Looking for a comparative cost to paint a bedroom. Here’s the data:
Room size: 13′ x 21′ with a 3.5′ x 5.5′ bump out into the room
Perimeter of room: 67.5 feet
Ceiling area: 257 sq. ft (paint ceiling white)
Wall area (gross) 540 sq. ft. (paint dark beige, currently off white)
3 doors, 1 window (about 3×7) net wall area 462 sq. ft.
no crown, 8′ high ceiling
baseboard around perimeter(67.5 lin. ft.), oak, needs sanding, prep, & paint white semigloss
Need to prep, prime, and paint everything.
Looking for cost/sq.ft if possible for walls, cost/linear ft for painting the baseboard (room is carpeted)
Prep is about average, or a little more needed than average.
Burbs north of Chicago.
Thanks in advance.
Pete Duffy, Handyman
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I'll paint it for $850.
But I'm in NY....so commuting fees are gonna be high.
Should probably stay overnight so I don't have to make too many trips back and forth.
Figure $1500 for transportation and lodging.
I'm also gonna need to eat.
Maybe $300 for food expenses.
Of course that doesn't include a slice of that Chicago pizza pino is always braggin' about.
If we can schedule it around opening day for the Cubs, that'd be great. Figure $100 dollars for tickets? I want some decent seats.
So figure around $2750...
But you gotta supply the paint.
Maybe some beer.
AND DON'T FORGET THE PIZZA!
J. D. Reynolds
Home Improvements
$300 for food? You must really like our pizza. It IS good!
Cub's opening day for $100/ticket? Let me know where you can get those.
BTW, it'll probably be COLD here on opening day. Guess I'll have to pay you extra for warm clothes and hot chocolate.
Thanks for the numbers.
Pete Duffy, Handyman
LOL! Glad to see you took my attempt at humor as intended.....figgered, if nothing else, it'd give your message a "bump".
Good luck.
J. D. Reynolds
Home Improvements
$99,500.
Wait, it's Chicago. $99,500.01
Wait, more than "average" prep. $99,500.02. ;-)
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