Painter daily rate?

VincentHanna

VincentHanna

VincentHanna

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Just had a quote from a man who wanted £250 a day to paint my lounge not including paint!

That seemed excessive to me. I thought it should be more like £100 a day? Or am I completely out of touch.

He did quote for walls, ceilings, coving and sideboards but it still seems a lot.

Lounge is 17' x 11 for' context.
 
Seems about the going rate to me. For £12.50 an hour why work in people's homes doing skilled work. Painters are worth every penny for difficult jobs especially if they are good.
 
VincentHanna said:
Just had a quote from a man who wanted £250 a day to paint my lounge not including paint!

That seemed excessive to me. I thought it should be more like £100 a day? Or am I completely out of touch.
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I do my own painting so I don't get quotes, but it seems reasonable to me. I mean there is a lot of effort and expenses, e.g. transport, involved other than the actual painting, so it would hardly be worth doing for £100.
 
Depends on area but where i live its £15 - £20 an hour for a half decent painter.

I would not pay anyone by the day myself, they just take the mick and fart around all day trying to get an extra day out of the job.

I would want to pay by the hour and expect progress or agree a price for the job. If they demand daily rate then i would find someone else.
 
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radderfire said:
I do my own painting so I don't get quotes, but it seems reasonable to me. I mean there is a lot of effort and expenses, e.g. transport, involved other than the actual painting, so it would hardly be worth doing for £100.
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He lives around the corner :cry:

I painted my hallway myself but I'm not good at the tricky bits.
 
dave28 said:
Depends on area but where i live its £15 - £20 an hour for a half decent painter.

I would not pay anyone by the day myself, they just take the mick and fart around all day trying to get an extra day out of the job.

I would want to pay by the hour and expect progress or agree a price for the job. If they demand daily rate then i would find someone else.
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The problem is they could just as well fart around on an hourly rate. "Sorry OP but that coving needs an extra coat which will take me 2 hours more". As you mentioned your best bet is to agree a fixed price for the work. That way if there is a trickier part then it's on the painter to accurately quote for it, and not on you when it suddenly takes him three times longer than expected.
 
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£250 a day is a good rate for a painter, but with the cost of living its probably not far out I'd hazard a guess, definitely the top end though.

whats your location?
 
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I’d pay that for the ceiling alone! :D

I’d ask him/her how much to paint the room and how long it’ll take. Wouldn’t get him to charge by the day/hour (unless you trust him, which you don’t as you’re questioning the quote) as he could mess around as others have said.
 
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Get a price for the job rather than a day rate.

£250 a day full time is £60k a year pre tax, its a lot for a painter.
 
200sols said:
£250 a day full time is £60k a year pre tax, its a lot for a painter.
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Is it though? Corp tax is 19%, they'll more than likely be paying Quickbooks or similar, there's liability insurance too. So probably drop another few k off that leaves £47k. And pay for a van/suitable vehicle, tools that they use and other business costs. That's also making the assumption that they get work for 240 days a year which is not guaranteed. They'll then have to pay income tax and NI contributions on whatever they take out as the dividend allowance is only £2k now. I've not even included pension or healthcare cover.
 
Sounds ok. If that includes all the prep of the walls/ceiling/skirtings etc

Sister in law just had a flat done - living room/kitchen/2 bedrooms/hallway/all the doors, skirtings/ceilings etc. Was 1 guy on his own - 10/11 days total including the paint. £2.5k
 
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