Painting a 2-Storey House, Top to Bottom (No Basement)

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UPDATE:

Day 1: 3 Painters worked 8 hours and finished two coats in the upstairs bedrooms (qty 3), and did all the upstairs trim and doors.

Day 2: 5 painters showed up, worked 9 hours and they finished all 3 bathrooms, main level, foyer and all trim and doors and ceilings as we had agreed. The home was built by a mediocre builder in the area, so, they had their share of challenges when it came to seams between drywall sheets. The builder white hides imperfections a lot, and, I mean, a lot better than the light grey colour it is now!

Day 3: 3 Painters showed up, and they patch up some trim and a couple other imperfections. This was done in about 1 hour.

Overall, workmanship was great and their responsiveness to come back address my small concerns was very professional. They quoted 2200-2400 and it ended up being $2300. All in all, a good experience.

So, dry times aside, it would take 8 guys only 1 day to paint my entire house (that's the labour that he would pay out).
 
gixxer_dave said:
UPDATE:

Day 1: 3 Painters worked 8 hours and finished two coats in the upstairs bedrooms (qty 3), and did all the upstairs trim and doors.

Day 2: 5 painters showed up, worked 9 hours and they finished all 3 bathrooms, main level, foyer and all trim and doors and ceilings as we had agreed. The home was built by a mediocre builder in the area, so, they had their share of challenges when it came to seams between drywall sheets. The builder white hides imperfections a lot, and, I mean, a lot better than the light grey colour it is now!

Day 3: 3 Painters showed up, and they patch up some trim and a couple other imperfections. This was done in about 1 hour.

Overall, workmanship was great and their responsiveness to come back address my small concerns was very professional. They quoted 2200-2400 and it ended up being $2300. All in all, a good experience.

So, dry times aside, it would take 8 guys only 1 day to paint my entire house (that's the labour that he would pay out).
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Can you PM theie contact info? Thanks.
 
GateKeeper said:
OK, so owner made just over 800 bucks in 2 days.....

I am just curious, did they sand all the walls and trim prior to painting ? Not even going to ask about the ceilings if it they were sanded

As long as you are satisfied with the job and the results, not much else matters....

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They spent a couple hours on day 1 patching and sanding the walls and a lot of time at the intersection between the ceiling and the wall due to the California ceiling over spray of about 1/2". Lines were pretty good when done. In bright lighting situations, you can see the transition between sheets of drywall. Not overly concerned and it's a diminishing return for me if I needed showroom perfection... It's good workmanship don't get me wrong!

Trim was in good shape to begin with.
 
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