What To Expect On Your Painting Estimate

What to expect when hiring an interior painting company.

When you decide to paint your home the first thought that crosses your mind may be the price.

That may be a consideration but it should not be your first. There will always be a lower priced company and someone willing to do a job cheaper but at what cost? The quality, cheaper products, labor or uninsured painters is a common problem in the painting and construction industry.

The first thing to decide before anyone shows up is what exactly do we want to be painted, what is our timeframe for this work and what do we expect. Without the client knows exactly what they want and expect it will be impossible for any painting contractor to be able to deliver off of a guess.

No two jobs are the same, companies will prepare surfaces differently and the idea of a properly painted surface and the completed project may vary greatly from company to company and client to client. Using the Painting and Decorating Contractors Of America standards is something every client should make sure their contractor is using. These are a list of standards that take the confusion out of how and why things are done or not done.

We receive a lot of calls asking for pricing over the phone, the reason that is sometimes impossible is there are variables to every project that may affect the cost such as.

•  Timeframe: if you need a project done tomorrow and the company is booked out for weeks there may be a fee to rearrange everything to suit your schedule.
• Preparation: The amount of preparation that is needed or requested. 
• Access: Access to the work area and time of day
• Specialty: Any special applications will cost more as it takes trained staff to apply them and they have spent many hours training to do this
• Quality of paint being used can vary from $25 a gallon to $85 a gallon

As you can see no two projects are the same and we love to be able to give solutions and the proper scope of work needed for each project.

We look at each project as a new relationship, it takes the contractor and client working together to make sure it turns out as expected, this takes great communication on both sides throughout the entire process.