Hire A Local Professional Painting Company

Ready to Hire A Local Professional Painting Company? Well, you are in luck if your reading this post. This is not a comprehensive how-to guide for hiring professional contractors. Think of it more like advice and things to look for when that prospecting contractor comes to give you an estimate. As a Columbus, Ohio based professional painting & property maintenance company, I feel like we are well qualified to give advice on this topic. As a customer, you wield more power than you probably realize. Keep that in mind during the prospecting phase of hiring any professional, and especially ones that are going to be coming to your home.

Google Those Local Professional Painting Companies

If I were looking to hire a local professional painting company, I would do a quick Google search for “Local Professional Painting Company”. I bet you never saw that coming, did you? From that search, I would then look at the reviews and select at least three companies that look good to you. Now, this is going to vary from person to person and per each person’s needs. If you are looking at the five-star company with hundreds of reviews than you can pretty much guarantee that they have been in business for a long time, do excellent work, and probably aren’t the cheapest. On the other hand, you may have another company that is also a five-star rated company but only has a handful of reviews. Don’t automatically rule them out because of that. You may have a great business relationship in the making. This company probably hasn’t been around as long as the other one, will most likely do a very good job with a more personable feel, an almost without a doubt be more cost-effective. Like I said, in the beginning, it all depends on what your needs as a customer are.

Narrowing Down Professional Painting Companies

Now you have narrowed down your internet search to at least three professional painting companies in your area. You could have more, but I wouldn’t go any lower than three. This way you’ll be able to get a good idea of the price range that your particular job is worth. Notice I said worth and not cost? That is exactly how you need to look at it. This is what my job is worth to another professional company. It also goes back to in the beginning that you wield more power than you realize. I say again to keep all this knowledge tucked away in the back of your mind. So, we have the lucky three painting companies to choose from, now what? Well, it’s not quite time to call and schedule that estimate just yet. You need to dig a little deeper on the web first. Do another search online with each individual company name in the search bar. You are doing this to make sure that they don’t have negative remarks against them somewhere else on the web. Look at their website and see if they have any pictures of there work. Currently, every professional company should have a website. If they don’t have one that would be something to consider. Much insight about a company can be gained by the appearance of their online image. Lastly before calling you are going to go to the Better Business Bureau Website. If there is anything good or bad about this company that you need to know, this is the place.

Schedule An Estimate With A Professional Painting Company

Time to make the calls. You’re going to call each company and schedule an estimate. This shouldn’t cost you anything, but I have heard of bigger companies charging for estimates. Schedule your estimates separately so you can take the time to meet the contractor and get a feel for how they operate. If you get an uneasy feeling about them don’t hesitate to ask questions. It wouldn’t be rude or out of line for you to ask to see their insurance & BWC certificates either. Most contractors aren’t going to give you a price on the spot but should be sending you a detailed estimate in the next few days to follow. Based upon all the information you gathered thus far about these prospecting local professional painting companies, the feeling they gave you during the estimate, and the price you should be well equipped to make a solid informed decision.

Now we have all heard the horror stories about some shady contractor who took a down payment and didn’t show up to do any of the work. Which by the way makes the good painting companies and contractors cringe when we hear about these stories? If you follow my advice the chances of that happening to you is going to be slim to none and slim left town. Good luck finding an awesome professional painting contractor to work with, we are out here.