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Exterior paint costs in Louisville

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Louisville

What it usually costs

  • Repaint the whole house$1.40 – $4.66 per sq ft
  • Paint just the trim and shutters$1.40 – $5.59 per sq ft

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

Exterior paint in Louisville

Just over half the housing in the Louisville metro was built before 1980, and more than a tenth date to 1939 or earlier. That age shapes a lot of exterior paint jobs here.

An old house usually wears many coats, and the bottom ones may contain lead. Federal rules say anyone paid to disturb paint in a home built before 1978 must be certified in lead-safe work practices. On wood clapboard, window trim and porch columns, the scraping and sanding are where a repaint gets slow. That's why a peeling old house can price out as a heavy-prep job even when the walls look small.

Winter keeps the peeling going. On about 13 days a year the high never climbs above freezing, and more than 70 nights drop to 32°F or below. Water that soaks into old wood and then freezes pushes paint off from behind, a little more each cold snap.

On one of the metro's pre-1940 houses, plan on the scraping and priming taking longer than the color coats. That's the part of the job the age of the house decides.

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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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