I've got an apartment needing painting what's the going rate I should expect to pay

atst wrote: ↑Thu Jul 04, 2019 9:10 pm I've got an apartment needing painting what's the going rate I should expect to pay

did you get an answer on this off anyone? I also was wondering the cost, it is a long time since I had some done and I think we were charged (as we had the paint) $3 p/sqm if i remember correctly. Anybody shed any light before I get haggling?

Price does not come into the equation if you want a propper paint job where everything is cleaned, sanded, primed and no paint splashed on places that don't need paint.
However if you need someone to cover the old paint with a broom and cheap paint, I guess any tuk-tuk driver will give you a price.

Duncan wrote: ↑Fri Sep 20, 2019 6:49 pm Price does not come into the equation if you want a propper paint job where everything is cleaned, sanded, primed and no paint splashed on places that don't need paint.
However if you need someone to cover the old paint with a broom and cheap paint, I guess any tuk-tuk driver will give you a price.

Duncan I like your way of thinking, also where would you find that tradesman around here. There obviously are some what you and I would call a good brush hand. But "Yes" you must be willing to pay, but that would be fare deal for quality work.
About 3 years ago a friend had a room of about 4x6 meter painted, it consisted of walls (dark colour) and ceiling (white). Price $175 including paint. The job was good with the paintwork, but a little messy here and there with paint splatter on the floor and some to parts that did not need paint. I was interested at the time also, and I didn't mind too much about a little cleaning up after they finished. So I asked my friend if the painters he used were available, he rang them but they were busy for sometime. It's also better if you can see prior work before employing them, or at least good recommendations. I was after the same size room doing, I ended up going to Dulux, they came round to look and measurer up the job, being very professional at this stage to be expected, I was shown colour charts and choice of paints. I was quoted $400. In the end I rejected the work and took it on myself, being that was my trade for over 30 years, but I am glad I had aircon.

Still no idea off cost for tradesmen if there's such a thing, but got couple touk touk driver's $20 for days painting , shit job paint everywhere needed to mop up everywhere they went , the stress and frustration was not worth it better to do it myself but there's the problem why do it yourself when you like to provide work for a local
After few years here I'm starting to feel fuck em I'll do it myself and save the stress which isn't a good thing.

Last paint job for a 1 bed apartment in SHV (earlier this year) was about $250 for the work and we paid for the paint. Just to give you some idea. It took 2-3 days and they cleaned up afterwards.
You can always find cheaper, but they did a good pro job, and we were living there while they worked. Great guys really.

In another place we had painted, we spent 1 month scraping paint off the floors etc.

atst wrote: ↑Sun Sep 22, 2019 6:31 pm Still no idea off cost for tradesmen if there's such a thing, but got couple touk touk driver's $20 for days painting , shit job paint everywhere needed to mop up everywhere they went , the stress and frustration was not worth it better to do it myself but there's the problem why do it yourself when you like to provide work for a local
After few years here I'm starting to feel fuck em I'll do it myself and save the stress which isn't a good thing.

I had mentioned a few posts back, you will get the ball rolling just by email.

Is there any painters that know what there trade is , painters with brushers rollers drip trays and drop sheets.

Most painters would be construction workers, that also do other construction jobs. Cambodian bosses pay those with just basic skills, $5 per day. Those with quite a good knowledge of their job might get up to $10 per day.

If you just employ individuals, there will be many who will tell you they are good at their job, but may not have the skills, may not care about doing a good job, and may have a lot of rest breaks.