Don’t Choose Your Painting Contractor Solely On Price!

On the issue of price: I have seen so many instances of people choosing a painting contractor based solely on price. Remember, in general (when not dealing with crooks or scammers), price and quality are directly proportional. "You get what you pay for," is a phrase I learned long ago, and have experienced many times.

Will the painting contractor include pressure washing in their bid? Will they paint over cracked and splitting wood (like the fascia, siding, or door frames), or will the repair such defects before painting? Will they scrape and sand loose and flaking paint? Will they use quality paint, or some cheap paint that won't last until the end of next year? Do they offer a guarantee? Are they licensed, and do they maintain insurance and workman's comp to protect the homeowner?

When you factor all of these considerations, you realize that the higher quality painting contractors have higher operating expenses. So their bid will be higher than the one man operation with no license or insurance or experience.

The 2 worst scenarios are: 1) Contractor underbids the job, and can't afford to finish the work; and 2) a worker falls off a ladder, breaks his leg, and sues the homeowner.

Choosing a painting contractor based solely on price is asking for trouble.

Find out what is included in the price, how much experience the contractor has, and what other customers have said about the contractor before choosing.

If you're near Los Angeles, especially if you're in Santa Clarita, it wouldn't hurt to call on Executive Painting and Texture before you decide! You can find us at www.executivepainting.net, or, send us an email at executivepainting@gmail.com

Don't Forget to Thank Your Auto Mechanic

My mechanic is awesome. I’ve never said that about a mechanic before. Its hard to tell before you start writing checks how well the repairs are done. But he really helped me out when my engine blew up a couple of months ago. I got a great price for getting a new engine installed, and my truck is running like new. Add to that, he got my air conditioning going again, and some new tires, all at the best price I could have asked for.
Now my brother is looking at replacing his catalytic converter. I told him about my mechanic, who gave him a price WAY below that from the dealer. But just giving a price isn’t everything. He filled my head with all kinds of factoids and horror stories about shops that put in the wrong equipment, charge dearly for it, and leave the owner swinging in the wind when they go for a smog check and get rejected! I’m pretty sure my brother is going to like paying less, and getting better service.
Thanks Garnet! Have a beer on me.

Networking with my Lawyer - Yikes!

I met with one of the attorneys from my networking group this morning for coffee. We mostly talked about the effectiveness of our marketing methods.
Erin Dixon is a Family Law Attorney in Santa Clarita. I was surprised to learn that she is getting a lot of business from the internet. Surprised, because I get almost NO business from the internet. (Actually, make that NO BUSINESS AT ALL from the cursed internet.)
I must be doing something wrong.
Am I not saying "Executive Painting and Texture", and "Santa Clarita" and "Interior Painting, Exterior Painting, Faux Finish, Paint-at-night-so-you-can-keep-your-business-open-during-the-day" and so on and so on in everything I do on the internet????? Maybe not as much as I think. (Maybe I use too many hyphens?)
Apparently I'm going to have to do more than my Google website and an ad in the yellow pages and ads in the Santa Clarita Free Classifieds to conquer the painting business in Santa Clarita. (That makes 4 times I mentioned Santa Clarita in this post - no, that's 5 times.) (Have I mentioned Painting enough?)
Need Painting in Santa Clarita and surrounding areas? Call Executive Painting and Texture. We're in the Yellow Page, facebook, google, and soon to be on Bing, Yahoo, and everywhere else. Or email us at executivepainting@gmail.com.
Holy Smokes - I didn't say I'm a Handyman, too. I'm handyman in Santa Clarita. But that's for another blog...