How much should it cost to decorate your house?
How much should it cost to have your living room painted? Or perhaps what does it cost per square metre for wall papering? We have been collecting user feedback on home decorating costs and now show them in the table below.
The links on the left hand side of the table will take you to other pages on Whatprice that will give more specific examples of decorating prices. The prices are from user feedback, personal experience and research.
If you find this page useful or perhaps you think it inaccurate please have a look at the form below and see if you can contribute any prices from your own experience and help others pay the right decorating price.
| General description | Specific description | Average | Price Range | Units | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diy painting | House | £250 | £100-400 | per house | 2005-07-11 |
| Diy painting | One room | £110 | £40-200 | per item/job | 2008-02-02 |
| Exterior painting | £500 | £500 | per house | 2008-04-15 | |
| Exterior painting | Walls | £5000 | £4000-6000 | per house | 2008-05-05 |
| Exterior painting | Walls | £28 | £20-35 | per m2 | 2006-07-02 |
| Exterior painting | Walls+Woodwork | £180 | £180 | per day | 2008-05-15 |
| Exterior painting | Walls+Woodwork | £2200 | £1500-2900 | per house | 2008-04-15 |
| Exterior painting | Woodwork | £587 | £400-750 | per house | 2008-05-15 |
| Interior painting | House | £2444 | £1000-6000 | per house | 2008-05-27 |
| Interior painting | House | £6100 | £3000-10300 | per item/job | 2008-03-05 |
| Interior painting | One room | £323 | £150-700 | per item/job | 2008-03-29 |
| Interior painting | Two rooms | £415 | £200-650 | per item/job | 2008-05-22 |
| Painter | Hourly Rate | £16 | £10-25 | per hour | 2008-05-15 |
External house painting may seem expensive but the there is a very large surface to paint and this will take time.
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Date Added: Monday 12th November 2007
"Hmmn, We use £15 (based on my experience) an hour in the decorating costs calc I put together. Hardly anyone appears to submit hourly rates for trades - myself included! If you have any more feedback please contact us via email at webmaster@whatprice.co.uk"
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Date Added: Sunday 11th November 2007
"Your prices are way out you tell me how an experienced tradesman can run a van & pay taxes & men on £10.00 an hour cant be done sorry. That equates to £80.00 per day the minimunn today is £15.00 you ask any descent tradesman.Unless they are our unskilled foreign labour which is probably the case descent they will work for nothing, I know at first hand as I have run my own painting & decorating business for 45 years long before you or the internet decided to assume that tradesmen should work for that appaling rate of £10.00 insult "
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