Our construction company is charging about 23,000 for the painting work in our planned single-family house with 150 sqm (1,615 sq ft) of living space and a ceiling height of 2.70 m (8 ft 10 in). In the basement, only rough plastering will be done, while in the ground floor and attic, surfaces will be plastered, sanded, covered with textured paint fleece, and painted.
For financial reasons, we will probably have to do it ourselves and plan to use paint fleece instead of wallpaper.
What do you think we should budget for materials? That is, filler, joint tape, corner protectors, primer, paint fleece, and paint? About 10,000?
Thanks for your input. Oh, and how long do you think an amateur would roughly need to complete this? About 4 weeks?
For financial reasons, we will probably have to do it ourselves and plan to use paint fleece instead of wallpaper.
What do you think we should budget for materials? That is, filler, joint tape, corner protectors, primer, paint fleece, and paint? About 10,000?
Thanks for your input. Oh, and how long do you think an amateur would roughly need to complete this? About 4 weeks?
Nordlys schrieb:
Bungalow 108 m² (1160 sq ft), with 4,000 for materials.
Purchased were wall paints Sto Basic, Sto Acryl Latex, Sto plaster primer, and Renovo tinted wall paint, deep primer, Sto fill filler, acrylic, baseboards, 60 m² (645 sq ft) vinyl flooring, leveling compound, and adhesive. Rental fee for sander for ceilings and walls. Sanding discs.That sounds reasonable. We will probably lay the parquet floors ourselves as well and are budgeting about 8,500 for approximately 120 m² (1290 sq ft) of finished parquet, parquet adhesive, baseboards, and small accessories.
Tina mit K12 Jan 2020 21:24kbt09 schrieb:
Don’t underestimate the amount of filling and sanding, especially on the ceilings. I can add that our painter needed 2.5 weeks to fill and sand 120sqm (1,292 sqft) alone. Everything was filled and sanded three times. However, as mentioned, he worked alone but had professional equipment and plenty of experience. We definitely underestimated the interior finishing time and ended up needing longer than expected for almost everything, even though we both have some DIY skills.
We took four weeks. Two of us working mostly full-time, sometimes three. Plus an extra weekend to finish the floors.
One of us was a professional, a master painter. The second was also skilled, but I wasn’t. So, let’s calculate: 4 weeks × 40 hours × 2 people equals 320 hours. At $50 per hour including taxes, that’s $16,000. Adding $4,000 for materials brings the total to $20,000.
Your general contractor isn’t offering you an unreasonable price if it’s around $23,000. Net or gross? Gross would even be a bargain for a 150 sqm (1,615 sq ft) space.
One of us was a professional, a master painter. The second was also skilled, but I wasn’t. So, let’s calculate: 4 weeks × 40 hours × 2 people equals 320 hours. At $50 per hour including taxes, that’s $16,000. Adding $4,000 for materials brings the total to $20,000.
Your general contractor isn’t offering you an unreasonable price if it’s around $23,000. Net or gross? Gross would even be a bargain for a 150 sqm (1,615 sq ft) space.
Nordlys schrieb:
It took us four weeks. Two of us worked initially, then three. Plus one more weekend for the floors.
One of us was a professional painter. The second also had experience in the field, but I didn’t. So, if we calculate 4 weeks at 40 hours each, times two people, that’s 320 hours. At $50 per hour including tax, that comes to $16,000. Add material costs of $4,000, and the total is $20,000. Your general contractor’s offer wouldn’t be unreasonable if it’s $23,000. Is that before or after tax? $23,000 gross for 150 sq meters (1,615 sq ft) would actually be a good deal. Indeed, $23,000 gross, although using painter’s fleece instead of textured wallpaper will probably add extra costs. We really need to reconsider this carefully. Maybe we’ll just have the surfaces filled and sanded, then apply the fleece and paint ourselves, or skip the fleece and paint the textured plaster directly onto the finished drywall panels.
Neither of us are craftsmen, by the way.
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