Painters (by WMH [NC]) Mar 19, 2019 7:15 AM
Painters (by NE [PA]) Mar 19, 2019 7:25 AM
Painters (by S i d [MO]) Mar 19, 2019 7:46 AM
Painters (by Ken [NY]) Mar 19, 2019 10:10 AM
Painters (by Barb [MO]) Mar 19, 2019 10:32 AM
Painters (by Oregon Woodsmoke [ID]) Mar 19, 2019 3:50 PM
Painters (by plenty [MO]) Mar 19, 2019 4:38 PM
Painters (by del [MD]) Mar 19, 2019 5:24 PM
Painters (by MikeA [TX]) Mar 19, 2019 6:15 PM
Painters (by Alan [CA]) Mar 19, 2019 6:48 PM
Painters (by Small potatoes [NY]) Mar 19, 2019 7:01 PM
Painters (by BRAD 20,000 [IN]) Mar 19, 2019 9:22 PM
Painters (by WMH [NC]) Mar 20, 2019 3:46 AM
Painters (by NE [PA]) Mar 20, 2019 3:54 AM
Painters (by NE [PA]) Mar 20, 2019 4:29 AM
Painters (by WMH [NC]) Mar 20, 2019 6:03 AM
Painters (by NE [PA]) Mar 20, 2019 6:13 AM
Painters (by Otis [IL]) Mar 20, 2019 8:44 AM
Painters (by WMH [NC]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 7:15 AM Message:
You guys always say, "Hire someone to paint the place for $600 and be done with it."
Well yesterday I put a request for a recommendation on FB for a painter to paint 6 interior doors, which will already be down. Prime and Paint from natural to semi-gloss white, and re-hang.
Quote? $450.
Last time I asked for a quote for a 2-bedroom 1.5 bath townhome - walls, ceilings, woodwork - the guy quoted $2300 and he thought he was giving me a deal.
In fact I looked back: in 2009 we paid $1500 to have that same size and style townhome painted. Not including woodwork! --50.82.xxx.xx |
Painters (by NE [PA]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 7:25 AM Message:
$450 is laughable. Seems popular to pay those nonsense prices though. --174.201.xx.xx |
Painters (by S i d [MO]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 7:46 AM Message:
Hire someone at $20/hour, train them yourself, and get it done. Asking for quotes is like asking a dog if it's hungry. He'll nod and eat the entire 50 lbs bag.
$600/$20 hour = 30 hours. If someone can't paint the inside of a 2 bed house in 30 hours, they are not efficient workers and you don't want them.
Even if you pay $25 that's still 24 hours or three full 8-hour work days for $600. I have done reasonable paint jobs myself (including taping, cut ins and trim) of a 1000 sq ft home in 15-16 hours. It's just not that hard and requires some basic skills. Don't pay $2300. Keep searching.
Or trying saying, "We will pay $X for this job; we provide materials"....then see who "bites".
--173.20.xxx.xxx |
Painters (by Ken [NY]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 10:10 AM Message:
You need to keep looking till you find someone reasonable,i have a guy who wants $25 an hour and I am happy to have him available --72.231.xxx.xxx |
Painters (by Barb [MO]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 10:32 AM Message:
I pay my guy $1 per sq foot of the place. I cover the cost of paint. --64.251.xxx.xxx |
Painters (by Oregon Woodsmoke [ID]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 3:50 PM Message:
{{{{{{{...... paint the place for $600.....}}}}}}
I wish some of you guys would share your painters and handymen. I used to be able to get a small house painted inside for $1600, but that was my cheap guy with apparently undocumented workers. It's closer to $3,000 now, if I can even get anyone to show up, which seems to be nearly impossible.
