how do pro painters price bids for residential painting?

Question

My wife & I are expanding into home accessorizing. Our first client has a $10,000. budget, included in this is several rooms for painting.

Answer 1

I look at the job and visualize how long it's going to take. I've been doing this for over 20 years, so as I'm looking it over I can tell if it's going to take a half hour to prep a window or four hours, or how long it will take to patch and caulk, and I write it all down, and tally it all up and multiply the number of hours times my hourly rate, then add 20% for unforeseen difficulties. But I'm really good.

Some give standard bids based on square footage and number of windows. If a painter isn't concerned with quality, then the details of the particular house aren't particularly important.

Answer 2

Hi I am a pro painter . Here in Canada the going price for painting is around $0.80 by square foot , that include prep. priming ,and 2 coats of finish paint .If you want only one coat of paint the price is around 25 to30 cent a square foot .The square foot is calculate on the wall surface to be painted

Answer 3

I am a Painter in Australia and work off $35 Australian Dollars per sqm.
thats sealer and 2 top coats.
Work out floor area in sqm at 35$ per sqm and double that figure for total cost as paint and labour run same cost here in OZ

Answer 4

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Answer 5

you take the approximate the cost of the paint, add the cost of labour, and double it.

Answer 6

I can beat Lee answer and price.LOL