Tips for Finding A Professional House Painter

When you don’t want the hassle of DIY painting and are looking for top-quality results it’s time to find a professional house painter.  There are a ton of benefits from hiring a house painter, however knowing where to look and what painter to choose can become frustrating and confusing.

First steps

First place to begin is on the internet, using your favorite search engine type in your city or local area name followed by ‘painters’ . This is important because you’ll only see relevant painters to your area. Take a look at a few of their websites and take note of pictures of work they’ve done and testimonials.  One thing to remember is that house painter with a website is a sure sign this is a painting company who’s staying on-top of today’s trends and technologies, which typically means the sort of painter that stays on-top of their own their painting knowledge.

Narrowing it down

Some companies only do commercial or industrial work so eliminate those from the prospects.  Once you’ve found 3 or 4 residential painters that have impressed you with their website and work gallery you’re ready contact them for estimates.  Some painters have forms on their website and these are an easy way to contact them for an estimate, others might just have a phone number.

Getting the painting estimate

After you contact the painter they’ll arrange a time to meet you and give your house an estimate.  Painting estimates may be within a similar price range but sometimes an estimate can be very high or low by comparison, this is typically a reflection of the painter’s business practices such as their insurance, what quality of paint they plan on using, how skilled their painters are and how much surface preparation they’ll be doing. Some home owners throw out the lowest estimate and if it’s drastically lower than the other painting estimates I’d suggest this practice as well.

Picking the painter

Painters are still people (ha!) so it’s typical to get along with some better than others and I wouldn’t discount this as a reason for selecting a painting company. You’ll have the painting contractor in your house painting so smooth interaction and clear communication is important. One way to tell how you mix with your painter; make it a point to ask them something and see how you two get along!

Paint that house!