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How to add value to your home through paint colour.

 

Colour can work magic. Used the right way, it can add value to your home.  If used incorrectly, colour can work against a room’s ambience.  At its worst, it can actually turn someone off your home.

There are key considerations when you are selecting a new colour palette for your home... more

So you think you are a bit of a DIY painting kind of person.


What factors help to sell a house?  Real estate professionals surveyed voted good workmanship high up on the list of priorities.  If you’re not going to do a good job, don’t bother doing it at all – sell the potential to someone else.

Painting is often one of the first projects that any DIY-er would not hesitate to do.  Anyone can paint, right?  The truth is there often can be a significant difference between a painting job that an amateur does and one completed by a professional … and the difference can be rather apparent.  There are some key questions you should consider when planning your DIY painting project... more

How to find the right painting contractor for you.


By engaging the wrong contractor, you can spend a lot of money, time and effort and get frustrated with a poor result.  However, what if you got it right?... more

How to plan your interior painting project.

 

Renovating your home can be both an intensely exciting yet stressful time.  There are many decisions to make, there are the finances to consider and if the family intends to stay in the house whilst it is being redecorated, that is when tensions can rise.

There are nine key factors you should consider when planning your home’s interior redecoration...more 

How to decipher your painting quotes

 

You may have received several painting quotes and now have to decide which you will proceed with.  In our experience, many people decide on price alone.  This article uses examples to illustrate why price should not be the only factor to consider...more

 


 

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