Painting Contractors come from every walk of life and have different styles and techniques when painting a home or business. When hiring a local Painter always ask questions regardless of what someone else told you. Ask for references about recent jobs where they painted so you can verify the work performed so you do not get stuck with a partially painting project that you could have done yourself for a lot less money.
Types of Painting Contractors.
Residential Painting Contractors who specialize in Interior and Exterior painting. Commercial Painting Contractors who specialize in larger projects like big commercial buildings, office buildings, large multi-family complexes like apartment buildings. Faux Painters specialize in custom painting finishes with unique textures.
Prices You Can Expect To Pay
When figuring in what it will cost to paint your home or property you will need to use these figures. Normally a Gallon of paint will cover approximately 400 Sq Ft of surface which would be equivalent to 1 small bedroom of wall space. The Normal 3000 Sq Ft Home will need approximately 15 gallons of Paint ranging from $10.00 Per Gallon on upwards of $40.00 per Gallon for better paint. Now keep in mind this does not include paint for the Trim Work which would cost you another $80.00 to $ 320.00 for just the paint alone.
Labor cost for hiring a Contractor usually would cost between 70-80 % of the total painting project mainly due to time and labor of preparing the house, moving furniture and cleaning up after the job is finished which the local painting pro needs to figure in there expenses which giving you a quote.
We always suggest getting at minimum 2-3 bids from Painting Contractors so that you can make sure everyone is being honest and reasonable on pricing. Another rule of thumb to go by is being on your toes if one of the bids is priced to cheap? Usually the pricing will be consistent within a few hundred dollars unless someone is either off on the bid or the other painters are trying to make a few dollars extra on the job.
How to Find a Local Painting Contractor
There are many choices when looking for a painting contractor near you. you can check the Yellow pages, Super pages, The Google Local Business Listings on the Internet or the newspaper from painters who may advertise in the local paper nearest you.
There are many websites as well to find local painters just by doing a search on the Internet for a local painter. I live in Florida in the Ft. lauderdale area and i can say there are probably over 1000-2000 registered painters within 30 miles of me.