House Painting quote

My house is WAY overdue for a paint job.. its faded .. badly.. I went from a nice 'brown.. mocha' .. now it's an ugly pink.. paint job is like 15 years old.. I think it cost me $1800-$3000 so I figured it'd be like $6000-$8000 with inflation.

a Dollar doesn't buy what it used to.. if you have any CASH.. buy something.

Before it's only worth firewood.



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I took off one of my weatherproof outdoor paintings and you can see how much it faded it’s pretty pathetic. I hound a house painter but can't get any one to work.. I don't get it?

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My best friend lives right by you and just had his house painted last week and was happy. I can get his contact if you want. 

 
Morning folks,

We are in San Diego, CA, & own a 2000 sq-ft, 2 story house, that is 1/2 stucco & 1/2 wood, the garage is attached to the house. 

We just received a quote to paint & it came in @ $9400.  Does that seem reasonable?  I have no idea.  Im going to talk with my neighbors, a couple of them have had theirs painted in the last couple of years, but was hoping that someone here would have a rough idea.
Be sure they are back rolling your stucco. How many colors? Trim Schedule? Are your windows being painted also? Post up some pics and I can give you an idea of what I'd charge in Colorado. 

 
I frankly don't care what the price is.. inflation.. it just is what it is..

I'll be replacing the fence between the neighbor in me (wood to the perminent fake stuff)... then the house painted, then upgrading to the best camera system I can find.. want License plate readers.. infrared or something.. .. the one I used to have was great Swann (have Ring, not a huge fan).. I'll be offloading those camera's on here once the house is ready to be painted. I must have $4500 in cameras and solar panels for 'em, etc. etc. from RING. Going back to full hard wired that films 24/7. I just like the Swann interface, you have your own hard drive, no monthly fees. .. and you have access from your phone.. again no fees.

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True, semi gloss will "hold up" better, but semi on walls looks looks cheap and apartmenty. 
Semi gloss definitely holds up good but we rarely use it on exteriors. Unless asked to.  Front doors sometimes.  We prefer a low sheen.

With semi gloss you will end up with nice shiny areas that don't see sun and the sheen will go away in sunny areas over a short time.  Nice and shiny under the eves and a few feet down flat. Drives me nuts.

Always use the best material you can afford. It costs the same to apply crap paint as it does the good stuff.

I don't give my clients the option to use crap paint.

 
My lacquer  paint  has went from 160 for 5gal to 240 a 5 depending  on color
My paint and sundries costs have gone up 14% at Sherwin Williams and 11% at Benjamin moore across the board since December.

Some materials even higher.

 
True, semi gloss will "hold up" better, but semi on walls looks looks cheap and apartmenty. 
Agree that’s why I prefer a egg shell on interior walls vs semi gloss as the egg shell is still washable like Semi gloss, but does not have that shine. Simi is used in the bathrooms where you have a higher moisture level. 
 

Exterior I have semi on the trim, but flat/ egg shell on the stucco. That keeps the stucco from looking painted, and with the extra additive you can get the water & stain repellant. 

 
Agree that’s why I prefer a egg shell on interior walls vs semi gloss as the egg shell is still washable like Semi gloss, but does not have that shine. Simi is used in the bathrooms where you have a higher moisture level. 
 

Exterior I have semi on the trim, but flat/ egg shell on the stucco. That keeps the stucco from looking painted, and with the extra additive you can get the water & stain repellant. 
I'll do eggshell in the kitchen and bathrooms, but satin or flat on walls. 

 
True, semi gloss will "hold up" better, but semi on walls looks looks cheap and apartmenty. 
I don't think so at all.  Looks great not dull and washed out. trim colors pop.  I guess for a 1.5mil house it still looks good. 

 
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Price ls very, depending on size, one story, two story. Doing just fascia's or doing full house like stucco, doors & garage doors etc.

 I did mine about 6-8 months ago. The guy I use JK painting out of Alpine is not known for being cheap, but he’s very good. Family has been using him for many, many years. His prep it top notch, which is a huge difference in a good job and a great job. Things like pulling lights off the walls, pulling loose gutter down spouts, removing address numbers, if painting doors pulling the door handles & locks. His interior painting is very good too. Interiors cost way more as there is more wall & ceiling sq footage vs exteriors. I never thought about it until he told me. 

He only uses SW paints. Emerald is the top exterior paint. IMO it’s worth the extra cost as it will hold its color longer and not fade as quick as other paints. Plus on the stucco they can add an additive that repels water and stains. Again just adds more to the costs. 
 

I have neighbors who have saved as much as $1500-2000 compared to what I paid last year. No idea of the brand of paint they used? I know one was Dunn Edwards. On a few houses their stucco crack repairs look horrible and looks like two tone stripes after painted. You can’t see any of my stucco crack repairs. We had the typical hairline cracks at the corner of windows. Also JK caulks all the joints which not all painters do. My house is almost 2400ft and using all SW Emerald, two colors and 3rd on my front door was around $7800. At the time there was a paint shortage, but he was able to get what we needed, and the prices weren’t jacked up like they are now. No idea what the cost might be now? Another 25% more? 
Totally! Your $7800 just went so far. Best your money could buy and now you won’t have to worry about paint forever. No reason to save a little on non-SW paint when you have to pay double just to re-do it in 5 years. Nothing beats SW! Especially their prep rite pro-block primer. That stuff was on my south facing eves, just by itself no top coat and looked brand new even after 8 years of full sun, snow, and our bad winds. 

 
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