces and such there will be a lot of cutting in to do which is much slower.

Also - is the accent wall colour bold or deep? They may need to put on an extra coat especially where they are cutting in. Painting over my little sister's deep red bedroom was a horrible experience.

[aprilsails]

Keep in mind - they may not be doing a large area but they are also going to have to put down drop cloths and set up their equipment the same as if they were doing the entire room. Doing small areas is not as cost-effective as bringing someone out for a larger space.

[aprilsails]

I now feel like I've commented too much in here. My brother worked as a residential and commercial painter for years and I worked in high school for a faux-finish painter, which I think only existed as a job description for a brief part of the 90s when venetian plaster walls and sponge effects were all the rage.

I faux-painted marble all over a new local church. I haven't been back to see it since I'm not Anglican but I'm tempted to see if it looks ok or is the same as I remember 16 years later.

[speckledfrog]

Sounds good to me.

[shopgirl07]

Yes, reasonable.

[sequins]

Nov 26, 2014 16:05:33 GMT -5 aprilsails said:

I now feel like I've commented too much in here. My brother worked as a residential and commercial painter for years and I worked in high school for a faux-finish painter, which I think only existed as a job description for a brief part of the 90s when venetian plaster walls and sponge effects were all the rage.

I faux-painted marble all over a new local church. I haven't been back to see it since I'm not Anglican but I'm tempted to see if it looks ok or is the same as I remember 16 years later.

lol, no, I appreciate the advice. Thank you. The walls are a deep brown, so they will need multiple coats. There will lot of taping required too since it's a half wall. So I too think this is quite reasonable and I'll ask the guy to proceed with the job.


You should drive back and see how it looks!

[sequins]

Nov 26, 2014 15:59:03 GMT -5 elle said:

That sounds about right. Try countering that he buy the paint?

The seller left us some leftover paint, so we won't be buying that either. I love our seller!! All we need to buy is our accent color. This is working out good!

[auntie]

Nov 26, 2014 15:59:03 GMT -5 elle said:

That sounds about right. Try countering that he buy the paint?

I like to buy my own paint. That stategy could bite you in the ass if he buys crap paint and you need to repaint in 2 years.