Cost to paint a 3000sf Duplex?
We are looking to have the exterior of our 100-year old Oakland Duplex repainted. The exterior stucco is in good condition, and the building is two stories, so some minimal scaffolding might be required.
I'd love to know if anyone has a recent recommendation and/or some recent price comparisons. We got our first bid and the number was over $25K which was a bit shocking!
Oct 11, 2022
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Hi, I am an HOA member of a three story with 6 units in Berkekey. We split our building in two to afford painting and completed the two most weather beaten sides sides about 3 years ago for just under $30k. We just finished the other two sides with more millwork for $35k. We got bus from Certa Pro and MB Jessie this time who both do excellent work. It’s just expensive now to do anything.
We recently got our ~3000 sq ft duplex in Grand Lake painted. Got quotes from $20k-28k. We went with the lower bid, but it ended up around $25k after dry rot repair and some other add-ons.
We just finished painting our (much smaller!) home, and sad to say, we did not get a single quote below $25K. Maybe we just called the wrong people, but we finally gave up and went with the lowest of the bids. I had expected it to land closer to $15K so it was definitely a shock, but it's the last of several home projects we've done recently and all of them have been far more costly than the quotes we got for the same work just 4-5 years ago. I suspect a lot of that is rising labor costs, although paint has also gotten much more expensive in recent months with inflation. (That's something we've experienced firsthand, since we did our interior painting ourselves.) Hopefully someone will have a suggestion of a less costly painter to try, but the quote you got doesn't sound out of line with what we got, assuming you are looking for someone licensed and insured (as we were).
Painted a 5000sf triplex in the city last year. Cost about $50k. Three levels so significant scaffolding, which I recall was a significant portion of the cost. Fair amount of dry rot repair. I also think that we got a much lower bid with an unlicensed/uninsured painter (workers comp insurance in CA is significant).
I like the idea of the HOA in Berkeley that did two side one year, if that's an option.