Decorating prices for interior painting one room
Example prices that people have been charged by professional decorators for the painting of a single room within their house. Pay attention to whether the materials were included in the price and also whether there was a significant amount of preparation work required. Also, how many coats were applied, was there any woodwork painted and what about the ceiling?
| Detailed Description of Work | Price/Cost | Units | Location | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5mx3mx2.4m room, 3 coats, ogee skirting around, 1 door, no window, no radiator | £380 | item/job | London | 2009-09-14 |
| Paint ceiling,coving,skirting boards. Fill-in any holes and smooth over. wallpaper to 3 walls (forth has wardrobes) No seams to be seen on the wall | £250 | item/job | Bolton | 2009-08-28 |
| clean mould from corners of room,stain block and paint with two coats in mag to walls and white to ceilings | £165 | item/job | West sussex | 2009-08-20 |
| 18sq metre room walls plus ceiling | £300 | item/job | North west | 2009-05-21 |
| living room | £140 | item/job | Rutland | 2009-05-02 |
| living room,emulsion ceiling,coving,walls,gloss four doors and frames. | £180 | item/job | South wales | 2009-04-15 |
| Hall, stairs & landing, already stripped of paper. Prepare walls, ceiling & sand woodwork, undercoat & gloss woodwork including 5 door surrounds (not doors), all skirting, 2 window sills, 1 radiator, 2 1/2 size doors. Wallpaper and paint ceiling (2-3 Rolls, Wallpaper walls (10-12 Rolls, matching needed). Price includes all materials except wallpapers. | £370 | item/job | West Lothian | 2009-04-02 |
| ceiling and walls to be prepared, sanded and filled and apply 2 coats of emulsion. woodwork includes, sanding 1 door, 1 frame, 1 window and sill, 1 radiator, skirting and undercoated and glossed. the room size is 11/11. | £120 | item/job | Eastleigh hants | 2009-03-16 |
| hall stairs and landing.12 doors, spindles,bannister etc. ceiling and walls emulsioned. From bare plaster. | £650 | item/job | East Anglia | 2009-03-09 |
| Paint bedroom 12ft by 12ft with 3 coats of emulsion. Apply wallpaper to 12ft feature wall and chimney breast. Price includes cost of paint and paste only (client supplied wallpaper). | £380 | item/job | Hertfordshire | 2009-02-19 |
| a fair price to strip, fill and lining paper a average double bedroom sized area, including all woodwork, window, radiator etc is £550. this would include materials (cash that is) | £550 | item/job | Worcester | 2009-02-17 |
| no radiators | £375 | item/job | London | 2009-01-07 |
| painted 1window | £500 | item/job | London | 2008-11-21 |
| Supply & fix coving,repair cracks to walls, emulsion ceiling & walls with 2 coats emulsion. Paint skirting board, window cill, serving hatch with doors, and door frame with undercoat & gloss. Price includes all labour and materials. Room size 7.3m x 3.7m. | £768 | item/job | Southampton | 2008-11-12 |
| Living room approx 12 x 12 m2. Emulsion ceiling and walls. Prep woodwork to skirting boards, 1 x radiator, door and door frame. Undercoat and gloss finish. | £850 | item/job | Hertfordshire | 2008-10-19 |
| Room 30 ft by 15 ft Ceiling and walls two coats of matt emulsion 3 Doors 1 Radiator | £700 | item/job | Oxford | 2008-08-01 |
| 2 coats of paint on ceilining and walls | £300 | item/job | Beckenham | 2008-07-10 |
| Walls, ceiling and doors. I supplied the paints. | £160 | item/job | London | 2008-03-29 |
| Had to remove (very) old wallpaper and make good quite a lot of marks. The two coats on ceiling and walls. Prices does not include paints which I bought. | £400 | item/job | London | 2008-03-29 |
| Hallway. | £700 | item/job | Stirling | 2008-03-02 |
| area ,1 window about 800x1000/ skirting /door/frame/window cill.prep undercoat/gloss.stript off remaining paper which was up to middle boarder.painted ceiling 1 coat off emulsion.sized rest of walls.paperd window wall,and the opposit wall,and the joining longer wall with radiator .plus laid carpet 7foot x9 foot. | £281 | item/job | Somerset | 2008-02-26 |
| 4 beds | £320 | item/job | Sussex | 2008-02-23 |
| 16m2 room, fireplace, big window bay, two coats white on ceiling, two coats white on walls. | £290 | item/job | Brixton | 2008-02-17 |
| to paint one room after removing wall paper | £350 | item/job | Bromley/Kent | 2008-01-26 |
| strip walls and make good, crossline walls, 2 coats of emulsion on ceiling,rub down all woodwork undercoat & gloss woodwork, rub down 1 radiator and apply 2 coats of satinwood rehang 8 rolls of wallpaper | £250 | item/job | Cannock | 2007-12-05 |
| Price to paint two coats on 5x4m living room including paints and ceiling | £150 | item/job | Cambridge | 2007-07-16 |
| Paint Hallway | £300 | item/job | 2005-07-13 |