Exterior House Painting in Syracuse NY. Cost to paint your houses exterior and expectations?

Spring in Syracuse is almost here and if you are ready to get estimates to paint the exterior of your house here are some guidelines and basic pricing to go by for a fair shake from a professional:

1.  How responsive is the painter you have called.  I can't tell you how many times I've heard never got a call back or it was days later etc.
 
2.  Have you set an appointment to walk around your house to discuss exactly what you need done?  In order to get an accurate estimate I'm going to need a bunch of information from you which means at least a half hour of listening and asking some questions.  Some basics to keep in mind is how perfect you want the product to be, how soon does it need to be done and what do you expect in exchange for your hard earned dollars?  If you have an older home with peeling and chipped paint you may say I'd like it all sanded to smooth or I'd prefer to have it just scraped.  The difference between these two options can be polar because the amount of labor needed.  Are you drastically changing the color?  Is there a lot of caulking needed?  Do you want the work warrantied?
 
3.  The typical range per square foot for exterior painting is $2-3.  So if you have a 1800 square foot exterior-two stories for instance with 20 windows, 3 doors, 14 shutters and a garage door that need to be painted lets break this down.  1800 x 3 =  $5400.00 for hand scraping-cleanup, 1.5 coats of paint sprayed and brushed-rolled in. Spraying puts a lot more paint on the surface than just brushing or rolling period and provides a thicker coat.  You're getting more bang for your buck with this application.  This price  includes pressure washing the house before painting.  20 windows with 2 coats of paint that includes sanding all around them-caulking runs $50 per window.  14 shutters will need to be cleaned-sanded and two coated at $50 per shutter taken down and rehung with new hardware. That garage door will be sanded-cleaned-two coated and will cost around $200.   High grade paint like Ben Moore's Regal cost about $50 per gallon so for 1800 sqft you estimate 2000 sqft or about 7 gallons of paint for your house around $480+tape/plastic-caulk-hardware-shutter paint adds up to around $600. So for the above service a ballpark number for this project is about $7900.00.

4.  How great do you want your home to look and for how long? Our work is warrantied for 10 years if you follow what I recommend for service.  We deliver you a finished product that protects-enhances and maintains your properties value.   Your house looks great everyday you leave and come home and its protected from upstate New York's harsh seasons guaranteed for 10 years.  Who else offers a 10 year warranty around here? 

Bill Donigan
Donigan Painting
Syracuse NY 13208
315-313-3254
doniganpaintingco@gmail.com