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Exterior paint costs in Memphis

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Memphis

What it usually costs

  • Repaint the whole house$1.38 – $4.61 per sq ft
  • Paint just the trim and shutters$1.38 – $5.53 per sq ft

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

Exterior paint in Memphis

Memphis summers are long, hot and sticky, and exterior paint feels all of it. More than 70 days a year reach 90°F or higher.

Humidity slows paint down. Benjamin Moore warns that paint can dry improperly when the humidity is too high, and advises painting when it's as low as you can get it. In July that can mean short working days, with crews waiting out sticky mornings and afternoon storms. Walls under big shade trees stay damp longest and are the first to grow mildew, which has to be washed off and dried before primer.

Lead comes up a lot here, because more than 4 in 10 Memphis-area homes were built before 1980. The metro also crosses into Mississippi, where the state's Department of Environmental Quality runs its own lead-safe certification and keeps a list of certified firms. If your house is in DeSoto County, that's the list to check.

On an older wood house, much of the work is getting failing paint off safely. On a brick ranch from the 1960s or 1970s, the job is mostly the trim, fascia and soffits.

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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.
Is this really free?
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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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