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Exterior Painting Cost Estimator

The purpose of this article is to help you get a ball park price for your exterior painting estimate.

Painting companies in Fort Collins and around the area will all vary in prices. If you are looking for a reliable painting company, that’s fully licensed and insured, and offers warranties to guarantee their work – most of those companies’ prices will fall in the same ball park. Specifically, if you are looking Loveland CO painters, Boulder painters or painters in Fort Collins, Longmont and the Front Range of Colorado, then give us a call.

Exterior painting prices can range from $2,000 to over $10,000 to paint the full exterior of the house depending on several factors. We are going to consider at a few of the most important factors.

How Big Is Your House?

1 story: Start with base price of $2000
2 story: Start with base price of $3000

Condition of House?

Good Condition: Multiply base price by 1.1
Fair Condition: Multiply base price by 1.2
Bad condition: Multiply base price by 1.3

How Many Coats?

1 Coat: No change to price
2 Coats: Multiply price by 1.3

Quality of Paint?

Low grade: No change to price
Mid grade: Multiply price by 1.1
Top of the line: Multiply price by 1.3

Example…
2 Story House ($3000)
Fair Condition… $2500×1.2 = $3,600
2 Coats… $3,000×1.3 = $4,800
Mid Grade Paint… $3,900×1.1 = $5,000

If your home was built before 1978, it needs to be checked for lead paint. If your house does have lead paint on it, your price will increase by 2x-3x due to the EPA regulations on lead paint procedures.

As you can tell, there is a huge range of prices for painting your house.

When you get an estimate from Foothills Painting, we will walk you around your house and identify all of the problem areas on your house. We’ll also make several recommendations, and educate you on what your options are.

We believe it’s important for you to have options, so we’re happy to write up different options for your painting project so you can see what will best suit your needs and your budget.

Call Foothills Painting today for a customized painting estimate. We look forward to serving you!