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Exterior paint costs in Albany

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Albany

What it usually costs

  • Repaint the whole house$2.30 – $4.55 per sq ft
  • Paint just the trim and shutters$1.49 – $5.98 per sq ft

A ballpark, not a quote. Some of these are national averages adjusted for Albany prices, so your job could land outside them.

Exterior paint in Albany

Albany's housing leans prewar: about 42 percent of the city's homes are older than 1940, and nearly 80 percent date from 1979 or earlier. Old clapboard, old trim and many layers of paint are what most repaints here start from, and in the historic neighborhoods, the color you pick has a process behind it.

In Albany's local historic districts, and on city landmarks, a new paint color needs a Certificate of Appropriateness. The good news is that it usually isn't a public hearing. The city's application treats a change of paint color as minor exterior work that the Chief Planning Official can review. Bigger changes, like new construction, demolition or non-historic materials, go to the Historic Resources Commission for a hearing.

The paperwork is specific. The application's painting section asks for the proposed color and the brand for the body, the trim and the sash, and it wants paint chips attached for every color you've picked.

If you're changing colors in a district, settle the scheme early and have the chips in hand before you book the painter. A staff review moves faster when the application is complete.

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Questions homeowners ask

How accurate is a photo estimate?
It’s a ballpark, not a quote. One photo rarely shows the whole house, so a local painter who walks the property will always be more precise. Use our number as the range to expect before you start calling around.
What changes the price of an exterior paint job?
Square footage is the biggest factor, then how much prep the old paint needs — bare wood or peeling paint takes far more work than a clean recoat. Trim, multiple stories, and a color change add to it too.
Do I need to measure my house?
A rough guess at the wall square footage helps a lot, but if you don’t know it, just skip the question and we’ll estimate from your photo.
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What photo works best?
A shot of the front of the house, plus any sides showing wear like peeling or bare spots, gives us the best read.

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