“How much should a paint job cost?” is a very difficult question. While most painters work from formulas and the Master Painters Institute (MPI) offers various methods, the fact is that all paint jobs are unique.
The condition of the surface is a big factor. How hard is it go get at? Sometimes I get a call to look at a house on the side of a cliff. One job was a house built on stilts over water. These are extremely difficult and putting paint on the wall is the least of your problems once you figure out how to get at the wall! It becomes difficult to find fair priced Vancouver House Painters.
Also inside a house; if there is a lot of furniture, who is going to move it? And then it all has to be covered up. And, it’s cramped working in there.
A textured ceiling is harder to paint than a flat one. Sometimes they have to be spray painted or else they will be ruined.
What kind of paint is being requested? Paint runs from $10 per gallon (whitewash) to $80 per gallon (top designer paint). Which is best? (Usually one around the middle says the fair price Vancouver House Painters) at Kassel Painting.
TRICKS
A trick used by some tradesmen is to offer a cheap initial price and then once work has begun start adding in extras. I’ve seen “3 rooms painted for $299″ advertised. That’s cheaper than I pay my men, not including the paint! So how does that guy survive? You figure it out. (I already have…)
HONESTY
A true honest painter can size up the job right at the beginning (including the surprises). He will give you a price that really shouldn’t change. If there is an unforeseen problem it should be reasonable, make sense. Like they strip the wallpaper and find the walls underneath are a mess (common). But if the problem is a mistake in estimating then the price shouldn’t change. I have spent $1000′s to complete a job we mis-estimated, because it was our fault, not the customers. That just seems honest and fair to me as fair priced Vancouver House Painters Company..
SUMMARY
So a fair price could really be determined by this: How much guarantee do you want in advance that this will be a good job? How much risk are you willing to take? Ultimately, how much are you willing to pay? The world’s best painter may be too expensive for you. So even if that is the perfect job you can’t get it. Ask lots of questions and use common sense to determine what is best, when you are looking for strong group of Vancouver House Painters.
