The Importance of Asking Your Cherry Hill NJ Painter for a Detailed Contract
The Importance of Asking Your Cherry Hill NJ Painter for a Detailed Contract
Are you planning to repaint your house in Cherry Hill NJ and don’t know how to choose the best contractor?
If it’s your first time hiring a painting contractor, it might be overwhelming especially if you’re handling a particularly large project, like having the entire home exterior repainted.
To avoid being tricked, make sure you are given a written and detailed contract. Here’s what the paint contract should include:
At The Painting & Wallcovering Co, materials (primer, paint, varnish, etc.) and equipment (brushes, rollers, scales and basket if necessary) are always included in the contract.
The number of coats needs to be indicated: we always provide the number of coats necessary to properly cover the original paint, stains, and imperfections.
Some contractors misjudge the amount of paint and the number of coats required and will try to charge you the difference at the end of the contract.
At The Painting & Wallcovering Co, you don’t have to worry about it. We seldom make mistakes in our calculations, and when this happens, we bear the costs.
In addition, preparatory tasks (surface preparation, protection of floors, removal of electrical sockets, sanding, scraping, etc.) and final cleaning are also included.
We also do the caulking. Even if it is not indicated in the contract, we always correct the caulk adjacent to the surface that we’re painting.
We use a kind of caulk that contains silicone, so it can be painted easily.
However, the silicone that touches the glass is not painted.
The contract must be clear to avoid unpleasant surprises.
They have to specify everything that is included. For example, for interior painting work: rooms to be painted, passageways, ceilings, wardrobes, cupboards, moldings, baseboards, door, and window frames.
For exterior painting: walls, roofs, window frames, door frames, shutters, skylights, cornices, soffits, etc.
Ask about the guarantees offered by the painter contractor. Make sure that these are clearly indicated in the written contract.
In the middle of summer, your painter can be overwhelmed, he could have said something to you and have forgotten it during the painting work.
To prevent this from happening, go around with him, the contract in hand, and check that all the tasks of the contract have been done.
If you are not satisfied, try to discuss calmly with your painter to avoid legal costs: it is not always necessary to go the legal way.
If you are still not satisfied with the work done by your residential painter and you decide to pursue it with small claims, know that the agreements made orally will have no weight in progress.
You must, therefore, have a legibly written contract, dated and signed by both parties. This will be useful, and I would even say essential, in the event of a problem.
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At The Painting & Wallcovering Co., we provide comprehensive quotes to all our clients to make the right decision.
If you need professional help to repaint your home, our team at The Painting & Wallpapering Co. can help.
We provide high quality and durable interior and exterior residential painting, Commercial painting, wallcovering, kitchen cabinet repaint, furniture re-finish, and wood finishing services.
We’re available in Moorestown, Mt Laurel, Cherry Hill, Haddonfield, Voorhees, Evesham, Medford, Tabernacle, Shamong, and the surrounding areas
Contact The Painting & Wallpapering Co. today at 609.953.0944 for a FREE, no-obligation estimate.