Nobody wants to work for free, but many paint companies do it if they don’t charge for all the things that go along with each job. If you plan to do a full job and your client requests a full job then you must charge for a full job. Leave some budget and you will work for free. Doing a complete and complete estimate involves anything that takes time, be it screwing in the switch plate or painting the altar in that church. Many painters boast of what they describe as an almost mystical experience, like walking into a room and a price pops into their heads. I’ve never liked that because it’s imprecise and vague and will probably end badly, at best you’re missing something and you’re working on that part of the job for nothing. Another reason this lump magic is bad is that someone is always surprised when the customer finds something that was not done and thought it was part of the job. And they say you have to or they don’t pay you. I speak of this when I speak of the proposal itself.
Setup – Whether it’s a 100-mile commute to work or 2 days of scaffolding installation or 20 minutes of unloading traps, ladders, and paint, it’s part of every job. And because it is part of the work, it is included in the cost of painting apartment Dubai. Pay some attention to the special circumstances mentioned above, or keep a percentage to use as a formula for each task. For example, if you are building the church tower to scratch and paint, you will have to think about everything related to this phase, including tearing it down. This type of setup is likely to be much more expensive than the actual paint job. While painting the interior of an average client’s house can be done room by room as a percentage of total hours. For example, if you leave a room, remove the switch plates, move the furniture, etc. An easy way to do this is to take your total paint hours and multiply by .1 or .2 or whatever you think is an average time. Estimating setup, setup, and cleaning as a percentage of average tasks saves time in estimating.
Preparation: This often costs much more than paint. For example, we did a paint job on a large sample of 1840’s wooden slats from a house. 15 weeks of paint removal before a drop of paint hit the house, the paint itself was about 3 weeks. Not only the time but also a large number of sanding discs, gas masks, disposable coveralls, daily cleaning and removing all dust and chips was a big problem due to the scale of the work and due to the paint old with lead. The opposite is the average home interior that can be estimated as in the configuration example above using a percentage. Most of the time, interior prep is just minor surface repairs and some caulking, the things that are the same from track to track. Special repairs or problems must be specified.
Painting – How long does it take to paint 5 wooden casement windows on the ground floor without a ladder? How long does it take to paint those same 5 windows 40 feet away on a hill if each window is 8 feet apart? Probably more than 2 times what it takes to paint the one downstairs, each time the ladder is moved and placed on an uneven surface it probably takes 2 people to move and position the ladder in front of each window. So a simple formula to use at heights greater than 25 feet would be 2 times or 2.2 times or as long as it takes to paint the same window without a ladder. Generally, estimating painting costs can be done with a formula that works quite well from job to job.
Cleanliness: This part of the painting is likely to be obscured or ignored from an estimated position. This is a big mistake because depending on the job it can take longer than the actual painting. If this part of the work is not done correctly, the client may consider that all the work is badly done. And when done really well, it can be the glory of the crown. Calculating the time it takes to clean properly after each task is critical to your estimation. If you don’t meet this part of the estimate by not spending enough time, then something needs to be done and the result is likely to be a dissatisfied customer. Average orbits can use a factor to estimate time. For example, an 8-hour interior job can be cleaned in 8 hours x 1 = .8 hours.
