Declan Byrne
Byrne and Son Repairs
Old Town
Painting and decorating
€38 an hour
Walls, ceilings, skirting and doors, done with proper preparation. Decorators quote after seeing the rooms in photos, and most move the furniture and cover the floors.
What is included
What most pros include as standard. Each quote lists exactly what it covers.
What to expect: Paint is usually bought by the decorator at trade price and added to the quote. You choose the colours.
Typical prices
Paint a bedroom
Walls and ceiling, two coats
from €280
Paint a living room
Walls, ceiling and skirting
from €380
Ceilings only
Per room, stains sealed first
from €120
Woodwork and doors
Sanded, primed where needed, eggshell or gloss
from €45 a door
Wallpapering
Old paper stripped, walls lined if needed
from €220 a room
Rates on Handwell run from €32 to €44 an hour. Pros set their own prices; you see each quote before you agree to anything.
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Questions
Anything else, ask the pro in your request.
Either way works. Most decorators buy it at trade price and add it to the quote. If you have a colour in mind, name it in the request.
A bedroom is usually two days: one to prepare and cut in, one for the second coat and woodwork.
Take out small and fragile things. Decorators move and cover the larger furniture themselves.
Describe the job in about two minutes. Free, and no obligation to book.