Just got quoted $2,400 to paint a 23 by 13 foot living room. The 4 gallons of paint it takes to do the job costs about $110 at Home Depot, or around $160 if you want Sherwin Williams. This is not a particularly skilled job. You went to trade school, not medical school. You own a brush and a roller. Stop ripping people off, contractors.

I made the mistake of posting something on Threads. Lesson learned.

My mom wanted to add a shower to her bathroom so she got a contractor out for a quote. I told her beforehand its gonna be like 20-30k Guy spends 2 hours at the house, probably another few hours at home doing the quote. Comes back at 30k and she's like nope way out of my budget I'm like mom you wasted that guys whole day lol. She says it was a free quote, he offered to come out, she didn't make him do anything Which is kinda fair tbh. He could've just asked on the phone "these usually run 25-30k is that in your budget" and saved himself 5 hours Contractors need to stop giving away free time like this

Sometimes you see a build and just think wow. I’m a builder myself, but these guys are on another level. Hope to be building homes like this one day. Absolutely gorgeous home.