Anonymous wrote:That's an insane deal. I was quoted 30k for a 4000 sq foot house last year.
It all depends. We had our wood trim around all of our windows (have 42) repainted at least 8 years ago maybe 9, lost track.
The first guy we started with didn't want a crazy amount (a few thousand I think it was) but he started painting with very little actual prep. When we asked him to clean, and sand the areas first, he balked. We fortunately hadn't signed a contract with him so we parted ways with him after he refused. The area he had started near our garage peeled within 6 months.
We then got from a referral at our local paint store who gave us 3 recs. The first guy who charges the least must have heard through the grapevine what had happened with the first company so he cancelled on us but we didn't care b/c if that's what spooked him we knew he might also be a shoddy painter. The second company asked for $14K but the paint job has held up. The third was really crazy expensive (specialize in historic restorations) so we went with the 2nd company.