How Much Does It Cost to Paint a House in Dublin in 2025?
Realistic pricing guide for house painting in Dublin 2025. Includes room-by-room breakdown, what affects price, and how to get an accurate quote.
Every week we get the same first message: 'roughly, what would it cost to paint our house?' It's a fair question, and a hard one to answer without seeing the place. But after thousands of Dublin quotes, here's an honest 2025 guide to what you should expect to pay — and why two quotes for the same house can be a thousand euro apart and both be reasonable.
Room-by-room interior pricing (2025)
Standard bedroom (walls and ceiling, light prep, one colour): €300–€500. Add €80–€150 if the woodwork (skirting, architrave, door) is being painted too.
Living or dining room: €400–€700. Bigger surface area, usually more prep, often two colours and a feature wall.
Kitchen walls and ceiling (excluding cabinets): €350–€600. Cabinet spraying is a separate job and starts around €900 for a small kitchen.
Hallway, stairs and landing: €600–€1,100. The hardest interior job in any house — high walls, awkward access, lots of cutting in around spindles.
Bathroom: €250–€400 with a proper moisture-resistant paint.
Full three-bed semi interior repaint (walls, ceilings, woodwork, two coats): typically €3,500–€5,500.
Exterior pricing (2025)
Front door repaint: €180–€280 done properly (off the hinges, sanded, primed, two coats).
Render and pebbledash, three-bed semi, full exterior: €2,000–€4,500 depending on prep, scaffolding and number of coats. A detached house with awkward access can be €5,000–€8,000.
Fascias, soffits and gutters (front and back): €450–€900.
Window frames (timber, full prep and repaint): €80–€140 per window.
What actually moves the price
Prep work is the single biggest variable. A house with sound, well-maintained surfaces might need an hour of filling and sanding per room. A house that hasn't been touched in 15 years can need a full day per room before any paint comes out. Honest quotes price this in; cheap quotes skip it and the finish shows within a year.
Paint quality matters more than people think. Trade Dulux Diamond or Little Greene Intelligent Matt cost two to three times what a basic contract emulsion does, but they cover better (often saving a coat) and last years longer. We default to mid-trade products and price accordingly.
Access changes everything outside. A bungalow with grass right up to the walls is a ladder job. A four-storey Georgian with railings out front needs scaffolding, and scaffolding alone can be €800–€2,000 of the quote before any paint is bought.
Colour changes — particularly going from a dark colour to a light one, or vice versa — often need an extra coat. Two coats become three. Factor 25–35% extra time.
What should be in a proper quote
A written quote that itemises labour, materials and prep separately. Specific paint brands and finishes named (not just 'two coats of emulsion'). Number of coats specified. Surfaces included and excluded listed. Start date, expected duration and payment terms. Public liability insurance details. A clear price for change-of-scope work if you decide to add a room mid-job.
Red flags to walk away from
Cash-only with no written quote. A price that's 40% below everyone else (almost always one coat, no prep, and they'll be unreachable when it fails). No insurance details. No fixed address or VAT number. Pressure to pay a large deposit up front — a normal deposit for materials is 20–25%, paid against an invoice, not 50% in cash.
Get an accurate quote
Photos on WhatsApp are usually enough for a ballpark within 10%. For a fixed price we'll come out, measure, and put a written quote in your inbox within 48 hours — no obligation, no pressure. Use the form on our contact page or send a few photos and we'll come back the same day.
