$15,650

[Theurbancommando]

No wonder you guys can afford to collect several + ROLEX watches ...Just screw the blue collar guy down on a price and then add another ROLEX watch you don't really need to the winder box!

[Abdullah71601]

Originally Posted by Theurbancommando

No wonder you guys can afford to collect several + ROLEX watches ...Just screw the blue collar guy down on a price and then add another ROLEX watch you don't really need to the winder box!

To be fair, some of the people here are those blue collar guys.

[Etschell]

15k for a 2500 sq foot house? what a joke.

[Knappo 1307]

My 2 cents, usually when you get a quote like that the guy doing the quoting is super busy. So he quotes you high and if you fall for it, he takes the job....

[Abdullah71601]

Originally Posted by Etschell

15k for a 2500 sq foot house? what a joke.

It depends where you are. Skilled labor is quite a bit higher up north (everything is expensive up there).

My parents had their house painted before they put it on the market (Chicago area). It was over $10K for interior walls and millwork. Same job in my piece of Arkansas would have been less than $2K.

[teqp]

Originally Posted by Abdullah71601

It depends where you are. Skilled labor is quite a bit higher up north (everything is expensive up there).

My parents had there house painted before they put it on the market (Chicago area). It was over $10K for interior walls and millwork. Same job in my piece of Arkansas would have been less than $2K.

Can you ship some of your contractors to SoCal, please!

[Etschell]

Originally Posted by Abdullah71601

It depends where you are. Skilled labor is quite a bit higher up north (everything is expensive up there).

My parents had there house painted before they put it on the market (Chicago area). It was over $10K for interior walls and millwork. Same job in my piece of Arkansas would have been less than $2K.

i get it. but you can almost blast the house with rhinoshield instead.

[J!m]

Originally Posted by Abdullah71601

To be fair, some of the people here are those blue collar guys.

I don’t even HAVE a collar...

[AzPaul]

My sister had her 2 story home, similar square footage, done two years ago by a well regarded company here in town, and it was around $6,000. Pretty sure that included the wall around the back, too.

[Abdullah71601]

Originally Posted by teqp

Can you ship some of your contractors to SoCal, please!

I’m on the way. What color camoflage do you want?

[brandrea]

All I have to say is that you pay what you pay for.

Paint and lighting make the most difference in home improvements, IMO

[J!m]

I had another guy over earlier this evening. It’ll be interesting to see how much tap there is, if any.

[bdex75]

Our house is a 3500 sf story and a half with the whole main floor exterior being brick. We had painters scrape and pressure wash them paint for $3000. We bought the paint. House is hardiboard. We spent about $500 on paint. Sherwin Williams Emerald for the body and their Emerald urethane trim paint. Good stuff.

We are in central Indiana and labor is pretty reasonable here.




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[c.rod]

Originally Posted by brandrea

All I have to say is that you pay what you pay for.

Paint and lighting make the most difference in home improvements, IMO

Exactly. Everything comes with a price. Don’t expect to get the guy with 200, 5 star reviews on google to be price comparable with “donkey john the painting pro”. I see that all the time.

Everything comes with a price. You dont want your expensive floors scratched, dented, painted etc. that takes prep work to keep that from happening. No matter what the trade.

Its also hard to nail it down from region to region. Prices vary greatly .

[Chewbacca]

Should have put on the Timex and left a sofa on the lawn when you get a painting quote.

[JasoninDenver]

May not be a bad price if it is prepped, primed and sprayed plus backrolled or rolled with two coats of quality paint. Disregard quotes from southern states. Proximity to Mexico does affect labor costs.

My house in Denver was $4,200 for eaves, soffits and about 500 sq. Ft. of batten siding. This was a 20 year Behr paint. Five years in and we are totally gutting our house. Residing with Hardie and the contractor was asking why since the paint looks brand new.

My mountain home price for three interior rooms with 15 foot ceilings was $3,600. Again, labor cost factored into the price.

Quality on both jobs was excellent so dont go for the cheapest.

[chsu74]

Where are you in CT? If you are in Fairfield County then PM me. I have a good guy.

[pickettt]

Originally Posted by Sperry

My dad stopped using his long-time painter . . .

. . . when he started showing up in a looooong Mercedes to give quotes.

That's why I wear a Seiko and drive a 19 year old Saturn to my business everyday.

[J!m]

Originally Posted by chsu74

Where are you in CT? If you are in Fairfield County then PM me. I have a good guy.

New haven county- not far...

[J!m]

Second quote three grand less...

[dddrees]

Originally Posted by J!m

Second quote three grand less...

Significantly less but less don't always mean a good thing. Going for number three anybody?


Personally I might want to start doing some research as to why this might be.

[Art 1]

Originally Posted by J!m

Second quote three grand less...

Since you have seen his work and it was as you described I would ask him just once if he could do any better, then go from there. If he can't I might still go ahead and have him do the work.

[dddrees]

Originally Posted by Art 1

Since you have seen his work and it was as you described I would ask him just once if he could do any better, then go from there. If he can't I might still go ahead and have him do the work.

I didn't see that but then again I didn't even try to read all of the posts.