By the Bouwsector België team, 97 in-house tradespeople · reviewed by Geert Jan Hendrik, director · updated
Interior painting means rolling or spraying walls and ceilings and painting window frames, doors, staircases and skirting boards inside the home. At Bouwsector België, 25 in-house painters do this with Sigma paint and fixed prices per m² or per item, such as painting walls for €12.99 per m² excluding VAT. We also do exterior painting, always on request.
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Fixed prices per m² and per item upfront, Sigma paint and a 1 year guarantee on interior painting
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Our painters do all the interior painting. The approach and the price differ per item, and for each item we have a separate page explaining how we work.
Item
How we do it
Price
Walls
Rolling on latex paint or spraying, priming first where necessary
from €12.99 per m²
Ceilings and loft boards
Rolling or spraying
from €13.99 per m²
Window frames and interior doors (wood)
Degreasing, sanding where necessary and painting
from €99.99 (window frames, 5 to 7 metres)
Staircases and balustrades
Sanding and painting
from €599.99 per staircase
Skirting boards
Sanding and painting
from €9.99 per metre
Prices exclude VAT. For renovation work on a home over 10 years old, VAT is usually 6%, otherwise 21%. Prices from our 2026/2027 price list, valid from 1 September 2026.
Most interior painting is about walls. In having walls painted we explain how we do it, when spraying is better and what is included in the price.
Our painters work with Sigma, because we spot cheap paint straight away: in the short term in the coverage, within a few years in the discolouration. For Sigmatex Superlatex Matt, a matt water-based wall paint, Sigma states the following.
What Sigma states
Value
What it means for you
Scrub resistance
Class 1 according to EN 13300, determined after one month of drying
The wall can be wiped clean, but is only at its strongest after that month
Coverage
Coverage class 2
Very good coverage, often enough in one coat when painting white on white
Yield
8 to 10 m² per litre
Depends on the texture of the substrate
Drying time at 23 °C
Dry after about 1 hour, recoatable after about 4 hours
A second coat can go on the same day, if conditions are right
Gloss level
About 1.9 GU, so truly matt
Small irregularities are less noticeable in raking light
Solvent
Solvent-free, less than 1 gram of VOC per litre
Less paint smell in the home
The paint is included in our m² prices, so you do not have to buy anything yourself or work out how much wall paint per m² you need. Which paint suits where depends on the room; we explain the difference between latex and emulsion paint separately. How long you can still smell paint after painting is also answered separately.
What does interior painting cost per m²?
Painting walls costs €12.99 per m² with us for one coat in RAL 9010 or 9016, paint included. Spraying costs €13.99 per m². A second coat or a colour of your choice is charged as a surcharge.
Work
Price
Painting walls (RAL 9010 or 9016, 1 coat)
€12.99 per m²
Priming and painting walls (1 coat)
€18.99 per m²
Surcharge for a 2nd coat on walls
€7.99 per m²
Surcharge for painting walls in a RAL colour of your choice
€1.50 per m²
Spraying walls, paint (1 coat)
€13.99 per m²
Painting ceilings or loft boards (1 coat)
€13.99 per m²
Spraying ceilings or loft boards, paint (1 coat)
€14.99 per m²
Painting an interior door frame (wood)
from €119.99
Painting an interior door (wood)
from €139.99
Discount on painting walls from 250 m² / 400 m²
− €1.00 / − €2.00 per m²
Prices exclude VAT. For renovation work on a home over 10 years old, VAT is usually 6%, otherwise 21%.
What does it cost to have a house painted inside?
Take a home with 180 m² of wall, 70 m² of ceiling, four interior doors with frames and 60 metres of skirting board. All in RAL 9010, one coat.
Item
Quantity
Price
Total
Painting walls
180 m²
€12.99 per m²
€2,338.20
Painting ceilings
70 m²
€13.99 per m²
€979.30
Interior doors and frames, sanding and painting
4 items
from €249.99 per set
from €999.96
Sanding and painting skirting boards
60 metres
€9.99 per metre
€599.40
Total
from €4,916.86
Prices exclude VAT. Paint is included in the price.
