Cost to paint a house exterior in Phoenix.

How much does it cost to paint a house exterior ?

Exterior house painting: how much should you expect to pay.

The short answer:

The cost to paint exterior of a single story house in Phoenix on average will be between about $2500 to $4000. That price would include paint, materials and labor.

The long answer:

The cost to paint the exterior of a house in Phoenix, Arizona will vary widely depending on several factors, including the size of the house, the condition of the existing paint, the type of paint used, any necessary repairs or prep work.

How much per square foot does it cost to paint exterior?

Very often homeowners want to get a rough idea over the phone of how much it wood cost to paint their house. Most commonly asked question is: how much do you guys charge per square foot?
The answer is: On average the cost per square foot is between $1.50 to $2.5 for painting exterior of a house.

However, not just the square foot determines the cost to paint a house exterior.
Some other factors include:

Condition of the current paint.

If there is peeling paint, it needs to to be scraped by hand. Most of the time power washer will not remove the paint that is peeling. Or at least will not do it completely and there still will be some paint that needs to be scraped by hand.
If the paint is chalky it needs to be sealed before applying the paint. Chalky surface is the result of the paint job being overdue by a few years.

Repairs.

Very few houses are ready to be painted without any repairs. Most of the time there are hairline cracks that need to be fixed prior to painting. Some exteriors have excessive number of hairline cracks and holes that will take considerable amount of time to repair.

Colors:

Usually people like the trim color to be different from the body of the house, or even more often, multiple colors is a requirement of HOA. Color can be changed only for the outside part of the trim and that is the easiest way to do it. If inside of the trim is same color as body, it can be spray painted without spending extra time. If home owner wants the color change starting from inside of the trim it would take extra time to mask the whole body of the house after it has been painted and dried in order not to get any paint to the surface that has just been painted.

Access to the house.

Some houses have a lot of bushes and trees around, and it takes much more effort to prep and paint the house comparing to the house that has nothing but gravel next to it.

Height of the house.

A two story house will have a higher per square foot cost comparing to the house in the same condition that is one story. As climbing up and down the ladder for both prep work and application of the paint will take more time. The average cost in Phoenix to paint a two story house will start at about $3500 and go up depending on the factors described above.

The conclusion:

As you can see, not only the size of the exterior will determine the cost to paint it. There are other factors at play. The best way to get a price is to have a painting contractor give you in home estimate when you describe exactly how you want the house to be painted and get an estimate in writing. Estimates over the phone only lead to misunderstanding and disappointment.