If you are living in Sydney, you are probably wondering about how to choose a company for painting jobs and how much will it cost you. You want to find a way to estimate it and prepare yourself for the budget before the job is finished or else you will be given bills that you will regret later.

All the painting jobs depend on several factors that will affect the costs significantly. These factors include the size and amount of the job needed, the costs of materials and tools, and the condition of the places the painter have to paint.

In addition to the above factors, the company you are choosing for painting jobs is also important since the rate and quality of work differ based on the company and the technicians.

Why should you work with a painting company?

Everyone can paint a house. By now, you have painted your kids’ room hundreds of times just because they grew up and they didn’t like the color anymore. However, when it comes to painting the whole house, the matter of quality and designs will be the main issue and you cannot create a good pattern that you desire, the one that you saw on TV or magazine.

In this part, you will need to hire a painting company to carry out the painting job for you. By hiring a painter, you will get the following benefits:

• You will be able to choose from different varieties of patterns and colors that you have never seen before. By choosing these unique colors, you will experience more fun life than before. Did you know that colors can affect emotion and mood? All people know about the colors. However, painters are known which one is the best and can affect you positively. So, you better choose well with the painter.
• Everyone wants to feel safe in their house. Did you know that painting jobs can also result in some incidents? Well, you probably did experience it yourself too. By hiring and paying the costs of painting the house, you or any member of your family not only will remain safe but also enjoy a variety of unique colors. All will be happy.
• Have you ever broken your word to your kid or wife, to promise them that you will get the painting job done but you didn’t? Or you just delayed it to take care of your own things? Well, we all did that at least once with our family and broken their heart.

However, you can enjoy working with a team of painters to finish the painting. They will wrap up the project in a matter of days. Now, you not only kept your promise but also bring something more different to your life, more lively and more fun colors.

• You definitely painted your old house one time and you know how hard it can be to finish the surface first and then do the painting. In other words, you must first prepare the surface and then paint the place. This includes repairing rotten areas, polishing, etc. Some of them you can and some you don’t. For this issue to be solved perfectly, you must ready to hire a professional.

Now the question is how much painting a house will costs? Here, we will answer a series of questions that may come to the customers’ minds. Remember that these costs are all given based on AUD (Australian dollar).

Painting Costs

House Painting Cost Estimator

Telling exactly how much will it cost to paint a house, its bedroom, and other parts of the house can be a little difficult and you can only calculate the costs approximately. The real costs will be determined after the house was visited by the painter. You and the painter will negotiate the prices and then a contract will be signed.

Now, you are a little curious and you want to know the costs even the approximate one before the contract. Here, we will teach you how to do that.

Size of the Place Where Painting is Needed

The first factor in estimating the cost of painting your house is how big it is. In addition, you must determine what part of the house you want to get painted.  For example, some people only prefer the exterior part of the house to be painted or the inner parts. Some also may want the ceiling of the house to be painted.

Whatever part you need, you will know exactly how big the place is and you can easily calculate it. Just look at your house plans. If you don’t access the house plan, you can find the ‘measuring tape’ at your house or just buy it from the closest store.

Open the tape, hook the edge of the tape somewhere from which it will not be separated, and then measure that area.

So, what will be the cost of painting interior parts per m²?

As we mentioned above, these numbers are not accurate and are just given for more information. Know that every company will have its own price. On the other hand, you can consider an amount of AUD10 to AUD60 per m². For example, for a room with an area of 12m², the price will be AUD120 to AUD720.

The Amount of Color Required to Paint the Place

Now, we cannot ignore the amount of color per gallon you will use. This is the part you cannot actually tell by yourself since you haven’t started the work and it depends again on the size of the place and how much preparation the place will require. As we stated, the amount of work differs based on the house.

However, you can choose the color brand you want to use in your house. This way, you can approximately tell how much the color will cost. The color brand all differ based on their durability, customer satisfaction, and ease of application. So, as these factors get a better rating, the higher prices they will be. In Australia, there are five known and quality color brands in the market that are as follows: Haymes Paint, Wattyl, British Paints, Taubmans, and Dulux.

