Painting Cost Calculator

Interior painting labor at Handyman Gold Hands is $1.20 per square foot of painted surface (walls, and ceilings if you include them). Paint and materials are not included. A 12 × 12 ft bedroom with 8 ft ceilings has about 349 sq ft of wall after the door and window, so the labor is about $418.80.

Exterior painting labor is $1.50 per square foot of wall surface, labor only. Measure the perimeter of the house and multiply by the wall height, or enter the footprint and number of stories in the calculator, then subtract doors and windows.

The calculator uses the same two rates for Miami, Tampa and every other city we serve: $1.20 per sq ft for interiors and $1.50 per sq ft for exteriors, labor only, no sales tax. The dispatcher confirms the final price for your home before any work starts. See painting in Miami and painting in Tampa.

No. The per-square-foot price is labor only. You can supply the paint, or we pick up the colors you choose; either way you approve the total before we start.

One gallon covers roughly 350–400 sq ft per coat. Multiply your paintable area by the number of coats and divide by that range, then round up. The 12 × 12 bedroom (349 sq ft, 2 coats) needs about 2 gallons; with the ceiling (493 sq ft) about 3. Dark colors, fresh drywall and rough surfaces can take more.

Yes. Every visit is billed at least our 2-hour minimum, 2 × $100 = $200. If a small job such as one accent wall comes out below that in the calculator, the visit costs $200.

It depends on the size, the prep the walls need, the number of coats and drying time between them. A standard bedroom with prep, two coats and clean-up is usually a one-day job; larger rooms, ceilings and exteriors are scheduled after the dispatcher reviews your estimate and photos.

Yes. Open “Choose colors” and pick up to three — walls, trim and an accent — from a curated list of Sherwin-Williams, Benjamin Moore, Behr and PPG colors, searchable by name or code. Your picks are added to the estimate you send us. Colors on screen are approximate, so check a physical sample.

Yes. Online booking sells technician time at $100 per hour with a 2-hour minimum; the calculator converts your estimate to hours and links to Hourly Handyman booking. For a full day the Full Day Handyman at $749 is cheaper than 8 hourly hours. A 5% card processing fee is added only when you pay online; there is no sales tax.