If you go over 250 m² of wall, €1.00 per m² comes off the painting price, and above 400 m² €2.00 per m². We usually charge per m² and not per hour: that way you know in advance what a painter costs.
Paint does not make a wall flatter. Holes, seams and irregularities stay visible after painting, and in raking light sometimes even more so than before. In three situations something else is needed first.
The wall is still damp. Fresh plaster or a new-build wall that is still giving off construction moisture makes the paint stain or adhere poorly. Dry first, then prime.
Does the result depend mainly on the paint? No, the difference lies in the substrate and the order of work. A wall that looks even in the evening can suddenly show roller marks and overlaps in low sunlight.
An experienced painter finishes a wall in one go from corner to corner, so that those overlaps do not appear. If that does not happen, you later see streaks on the wall.
Painting a single wall yourself works fine for most people. For a complete home, a tall stairwell or woodwork that needs lacquering, outsourcing mainly saves time and work you do not have to redo.
What happens when you have your home painted inside?
At Bouwsector België, one of our 25 in-house painters does the work, not a subcontractor. They are part of a team of 97 tradespeople. If plastering or wallpapering has to be done first, we plan that ourselves in the right order, so that the painter only starts once the wall is ready.
Step
What happens
1. Phone consultation
Free of charge: which rooms, which items and which colours
2. Quote within 24 hours
Free, based on a price indication: fixed price per m² or per item, with primer, coats and colour itemised
3. Site survey once you agree
We take measurements and inspect the substrate; after that the price is fixed
4. Working day, morning
Masking, covering floors, checking the substrate, priming where necessary
5. Working day, afterwards
Painting or spraying room by room, sanding and lacquering woodwork
6. Handover
We go through the work together. Interior painting carries a 1 year guarantee
Ideally you move large furniture out of the work area yourself beforehand. If a second coat is needed, we allow about 1 day of drying time between coats.
If you mainly want to know how hiring a painter works with us: we have a separate page for that. If the wall first needs to be smooth, we look at which layer of plaster is needed.
We are active throughout Belgium: Flanders, Brussels and Wallonia. We also carry out the site survey at your home anywhere in the country. Argi and Chris have been painting with us for 6 years; they do the covering and masking, so you do not need to arrange that.
Want to talk through your painting job with a project manager first?
Yes. We also paint the outside of window frames, doors and facades, but always on request. The price depends on how long ago the last maintenance was, whether there is wood rot and what condition the substrate is in. That is why exterior painting has no fixed price.
Exterior painting carries a 3 year guarantee, compared with 1 year inside. That difference exists because outside the paint is put under greater strain by the weather. So plan the work in the best period for exterior painting. For a facade or high window frames, scaffolding is sometimes needed. We arrange that; it is hired in externally, and the cost is added.
Painting walls costs €12.99 per m² and painting ceilings €13.99 per m², for one coat in RAL 9010 or 9016 and including Sigma paint. A second coat on walls costs €7.99 per m² extra, a colour of your choice €1.50 per m². Prices exclude VAT; for homes over 10 years old that is usually 6% VAT.
Do you charge per hour or per m²?
Usually per m² or per item: painting walls €12.99 per m², an interior door from €139.99. We only use the hourly rate of €47.50 for stand-alone work outside that. That way you know the total in advance instead of afterwards.
What does it cost to have a whole home painted inside?
In our worked example with 180 m² of wall, 70 m² of ceiling, four interior doors with frames and 60 metres of skirting board, that costs from €4,916.86, in RAL 9010, one coat and including paint. A one-off call-out fee of €99.99 is added. Prices exclude VAT.
How many coats of paint are included in the price?
Our painting prices are for one coat in RAL 9010 or 9016. If a second coat is needed, for example with a dark colour or a big colour change, a surcharge applies. We decide that at the site survey.
How much time is there between two coats of paint?
We allow about 1 day of drying time between coats. According to Sigma, Sigmatex Superlatex Matt can be recoated after about 4 hours at 23 °C, but the temperature and humidity in the room determine how fast it really goes.
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By the Bouwsector België team, 97 in-house tradespeople · reviewed by 
