Painting quote.. is this reasonable???

I'm in Liverpool. With papering that would be about £1100. I've had mine done over the last six months (waiting on plaster etc to dry). If you are close to Liverpool, you'll get it cheaper. However, as said, if it needs sanding, base coats, perhaps lining in places, that does put the price up. It shouldn't take twelve days.

It sound expensive to me OP. I was going to get a quote to paint nearly an entire house that I have been renovating (it’s not a large house) and honestly, I ended up doing it all myself with some help from friends. If you get decent rollers (not the cheap one, but the bigger ones with more coverage) you can actually get it done pretty quickly. I did an entire single bedroom, including ceiling in an hour (just one coat though)

Depends where you are but the price isn’t unreasonable imo. Roughly £200 per room would actually be very cheap for where I live.

The time quoted seems long but perhaps he’s building in contingency time in case something comes up, so that your expectations have been managed.

The price wouldn't be OTT for a job that really did take that long, but what you've described doesn't - or at least not with the guy who does mine and approaches it as if it was his own

Use them and I can almost guarantee those 12 days will involve turning up late, knocking off early, "the van breaking down", "the kids being taken to hospital" and much more

I want to get my hallways, skirting boards etc done - it's a fairly large house with a loft conversion so three floors to do. I've been doing some research and it seems it'll be over £2000, maybe even up to £3000. So to me, your quote sounds about right.

It depends what prep needs doing to the walls etc. Do they need sanding down to remove old paint marks? Any gloss or wood need priming? Is there coving/skirting to do too? Are there hairline cracks in the wall to be filled? The prep can take a day on its own.

Sounds about right. We've just paid around £3.5k for kitchen diner, HSL, two bedrooms. Filling and sanding, two coats of paint, woodwork etc. It took two painters 9 days and I was here, they were meticulous and not slacking.

I think the cost and time sound about right.

4 days for a living room is about right although it’s hard to tell as there’s so many variables. Shape/complexity of room, condition of woodwork and walls, lighter colours on top of dark ones etc.

day 1- mask up and protection of surfaces, sanding prep, perhaps 1st ceiling coat
day 2- undercoat woodwork/doors/frames, second ceiling coat
days 3- cut in walls, start woodwork topcoat, first wall coat
day 4- second wall cut and coat, finish woodwork and doors.

You can do it quicker than that if you’re not too bothered about getting it done really well, but if was asked to do a room to a good standard; roughly speaking that’s how Id spend the 4 days and it is about right.

Does it include woodwork, pipes, ceilings and prep work? If so it's eminently reasonable and the materials wouldn't be included as it depends on what you want (I guess you know that though). Bearing in mind in winter there is more damp in the air so it takes longer for coats to fully dry - he sounds professional and responsible to me.

We had our hall stairs and landing done in the summer and paid around £1K for that, including the gloss paint, but not including the stupidly expensive Ball & Farrow wall paint. It took 4 days.

I presume the quote includes doing the woodwork and ceilings? If so, it sounds pretty reasonable to me.

Learn to do yourself maybe?

That's a decent daily rate but quite a lot of dates. I think it depends what you want. If yiu just want a single coat of rollered on paint in each room, its expensive. But if they are doing walls, ceilings and gloss with under coats etc, the time all adds up.

that is easily DOUBLE what it should be. They're trying to fleece you
Of course it isn’t. £1000.00 for 12 days would be less than minimum wage.

OP, might depends where in the country you are, but that sounds reasonable for here. And the 12 days also sounds about right for that many rooms - done properly obviously - running down, prepping, undercoating, painting. Are you clear on exactly what they plan to do? IE not just slap another coat on top etc. Even so, good practice to always get more than one quote and don’t just go for the cheapest either. Any local references for them?

A good painter is expensive.

What state are the walls in? If they need filled, sanded, cleaned down etc then that takes time and effort, and if you are getting skirting boards etc done as well then that quote starts to not look too bad. Getting a good finish compared to just slapping paint on takes more effort than you would perhaps think.

Get another couple of quote though, for sure.

Get more quotes @newoldhome that is easily DOUBLE what it should be. They're trying to fleece you.

Are you a woman alone? I'm not saying women are daft - but some tradesmen like this will assume women know fuck all about anything, and will ramp up the costs.

I got 2 such men around in the summer to get a price to supply and fit 2 fence panels, and 3 fence posts. £900 - and £800. I was like

Got a third one in - local lad. Did it for £285. Where the fuck did the other 2 get their prices from?!

I'm married btw, but was presenting as alone - as it was just me ringing and seeing the men when they came.

12 days to do all of that sounds totally reasonable.

Daily rate of £166 is cheap, usually £250 here in East Mids.

I think that is reasonable considering he is supplying the material. He sound like our decorator who does thorough prep work. You will regret it if you do not get the basics right. Thorough preparation takes ages.

The hourly rate is ok but it does not take five days to paint a living-room, even doing the woodwork.

Five days and five rooms (Inc stairs)?

If you have a proper tradesman, they'll need to strip back/wash down, prep, do a first coat, and then a final. That's a good fortnight at least right there.

Are you just asking for walls or woodwork too? The rooms will need prepping before painting and 12 days sounds about right for that many rooms.

I always get 3 quotes. at the very least !

I am in the North West and had a smilar amount of work done for £1000 and he was done within a week. Definitely get more quotes.

That doesn't sound too bad to me. They will be doing a proper job probably, with undercoats etc. (not the slapdash attempt that I would do). That's 2 and a half weeks work, for a self employed person it sounds okay. I would always get more than one quote though to be sure.