In 2024, based on French Painting Company experience in Hampton roads average cost of exterior painting for the last 10 years is around $3850.
Angi estimated range: $1,811 – $4,436
Lawnstarter estimated range: $2.191 – $4,505
Main factors for exterior painting:
- How high is the building.
- How easy the building is to access
- How much prep the surface needs
- How much brush and rolling it needs
- Quality of the paint
- Quality of the labor
- Class of contractor and reliability of the contractor
High rise buildings
Building over two stories are harder to paint, so the cost of painting is going higher.
Accessibility
If the building has hard places to reach, that makes it harder to access, so the cost of painting
will increase.
Prep before painting
before painting If the building has a lot of loose, ton of sanding and paint to scrape and a lot of holes to fill up and a lot of cracks to caulk, it makes the job more expensive
Brush and roll
The best and fastest way of painting is spraying, in any case that is not possible To Spray cost of
brush, and roll will be higher than spraying.
Cost of labor
Cost of labor depends on quality of the painters. the cost of labor for exterior painting is usually 75% of the project. At 2024 the cost of labor is between $20 to $37 per hour.
Quality of the paint
We always recommend to use the latest technology of exterior paint on any exterior paint job
because of the cost ratio of labor and material. It’s well worth it to use the best kind of material.
Exterior Paint sheen
- We recommend satin finish for most exterior jobs. Satin is not too shiny and it dose not reflect
too much light and gets clean With each rain. - French Painting recommendation for exterior painting:
- Always pressure wash before any exterior painting.
- To use the best quality of exterior paint
- Safety, Safety, Safety
- Paint the gutters to cover the old stains
- Warranty Exterior job at least two years
Process of exterior painting:
- exterior painting starts with pressure washing
- repair the rotten wood trim
- prime any bare wood
- putty, and Caulk and paint two coats
Types of exterior painting:
- Painting, stucco
- Painting bricks
- Painting vinyl or aluminum siding
- Painting wooden trims
- Painting shutters
- Painting exterior doors
