I am new at the quoting part of my business. How do I quote a painting job and still make money?

Experience will help you the more you get into it. Handymen charge about 50 to 60 cents a square foot, homeowner supplying the materials. Pros are double that or more so why not start in the middle and see if it puts food on your table. Once you build a client base you may decide to let that rate creep up if needed.

hi there from my experiences you have several options
a. quote by the hour generally I charge between 40-70 depending on whether its commercail residential what's involved/required etc... weekend/weekday/day or night if it's a house around 45 + paint n materials for each person your safe in this area as your making a good wage plus you can make a bit extra off the other people & you will be sure you won't lose any money.
b. find out the square meterage of the house get a floor plan usually it will have the size at the bottom of the plans right hnad or left hand corner i.e HOuse 300m2 Garage floor 60m2 I generally charge anywhere between 24-28per square metre, this also depends on what's involved how many coats they would like etc etc you will make money from this and pull a decent wage it works for me
c. charge per room I always look at the size and I can figure out the worst case senario of how long it would take to paint. If it's a bedroom walls, ceilings, woodwork I would allow 1 day 2 people and work out what you pay them per day i.e 220 per person which would add to 440 + paint plus materials i.e tape and add 30 % which is what your profit will be that's if your not working on the job if you do you make your wage for the day plus 30% ontop which covers overheads insurance etc... example 440 + 132 = 572 + paint which you can charge at retail to make a bit extra on it too bigger rooms such as lounge living generally take just as long I find the smaller rooms are more fiddly n take just as long so work the rate out roughly being the same as the bedrooms providing that they are not hugely different in size.
well if I can think of anything else I would be glad to help

Cherrie
Steven Andrew Painting Contractors

have a building 30x 70 with 10 ft side walls that needs to be scraped and painted 1 coat with primer/paint together. What's the average price for doing a job of this nature. Just labor costs