Living room painting costs

Do you also enjoy plopping down on the sofa in the evening and making the living room cosy by lighting candles and the fireplace? The consequences of this cosiness do make you have to paint your living room every few years. When you have your living room painted by a painter, the costs need not be high. Curious about the average prices for living room painting and looking for the best options? Then read on.

Prices living room painting

Painting your living room not only gives your living room a nice look, but it also protects your walls. Think of wooden beams in your living room or the radiators that will remain protected by a lick of paint. When looking for a painter to paint your living room, you should think about costs for painting, labour, materials and VAT. Below is a price indication of living room painting work.

Painting work is subject to the reduced VAT rate of 9% instead of 21%, which is a good thing.

Price examples

The price table shows you an overview of the average prices for having your living room painted.
In order to clarify the costs of living room painting, some examples are shown below.

Most commonly chosen painting work
The most common and the cheapest painting work is when you have your walls spray painted instead of living room painting. There is more information on wall spraying below. If you have a 60 m2 wall sprayed, you will come out at about £470. If you have a wall of the same surface area in the living room painted, you come out at about £1,000. Spraying the walls is cheaper because the work is done faster and it takes less paint.

Greater project
If you live in a terraced house and you are looking for a house painter to paint the walls and ceiling in your living room, the average price will be £1,700.

Detailed project
If you choose to paint only the frames, doors and windows of your living room, the average cost is between £800 and £3,000. These costs include labour, materials and VAT. The difference between a window and frame is that a window is the movable part of the frame.

Pricing breakdown painting

Pricing determined by the following choices

When you get your living room painted, the price is determined by the following factors.

Choice 1: Painting the living room with latex paint

There are several ways you can get your living room painted. There are two different ways to paint your living room. The first way is to have your living room painted with a brush and roller, while the second way is to have your living room spray painted. Both ways give beautiful results. So it depends on your wishes which technique you choose.

If you choose to have your living room painted, latex paint is often chosen. Latex paint is relatively cheap, is a water-based paint and it is available in any colour. Many people leave this job to a painting company because it is a craft. Masking seems very easy but this has to be done in a very structured way. You should also avoid getting streaks on the walls. A painter will ensure that your living room has an even result after painting.

Choice 2: Spray paint the living room

As you have already read above, besides painting the living room, it is also an option to have your living room sprayed. By spraying the walls and ceilings, you will get a smoother, more even result and you won’t get weird textures. By hiring a painter, you can be sure that this job will be done properly. After all, handling a sprayer is difficult and masking is also very important.

Choice 3: Type of paint

To achieve a nice result it is important to use the right type of paint when painting the living room.
First of all, the painter will use his own paint anyway, the painter has knowledge of this and so the painter knows for sure that the result will be good. However, the painter will discuss these types of paint with the consumer.
If you do some things yourself or certain parts such as the staircase, take a look at the following guideline prices for the various types of paint.

Choice 4: Additional options

It is important to have your living room painted within a certain time frame (about every 7 years). To keep your living room beautiful and cosy, it is an idea to take out a painting maintenance contract with the painter. This maintenance contract ensures that the painter will keep your living room spick and span. There are often maintenance contracts of 5, 10 or 15 years. With this, the painter will come by every year to check if they need to paint the living room and touch up where necessary. About every 3 years, the painter will do a thorough job on everything again. You agree a fixed amount with the house painter. The costs for a 10-year subscription are on average between £5,000 – £6,000. So this will cost you about £45 per month.
Want more price information on maintenance? Then read the article: Painting maintenance contract.