From plaster parlours near Yonge and Wellington to nine-foot main floors in Bayview Northeast, Aurora homes need different prep. As Aurora painters with a published rate card, we price each one by the floor area you want painted. The smallest project in town is typically the package start, from $700 for walls, which covers the first 100 sq ft of floor.
Wellington Street is a rough line through Aurora's housing. Around the Yonge and Wellington core and the streets near the GO station, many houses are Victorian or Edwardian. They have high front parlours, plaster on lath, turned spindles and woodwork painted many times over. Rooms are rarely square. In north-facing rooms, the cool light flattens greys, so warmer whites often work better.
North and east of that core, toward Bayview, the streets date from the 1990s onward. Bayview Wellington and Bayview Northeast have sound drywall, nine-foot main floors and open great rooms. Many have a tall wall above the stairs. The first repaint is often the move from builder white to a real palette.
The south and west sit in between. Aurora Highlands and Regency Acres have 1960s and 1970s split-levels and bungalows, often with original oil-painted trim. Toward the Oak Ridges Moraine, larger custom homes have vaulted ceilings and stone or brick feature walls that paint must meet cleanly.
If you live in the home while we work, room order, daily cleanup and working days are agreed in writing before the first drop sheet goes down.
Aurora sits within the distance where our standard minimum applies. So the smallest job here is typically the package start, the same as near our base. That is $700 for Fresh Start, $800 for Full Refresh and $970 for Complete Home, each including the first 100 sq ft of floor.
A single bedroom in Aurora Village can be booked on its own. The rate per sq ft is identical to every other town we serve, with no distance charge. The minimum is checked against your exact address, and the written price shows it.
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.
A family buys a 1998 two-storey in Bayview Wellington with 1,800 sq ft of painted floor. The ceilings and trim are fine, so they choose Fresh Start for the walls. They also want six bedroom and bathroom doors done. With walls in normal condition, it is $700 for the first 100 sq ft. The other 1,700 sq ft are $2.65 each, and the doors are $120 each. That is a subtotal of $5,925 before HST, before any agreed extras. The tall wall over the stairs is one such extra, priced separately in writing.
HST 13% $770 · with HST $6,695 · walls in normal condition
The 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.
Every part of Aurora is covered, from the historic core to the rural lots on the town's edges. Send your address with photos if you are unsure. The rate is the same in each of these areas.
Next door, Newmarket, Richmond Hill and King are on our York Region page. Toronto has its own page, and every package is set out on our interior painting 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.
No. Our base is in Mississauga. The drive does not change the price: the rate per sq ft is the same everywhere, and Aurora addresses typically have no raised minimum.
Between closing and moving in, if you can. Empty rooms let ceilings, walls and trim run in one sequence. If you move in first, we plan it floor by floor, with a bedroom order agreed with you.
Small fills and light sanding come with every package. A wavy wall needs a skim coat to look flat, which is a separate repair. It is priced in writing, and you decide before work begins.
We agree the break points with you first, usually at an outside corner or a bulkhead. Each line is masked, the lighter colour goes on first, and the darker one is cut to it.
Most Aurora homes can be priced from photos and room sizes. If something is unclear, a visit is free and carries no obligation to book. Signature Finish is always priced after a visit.
By then, you have your specification, price and warranty terms in writing.
