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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're having some professional painting done and wondering if we should do some ourselves as the quote is really high.  Just wondering if it's typical.  Cost is $7500 to have a large living room, a large kitchen, a long hallway, and a large foyer painted.  The job will include preparing the new drywall for painting, primer, and the necessary coats of paint, as well as painting of base and crown moldings throughout the spaces, window trims, door frames and several doors including a french door.  Thanks![/quote]

If the drywall was never painted it will be alot of spackle and sanding.  That is a long job and they have to wait for it to dry before sanding and adding more.  More than in a repaint plus there is trim painting and that was most likely never painted.  Is it all new drywall?  How high are the ceilings?  Those painted also?

What paint are they using?  My favorite stink free are BM aura and farrow and ball.  The bid might be ok if it's all new drywall.   Some brands/lines need 1 coat and others more.  I wouldn't go cheap and get vats of ceiling white due to the smell.  Roller and brush or spraying?

I do think the bid is high but am really clueless as to the scope of the work.  FYI I have bids to sand, stain, refinish about 2000 sq feet of hardwood floors in that range which takes days+ so...If the bid is legit I would have painters do other stuff while they wait for spackle to dry.  A wall only 12x14 room should be about 300 plus the paint.[/quote]

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