Interior Painting Vancouver | Renaissance Painting

Interior Painting, By The Numbers

You're busy. Here is what actually matters, from our own job records - not marketing copy.

On site2 painters · ~4 daysfor the typical project below

Typical investment$6,800most land $2,500-$11,600, before GST

ProductsBM Regal / SW epoxy in wet roomsBM Advance waterborne alkyd on trim & doors

Warranty2 yearsworkmanship, from completion

What your crew actually does

Walk-through with the crew leader before work starts; a staging plan so your home stays livable room by room.
Patch and prepare walls; skim-coat failed drywall tape; repair ceiling and wall cracks properly - not just paint over them.
Caulk crown moulding and casings; fill and sand; texture-blend ceiling patches.
Two coats, brushed and rolled. Trim and doors in Benjamin Moore Advance for a furniture-hard finish.
Kitchens and bathrooms get dedicated kitchen & bath paint - moisture and mildew resistance regular wall paint doesn't have.
Daily rough cleanup, full vacuum and cleanup at completion; walkthrough at 39 inches under normal light (PDCA standard).

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Why cheap interior quotes cost more

A low quote almost always means one coat over unprepared walls. Every crack, nail pop, and tape seam telegraphs through within a year - then you pay twice: once for the cheap job, once for the repair and repaint. Our quotes itemize prep line by line so you can compare what's actually included, not just the bottom number.

What we'll tell you up front

Touch-up paint on aged walls will read differently - we'll tell you where touch-ups won't work and the whole wall needs repainting.
Doors take a couple of days: both faces and edges, with fans to speed drying.
Exact popcorn-texture matching on patches is not guaranteed - blending is best-match.
Partial repaints exclude the rest of the house; the line between them is written into the quote.

These lines come straight from our written estimates. Contractors who don't say them up front bill you for them later.

What We Run Into In Vancouver Interiors

Most of our interior work is in Kitsilano, West Point Grey, Mount Pleasant, Dunbar and Kerrisdale houses built between 1910 and 1950, plus condos downtown and in the West End. Those two kinds of homes fail in different ways, and the prep is different.

Character houses. Trim and doors were painted in oil for decades. New latex over old oil peels in sheets, so we scuff-sand, bond-prime and finish in a waterborne alkyd (Benjamin Moore Advance) that cures hard like the original. Ceilings usually have cracked plaster or failed drywall tape: we skim and sand rather than paint over it, because paint over a moving crack opens again by spring.

Textured ceilings. Anything textured before 1990 gets tested for asbestos before we touch it. A negative test means remove, skim, sand, prime with drywall sealer, two coats of flat. No test, no removal.

Condos. Elevator bookings, strata work hours and neighbours on both sides of the wall. We schedule around them and keep the suite livable: bedrooms first, living space last.

Wet rooms. Ceilings over showers get a stain-blocking primer before paint; kitchens and bathrooms get a washable finish, not standard wall paint.

Modern living room with red sofa, hardwood floors, white walls, and vaulted ceiling with exposed beams and skylight.

Recent Work

Freshly painted nursery bedroom with crib and rocking chair in a Vancouver, BC character home by Renaissance Painting

Finished living room with freshly painted walls, windows, and wainscoting in a Vancouver home.

Freshly painted white brick fireplace and mantel in a Vancouver, BC living room

Living room with a custom textured accent wall and freshly painted trim and ceiling in a Vancouver, BC home

Freshly painted condo hallway in Vancouver, BC with charcoal grey wainscoting and warm taupe upper walls, crown moulding, and wall sconce lighting.

Renaissance Painting crew member rolling ceiling trim during an interior repaint in Vancouver, BC

A painter rolls Benjamin Moore paint onto an interior wall during a Vancouver, BC condo repaint.

Living room window and trim masked with plastic sheeting during an interior painting project by Renaissance Painting in Vancouver, BC.

Painter cutting in door trim with a brush during an interior repaint in Vancouver, BC.

