How to Calculate Actual Cost of House Painting?

Usually interior painting job is charged according to square footage by the professional painters. According to the preparation required, painter’s experience, number of painters, location and quality of equipment, the job of painting is charged. 

Formula to Calculate Your Painting Cost

In order to estimate the painting cost per sq. foot, the total price of professional services or supplies’ cost is divided by square footage you need to paint. This way, you will get per square feet paint cost.

 

For interior painting job, the prices of job may vary. So be sure to have multiple quotes and select the painter. For the whole job, a bid is usually a better choice for both painter and customer. According to the painter, the painting speed depends. When one painter paints entire room within 10 hours, other takes 20 hours for same job. So, calculating the cost on the basis of per hour cost is not accurate.

Caution

When it comes to ask for the estimate of cost, be sure to clear the particular tasks you can expect from the painter for getting the job done.  For instance, you might want painting of trim and baseboards, interior of cupboards and closets, or doors. For each item, you might be charged extra.

Professional Services

One can paint house on their own to save money or call the help of some neighbors or friends. But professional services are always professional. If you have multi-storey home or a large house which has several ledges and peaks, it is better to call the painter who is professional. You may also get breakdown by cutting cost of labor or supplies from their estimate. 

Time-frame

Reserve a day to call several professional painters to visit your home and consider looking the job in a way to get accurate cost estimate. Give a written bid by asking each painter and getting the well-written quote. You will get bid from all painters by 2 days.

Calculating Number of Square Feet

Both square feet for painting and square footage of built-up area are different things. The area of floors is considered to calculate square foot area. For calculating the square footage for painting, calculate height and length of all the surfaces in footage and height and length is multiplied.