Painter charged $2000 for 12 hours of work

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Professional painters also want to sell you the paint, too.

Are they certified, licensed, and insured?

Never hire a contractor that isn’t all of the above.

A painter is not a contractor.
The contractor subs out the work to the tradesmen. The painter is one of the tradesmen.
By going straight to a tradesman, the owner is cutting out the middle man / contractor and his fees. With the exception of plumber and electrician, there aren't many other trades that require a license.

Contractor's insurance covers his subs. The individual tradesman may not have all the insurance and certifications (really, who needs a certification to paint?) but that is how one saves by general contracting out the work for yourself. Especially if the job involves only one trade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Painting sucks! If you don't want to diy you pay the premium for the folks willing to do painting.

That’s not what premiums are for. Premiums are for jobs done properly with sanding and repaired holes not thick nasty goopy looking paint jobs that look like you painted right over the roaches

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:a professional painter should ALWAYS prep/sand the wall. That's ridiculous

This at a minimum

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That's high. usually, $30-35/hr for this kind of labor without materials is right about correct. Sorry, OP that you were taken advantage of.

$35 an hour?? Maybe if it was 1992.

LOL! Recently. Continue to overpay for unskilled labor and justify your stupidity.

[Anonymous]

There is a good amount of supply of labors in the market now so negotiate hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Professional painters also want to sell you the paint, too.

Are they certified, licensed, and insured?

Never hire a contractor that isn’t all of the above.

A painter is not a contractor.
The contractor subs out the work to the tradesmen. The painter is one of the tradesmen.
By going straight to a tradesman, the owner is cutting out the middle man / contractor and his fees. With the exception of plumber and electrician, there aren't many other trades that require a license.

Contractor's insurance covers his subs. The individual tradesman may not have all the insurance and certifications (really, who needs a certification to paint?) but that is how one saves by general contracting out the work for yourself. Especially if the job involves only one trade.

The painter is a contractor. They're just not a general contractor.

[Anonymous]

Was it an amazing paint job? Might be worth it but it is pricey. I have an excellent painter and he charges $40 an hour excluding any materials. I am very picky and know how to paint and I'd say he does an excellent job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Professional painters also want to sell you the paint, too.

Are they certified, licensed, and insured?

Never hire a contractor that isn’t all of the above.

A painter is not a contractor.
The contractor subs out the work to the tradesmen. The painter is one of the tradesmen.
By going straight to a tradesman, the owner is cutting out the middle man / contractor and his fees. With the exception of plumber and electrician, there aren't many other trades that require a license.

Contractor's insurance covers his subs. The individual tradesman may not have all the insurance and certifications (really, who needs a certification to paint?) but that is how one saves by general contracting out the work for yourself. Especially if the job involves only one trade.

Professional painters have all of the above. They even have a professional association (nonunion).

There are a lot of unprofessional painters out there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Painting sucks! If you don't want to diy you pay the premium for the folks willing to do painting.

I DIY all of my painting. It is easy.

Every DIY paint job I have seen looks exactly like a DIY paint job.

Everyone who did it also hired a pro within two to three years to redo because they couldn’t live with their own mistakes.

Who cares? I'm the one living in my house. I don't care if it looks professional or not. If someone comes over and judges my paint job, I don't think I really want to be friends with that person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is a good amount of supply of labors in the market now so negotiate hard.

I'll just say that if you do it this way, you won't get a good painter. A good painter is in demand, and doesn't need to negotiate. The guy we use books up weeks to months in advance (in the spring, you need to book him out at least a month in advance, that's when everyone is prepping to sell).

[Anonymous]

Did he show up with a 2nd employee?

[Anonymous]

The price doesn’t seem too bad. Basically $150 an hour. I don’t see a pro doing this for less than $100 an hour. You can get cheaper work done but they might be just painting with a sprayer using the cheapest paint possible. My elderly neighbors went this way and had a phone stolen until I went over, made a fuss, mentioned the “missing” phone, and the hung around calling up T-mobile and having loud conversations about cell phone disabling and calling police to file a report. The phone turned up reset under a sofa…

[Anonymous]

You are paying for value and not hours.

If a plumber takes 15 min to fix a sink drain, it’s still $150 for knowing how to fix it.

[Anonymous]

My dentist made $2000 in 10 min extracting a couple teeth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My dentist made $2000 in 10 min extracting a couple teeth.

I made $2000 in an hour doing OP’s Mom.