Cost for someone to paint the outside of my house?

Stelancs

lol at your sarcasm ;-)
£120 for that is way, way off the mark as you have pointed out! without seeing the 'job' its hard to comment but for the area and work I would take an educated guess that the job is worth 500-750 and I own a decorating company in the northwest before a certain person says im wrong, also a real decorator would struggle like mad to cut in, and roller a whole house, (remembering it needs two coats) in a day! for a start the drying time in optimum conditions for a paint like dulux weathershield is 4hrs, and any decorator worth their salt would leave the second coat to the next day! and you have to ask is the person carded, paying taxes, qualified etc!
never ever chose a trades person purely on basis that they are the cheapest you are asking for Trouble (note the capital T) and I regularly put that on the company facebook account!
ps if anyone needs a good decorating company in the northwest google harmony decorating (plug over ;-) )

keystone wrote: »

IF all the prep was done first of course which it won't be and makes it a nonsense scenario - would you include the paint in that? What about the windows?

Cheers

jonnypb

We had ours done last year for £140. That was front and back and 2 coats (decent size 3 bed semi). Just the top half was painted as that is pebble dash, bottom half is brick and we supplied the paint.

Stelancs

jonnypb wrote: »

We had ours done last year for £140. That was front and back and 2 coats (decent size 3 bed semi). Just the top half was painted as that is pebble dash, bottom half is brick and we supplied the paint.

Sides too or just front and rear elevations?


Just wondered as thats quite a low price, (depends on what was actually done) however..... thinking about it double it for the full house (you said only top half was done) thats £280 plus between 15-20L masonary (Dulux WS) adds approx 60-85 and you have a price of £340-365 for the full house, which may or may not include the sides?

If its a good job, and it should last 15 yrs, thats a good price!!

Standard charge if you go on a daily rate is Approx £120 internal work and £ 150> external, up north anyway!

But most (good) firms price using the BICS painting and decorating guide, which is an industry estimating guide, which prices on Metres squared for any given job, rather than giving a daily rate.

SHIPSHAPE

27col wrote: »

As queen Victoria died in 1901 you have an Edwardian house and not a Victorian house.

Not the case I'm afraid.

The date of a house is a pointer only, the architectural style of a property is the defining factor.

Victorian houses, and other styles, often run past a date. 1910 is not so unusual for a house built in the Victorian style.

Are you suggesting a Victorian house begun in 1900 but finished in 1902, after her death, cannot be a Victorian house?

phill99

SHIPSHAPE wrote: »

Not the case I'm afraid.

The date of a house is a pointer only, the architectural style of a property is the defining factor.

Victorian houses, and other styles, often run past a date. 1910 is not so unusual for a house built in the Victorian style.

Are you suggesting a Victorian house begun in 1900 but finished in 1902, after her death, cannot be a Victorian house?

What goes on inside your sad head?

The Post is about decorating costs but you have found an old post so that you can just comment about architectural niceties.

SHIPSHAPE

phill99 wrote: »

What goes on inside your sad head?

!*#~ off you freak.