Pricing
Painting prices are quoted per job, not per room, because two rooms the same size can be a day apart in work. Below is how we build a number, what's already in it, and what pushes it up or down. Then we come and look and give you one fixed price in writing.
Every figure on this page is a placeholder. Send me your real rates and I'll drop them straight in — the layout is built to take them.
Rates
Day rates cover labour. Materials are quoted separately at cost, or included in a fixed price — your choice.
| Work | Typical price |
|---|---|
| Day rate — one painter Standard working day, prep and painting, materials on top. | [day rate] |
| Day rate — two painters For bigger interiors and anything with a deadline. | [two-painter day rate] |
| Half day / small job call-out Touch-ups, a single door, a patch that needs sorting. | [half-day rate] |
| Single room — walls and ceiling Standard bedroom or living room, two coats, minor filling included. | [single room price] |
| Whole house interior Walls, ceilings and trim throughout. Quoted after a look round. | [from — whole interior] |
| Exterior — single storey Wash, scrape, prime bare spots, two coats. Weather dependent. | [from — exterior] |
| Doors, skirting and trim Priced per item, or as part of a room. | [per door / per metre] |
| Wallpaper hanging Per roll, including lining where it's needed. | [per roll] |
Included
No line items for the things that should just happen. These are part of every quote.
The variables
Worth knowing before you compare two quotes, because a cheap quote is usually a quote with the prep left out.
Condition of the surfaces. Peeling, flaking, glossy old paint that needs deglossing, cracks that keep coming back. Prep is the invisible half of a paint job and it's where the hours go.
Height and access. Stairwells, double-height rooms and second-storey exteriors need towers, ladders and patience.
Colour changes. Going from a dark colour to a light one, or the other way round, usually means an extra coat.
How much is in the room. A room full of furniture and pictures takes longer to protect and work around than an empty one.
Doing several rooms at once. Setting up once and working through the house is faster per room than coming back three separate times.
Sticking with the existing colour. Same colour, same finish, no extra coat and no cutting-in surprises.
Empty rooms. If the space is clear when we arrive, that's hours saved and it comes off the price.
Flexible timing. If you're happy to take a slot in a quieter week, we can often do better on the number.
How quoting works
Which rooms, inside or out, and roughly when. Photos from your phone are genuinely useful — they let us rule things in or out before we visit.
Free, no obligation, usually twenty minutes. We check the surfaces, measure up, and flag anything that needs repair before paint goes on it.
In writing, covering labour, prep and materials, with what's included spelled out. It doesn't move unless you ask for something extra — and then you hear the new number first.
A small deposit holds your slot in the diary. Balance on completion, once you've walked round and you're happy.
Questions
Because the difference between a wall that needs a quick sand and a wall that needs filling, priming and two coats is most of a day. We'd rather take twenty minutes to look than give you a number we have to revise upwards later.
Yes, for the work described in it. If we open up a wall and find something nobody could have seen, we stop and talk to you before doing anything that costs more. No surprise invoices.
No. Quotes and site visits are free, and there's no obligation to book.
Absolutely, and we'll take the cost off the quote. We'll tell you what we'd have used and why, so you can decide whether the saving is worth it.
[Payment terms — e.g. deposit on booking, balance on completion, bank transfer or card.]
Yes, fully insured, and happy to send the certificate through with your quote.
Next step
Send us the rooms and a rough idea of timing and we'll arrange a look. If you'd like a rough idea of how much paint a job needs before that, the calculator does the arithmetic for you.