How much does it cost to paint the inside of a house in South Florida?
Interior painting in South Florida is priced by the surface painted: wall area, ceiling area and linear feet of trim. A complete repaint of an occupied single-family house — 3,500 square feet of wall, 2,000 of ceiling, 600 feet of trim, doors and baseboards, a closet room, drywall repairs and daily cleanup — cost $14,178, which is $2.57 per square foot of painted surface. Across 83 interior painting jobs Atrium completed since 2021, the median contract was $4,500 and half fell between $2,000 and $7,432.
Typical project range: $2,000 – $7,432 the middle half of 83 interior painting jobs completed since 2021; a complete whole-house repaint was $14,178.
One whole house, itemized
A complete interior repaint of an occupied single-family house, priced and delivered by Atrium.
| Line | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Protection, furniture handling and daily cleanup | 1 |
| Drywall repairs and prep sanding | 1 |
| Pocket-door and cased-opening trim | 1 |
| Walls, two coats | 3,500 ft² |
| Ceilings, two coats | 2,000 ft² |
| Trim, doors, jambs and baseboards | 600 linear ft |
| Closet room | 1 |
| Total | $14,178 — $2.57 per ft² of painted surface |
What 83 completed jobs cost
From Atrium’s own job records, 2021 through August 2026.
| Contract value | Jobs | What sits in this band |
|---|---|---|
| Under $3,000 | 31 | One to three rooms, ceilings, touch-ups after repairs |
| $3,000 – $5,000 | 13 | Several rooms, or a small whole house |
| $5,000 – $8,000 | 21 | Whole house or condominium unit, walls and ceilings |
| $8,000 – $12,000 | 10 | Whole house including trim, doors and closets |
| Over $12,000 | 8 | Large houses, cabinet refinishing, common areas |
Median $4,500; middle half $2,000 to $7,432.
What moves the number
| What varies | Effect | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Wall and ceiling area | Proportional | Two coats on every square foot |
| Trim, doors and baseboards | Large | Hand-brushed enamel; doors on both faces |
| Ceiling height | Above 10 ft, more | Ladders, planking and hand cut-in replace spraying on stairwells and volume ceilings |
| Drywall condition | Small to moderate | Nail pops and patches are one line; whole-wall skim coating is separate |
| Occupied vs. empty | Moderate | Furniture protection, room-by-room sequencing, daily cleanup |
| Color changes | Small | Dark to light, or several colors, adds a coat or extra cut-in |
| Closets and garage | Per item | Priced as their own lines, so they can be left out |
The materials
| Surface | Product |
|---|---|
| Walls | Sherwin-Williams SuperPaint Interior Acrylic Latex, two coats |
| Trim, doors, cabinets | Sherwin-Williams ProClassic waterbased acrylic-alkyd |
| Ceilings | Sherwin-Williams Interior Latex Flat, ceiling white |
| New drywall | Sherwin-Williams PVA Drywall Primer |
| Stains and patches | Sherwin-Williams Multi-Purpose Latex Primer |
Gallons are listed on the proposal by product, so the quantity can be checked against the area.
What is not in an interior painting price
Wallpaper removal, whole-wall skim coating, popcorn removal unless it is a line on the proposal, flooring, cabinetry, countertops, plumbing, electrical, anything structural, lead or asbestos testing, and any surface not specifically listed.
Sources
- Atrium estimate records — occupied whole-house interior repaint, 3,500 ft² wall, 2,000 ft² ceiling, 600 LF trim, $14,178
- Atrium job records, Buildertrend, 2021 – August 2026 — 83 interior painting jobs with a recorded contract value
Related questions
- How much does it cost to paint one room?
- Jobs under $3,000 in the records — 31 of the 83 — were one to three rooms, ceilings, or touch-ups after repairs. A single bedroom is at the bottom of that band. The price is the room's wall area at two coats, the ceiling if it is being done, and the trim by the foot, plus protection and cleanup, which cost about the same whether one room is painted or four.
- How much does a whole house cost?
- The itemized reference job — a whole occupied house, walls, ceilings, trim, doors, closets, repairs — was $14,178. Jobs between $5,000 and $8,000 in the records were whole houses or condominium units done walls-and-ceilings only; $8,000 to $12,000 added trim, doors and closets. The difference between those bands is almost entirely the trim: 600 linear feet of baseboard, casing and doors is slow, hand-brushed work.
- Why is trim so much of the price?
- Trim is sanded, deglossed, caulked, filled, primed and given two coats of enamel by brush, and doors are done on both faces plus the jamb. Walls are rolled or sprayed at hundreds of square feet an hour. A house with crown molding, six-panel doors and wainscot can carry as much labor in its woodwork as in its walls.
- Does the price include moving furniture?
- Furniture is covered and shifted room by room as part of the protection line. Packing and moving personal belongings out of rooms and closets is not painting work; on the reference job it was priced separately by the hour so the customer could choose to do it themselves.
- Do you need to prime?
- Only where it is needed: PVA primer on new or bare drywall, multi-purpose primer on water stains and patched areas, and a bonding primer on trim being converted from oil to waterbased enamel. Over sound painted walls, SuperPaint is a paint-and-primer product and goes on in two coats.