Painting your home is a great way to give it a completely new look—however, not so simple when you actually take the project on. Bad contractors, work delays, damages, and more can turn your happy dream into a complete disaster. The best way to approach the task is by knowing what all you can expect and preparing for it in advance by taking certain steps.
While you cannot possibly know everything that falls down the road, one thing that you must know is that all home improvements are going to have a disruptive impact on your day-to-day life. The only to navigate through this is by embracing the mess and keeping your eye on the final result—this will make the process absolute fun and creative. For everything else that you can predict know, Perrysburg Painters are here. Having helped multiple clients in their home renovation journey, we are here to share some expert tips on preparing for an interior and exterior house painter.
Start With A Complete Home Audit
A renovation can require you to completely or partially vacate your house, depending on the scale. Nonetheless, whether it is a complete home renovation or simply for bathroom/kitchen or few sections, assessing your permanent home assets can be helpful for multiple reasons like:
- Insurance Purpose: When is the last time you valued your assets? This is an opportunity to track the value of all your assets by listing them down and analyzing their current value.
- Uncluttering: There must be a lot of things in your home that are no longer in use. This can be a great chance to bid adieu to these things and unclutter your home. While listing your assets, you can categoize them into save, hand-me-down, donate and throw. Anything you are not planning to use post renovation can be moved out to make the process easy for both you and the contractor.
- Keep or pack decision: When you are packing your belongings to get started with the painting, keep out the things that you cannot live without to save the trouble of unpacking your stuff multiple times. For instance, you can reserve your coffee maker if that is your fuel to drive through the day, and maybe pack the blender if you only use it once in a bluemoon to make a smoothie. While reserving your accessories and bathing products for a bathroom renovation, make sure your things fit in a shower caddy, especially if you’re having to shift your bathroom to your neighbors or rented place for the duration.
- Storage Solution: If you have a basement, additional guest room or a storage area, then that might help you in keeping your packed things during the time of renovation. If the space is small to store large fixtures, you can rent a portable storage container and park it in your driveway. If possible, you can also simply cover some assets to avoid damage from dripping paint and save the hassle of moving it out.
Consume All That You Can
Are you planning to store those tiny shampoo samples or the leftover food as well? Ehhh, we recommend not! It’s better you consume all that you can while you still have. All those sample products—now is the time to use them. And call it a ‘eat everything in the freezer challenge’ day and get rid of all the leftover food, especially if you are renovating your kitchen and require to unplug your refrigerator for a couple of days or more.
Have Your Contractor In Place
Finding the right contractor who you can trust your home with is a task. If you’re lucky enough to be in Ohio, then we have your back—at Perrysburg Painters, we are trusted by our clients for the best exterior and interior painting services in Ohio. If not in Ohio, then our blog on tips for hiring a commercial painter is a complete guide that will help your through the process. Here some important things you must keep in mind:
- If you have any special requests or needs, be sure to communicate those with your chosen painter ahead of time.
- Have an elaborate contract that includes the kind of paint/primer contract will use, tasks like filling nail holes & grooves and cleaning the walls, covering stains and more. Our blog on things that should be in a contract is a comprehensive guide for the same.
- Make sure all surfaces are clean and free of dirt, grease, or anything else that could prevent the paint from adhering properly.
Keep Records Digital
A little caution in the beginning can save from all the disputes later. Begin your digital bookkeeping right from the time you start interacting with your contractor. From the ideas you share with the other party to approvals on final design or acknowledgement of payments (especially those in cash) should be recorded digitally. This way, if any dispute arises, you will have your answers in this record. You must also digitize all your paper work by keeping a signed PDF of your agreement, getting digital receipts and having shared spreadsheets & calendars for important information
Hardware Upgrade
Have you been long delaying to upgrade your HVAC system, cabinets or other fixtures? Now is also a good time to change the filters in your HVAC system and add fresh paint to the rooms in your home will brighten and freshen them up. Adding new hardware to cabinets or doors can also be done at this time.
Security System Upgrade
Once you begin with your paint project, your home will be out in the open for contractors, suppliers, designers and delivery people. You might find them coming in, going out all the time. While it is not possible for one to leave all their work and stay at home for long renovation projects, you can always do a security upgrade to prevent theft or any other undesirable incident. Here’s what you can do:
- Get a digital locker to protect important documents, precious jewellery or any other such valuables.
- Install a video doorbell to remotely monitor the visitors in your house.
- Reprogram smart locks to limit the access of contractors to your home to certain time periods.
Prepare Your Mind for the Mess
Things will get messy, life will move around and everyt inch of your home might look insane—remember that it is only temporary and embrace this mess with focus only on the light that follows, the final results. Just be sure to store all your things properly and let the mess go on.
Have a Safe Appliance Plan
Living without appliances, especially those in the kitchen, can be challenging. Imagine having to begin your day without a coffee! Or not having an oven to cook or fridge to store food. Temporary downgrades like a countertop-sized convention oven or mini-fridge. Your outdoor grill can now be more than a fancy accessory and can be very handy at this time.
New paint can cover up a multitude of sins and give your home an updated look that you will enjoy for years to come! Be sure to follow the tips above to minimize delays and additional charges. Doing so will help ensure that your painting project goes as smoothly as possible.
HIRE PERRYSBURG PAINTERS FOR YOUR PROJECT
If you’re in Ohio, then you can save yourself many of the above steps by hiring Perrysburg Painters. Having worked on multiple residential and commercial projects, we trusted by our clients for end-to-end services—from brainstorming ideas, to moving furniture, painting and cleaning. We aim to make a difference in the lives of our clients one brush at a time.