Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Painters...are they all much the same?? 6Aug 28, 2008 3:34 pm Timbacare - Save Your Furniture! We can help you revive timber furniture & flooring www.timbacare.com.au Re: Painters...are they all much the same?? 7Aug 28, 2008 6:48 pm Paint jobs vary considerably.
If the paint job is very important to you (and it is for me as well) make sure you get a recommendation from someone you know. We've had some shocking paint jobs done over the years and paid good money for them as well. We can always tell by looking at the woodwork and where the painter has cut in - particularly the corners inside the window reveal and cornice. You can also sometimes see brushmarks and poor coverage (watered down paint or one coat system). I also get cranky if I can see dirt which has stuck to the paint on woodwork grrrr . If they use black in the paint you can tell at night if there is a black ring around the incadescent light. The painter at our current build has not done a fabulous job but it is passable. Everyone has different standards so make sure you see a job they have done before signing on the dotted line . But then I'm fussy about paint ... and floors for some reason . Re: Painters...are they all much the same?? 8Aug 30, 2008 5:41 pm Well, we got the second quote today...they think they can do it in one single day. Is that bad? It's a 2 bedroom medium sized apartment. Just walls. No ceilings, cornices, architraves, skirtings, doors, kitchen or bathrooms to be painted. Just a bit of patching from a crack and some nails/picture hooks.
They say it'd be around $850 all up, including $250 or so for paint. Is this ok? It sounds SO cheap. The other quote we got was $1,700 for the painting (incl. paint) and $360 for patching the crack. The other place we were going through a building company who then utilised a painter...this quote is direct through the painter. (who I was referred to by another building company who said it'd be cheaper to go direct through the painter) Nothing has been mentioned about a contract. Do ALL painters get you to sign something and if they don't, is that really bad? How the hell did I become a senior member!? I know nothing! Ask the council if there is a chance of getting build over easement exemption. Sometimes easements are unused and 24cm is not all that much. Good luck. And yes any builder… 2 15165 This is one of the reasons I decided to go overseas for my double glazed windows. As the builder indicated, he's worked on many upmarket builds, these were the most well… 13 20580 |