I'd like to place an order for one of those $15 an hour handymen, too. --98.146.xxx.xxx |
Painters (by plenty [MO]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 4:38 PM Message:
I Can't get cheap painters either. So most painting i do myself and call it therapy. Im in therapy...lol --99.203.xx.xx |
Painters (by del [MD]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 5:24 PM Message:
I rolled an entire 4 bedroom townhouse in 10 hours with a Wagner Sidekick. I had clogging problems because I did not strain the paint. A Wagner Sidekick is 60 odd dollars on Amazon. I will admit that after 10 hours I needed a long hot shower and Motrin :-) Motrin is cheaper than the local painters --157.204.x.x |
Painters (by MikeA [TX]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 6:15 PM Message:
Try posting on facebook that you are looking for some reasonably priced help with a small project. I bet you will get someone who will paint 6 doors for less than $100. I asked the youth pastor at Church last time and he gave me the name of a college kid that did well after I spent an hour showing him how to paint. He painted the whole house for $500 and I gave him an extra $100 because he did a good job and did it quickly. --50.26.xx.xxx |
Painters (by Alan [CA]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 6:48 PM Message:
I actually like to paint...crank up the radio and do it all! --71.198.xxx.xxx |
Painters (by Small potatoes [NY]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 7:01 PM Message:
I reluctantly hired a partner for my fire building to do the last apt. It's so subjective about what looks finished. He assured me that he would keep going till I was satisfied because he was a professional. For 800,then I got 3 new wood doors hung and he complained about the extra work. I gave him a chance to adjust his price and he didn't. Then he complained that the doors were taking too much to cover and refused to paint them more. I wound up going over some of his finished work.
Best of luck finding a decent interior painter. --66.87.xxx.xxx |
Painters (by BRAD 20,000 [IN]) Posted on: Mar 19, 2019 9:22 PM Message:
W,
I’m guessing you get hit with OBX travel costs to cross the bridge and travel.
Our latest ads say ‘$100 to prime and paint 6 doors”
BRAD --73.102.xxx.xxx |
Painters (by WMH [NC]) Posted on: Mar 20, 2019 3:46 AM Message:
I just remembered my housekeeper paints. I'm going to ask her and see what she says. She charges me $25 per hour for cleaning (she does bathrooms and floors for me every couple of weeks.) So surely she won't quote more than that for painting a few doors!
We are fully prepared to do them ourselves, I was just sort of testing the theory here that you could find a cheap painter. We never have and I don't think we ever will. --50.82.xxx.xx |
Painters (by NE [PA]) Posted on: Mar 20, 2019 3:54 AM Message:
Don't forget it's just a theory. --50.107.xxx.xxx |
Painters (by NE [PA]) Posted on: Mar 20, 2019 4:29 AM Message:
WMH, after doing tons of flips and many apartment turnovers, I've only hired out painting twice in almost 15 years. Except for when I have real cheap grunt labor around to help me once in a while.
The first time I hired it out was when who I referred to as my "goon contractor" first started out. Him and his buddy painted the two bedroom apartment, all white, for $300. I provided the material. That was a good deal. That was about 6 years ago maybe. Last winter, he painted a comparable size 2 bedroom apartment, white ceilings, white trim and doors, gray walls. $1200. So why the $900 jump in 6 years? Rents don't increase like that. There's no rhyme or reason to the prices people charge.
I think that's high, but the only reason I hired him was because I was so sick of painting at the time. Every other times that I've gotten bids on paint, I've just shook my head and have done it myself.
I still use the guy and no matter what bid he gives me when he gives me a bid, I always tell him "oh my gosh, that's ridiculous" (with more expletives thrown in to speak his language) and then wait for him to come back with something about 25% less and then we start talking from there.
--50.107.xxx.xxx |
Painters (by WMH [NC]) Posted on: Mar 20, 2019 6:03 AM Message:
We paid a guy to paint. He used spray for the ceilings. Which is fine. Except he didn't tarp the carpets. There was a perfect outline of a HAMMER laying on one... --50.82.xxx.xx |
Painters (by NE [PA]) Posted on: Mar 20, 2019 6:13 AM Message:
Ya WMH, that sounds about right. --50.107.xxx.xxx |
Painters (by Otis [IL]) Posted on: Mar 20, 2019 8:44 AM Message:
Ok you guys are going to call BS on this one.
I actually have an old tenant of mine (best tenant I have ever had), doing all my remodel, handyman work, everything. He asks for $175/day. Some days are 8 hours, some are 12 hours. He is 30 years old and has a work ethic like no one I have ever seen.
I am throwing every bit of work I can to him. Painted a 2 bed house (walls, ceilings, trim, cabinets, doors) in 3 days so a total of $525 with me supplying materials.
Finishing the rehab of my latest foreclosure tomorrow. Came in on budget and on time so what am I doing.....tossing him an extra $200 cash. I am doing whatever I can to hold onto this unicorn. --45.18.xxx.xxx |
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