03 / Pricing
How I charge
By the hour, published on this page, so you can work out roughly what a job costs before you text me.
$140
First hour, all in
The $40 service call plus the first hour at $100.
$100
Every hour after
$25 a quarter hour. Billed in 15 minute blocks, not rounded up.
$450
A room repainted
Walls only, eight foot room. Ceiling and trim extra. Flat price, not hourly.
- Hourly rate$100
- Service call, one timeCovers the drive out and a truck stocked with the screws, anchors and caulk most jobs need.$40
- First hour, all inThe $40 service call plus the first hour at $100.$140
- After the first hourBilled in 15 minute blocks, not rounded up to the next full hour.$25 a quarter hour
- Beyond 20 road miles from MagnoliaMeasured by road, not as the crow flies. Shown on every town page.+$45
- Room repainted, walls only, eight foot room$450
- Ceiling added+$150
- Trim and doors added+$150
Materials are billed at cost. I show you the receipt. I don't mark them up.
Make a list before I arrive. An hour holds more than you think.
Why there is a service call fee
The $40 covers the drive out and my truck stocked with the screws, anchors and caulk most jobs need. Charged once per visit, not per job.
Why I bill in quarter hours
After the first hour I bill in 15 minute increments rather than rounding up to the next full hour. Seventy minutes bills as an hour and a quarter.
Paying
Cash, check or card. I take contactless cards, Apple Pay and digital wallets straight off my phone before I leave, so nobody is chasing an invoice a week later.
Materials
Billed at cost, with the receipt handed to you. I do not mark them up. If you would rather buy the parts yourself, that is completely fine.
If I cannot do it
I tell you on arrival, not after an hour on the clock. If the whole visit turns out to be work I do not take on, there is no charge and I will tell you who to call.
Founding customers
20 percent off the first 10 jobs
The business is new. The first 10 jobs are discounted to get it moving. Nothing to sign up for.
Tap it and you get a code. Quote it when you book and the 20 percent comes off the labor. What that covers is listed below.
What the discount covers
- 20 percent comes off the labor: the hourly time, or the flat price if it is a room being painted.
- Materials, the $40 service call and the travel charge past 20 road miles are not discounted. A one hour visit is $120 instead of $140.
- It applies to the first 10 jobs booked under it. After that it stops.
- One per job. It does not combine with any other offer.
- Ask for it when you book. The discount is agreed then, not worked out afterwards.