I talk to a lot of homeowners and general contractors each week. Most people I talk to have a budget and are always trying to stay under budget. Many times this is what I hear "can't we just go ahead and paint the walls, so we can save some money". My response is yes of course you can paint the walls but we would rather do it since we are putting our name on the project the painting is what people actually see and we are judged by the paint job. So if you (homeowner, builder) do it yourself I can't control the quality of your painting. Granted some of you may be great painters but there is no way for me to know this so we are stating on reputation on your painting ability.

This is of course assuming we are doing other work on the project. If one of your friends come into the project and you say yes The Finish Company did the work here, you may be talking about trim, countertops, cabinets or tile work. But the next time some one sees or hears about us and they say yes The Finish Company painted this they will normall just assume that we painted the last project they say. So although I am always trying to help save money for our clients I really try hard not to have our reputation on the line and us not really doing some of the work. I believe that the finish work is the most important part of any job because it is what is seen and most of the time judged as the level of the work of the project.

Therefore the next time you ask us to only prime the walls or only paint one wall or just the bathroom or kitchen. Remember it is our repuation and word of mouth advertising that may be at risk for us so we would rather do the work ourselves to assure it is to our standards. We will always continue to work within clients budgets so sometime it is the only way to get a job done but consider our point of view when asking to paint the walls yourself. Have an Amazing Day,

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