As a market indication, a painter in the Amsterdam region charges roughly €40 to €60 per hour excluding VAT, with higher rates for specialist work. Oranje Kwast does not work by the hour, but with fixed prices per m² and per item, such as €17 per m² for walls, excluding VAT. You will hear the final price for your home after the free consultation, in a written quote.
If you request quotes in Amsterdam, Zaandam or Haarlem, you will notice that hourly rates vary considerably. As a market indication, a painter's hourly rate is roughly €40 to €60 per hour excluding VAT. That spread is not just down to profit margins. The rate of a qualified painter also covers insurance, training, professional equipment such as spraying machines and ladders, and the hours you never see: preparing quotes, collecting materials and setting up the work area.
In the city there is something else that matters less outside the Randstad: travel time through busy streets and expensive parking. A painter working in an inner-city neighbourhood often builds those costs into the rate or lists them as a separate item on the quote.
Oranje Kwast does not work by the hour, but with fixed prices per square metre and per item. After a walk-through on site you receive a tailored quote, so you know where you stand beforehand. Work whose scope is hard to estimate in advance, such as wood rot repair, where only opening up the wood shows how deep the damage goes, is priced individually after the consultation. For that kind of work, always have a clear agreement on additional work included in the quote.
So never compare hourly rates on their own. A painter with a lower rate who takes twice as long, or who skips a coat, ends up being more expensive. How to unpick that is explained in comparing quotes from painters.
Besides labour, you pay for paint and sundry materials. A premium brand such as Sigma, Sikkens or Wijzonol costs more per litre than DIY-store paint, but it covers better and lasts longer, so you need a painter less often. For exterior work, scaffolding hire or a cherry picker may also appear on the bill. For painting a home that is more than two years old, the reduced VAT rate of 9% usually applies to the labour, while materials fall under 21%. You can read more on the page about VAT on painting work.
If you want an idea per type of job, take a look at the cost of interior painting. There you will find Oranje Kwast's fixed prices alongside market indications.
Instead of an hourly rate, Oranje Kwast works with fixed prices per square metre and per item. All amounts exclude VAT:
The minimum charge per job is €300 excluding VAT. Other exterior woodwork and wood rot repair are priced individually after the consultation. The final price follows the free consultation; the quote form gives you an instant price indication.
An hourly rate on a website says little about your job. That is why our painter comes round himself for a free consultation, inspects the surfaces and discusses which paint is suitable. Within 48 hours of that walk-through you receive a written quote, free and without obligation, setting out exactly what will be done and what it costs. You can already send photos through the quote form, so the conversation is concrete from the start.
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