Joined
·
6 Posts
I’ve been on the site for a few weeks and appreciate the wealth of knowledge and experience here. As I stated in my intro I would like to get into the “paint for pay” business soon. Obviously I have a lot of interest and questions regarding estimating. I’m a little confused when I see estimates based on FLOOR sq. footage? To me this doesn’t take into account any variables such as linear feet of moldings, quantity and types of windows and doors. height of walls, number of individual rooms etc,……. Seems like one could lose his shirt! Shouldn’t a painting estimate be based on just that – painted surface? Why do it except to get a wild ballpark figure quickly? I guess such an estimate could be close if based on a whole lot of experience with a certain type of job but it seems scary to me.
Dave
Dave