How much to get house exterior painted?

[Anonymous]

Can anyone give me a ballpark estimate of how much it would cost to get the exterior of my brick Colonial painted? It was already painted when I bought it and I'd like to change the color. It's very similar in size and style to this house:

http://www.redfin.com/MD/Silver-Spring/305-E-Franklin-Ave-20901/home/10960653

Obviously, we'll have to get estimates, but I'm curious about what kind of range to expect. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Just to clarify - are you or are you not painting the brick?
Is it just the woodwork you are getting painted?

[Anonymous]

Oh sorry. I want to get the whole house painted. The brick was already painted when we bought the house.

[Anonymous]

A couple thousand dollars at least.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A couple thousand dollars at least.

But do you think it would be less than $10k? I've always heard exterior painting is really expensive.

[Anonymous]

We paid $3k just to have our trim painted last summer.

[Anonymous]

We paid $7500 to have our wood siding, trim, and shutters repainted last year, but it required a lot of prep work. Brick might be easier/cheaper (I don't know).

[Anonymous]

I'm paying about $4,000 for my paint job

[Anonymous]

3 to 4

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We paid $3k just to have our trim painted last summer.

That's outrageous

[Anonymous]

We paid $12000 to paint the entire exterior of our house last summer. Our house is stucco, rather than brick, so I don't know how that affects the price. We also live in a lower COL area, so I would expect a higher budget in the DMV.