I've just had a couple of guys come round to do a quote for redecorating my bedroom, which involves a bit of plastering and skimming, and fixing skirts, replacing door handles etc.
The first guy explained how he was going to do it, and explained that he will finish it to an excellent standard, the majority of cost going to be sanding down and preping all the beaten up door frames and skirts. He said he will do a high qulaity job, like new finish and he prices accordingly.
Including labour, paint, bits and vat the total would be £1150 and take him a week.
The 2nd guy was in and out quite quickly and came back with a quote much less, but didn't talk me through what would be done, and just said gloss the woodwork, emulation the walls, prepare and sand down the wall and kind of just said yes to all my questions.
As I'm going to be moving at the end of the year, do I go with the expensive guy and get a decent finish or the cheaper guy who is just going to do an ok job at best?
When people buy houses will the finish of the decorating make a difference to the value of my house?
The first guy explained how he was going to do it, and explained that he will finish it to an excellent standard, the majority of cost going to be sanding down and preping all the beaten up door frames and skirts. He said he will do a high qulaity job, like new finish and he prices accordingly.
Including labour, paint, bits and vat the total would be £1150 and take him a week.
The 2nd guy was in and out quite quickly and came back with a quote much less, but didn't talk me through what would be done, and just said gloss the woodwork, emulation the walls, prepare and sand down the wall and kind of just said yes to all my questions.
As I'm going to be moving at the end of the year, do I go with the expensive guy and get a decent finish or the cheaper guy who is just going to do an ok job at best?
When people buy houses will the finish of the decorating make a difference to the value of my house?