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    Exterior Painting Question

    I have been doing a lot of Ceramic Tile work lately (off and on for 33yrs) It's nice to give my knees a break so I am now finishing up a full house paint job. I have to bid another job today after church. I want to make sure the bid is fair to the homeowner and myself. Brick home 1 story.... they are selling and one gable end has a little bit of dead Ivy on it and the soffit. Since it has 4 gables (which I can brush 2 coats if need be in 1 day).... I am trying to figure out a linear ft charge. This is in Ft Smith Arkansas and the soffits look to be 1 ft deep. Does $2.50 a lin ft sound ok? Very little if any scraping. I drove by it last night... guessing 180+ ft of soffit... $450.00 Gable ends siding @ .60 sq ft = $216 plus doors.... and materials ? Will have better figures later today. Bidding tile I have no problem...but I haven't painted in quite a few years and the last job I included the soffits in the house price @ X a sq ft... so I lost some money on labor. Attached is the house I just finished. They went from tan to this blue with white trim.

    Thanks for the help!

    Dave
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    I did a small job for someone a few months ago because painters really didn’t want to mess with such a small job. 25’ L 10’ H with a 9’X7 ‘ garage door ( that I didn’t have to paint). 1 exterior fiberglass door. 3 hours, $150 worth of gas money

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    For existing homes I used to cross reference x amount per side and compare to how many days labor to complete. If you need 300 a day labor how many sides can you do etc.. Square footage was for new construction where your labor was up against the going rate.

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    That helps thanks y'all.

    Dave

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    The ivy wont come off very easy. Its a lot of work and I would tell them for the ivy, that would be done on T&M. Then its up to them of what they want to spend.

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    That Ivy is a pain in the tail... that's for sure. Even 80 grit on a Random Orbital barley touches it.

    I bid it pretty decent and was told that I got the job today!