Painting by room Cost Calculator
How much to paint a room in 2026? A standard double bedroom costs £320-500 for walls and ceiling, or £480-750 for a full repaint including woodwork. A hallway, stairs and landing runs £450-950, a whole 3-bed interior £2,500-4,200, and painting the front of a house…
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Every figure in this calculator is the one published in the cost table on our painting by room guide. Pick the option that matches your job and the calculator returns that published range, adjusted for your region - it does not model anything the guide does not already say.
That is deliberate. A calculator whose rates drift from the page it sits under is worse than no calculator, because two numbers on the same site disagree.
What it cannot know: access, the condition of what is already there, and anything structural. Those are what separate three real quotes from each other.
Published painting by room costs (2026)
| Option | Typical 2026 cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1-bed flat / studio | £800–£1,400 | |
| 2-bed flat / mid-terrace | £1,400–£2,400 | |
| 3-bed semi (typical UK home) | £2,500–£4,200 | |
| 4-bed detached | £3,500–£5,800 | |
| 5-bed family / large semi | £4,500–£7,500 | |
| 6+ bed / large detached | £6,000–£12,000 |
These are the figures from our painting by room cost guide.
Painting by room calculator — FAQs
In 2026, painting a standard double bedroom (12-16 m²) costs £220-360 for walls only, £320-500 including the ceiling, and £480-750 for a full repaint with woodwork. A small box room starts at £180-280 walls-only, while a large living room runs £320-520 for walls and up to £700-1,150 for the full job. Prices assume two coats of trade paint and standard prep; heavy prep such as wallpaper stripping or deep filling adds £80-300 per room, and London and the South East add 20-30 percent.
A hallway and landing costs £280-500 for walls only, £420-720 with ceilings, and £650-1,100 for a full repaint in 2026. A tall stairwell adds £380-650 walls-only, or up to £800-1,400 with bannisters and woodwork fully repainted. Most complete hallway-stairs-landing jobs land around £450-950 over 2-3 days. The premium over ordinary rooms is access: stairwell walls need ladder staging or a scaffold tower to paint safely.
A full interior repaint of a 3-bed semi costs £2,500-4,200 in 2026, taking 5-8 days with one to two painters. That includes all rooms, ceilings, woodwork, skirting and internal doors. A lighter-scope refresh can come in around £1,500-3,500. Regionally the whole-UK span runs from about £1,300-3,100 in the cheapest areas to £2,000-4,600 in London. Adding the exterior costs £1,500-3,200 more when done at the same time.
Painting just the front of a house costs £800-1,800 in 2026 - the typical job for terraces and semis, covering the front elevation's masonry or render plus the front woodwork and door. Scaffolding, if upper-storey access is needed, adds £400-900. A full exterior repaint of a 3-bed semi costs £1,800-4,500 including render, fascias, soffits and window frames over 4-7 weather-dependent days.
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