Stratford Victorians, St. Marys stone houses and Listowel family streets, all repainted on one published rate. As painters for Stratford and the rest of Perth County, we price by the floor area you want painted. The smallest project is typically $1,000 in Stratford, about 210 sq ft of floor, walls only. In St. Marys and Listowel it is typically $1,500, about 400 sq ft. Prices are before HST.
Perth County is rich farm country, with two historic towns inside its borders. Stratford and St. Marys govern themselves, apart from the county, but they share its roads and its character.
Stratford's calendar runs on the Festival. From spring to fall, visitors fill the inns, bed-and-breakfasts and spare rooms near the theatres. Many of those buildings are Victorian houses with high ceilings, deep baseboards and panel doors. Their walls are often sound, but the trim has lost its crisp edges under too many coats. Guest rooms need a clean finish, and the quiet months between seasons suit painting best.
St. Marys is known as the Stonetown, after the local limestone in its buildings. Its older homes carry plaster and millwork worth keeping. Listowel, the hub of North Perth, mixes a Victorian brick main street with post-war family homes and new subdivisions. Mitchell, Milverton and the smaller villages add century houses and working farmhouses.
On a farm the brief is practical: kitchens, halls and mudrooms that need washable paint. Some Stratford owners want deep greens or inky blues in a dining room. A strong change like that may need a primer coat first. Your written price shows that coat as its own line.
Perth spans two minimum bands, so the town matters here. Stratford addresses typically start at $1,000. St. Marys and Listowel sit farther from our base and typically start at $1,500. Villages and farms take the band of their exact address, which we confirm in our first reply.
Either way, the minimum is work, not a fee. In Stratford, $1,000 of Fresh Start paints about 210 sq ft of floor, walls only. The $1,500 St. Marys or Listowel minimum reaches about 400 sq ft, walls only. Both figures assume walls in normal condition at the $2.65 rate, before HST. Doors and other extras reduce the area covered. A single guest room may fall under the minimum, so grouping two or three rooms makes better use of 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.
Take the main floor of a Victorian house near downtown Stratford: front hall, living room, dining room and kitchen, 650 sq ft of floor. The owners want walls, ceilings, baseboards and casings, plus five interior doors. Complete Home starts at $970 with 100 sq ft and one door. Another 550 sq ft at $4.10 adds $2,255. Four more doors at $120 add $480. The total is $3,705 before HST, with walls in normal condition. That clears the $1,000 Stratford minimum easily. Rooms that need extra preparation would move toward the $4.70 rate, and only those rooms.
HST 13% $482 · with HST $4,187 · 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 work across the county and in both separated towns. Rates are the same in all of them; only the smallest project changes with the address. Farm addresses are welcome, and most can be priced from photos. Send the address with them, and we confirm whether it falls in the $1,000 or the $1,500 band. Neighbouring pages cover Waterloo Region, Oxford County and London. Everything about the packages is on the main 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.
Yes. Send photos and room sizes with your opening date, and we plan backwards from it. Rooms can be done one or two at a time, so the rest of the house stays in use.
Below the address minimum, you pay the minimum: typically $1,000 in Stratford and $1,500 in St. Marys or Listowel. Those amounts cover about 210 and 400 sq ft of floor with Fresh Start, walls only.
Yes. St. Marys addresses typically start at $1,500, which pays for about 400 sq ft of floor in Fresh Start, walls only. Stone-era homes there often have plaster. Normal prep is included, and larger plaster repair is priced separately, in writing, before work starts.
Sometimes. If two coats will not cover, a primer coat goes on first and appears as its own line in your written price. Nothing is added without your approval.
Usually photos are enough. If a visit helps, it is free anywhere we work, Signature Finish included, and you are under no obligation to book. We carry liability insurance on every job.
By then, you have your specification, price and warranty terms in writing.