All of the above brands were able to satisfy the needs of the customers. They are highly durable and you won’t regret purchasing from these companies. Let’s look briefly at the brands’ statistics (scores are based on 5 stars is the best and 1 star is the worst)

• Haymes Paint which is the first one on our list gained the satisfaction of the customers by getting overall satisfaction of five stars from the customers. This color is highly durable and can be easily applied. (com.au)
• The next best color is Wattyl, which is ranked 2^nd on our list, due to the overall satisfaction of 4 stars. However, it is simpler to apply and cheaper than Haymes Paint. (com.au)
• Both British Paints and Dulux gained are ranked as 3^rd They produce similar brands with similar qualities. However, Dulux has the advantage of higher durability in comparison to its counterparts. (britishpaints.com.au & dulux.co.uk)
• Last but not least, Taubmans. This brand has also gained the satisfaction of the customers. However, customers gave fewer stars than the other four brands, only 3 stars. But it is interesting to know this brand is as durable as British Paints and can be easily applied like this brand.

How much does paint cost per liter?

So, whatever brand you choose, the brands’ cost will be different. Hence, be careful which brand you chose for painting your house and look at your budget, always. However, the general costs for the paints differ from AUD15 to AUD80 per gallon (approximately 4 liters).

You may enjoy some of the benefits of hiring a painter to do the painting jobs also. How? You can get discounts on the colors your need for the job. Some of the painting companies and painters offer contractor discounts. Just ask the company or the painter you hired.

For more information on the prices, you can visit the manufacturers’ websites as given above.

How much will the painters’ labor costs?

The next thing that must be taken into account is the number of painters in a painting team and how many the painting job requires. In addition to the number of painters, you must consider your house’s size again because the bigger your house is, the more costly painting will be.

This case is also depending on the company you are going to work with since rates in each company for the number of painters will be different. In general, however, companies in Australia charge AUD20 per painter.

Let us give you an example (It is worth mentioning that we will give you also a real-time example of the customers’ costs we work with and how much they paid for painting their interior and exterior parts of the house). In Australia, the companies charge customers at least AUD20 for each painter per hour.

“Two to three painters can finish a house with an area of 200 m² in two to three days and we assume that these painters have to work 40 hours (non-continuously) to finish the job. Hence, the cost of painting the house will be at least AUD1600.”

So, I believe that the above example gives you a better illustration of how much you must pay for painting the house (minus materials and other things that must be purchased by you).

Know that there may be some obstacles or complications during this job that can increase the above value. For example, the following cases can affect the final price of a painting job:

• Multiple layers of paint may be required.
• The necessity of taking down a tree that is blocking several windows.
• There may be so many obstacles that can make accessing different exterior parts of the house impossible.

In addition to the above problems, there may be others cases that can complicate the painting job. You may need other professionals to eliminate these problems. In other words, the costs will increase. So, try to consider everything to estimate the approximate price.

How much does it cost to paint a 3-bedroom house interior?

Now that you got acquainted with the prices to some extent and how to calculate them, we have prepared for you a list of painting costs that you may need. In this list, we divided the costs into several categories. For more information, you need to call a professional.

*Know that all these numbers are based on Australian companies and the exact number will be stated by the company you hire.

Where can you find the most affordable prices to paint your house?

Now that you know how the costs to paint a house is calculated (as mentioned above, these costs will be determined after the painter visited your place), there is the matter of finding the most reliable and affordable to work with.

If you are living in Australia, especially Sydney, you are in luck because our company ‘Kingpainting’ is the one that you are looking for. Kingpainting offers competitive prices for Sydney residents who wish to paint their houses with an average cost of AUD40 per hour. This is the best and lowest price you can find all across Sydney.

In the following table, you can see some of the works of our painters and how much the house painting project cost:

If you have any questions regarding the costs or have a housing paint job, just fill out the form on the websiteand our staff will call you soon. You can also call us at the following number:

(02) 8824 4927               

Our team of painters and staff in ‘Kingpainting’ are available 24/7 at your service.