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How long does it take to paint a 3 bedroom apartment?

I might be moving into a 3 bedroom apartment and it needs to be completly painted. It has about 1,400 square feet. The bedrooms also need brand new flooring and my family would like carpet in all 3 bedrooms,Hall, living room. About how many days does it take to install carpet in the apartment. And how long to paint the Entire apartment. Its a condo if it helps has balcony and like i said it needs carpet and paint. Thanks in advance

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1. these are just guesses but im if you r an ok painter then it will take about a couple hours to 2 days. and installing the carpet prob bout 1 to 3 days. but those are only guesses. hope i helped!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
2. If you hire a painting company, three guys with a sprayer can paint it in one day. Carpet takes a few hours to install and should be done after the paint job. Note that the kick stretcher they use may mar the baseboards, though, and they may need to be touched up. You might also remove the carpet around the walls first, so the painters can get all the way down to the bottoms of the baseboards. Otherwise, they can only go so far down and an unpainted part of the baseboard might show with the new carpet installed.
3. shouldnt take long if you have help. get a bunch of friends and family to help so you can get it all done in one day. give them incentives like food and im sure theyll do it answer mine please:http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AnTAdsIRQ4q1Kh7KgFrRSKjsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090818104102AAMZxyr
4. 2 weeks if your gonna get carpet in there. (guess) Answer mine please http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqBVOv95qIIky7lwJYzZ9pnsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090818103416AAHlBcN
5. Ive painted a lot of apartments in my time and the one you described would normally take around a week 5 day week that is. The carpets could all be layed in a day its a really quick job to do if done by a Professional in which i recommend.
6. well it depends on how good of a painter you are and how big is ur condo...id say 3 -6 hours for the bathrooms and as for the carpets i'm not sure, 1-2 days perhaps?
7. The way I'd bid this job: To repair the average amount of damage done to apartment drywall (nail holes, gouges from moving furniture, etc) figure an average of 15 min per room. Use a small bucket of drywall mud instead of spackling if you don't want it to crack out when the seasons change. To sand and prime your patches, figure another 15 min each room. To paint, figure 2 hrs per average size ceiling, 4 hrs for 2 coats per average size room (the second coat is always faster). Figure the same amount of time for a bathroom, it's smaller, but there are more things to paint around. Add another 3 hrs per room if you are doing a drastic color change. A high quality blocking primer will cover about 300 sq ft per gal. That's about a bedroom, so if you are painting them different colors, tint each gallon to 90% of the wall color (if the paint store adds 100% of the tint, after you prime the walls, you won't be able to tell where you've painted until it's dry). Do the paint before the carpet and you won't need drop cloths. Use a drywall knife (wide putty knife) and slide it along just under the baseboard to pull the carpet back from the baseboard so you can paint it. Add an extra hour per room if you aren't painting the baseboard -- 2 hrs if you are painting it a different color than the walls. Have a professional do the carpet. It'll look better, last longer, and they can do the whole apartment in a half day. It'll take you a week easily. Touch up the baseboards after they are done. Paint the back of the light switch cover closest to the door with the wall paint so if you ever have to match the paint, you can just take the cover to the store.