Painting price: Costs for painting your home
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When hiring a quality painter, paint and supplies make up about 15-25% of the cost, while the rest goes towards labour. Painting is very labour intensive and requires patience and care - so you won't want to hire just any person who can hold a brush!
What is a painter's call out fee?
It's very rare for painters to charge a call out fee unless it's a very small job.
What is a painter's hourly rate?
Because a large portion of the job is for materials, it's hard to work out an hourly rate. Most painters will quote on surface area and type of painting to be done.
The cost of painting an average 3 bed single story home will usually be between $1 500 and $4 000. The Archicentre Price Guide has the following estimations:
Exterior
- Wood in good condition = $12 - $25 per metre squared
- Wood in bad condition = $17 - $29 per metre squared
- Brick = $12 - $15 per metre squared
Interior
- $11 - $24 per square metre
- Single room of a standard size (3mx4mx3m) = $650 - $830
- For Victorian styles, paint effects etc, costs will sharply increase.
Where could there be extra costs?
For painting, there are usually no extra costs unless the job involves the outside of a double storey house - which will then need scaffolding. The state of the walls or surfaces before the job starts will affect the cost if they require more patching or sanding before painting.
Products or materials cost?
This is a varied one - you can supply paint yourself but some painters prefer to work with specific brands that they recommend, so remember to check with your painter before you purchase. Also, a painter will usually leave you a portion of paint for patch-ups in future even if they supply the paint.
Now that you have a better idea on what your job could cost, get specific quotes from quality, licensed businesses by posting a job here.
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Bunnings also has an online paint volume calculator but that doesn't give you labour costs.
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