Painting walls in one room - £250

muhandis

Hi,

I need to get the walls in one room painted. The size is 3.6 x 2.6m and height is 2.3m. I will supply the paint. The quote given by a decorator is £250 including labour and any material besides the paint, one day's work. This is in outer London.

I have never had any painting work done at all, so I have nothing to go by. Please, any thoughts whether this seems reasonable?

Thanks in advance.

carly

Sounds expensive to me. OK , I'm not near London but, I had hall stairs and landing wallpaper stripped, walls made good, lining paper applied., walls and ceiling painted, all gloss work painted i.e skirtings and 6 door frames . Two coats of emulsion to walls and ceiling for £750. Decorator supplied all materials. Four days work and he made a good job of it.

dawyldthing

Paintings one of the things you could probably tackle yourself. £250 seems a lot really for one day

phill99

I run a property maintenance company and have decorators working for me. We're based in Outer London/Essex borders


We allow 2 days per room (typically its a day and a half, but the second day has to be fully charged). The reason 2 days are allowed is for drying time so that the gloss work can be done without bleeding into colours and you get a decent finish. I price my guys out from £150 a day plus VAT.


So the price is right for 2 days work for a self employed non vat payer. However, I would be very concerned that he is doing it in a day. And £250 a day for a decorator is top heavy.

muhandis

Thanks for your thoughts. I've got another decorator with good reviews who's given me a quote of £150. Starting at 7 tomorrow morning.

Thanks again