Painting your house!

$1150 for ONE ROOM???
One days work for that much?
Are you getting it painted with golden handled brushes made of the finest hair from some rare animal?
Damn, I'm gonna move over to america and become a painter/decorator!
I think I could pretty much get every room in my house painted for that!

It's a huge room with 18ft vualted ceilings and sky lights. I had to hire someone to reach all the way up there, or I would have done it myself. What pisses me off is that I woke up this morning and it is STILL YELLOW!!!!! They are going to have to fix it... I can't stand it! AH!

I used to own my own painting company (with my father), That is way too much money for one room no matter how big it is. I generally charged $200-$300/day per person for a job, just for labor. The painter probably only put one coat on and thats why he was finished quickly, that is why it is also so yellow looking, its not totally covering. Have him put some paint on your color swatch and see if that matches. Dont pay him until you are satisfied.

I used to own my own painting company (with my father), That is way too much money for one room no matter how big it is. I generally charged $200-$300/day per person for a job, just for labor. The painter probably only put one coat on and thats why he was finished quickly, that is why it is also so yellow looking, its not totally covering. Have him put some paint on your color swatch and see if that matches. Dont pay him until you are satisfied.

Exactly. You definitely got taken advantage of... That much for ANY job to do in a single day is absolutely insane. Imagine if they charged by the hour. That would basically be $90/hour or so. Doctors and lawyers hardly charge that much.

Exactly. You definitely got taken advantage of... That much for ANY job to do in a single day is absolutely insane. Imagine if they charged by the hour. That would basically be $90/hour or so. Doctors and lawyers hardly charge that much.

True, but get serious, at least with a painter, your actually getting something.................

My heart goes out to woman in this situation. My wife will stay home and some repair will come by and totally just make up shit or try to overcharge her. Then I show up and the whole story changes. At this point I don't even bother having her talk to them.

True, but get serious, at least with a painter, your actually getting something.................

Someone would pretty much have to be the world's best painter for me to pay that amount of cash. I'd expect PERFECT trim lines and perfect everything. Just the fact you have to clean paint off the floor is unacceptable.

My heart goes out to woman in this situation. My wife will stay home and some repair will come by and totally just make up shit or try to overcharge her. Then I show up and the whole story changes. At this point I don't even bother having her talk to them.

Very true. It is amazing how the story changes from $$$ to $ once my wife tells them she's giving me a call.

Someone would pretty much have to be the world's best painter for me to pay that amount of cash. I'd expect PERFECT trim lines and perfect everything. Just the fact you have to clean paint off the floor is unacceptable.


That dude better have DaVinci as a last name for me to pay that kind of money.

My heart goes out to woman in this situation. My wife will stay home and some repair will come by and totally just make up shit or try to overcharge her. Then I show up and the whole story changes. At this point I don't even bother having her talk to them.

The cost did include the celings, sky lights and my kitchen (very small kitchen)... so it wasn't JUST my grate room. I just talked to the "manager" for three hours and he got to know my bi+chy side real well... He tried to pull some crap about how I picked the paint, and he can't help I don't like it. So when the painter got there I made him go buy another quart, bring it back and re-paint a corner wall, and guess what? After it dried IT MATCHES THE COLOR PAD!! Sooo, the first set of paint WAS wrong!!! They will be repainting on Thursday!!! NO extra charge. HA!

... So I guess I feel a little better about being taken advantage of...

The cost did include the celings, sky lights and my kitchen (very small kitchen)... so it wasn't JUST my grate room. I just talked to the "manager" for three hours and he got to know my bi+chy side real well... He tried to pull some crap about how I picked the paint, and he can't help I don't like it. So when the painter got there I made him go buy another quart, bring it back and re-paint a corner wall, and guess what? After it dried IT MATCHES THE COLOR PAD!! Sooo, the first set of paint WAS wrong!!! They will be repainting on Thursday!!! NO extra charge. HA!

... So I guess I feel a little better about being taken advantage of...


Awesome! Way to stick to your guns and not back down. A characteristic of a true Redskins fan.