Painter wants to charge by the hour?

[Lawrence Henkel III]

Hello, This is on my primary residence that I'm getting ready to put on the market in the spring. So I used this guy to paint my garage over the summer and he was great. Did what he said he would communicated great and it looks great and I'm very happy with the results. I asked him for an estimate because we need the whole interior painted. The house is 2 bed / 1 bath 900sf. SFR "So it's too tuff for me to actually come up with a firm number. There is just too much repair work, so it's hard for me put a price on it. What I want to do is give you an estimated price, and I'll charge you by the hour @$30 per hour So I'll go room by room and price it out this way for you. OK let's start with the living room, (room size 17 x 17) With the ceiling repairs, and caulking the crown, then painting the ceiling with 1 coat of flat ceiling paint. Caulk trim and paint trim with 2 coats on base and 1 coat on door frames and windows, with Satin trim paint, then repair walls and paint with 2 coats of Matte finish. -Living room ceiling 4-6 hours 2 gallons $50 -trim 6-8 hours 1 gallon $50 -walls 8-12 hours 2 gallons $80 Living Room 18-26 hours ($540-$780) and under $200 in materials -Office including ceiling repair, caulking trim and wall reapir. (Room size 12 x 12) -Ceiling 2-3 hours 1 gallon $25 -trim 2-3 hours -walls 4-6 hours 2 gallons $80 Office 8-12 hours ($240-$360) $105 in materials I'll just say the Bedroom is about the same as the office. -Bedroom 8-12 hours ($240-$360) $105 in materials. (Room size 12 x 12) -Bathroom is pretty simple, ( ceiling only 6 x10) 2-4 hours ($60-$120) -Kitchen ( room size 14 x16) -Drop ceiling 6-10 hours 2 gallons $50 -Walls 3-6 hours 1 gallon $40 -cabinets 30-40 hours 2 gallons $100 -kitchen 39-56 hours ($1,170-$1,680) Materials around $200 I'll estimate 75-110 hours ($2,250-$3,300) And materials at around $700 So remember I can do as much or as little repair as you want me to do. I'm pretty confident I can be on the lower end of this estimate too."

[Logan Hicks]

it sounds like hes charging you for multiple coats + time for the paint to dry. Is that the case?

If so, its a fair price.

30/hr is a decent price, plus its painting your entire house. To include cabinets. a drop ceiling, and a kitchen, all of which are nightmares to paint.