Are you planning to paint your home? Whether you’re planning to paint the interior, exterior, or both, it’s important to consider several factors. Typically you’ll need to repaint your home’s interior or exterior every three or four years. Before you actually start the house painting process, here are some important issues to consider:

1. A company’s reliability

Before choosing a particular painting company, it’s important to shop around for a reliable one. There are several factors to consider. How long has the company been operating? How many complaints have past customers filed against it? Does the company have its own painters, or does it hire contractors? Is the company fully licensed, bonded, and insured? These are all important issues to consider before choosing a reliable painting company. Another effective step is to get personal and professional referrals, which will help to weed out companies that are unreliable or unscrupulous. Taking all of these steps will help you to choose a company that’s as trustworthy as possible.

2. The amount of time needed

When performing any house painting, the amount of time needed to do the painting will depend on several different factors. Are you painting the interior or exterior of your home? What are the temperature and humidity of the interior of a room, or the exterior or a house? How much ventilation is there? Are you using an oil or latex paint? Painting interiors of homes will generally be logistically easier, since you won’t need to climb high ladders. On the other hand, you should still account for the time needed to cover or remove items in a room that’s being painted. After considering all of these above factors, make sure to provide extra time for the painting job, and particularly if you need your house’s interior or exterior painted by a deadline.

3. The color you’re going to use

Along with issues such as which painting company to use, this is one of the most important matters to consider. Which color should you choose for the interior or exterior of your home? Before selecting one, it’s crucial to consider several issues in order to make the best choice. What is the color scheme you want to maintain? What is the color of a room’s existing decor? What is the “feeling” that you want a house’s exterior, or a room’s interior to make? You should definitely consider using a color wheel to determine which Primary, Secondary, and Complementary colors you want to mix and match.

4. The cost of the painting job

“How much is this going to cost me?” It’s definitely a valid question to ask before doing any type of home improvement, such as house painting. When hiring a painting company to paint the interior or exterior of your home, several factors will determine the total price tag. How experienced are the painters of the painting company you choose? Which grade of paint will be used for the house painting? Are you painting your home’s interior, exterior, or both? These are all factors that will impact the cost of painting your home.

Article originally published at Source by Alex Soares