Looking for painters in Kitchener, Cambridge or Waterloo? We repaint home interiors across the region at one published rate per sq ft of floor. All three cities usually sit at our base minimum, so a single bedroom is welcome. Fresh Start begins at $700 for the first 100 sq ft, before HST. Send photos and get a written price.
Waterloo Region packs three very different cities into one map. Kitchener grew as an industrial town, and the older streets near its downtown are lined with century brick houses. Many still have plaster walls and deep wood trim under layers of old paint.
Waterloo adds two universities, UW and Laurier. Rental houses and newer condos sit right beside family streets there. Cambridge was formed in 1973 from Galt, Preston and Hespeler. Galt keeps its stone buildings along the Grand River, and the old mill-town cores still hold houses from that era.
Around all three cores, subdivisions and infill townhouses keep going up. Those homes are drywall, often still in the builder's flat white. They paint quickly and need little more than filled nail pops and light sanding.
The work follows the housing. One booking might be a plaster hallway in Galt. The next might be a rental bedroom near the campuses, painted in the gap between leases. Another could be the first full repaint of a 2010s Kitchener townhouse. Home offices are common in the tech corridor, and one room is a normal booking here.
Each job gets a written specification that names the rooms, the surfaces and the prep. Plaster that needs real repair is listed as its own item, so the rest of the price stays easy to read.
Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo are close enough to our Mississauga base that no higher minimum typically applies. The smallest job is usually just the package start. Fresh Start begins at $700, Full Refresh at $800 and Complete Home at $970. Each start covers the first 100 sq ft of floor. Every sq ft after that is billed at the published rate, the same rate we use in every town. Nothing is added for the drive.
The minimum is set by the street address, not the town name. Out in Woolwich, Wilmot, Wellesley or North Dumfries, send your address with your photos, and our first reply confirms your minimum.
Residential painting, priced by the size of the rooms. The three standard packages get the same preparation, protection, cleanup and warranty; the difference is which surfaces are included. Signature Finish adds enhanced prep and premium coatings. Move the slider to see the total for your floor area.
Set your painted floor area, pick a package and add your town for a typical minimum. It runs on the same rates as the cards.
Take a two-storey semi-detached house in Kitchener. The rooms being painted add up to 1,100 sq ft of floor. The owners want walls and ceilings, so Full Refresh fits. The $800 start covers the first 100 sq ft. The other 1,000 sq ft at $3.45 add $3,450. With walls in normal condition and no doors added, the total is $4,250 before HST. That is far above the $700 minimum, so the minimum plays no part. If a few rooms need extra prep, only those rooms move toward the $3.95 rate.
HST 13% $552 · with HST $4,802 · walls in normal condition
See this example in the calculatorThe rates are ranges, but your written price is one number. It says which rate applies to each room and why.
You choose the colours and give us the codes. The exact product is named in your specification, so you can look it up before we start.
We use the finished floor area of the rooms we paint. Paint rooms totalling 900 sq ft in a 2,500 sq ft home and the price uses 900.
Doors and extras count toward the total. If that total comes in below the minimum for your address, you pay the minimum, and your written price lists exactly what it covers.
A lived-in home, ceilings up to 8 ft, previously painted drywall in normal condition. Colour changes are included when two coats cover.
Most homes can be priced from photos alone. If something in them is unclear, we ask before we put a number on paper. A written price keeps both sides on the same page.
That can be a fair quote. To compare like for like, check what each one includes: how many coats, whether ceilings are in, what prep is listed, and whether the warranty is in writing.
A price over the phone would be a guess. Photos show the state of your walls, and that decides which rate applies to each room.
Getting set up, protecting the floors and cleaning up take nearly as long for one small room as for a bigger job. The start price covers that, so a small job gets the same care. Every sq ft beyond the start is charged at the published rate.
Start with the walls. Fresh Start paints walls only. Ceilings and trim can follow later as a separate job, priced in writing, though doing them together usually costs less.
We take bookings in all seven municipalities of the region. In the cities that means older brick neighbourhoods and new subdivisions alike. In the townships it means village houses and the farmhouses on the roads between them. The rate card is the same everywhere; only a far rural address can change the smallest project. Next door, see Wellington County, Brant County and Halton Region, or read the full interior painting service page.
Your price per sq ft is the same in every town. Only the smallest project changes, and your written price shows what it covers.
Yes. Cambridge, Waterloo and Kitchener typically sit at our base minimum, so the package start is the smallest job. The rate per sq ft of floor is the same in all three, before HST.
Yes. Send photos, room sizes and the date the unit empties. We reply the same business day, and the written price usually follows in 1–2 business days. Fresh Start, walls only, suits most turnovers.
Plaster in normal shape takes the normal rate. A Galt room full of hairline cracks moves to the top of the range. Loose plaster, skim coating or large cracks are priced as separate items, in writing, and done only after your yes.
No. In Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo the package start is typically the smallest project. A walls-only office with up to 100 sq ft of floor is $700 before HST. A bigger room adds the published rate per sq ft.
Usually there is no need. Clear photos and room sizes price most Waterloo Region homes. If a visit helps, it is free anywhere in the region, Signature Finish included, with no obligation to book.
We carry liability insurance, and every package carries a written 2-year workmanship warranty. The business is owner-run: the person who quotes your job is responsible for it.
By then, you have your specification, price and warranty terms in writing.
