Cost of House Exterior Painting By A General Contractor

Why do we have to paint our house’s exterior? There are actually a lot of reasons why we want to have our house’s exterior repainted such as to have a new aura and to refresh our house’s façade or we may also want it just because we want to put a fresh coat of the current paint; either way, what are the things that we should consider when having house painting and how much would it cost to paint a house?

Cost to Paint a House in San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles

The overall cost to paint a house’s exterior would typically depend on a lot of aspects such as the size, siding type and style of the house and paint job. If we have a two-storey house where we need to paint the entire exterior that measures around 1,500 square foot, the average cost for this size of house usually ranges from $2,500 to $3,000 in Los Angeles.

Aside from this given average cost for the house painting, what are really basis that we could come up with this price range? Painting a house actually needs a lot of things which are the following:

• Materials

The number one material that we need to check first before we can do the house painting is the paint. The cost of the paint would also vary with the quality of the paint that you will buy for there are paints that have a high quality while there are also others that aren’t that good.

Paints doesn’t have the same prices and could differ from the brand and quality of the paint which usually prices between $400 and $600 for 15galoons of paints that could occupy the 150 square foot house exterior already.

One of the reasons also that we will be required to buy more paints is the type of our wall that we can see from its texture and condition. There are walls with a rough texture that would need a few more coats that unusual which will makes us provide more gallons of paint just to cover all the blemishes of the wall.

Another thing is the primer which most walls also needs. A primer is used as an undercoat just to make sure that the paint that will be placed will stick properly to the surface and won’t easily tear from the bad weather.

When choosing the paint, it is very advisable if we are going to buy the best paint that we can afford because good quality paint lasts longer hence you can refrain from repainting that often and spend a lot of money.

Some other materials to buy are the rollers, scaffolding and sprayers but make sure that you are able to ask the painter first if he has these materials since some of them already has which makes us save some money.

• Repairs

Have we checked already if there are any parts of the house that needs to be repaired? It is also essential that we are able to check our exterior for any repair so we can hire a carpenter to fix those issues. There are also some painters who can manage and work on the minor repairs of the house themselves so we can also ask them first what they can do to the problem before we look for a carpenter.

• Removal and disposal

There may be some problems in the house’s exterior that can’t be solved with any repairs anymore and in this case, we can just remove and dispose those such as the house’s shutter and trims. If for instance we have to remove or dispose something for the house painting then we also have to include in our fund the cost for the removal which would prices for about $20 to $35 an hour.

• Labor

The labor of the painter is actually where our budget for the painting goes. When having a house exterior painting, we can’t just hire one painter because of its complexity and size hence we should expect to hire five to six painter to do the job which charges $20 to $35 per hour multiplied by three to six days of their total working days for painting.

Prep Work

Even if what we will be painting is the house exterior, there are still some prep works that we should do or else the painter will find that issue as he paints and would charge us a few more money just because we weren’t able to do it ourselves.

So, there are only a few prep works for a house exterior painting such as cleaning all the dirt and dust on the walls and surfaces. We can also remove any foreign objects like the leaves and twigs that has attached to the walls of the house.

Other Painting Costs:

We may have listed the four main costs for painting a house exterior but there are also some costs that we should also go over with especially if we would like to add some more improvements and details to our house exterior paint.

Examples of those improvements are by having multiple colors for the painting. When painters use multiple colors for the job, it would add complexity to the job hence we should expect that they would charge extra money for it that could reach up to $1,000 per 1,500 square feet for the overall cost.

There are also some who would like to put more color and art to the house and would ask the painter to add a shutter. The charge for the shutter is $60 to $80 for a standard 15 inches shutter.

After going through all the basics when having a house exterior painting, I am sure you now have more ideas on what you’ll need and how much should you prepare for the costs of the painting. So if you wanted to have professional and experienced painters in Los Angeles to do the job for you, you can call us at 1-877-737-5554 and we, the Fidelity Builders and Design, Inc will give you a free estimate of your house exterior paint cost.