Trade scope

Painting in Upstate SC

For builders: this scope, priced and leveled inside your Build Pack. For painting contractors: real plan sets to quote, $150 only when you win.

How do I get painting quotes in Upstate SC?

Your Build Pack prices new-construction painting with the spec in writing: coats, product line, sheens by surface, and who caulks what. Paint bids are famously slippery — the scope sheet makes them solid by naming primer, wall, trim, and exterior systems so every bid covers the same paint on the same surfaces.

What the painting scope sheet covers

  • Interior walls, ceilings, trim, and doors with coats stated
  • Product line and sheen per surface named
  • Primer on new drywall included
  • Caulking scope at trim stated between painter and trim carpenter
  • Exterior paint or stain areas taken off the elevations
  • Color count and accent walls allowed for

Why do painting bids come back so different?

One coat of contractor-grade over primer and two coats of a premium line are different walls in two years. Leveling names the product and the coat count for every bid, and states who caulks the trim, the join where most punch-list paint arguments start.

It is common for painting bids on the same house to differ by a third, with coat count and product line, not labor rate, explaining most of the gap.

That is what bid leveling fixes, and every painting bid in a pack arrives already leveled.

For contractors

Painting work without buying leads

Painting crews price from plan square footages and a stated spec, keep their own rate sheet current with a quarterly check-in, and pay a flat $150 per scope only when a builder signs. The fee is inside the number you approved, never added on top.

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Answers

Painting questions

Typically primer on new drywall, two finish coats on walls, ceilings, and trim, spraying or rolling as appropriate, and caulking at trim joints — but every crew draws lines differently. The pack's painting scope states each of those, so bids compare cleanly.

Most painting bids assume a base scheme of a few colors; every additional color adds cutting-in and setup time. Your scope sheet states the color count the number includes, so a palette decision later is a known change, not a surprise invoice.

It varies by crew, and when both assume the other has it, the gaps literally show. Your pack states the caulking boundary in both the painting and trim scopes so the joint is owned once, priced once, and finished once.

Get painting priced with every other trade.

Send your plans: scope count, exact flat fee, and delivery date confirmed the same day.