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Painting House Cost
When making an estimate for exterior work take
a close look at the condition of the property.
Sometimes the sashes and other woodwork are in
such a state it is not a paint job
but repair work and will take far
longer than the actual painting. It might be
wiser to walk away!!
Pricing painting work does involve a mixture
of intuition and experience which can only
be acquired by actually doing painting work for
a few years.
A painter instinctively knows
how long it takes to do certain
stages of painting, and will base his
estimate on this. Some painters can just
quickly look at a job and will
instantly give a quote. I advise against
this, think the work over for a
while, make sure nothing has been overlooked,
then submit your written estimate.
Theres a painting franchise that states they
decorate a complete house or flat in a
day. At 8.am. a gang of painters
arrive with a lorry load of equipment
and painters. Every room is occupied by
3-4 workers. By 4.am the jobs finished the
whole house gleaming. The workmen clean-up
and leave but the supervisor waits for
the occupants to arrive home. He jumps out
of a cupboard with a beaming smile
he hands them a lovely bunch of flowers.
I think they must be telling porkies!!
Painting House Cost
A painting company may have an abundance
of work with all the men working
full time, many even working weekends, but
the contractor quickly notices looking over the
accounts, they are not making enough money!
The answer is do less jobs but charge a
higher profitable rate for them, even if
it means trimming back the work force.
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