Bidding Interior Paint Jobs

May 27 2012 06 40 am it should include all the work that will be done.

Bidding interior paint jobs. 1500 sq ft 1 800 3 000 3000 sq ft 3 500 4 500 5000 sq ft 5 000 8 000. Ft for that job is very expensive atleast for my area. If you are bidding on just trim work then it usually ranges between 1 25 1 75 per linear foot.

For example a commercial job that takes three weeks to complete means that your setup time and cleanup time will be substantially shorter than if you were painting at a different location every day for three weeks. Now this is not the best way to estimate but in a pinch it will work. So i should charge around 2800 total which would make my mark up 980.

I can t even imagine giving a bid for that price at all but hey if you can sale that job for that than great. How about bidding interior painting by man days. A similar calculation goes for exterior paint jobs.

Whether you re bidding on a paint job or shopping around for someone to paint your home it s important to understand what goes into estimating the price. Bidding interior paint jobs reply 12 on. Secondly you can do what i was taught way back when as man days because we didn t know any different.

This general step by step guide should make it considerably easier to bid on a paint job. I m spending 1 790 on paint materials labor and marketing. In this article we will focus on bidding or estimating residential paint jobs including interior and exterior jobs.

A quote is generally based on the cost of materials. One common mistake when bidding on large commercial paint jobs is miscalculating true costs. Once you ve done that multiply it by 1 5 to get the price of what you should bid on a paint job.