When hiring Surrey painting services to paint your home’s kitchen, you’ll find numerous painting companies offering a range of services. Kitchen painting is an art that requires proper planning, preparation, a designer’s eye, and experience. The tips below may help you decide on a painting company that’s best for you.
1) Start with a Consultation
Because there are many Surrey painting services companies, you’ll want to be certain that the contractor you choose has the requisite experience, including:
- A solid reputation. Blue Chip Painting has earned the Better Business Bureau “A+” rating and kept it good standing since 2007.
- A workmanship guarantee. Blue Chip’s 5-2-1 guarantee includes paint, labour and materials needed for any repairs covered.
- A home interior painting gallery, including kitchens, that demonstrates the painter’s abilities.
2) Do Your Research
If you do a little homework and know exactly what you want, in the end you’ll be happier. Moreover, you’ll make it easier for a painting company to provide a more accurate estimate that will minimize “surprise” costs for additional painting services that weren’t accounted for when you requested an estimate.
Websites for kitchen painting inspiration:
- Kitchen Color Inspiration Gallery at Sherwin-Williams.
- “30 Bright, Bold and Colorful Kitchens” at HGTV.
- “Kitchen Color Schemes” at Better Homes and Gardens.
- Valspar virtual color painter.
3) When Shopping for Surrey Painting Services Compare Apples to Apples
Once you’ve done your research and know what you want, make a list of all items that need painting (or staining), including walls, ceilings, trim, baseboards, cabinets, plate rails, and ornamental woodwork or finishes. Take pictures of kitchen cabinets and your kitchen and measure the approximate square footage. With this information, a painting services company should be able to provide an estimate. Get several estimates. Remember when you receive quotes, compare apples to apples. There will always be variation between estimate totals from painting company to painting company. The differences are in what “exactly” they will paint, the degree of preparation, the company’s experience, quality of work, and the equipment and paint they use. Remember: you usually get what you pay for, so beware of low quotes that seem out of line with averages. That low painting estimate may mean a shoddy job and dissatisfaction with the results.
4) Ensure Proper Preparation
Some Surrey painters will lowball an estimate to get the job. When the time comes to do the job, they then realize they have no choice but to cut corners to make the job fit the budget. This means they may scrimp on preparation, skipping important steps that can prolong the life of the paint or ensure proper adhesion to the surface being painted. Ensure that the painting company you hire understands proper surface preparation, including: sanding surfaces, priming, and applying numerous coats of paint when necessary.
5) Before the Job is Started Get the Estimate in Writing and Ask About a Guarantee
When you choose a painting company, before you make a payment for work, get the quote in writing. Ensure that the quote stipulates in detail the work the company will perform. Ask the painting company representative if work is guaranteed. Blue Chip Painting always provides a written estimate and we guarantee our work.
Need Kitchen Painting Services in Surrey?
Contact Jeremy at Blue Chip Painting for a free residential painting estimate. Blue Chip Painting has been providing painting services to the Lower Mainland for more than a decade.