When doing custom homes, you charge to paint the whole house with one color for trim, one for ceiling and one for walls.

Every other stuff done in a different color is charge extra.

What's your location?

 

I usually put in my contract at least $100. For added colors per color/ room . Accent and trim color changes would be a lot more .

 

We charge $150 per added color

 

We specify added charges per additional color or per additional product. That was an expensive lesson. "Hey, they're all the same color!"

 

You have to figure there is at LEAST an extra hour of labor for each color change in that you have to clean equipment and potentially spend time at a paint store to get paint mixed. Plus potential travel time to pick up paint and extra rollers.

 

I would be hesitant to give the builder a flat rate for charges related to additional colors, unless you really wanna take the time to break-down the list of variables which affect the extra time projected and give him figures for each scenario.

If not, say you give the builder a flat rate charge after seeing the job...8'walls, only trim to cut around is base, windows & doors. You do the work and the $100 covered the extra color change, no prob.

Next house you do has 10' walls, crown, chair, and picture molding. You do the work for the predetermined $100 additional color fee and you lose your shirt.

When a builder or owner insists on having some sort of figure ahead of time for potential color additions, I go by % up charges, which seem to most accurately cover my costs involved.

 

I would be hesitant to give the builder a flat rate for charges related to additional colors, unless you really wanna take the time to break-down the list of variables which affect the extra time projected and give him figures for each scenario. If not, say you give the builder a flat rate charge after seeing the job...8'walls, only trim to cut around is base, windows & doors. You do the work and the $100 covered the extra color change, no prob. Next house you do has 10' walls, crown, chair, and picture molding. You do the work for the predetermined $100 additional color fee and you lose your shirt. When a builder or owner insists on having some sort of figure ahead of time for potential color additions, I go by % up charges, which seem to most accurately cover my costs involved.

I agree, in my "biggest job of 2014" thread, in the photos forum, all base and casing were to match the various wall colors, there were two different door colors, four different window colors, four different casework colors, plus several different wall and ceiling colors/sheen. The amount of colors added thousands of $$ to the scope. Every custom job is different. That job went over 50% above my original one color price. There were a few other changes, but the multi-colors were the vast majority.