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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The nicer/fancier your house, the higher the contractor will estimate the job. [/quote]

Is this really true? I do think that the estimates are strangely higher in certain neighborhoods. [/quote]

Not sure, we've never had a whole house painted before now (I'm the 3000+ SF house owner about to have a full home paint), though I would have thought this to be the case, too.   I will say though, the 2 estimates I just got were actually nearly identical.  They were within $500 of each other.  From 2 totally different companies.  And each of the guys spent a solid hour or more walking the house, checking out all the areas, taking notes, measurements, etc., then writing up the proposals.  I was pretty surprised at how close they were, but I interpreted that as meaning both companies used a fairly precise methodology to come up w/ our quotes (both right around $15K for the interior (all walls, ceilings, molding, lots of trim, etc.), plus $6K for all the exterior window trim, doorways, and a large back porch), and presumably then, the prices would have applied irrespective of our location.  Unless there is a fancy pants surcharge that is just slapped on top....[/quote]

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