Painting prices in Monroeville | Redbrick Painting and Plaster

Always included, never itemised

Moving and covering your furniture, and putting it back
Filling nail holes, cracks and dents, and sanding them flat
Caulking gaps at baseboards, trim and ceiling line
Masking, drop cloths and floor protection
Two full coats, cut in by hand at every edge
A proper clean-up, including the bits of tape
A walk-round with you before we leave

What pushes a price up

Ceilings over nine feet, because everything needs a tower.

Dark colors over white, or white over dark. That is a third coat.

Old wallpaper that was painted over. It has to come off, and the wall underneath is usually a mess.

Woodwork that has never been stripped. Ten layers of gloss does not sand flat in an afternoon.

Plaster that moves when you press it. We will show you, and we will not paint over it and pretend.

Interior

Small bedroom: $420
Double bedroom: $480
Living or dining room: $580
Hall, stairs and landing: $760
Ceiling only, any room: $180
Woodwork only, per room: $220
Cabinet doors, sprayed, each: $55

Plaster and repair

Patch and skim, per wall: $240
Full room re-skim: from $850
Ceiling re-skim: from $420
Cornice repair, per run: quoted
Wallpaper stripping, per room: $180
Damp patch check: free, and we will tell you who to call

Exterior

Always quoted on the day. Two houses the same size can be a week apart, depending on what the weather has done to the wood.

For a rough idea: a typical three-bedroom in Monroeville, windows, doors, fascia and soffit, runs $2,400 to $4,200. We do not paint over rot, and we will show you where it is before we quote.

Questions we get asked

Do I pay anything before you start?

No deposit on jobs under $2,000. Above that we ask for a third when we start, and the rest when you are happy at the end.

What if it costs more than you quoted?

Then it costs what we quoted. The only things that change the price are you asking for something different, or us finding something behind a wall we could not have seen. We stop and talk to you before touching it.

Can I supply my own paint?

Yes, and plenty of people do. We will tell you straight whether what you bought is right for the job before we open it.

How long does a room take?

A bedroom is about a day and a half, most of it preparation. Hall, stairs and landing is three to four days because of the access.

Do you work weekends?

Saturdays yes, Sundays no. We would rather come back Monday than rush the last coat.