How Much Does It Cost to Paint a House in Orlando?

(2025 Price Breakdown)

Hey there, neighbor. If you're looking at your home and thinking it’s time for a fresh look, you’ve come to the right place. Here in Orlando, giving your house a new coat of paint is one of the smartest investments you can make. But when you start looking up the cost, things can get confusing fast. You’ll see numbers all over the map, from unbelievably cheap to shockingly expensive.

So, what’s the real story?

We’re the team at Swift360, and for years, we’ve been doing more than just painting houses in the greater Orlando area—we've been solving problems. We’ve seen what the brutal Florida sun and our famous afternoon downpours can do to a home’s exterior. We’ve fixed the work of painters who cut corners. Today, we want to pull back the curtain and give you an honest, no-nonsense guide to what it really costs to paint a house here in 2025.

We can’t say this enough: the paint is only as good as the surface it’s on. A cheap paint job is almost always a result of skimping on prep. A proper prep job, the kind that ensures your paint lasts for years, is intensive.

Here’s what our standard prep process looks like:

• Thorough Pressure Washing: We don’t just rinse your house. We use professional-grade equipment to blast away years of dirt, chalking old paint, and, most importantly, the green and black mildew that loves our Florida humidity. This step is non-negotiable for good paint adhesion.
• Scraping and Sanding: Any paint that’s already peeling or bubbling has to go. We meticulously scrape it off, then "feather sand" the edges to ensure the new coat blends seamlessly and you don’t see any ridges.
• Repairs (The Swift360 Handyman Advantage): This is where most painters stop and make a phone call, but where we shine. As a full-service handyman team, we fix the underlying issues.

1. Stucco Cracks: We see them everywhere in Central Florida. We grind out hairline cracks and fill them with high-grade elastomeric caulking that flexes with your home, preventing water from getting in.
2. Wood Rot: That fascia board or window trim that’s gone soft from the rain? We don’t just paint over it. We cut out the rot, replace it with new, primed wood, and seal it up tight.
3. Caulking: We inspect and replace old, cracked caulk around every window, door, and seam. This is your home’s armor against moisture and our famous Florida insects. We use premium, 40+ year flexible sealant, not cheap painter’s caulk that cracks in a year.

When it comes to the actual paint, we’ve learned the hard way over the years that you truly get what you pay for. That’s why we only work with the good stuff: top-quality, 100% acrylic latex paints. Think of it as putting sunscreen on your house. This kind of paint creates a tough, flexible shield that won’t get chalky and faded after one brutal summer under the Orlando sun.

More importantly, it has the good stuff mixed right in to fight off that green and black gunk that tries to grow on the shady side of every house around here. We’ll walk you through the different sheens, too. Most of the time, we’re recommending a satin finish for the main walls—it has a slight glow, it’s durable, and you can actually clean it.

No two houses are the same. Think about the difference in the work, too. A simple, one-story ranch home? We can get to just about everything safely from a standard ladder. But when you have a two-story home with those high peaks over the garage, that's a whole different ballgame. Now we're talking about massive extension ladders, safety harnesses, and sometimes even setting up scaffolding just to reach certain spots. It naturally takes more time and care to do a job like that right and keep everyone safe.

Other factors include:

• Architectural Complexity: Are there lots of shutters? Intricate trim? A screened-in lanai or pool cage that needs to be worked around and protected? Do you want multiple colors? Every extra detail adds time.
• Surface Type: Painting a stucco home is different from painting wood siding or brick. Each surface requires specific primers and application techniques (like spraying and back-rolling on stucco) to get a perfect, lasting finish.

Look, we get it. The DIY bug bites hard, especially on a sunny Saturday. You think, "How hard can it be?" But painting a whole house in Orlando isn’t like painting a spare bedroom.

First, you realize your little stepladder isn’t going to cut it for those high gables. So, you’re off to rent a 30-foot extension ladder. Then you need a pressure washer that can actually strip mildew, not just tickle it. Add in a good sprayer, quality brushes, rollers, drop cloths… you’re easily spending hundreds of dollars before you’ve even picked a color.

And the time… that "weekend project" suddenly eats up every evening and every weekend for a month. Your yard becomes an obstacle course of cans and ladders, and if you’re in an HOA community, you might just start getting those "friendly" reminder letters. We’ve seen it happen dozens of times.

You’re probably looking at your "tired kitchen" and wondering how to make it look fresh without ending up broke. If the first idea that popped into your head was just to buy a whole new kitchen — well, better get ready for a few months of living on beans from a jar.

Maybe you were moving furniture, the door handle swung too wide, or you just had an unlucky moment during renovation. Or maybe, why not —a game of hallway soccer led to the second Martian crater on your drywall.