by If you look for painting contractor for your new construction, here are the steps to follow in order to choose the best painting contractor. It can be a home renovation project, new construction or home improvement work, choosing the right painting contractor is really important to complete your project with best finishes. Even it can be a commercial painting job for your restaurant, office or any business place. Finding the best commercial painting contractors is really important for a quality job.
Workmanship is really important for a well finished painting project same as the material you choose for it. Therefore it is necessary to choose a painting contractor with well experience. Below are few steps that you need to follow in order to complete the painting job.
Step 1: List down painting Contractors
Before everything you need to know painting contractors around your location. It is always good to hire a painting contractor within your local area in order to get the best price, recommendations and quality work as they are familiar with the site constraints of the local area. To find contacts of painting contractors, you can search in internet or you can also find recommendations from your family and friends. In this way collect a list of painting contractors whom you can get quotations.
Step 2: Get Quotations
Once you collect the details of painting contractors, it is time to get quotations. Most of the painting contractors give estimates or quotations free. To compare bids, you need quotations from few painting contractors. It should be from at least 3 painting contractors in order to compare the price with quality of the work. However if you can get few more bids, it is easier to compare and choose the best painting contractor for the job.
Some contractors may visit the site to see the site conditions and other constrains. Other will bid you using the drawings. Discuss these things when you ask for their quotations.
Step 3: Choose the painting contractor
Once you receive the quotations for your painting work, it is time to compare the quotations and choose the right contractor.
Do not choose the contractor who offered the lowest quote as your painting contractor. He may have missed some items for the job or he may use some low quality materials for the job. Therefore you need to compare the quotations with quality and scope of work in mind.
Once you compare the price, choose few bids that you think they can do your job. Then compare the painting contractors in terms of quality. Check their work experience, previous projects done and referrals if any.
Finally, call the few painting contractors that you short listed. Ask them the doubts you may have. After interviewing all the shortlisted painting contractors, you can choose the best contractor who offers the fair rate for the best quality of work delivery.
Step 3: Award the contract and sign the agreement
Finally it is time to sign the agreement between you and your painting contractor. Some painting contractors prefer to sign on their quotation which they offer some conditions including the payment terms. However it is better to sign a proper contract which protects both owner and the contractor. It should be a fair contract agreement which helps you to proceed with the contract without any damages to any party.
Therefore check the contract before you sign.
If you need any help of preparing your contract agreement with necessary clauses, you can always contact us. We will help you from the quotation comparing stage to contract signing stage.
Finally, it is time to proceed with the painting job with your painting contractor. Hope you will follow these steps to find the best commercial painting contractor in your area!
