Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Porter Davis and Paint 2Apr 07, 2010 12:45 pm Current status: Busy making the house our home Built PD Francis 29 on our 576m2 block at Reflections in Tarneit Reflections Estate Thread Our Build Thread Re: Porter Davis and Paint 5Apr 07, 2010 1:15 pm Current status: Busy making the house our home Built PD Francis 29 on our 576m2 block at Reflections in Tarneit Reflections Estate Thread Our Build Thread Re: Porter Davis and Paint 9Apr 07, 2010 4:23 pm Blog: http://bluemistkids.blogspot.com "Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, and professionals built the Titanic." Re: Porter Davis and Paint 17Apr 08, 2010 8:23 am Blog: http://bluemistkids.blogspot.com "Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, and professionals built the Titanic." Re: Porter Davis and Paint 19Apr 10, 2010 5:20 am Take this advice When you sign with you're builder ask for the specification they will be using in the contract for painting. This will tell you what paint brand, how many coats, the specific paint of the brand etc. Also typically when you ask for feature walls etc in volume homes you do get socked alittle bit as the painters trying to make alittle extra money on a job the builders already squeezed him on, generally $180 is about right however a professional company will charge single walls at $10 per sq/m. You're specification should allow for the choice of paint colours from a standard pallette. Theres nothing wrong with wattly paints wattly like every other paint manufacturer manufacture different standards of paint quality, problem is most volume builders use a trade line of paints. (lets call them economical) . Re: Porter Davis and Paint 20Apr 10, 2010 5:28 am And to upgrade to a premium paint .....hear alarm bells if your being charged more then appx $500.00, remember you're not buying the entire paint for the home of a better quality, you're just "upgrading", the differance between a trade line and a premium paint is at worst $60 a drum for the painter, and the painters NOT gonna buy more then 10 drums of premium paint, if anything $500 should get u a premium ceiling flat, premium low sheen (wall paint) premium gloss and undercoat aswell etc. When my company were doing volume homes we as standard charged $600.00 + gst (not for cash tax invoice supplied) to upgrade to a premium sealer, premium trim and door undercoats, premium low sheen and premium ceiling flat. in other words all paints where upgraded. and as a company we'd profit maybe $100.00 for upgrading and the cost would come at around $500. we where constantly doing large 6 bedroom homes so...... Remember theres no more labor in using premium paints. Three options 1 Ask the liquidator 2 Find another PD customer and ask the source of their report 3 Pay for new report 3 12345 Thankyou so much 😀 I've decided on White on white for doors and trims, White on white 50% on ceiling and Mt buller for walls. Fingers crossed it will look OK 😀 2 7171 Thank you. That is really helpful. Once we get the place done and passed for OC we can upgrade in the future once we get back on our feet and not paying mortgage and rent. 4 5745 |