Maybe it is a small company that does good work and has pride in the end result, but takes a bit longer to get it done. What does your GC say? I'm assuming that he works with them and recommended them for a reason?

That is a long time. Crews vary in size. When our painting company had a lot of jobs, we got partial crews. Sometimes 2-3 people at the house, sometimes 10. Makes an obvious difference. But overall it was almost 3 weeks for a bit bigger house and some crazy trim...

But what took a while is trim and drywall touchups. The paint crew caulked all trim and used bondo on all nail holes. Fresh drywall needs primer but the nail holes was the real killer. Fill, sand, paint, fill again, paint again....

How long would it take you to do the work yourself?

I ask myself that when I have someone perform work for me; they usually are very reasonable with their answer.

I would rather have the painter say "It will take this long", and be finished in that allotted time, than to have them tell me it will take a week, and it takes 3.5.

Having painted my own house 3 times over (we've lived here 30 years), I can attest to the fact that prep, prime, first coat, second coat, touchup all takes time. If the painter is also doing the trim, I think a month is pretty reasonable.

I hope you are willing to use high quality paint for your new home. Ask the painter what they use in their home. If it's less that $50/gallon, find another painter.

I talked with both the general contractor and the trim carpenter and they seemed to think 3.5 weeks was fairly typical.

While I'm not thrilled about it taking so long, and not super thrilled about the cost (the interior quote came out around $15k), they did good work on the exterior, so I guess it will all be worth it. We are nearing the end of the project and it has been a slog, so I am aware that I am probably less patient now than I was when we started the whole thing.

Thanks all for your input.

I'd let them take twice as long for that price. Given all the work and multiple coats that go into painting a new house, you can feel good that at least the price is reasonable and they do good work.

So our painter fully rushed our job and it has been an insane headache ever since. There are so many things that were not rushed on our build and are great but they are behind the walls. The paint is so visible and stands out big time. If you like your painter and trust him just let it go. It will be worth it.

My biggest regret in this build was not calling out the crap painting from the beginning. We've been here two years in October and the painter came back this week for more deficiency work and will be back again in the fall.