FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
Every painting job/project is as unique as people are each different! Personally, I am appalled at how too many so called painters advertise that they will paint- any room for X- dollars! Why, because each job has its own particulars i.e.old heavy bookcases lining the walls, old wallpaper under the paint or overall hours of renovations needed before any real painting can even begin etc. Thereby, I am not a young, naive painter and I know better so I stick with what works best for myself and my customers.
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
Everything begins with a new client contacting us either directly or via a service like Thumb Tack or Home Adviser etc. We then respond to the customer and set up a time to visit them to give them the best painting estimate we can. We do not like to give pricing over the phone as the job particulars are many and one thing is always consistent in painting- and that is that it always takes more time to do a good job then one wants to admit. And this is why our customers appreciate our painting, because we take the time to make sure everything is done correctly.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
Personally, I have a BS in Criminal Law, but I never used that degree. Instead I used my Minor in History and have lived in many countries working in tourism and doing cultural tours (When I could). Yet, when you live in a non-English speaking country often the only real paying work where you can make money is in construction work and in my case this became 'painting' i.e. I lived in Sweden for years and there established my own painting company. Sweden like most European countries still see The Trades and painting as a skilled profession and people still apprentice working up the ranks to become Journeyman level painters. Thereby, I learned a lot about- stains, oil paints, wall papering and interior remodeling. While here in the US if you can paint with water base latex- you are a' painter'! The average American painter still would be a mere young apprentice in Europe!