West Cleveland painting/ sheet wall cost estimates

[Caleb Heimsoth]

Hey everyone, I wanted to post and see if anyone who’s more experienced than myself can help me understand rough estimates for painting, drywall repairs and cleaning costs for a rental on the west side of Cleveland. To give some general information, there’s some dry wall cracks, painting of the entire interior which is 850 square feet and deep cleaning of the entire interior since the former tenants left behind a fair amount of food and broken furniture. Also dry locking the basement. I’ve got a general idea of what I think painting and cleaning would cost but I wanted to see if it was in line with reality. Thanks, Caleb

[Don Petrasek]

@Caleb Heimsoth  as Bob noted, there are people who will paint for $175/day but availability might be a big issue and it also depends on what quality you're looking for (e g does it matter to you that the old paint bleeds thru in a couple of spots)

if you figure around $1.05-$1.10/sq ft (of wall space, not just floor space) that will put you on the low end of retail, will give you a decent quality job but won't include wall repair or baseboards/trim

dry locking the basement should be around the same price but that stuff has a pretty overwhelming odor so you might get contractors saying they either don't do it or want a premium....get yourself a quart and open it up if you don't know what I mean....

I've got a painter and other contractor referrals.....most will work anywhere on the west side.  PM me if you need names.  overall I think you are looking at closer to $2k for the work you mentioned.