On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:59:32 -0500, Red Green
wrote:

wrote in news:3374136c-3f66-45de-a760-ac6fbc5284d0
:

Im trying to get an idea of how much it would cost to have a house
painted (outside.) This is in the Denver Metro.
A couple of pics of the house:

http://hous.shutterfly.com/22
http://hous.shutterfly.com/25

It is a 1966 ranch, brick walls, so were talking about the soffit,
the part around the roof, door frames, misc wood trim here and there,
you get the idea. The house is 1,400 sq ft, plus an attached 2-car
garage.

I know its hard to give an estimate given the above vague
description, but Im looking for a ballpark number, so Im an informed
customer when I meet with the painter to get an estimate.

TIA,
Bubba


What a painting nightmare. All those thick high shrubs. I have no idea
what it will cost but you can bet there's gonna be a premium for working
around them!


I'd agree - those tall ones need to go. And for the cost of painting
it twice with good paint you can have aluminum soffit, fascia, and
gable siding and nevever have to paint it again in your lifetime. We
had the aluminum siding on our house repainted this year after 38
years. The painter remarked on how nice it was NOT to have tall shrubs
against the house (just a cherry tree that needed to be trimmed back a
bit) House is a 2 story with brick veneer bottom and aluminm siding
top, and aluminum siding on attached garage.
Cost us $1700 for 2 coats of 3rd generation latex - no soffits
(recently done in vinyl)
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