Looking for painters in St. Thomas or anywhere in Elgin County? We paint homes from Aylmer to the Port Stanley harbour. Elgin is one of our longest runs from Mississauga, so the smallest project here is typically $1,500. At that price, Fresh Start paints about 400 sq ft of floor, walls only. Above it, the same published rate applies as everywhere we work.
St. Thomas built generously in its railway years. Its older streets hold sturdy brick and frame houses with real trim, wide staircases and plastered rooms. Owners of these houses often ask the same question: what must be done now, and what can wait?
A room-by-room written price answers it. You can paint the hall, stairs and main rooms first, then add bedrooms later at the same rate. Century plaster with many small cracks takes the higher rate, and the price names those rooms.
The city is growing again, and new subdivisions keep spreading at its edges. There, builder walls are sound and a first real colour is the usual job.
Aylmer has a heritage main street near Catfish Creek, ringed by century homes with high baseboards and original doors. Belmont, up in the farmland, is home to many people who commute to London or St. Thomas.
Down at the lake, Port Stanley has grown from a fishing village into a year-round beach town. Its cottages and rentals see sand, sunscreen and humid air. A washable wall finish and a wet-room finish in washrooms are named in your specification.
At this distance, we plan each job as consecutive full days.
Both Elgin towns sit at a similar long distance from our base, so the smallest project is typically $1,500 in each. The rate per sq ft is unchanged. With Fresh Start, $1,500 covers about 400 sq ft, walls only: say a living room and one bedroom. That figure means walls in normal condition at $2.65, before HST. One 11×12 bedroom on its own would come to $785 by the formula, so the $1,500 minimum would apply. Grouping rooms gets the most from it. Doors and extras count toward it, so they cut into that area. Your exact address decides.
Port Stanley, Belmont, Dutton, West Lorne or Port Burwell: send the address, and we confirm its minimum in our first reply.
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.
Picture a St. Thomas century home where the owners start downstairs. The front hall, living room and dining room total 620 sq ft of floor. Full Refresh covers the walls and ceilings in those rooms. With plaster in normal condition, the price is $2,594 before HST. If all three rooms need extra filling and sanding, the top of the range gives $2,854. Either way it passes the $1,500 minimum, so the formula sets the price.
HST 13% $337 · with HST $2,931 · 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 paint across the city and the county around it: the railway streets, the farm townships and the lakeside villages. A Rodney farmhouse and a St. Thomas semi are priced on the same rate card. Only the smallest project depends on the address.
Next door, see interior painting in London, Oxford County and Norfolk County. Our main interior painting page lists the full packages.
Your price per sq ft is the same in every town. Only the smallest project changes, and your written price shows what it covers.
Elgin is one of our longest drives, and setup and cleanup cost nearly the same for one room as for a floor. The rate per sq ft stays the same; only the smallest project rises. At $1,500, Fresh Start covers about 400 sq ft of floor, walls only.
Most owners start with the rooms everyone sees: entry, stairs and main living spaces. Pick the whole-house colours once, so later phases match. Each phase gets its own written price at the same rate.
The quiet months suit most owners, once guests are gone and the building is heated. Tell us your opening date, and the room order and work days go into your written specification.
Usually not. Most Aylmer homes can be priced from good photos and room sizes. If a visit is needed, it is free anywhere we work, Signature Finish included, with no obligation to book.
No. The rate is the same everywhere we work, and there is no separate charge for the drive. Only the smallest project changes, and your written price shows what it covers.
By then, you have your specification, price and warranty terms in writing.