From Our Job Files

Three recent interior projects, described the way they were scoped. Names and addresses stay private.

Kitsilano character house, 2025Entry, stairwell, second floorAll ceilings, walls and trim, two coats. Two front windows rebuilt with wood epoxy, sanded, primed, painted. Scaffold set in the stairwell; new drywall and vapour barrier installed where it was missing.

Family home, top floor, 2025Textured ceilings removedEvery ceiling except the stairwell taken back to smooth, sanded, primed, two coats flat. Door casings replaced with owner-supplied trim, caulked and filled before painting.

Burnaby high-rise condo, 2025Painting plus carpentry, one crewCeilings made smooth and crack-free, walls and trim two coats, laminate replaced with vinyl plank, new baseboards, five new doors with hardware, window stools refitted.

What the typical job looks like2 painters, about 4 daysCeilings, walls and trim in a few rooms or one floor; walls in Benjamin Moore Regal or a Sherwin-Williams washable matte, trim in Advance.

What can change the price after the quote

The quote is a fixed written price for the scope we walked through. It moves only if the scope moves, and we tell you before it does.
Colour: we assume two coats cover. Going from a deep blue, green or red to white can take three or four, and that is extra. Tell us the colours before we quote and the number is final.
Repairs we could not see: water damage behind furniture, loose plaster under wallpaper, tape failure that only shows once the old sheen is gone.
Textured ceilings that test positive for asbestos change the job entirely; abatement is a separate trade.
Wallpaper removal is quoted by the hour when we cannot tell how it was hung; some peels in strips, some comes off in postage stamps.
Added rooms, a fireplace, a powder room, or a colour change after a wall is finished - added at the same rates as the original quote.

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What It Really Costs

Honest numbers from our own records - not industry averages.

Scope	Typical price	Most projects land between
Interior painting - typical project	$6,800	$2,500 - $11,600
Small jobs (single room, touch-ups)	from $600	$600 - $2,500
Whole-home / heritage interiors	$12,000+	up to $139,000

Based on 317 written Renaissance estimates and 794 completed projects as of 20 August 2026. Prices exclude GST. Includes premium Benjamin Moore / Sherwin-Williams paint and repairs done first. Popular add-ons: popcorn ceiling removal, third coat on walls, new moulding, fireplace repaint.

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*Prices are averages and may change depending on the size of the interior painting project, your choice of finishes, and the current state that your space is in. You'll receive an exact quote for your unique interior painting project after the in-home consultation.

Interior Painting Questions We Get Every Week

Short answers from the crew.

Which paints do you use inside?

Walls: Benjamin Moore Regal Select or Sherwin-Williams Duration Home, usually matte or eggshell. Trim, doors and cabinets: Benjamin Moore Advance. Ceilings: flat ceiling paint over a drywall primer-sealer where we have skimmed. Wet rooms: Sherwin-Williams Pro Industrial pre-catalyzed epoxy where a client wants a scrubbable, moisture-proof wall. The whites that come up most in our files are Chantilly Lace, Cloud White and Dove White.

Do I have to move out?

No. We stage the work room by room and keep bedrooms and the kitchen usable. Low-odour products are standard; the smell is gone by the next morning in most rooms.

How long will it take?

The typical project in our records is two painters for about four days. A single room is a day; a whole house with ceiling repairs runs two to three weeks.

What is included in the price?

Prep, repairs we can see at the walk-through, two coats, daily cleanup, a final walkthrough at 39 inches under normal light (the PDCA standard), and a two-year workmanship warranty from completion.

How do payments work?

One third on acceptance, one third at the halfway point, the balance on completion. Estimates are valid for 30 days.

How fast do you get back to me?

During the working day the goal is an answer, or at least a confirmation we have your message, within 30 minutes. Once work starts you talk to the crew leader on site.

Who wrote this. The Renaissance crew, from our own job files. Owner Eric Goodwill is a Red Seal Painter and Decorator and has run the company since 1992. More about Eric

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