Many are attracted by the idea of redecorating their home from time to
time. And when these people consider that, they usually buy into the
idea that it is worth hiring a professional. Not just because it is
generally conceded that a professional decorator can usually be depended
on to do a better decorating job than the average Joe who lacks
specialist knowledge in the field; people who have hired decorators
before have testified that the option to hire a professional saves time
and money and other than in minority of cases a professional decorator
can usually achieve a much higher quality of ‘finish (as it is known in
the trade) than a DIY decorator. (Of course, a proper professional
decorator would know which products are best for a given circumstance –
obtaining the best result possible is often about more than just doing
your best to take care as you work with whatever it is you have got in
your unsparing efforts to get it right first time!). It often comes
down to years of day in, day out experience on the job so to speak.
Something which often, only the professional decorator who has been
decorating for his whole career can claim to have.
All over the web, authors of comparison websites and other websites are
quick to point out that a professional decorator is not just someone who
is simply capable of doing the job to a satisfactory standard. Rather,
such a person is time and time again designated as someone who turns up
on time and finishes the job when they say, without charging too much.
Finding such a person can seem a particularly frustrating challenge
sometimes.
But even the customer should know that, even two decorators of good
repute are not always the same and equally worth considering. It has
been commented that painters and decorators come with a variety of
skills – some are merely experts with paint and wallpaper, who can
always be trusted to produce a result that is not uneven and ugly; while
others may be able to boast additional interior design skills and they
may be apt at helping you choose accent colours or redesigning a room
from scratch. No-one would want to know that they had been responsible
for inadvertently wasting someone’s time; so when you go looking for a
professional decorator, be ready to provide a reasonably well-detailed
account of what you actually want done. Given the scope of decorating
jobs as a whole, a particular pair can have significant variations and
differences; and not just the size of the job.
Even web article writers recommend speaking to friends, family members
or work colleagues when it comes to asking about professional decorating
services. The British Decorators Association lays down a Code of
Practice to promote reliable professional decorating services.
If in doubt, it makes sense to go to one of the online sites which have
recently popped up which save you the time and trouble of having to
scour the telephone directories waiting for decorators who may or may
not ring you back to give you a quote and who then in turn may or may
not turn up to do the job. It is better to get free quotes in a few
clicks than spend your valuable time waiting on tradespeople. If you do
use a free quote site then it always important to submit a review of
your decorator. This means that for a few minutes of your time when
your decorator has finished your job you can give your opinion on him
and if it is a good review he will win more work from other potential
customers looking for decorators on the comparison sites. If it is a
bad review you have warned off any unsuspecting customers who might have
otherwise been taken for a ride by your rogue decorator.
Everyone wins.
Good luck with your decorating project and we hope you find a good
decorator. If you do, don’t forget to right the review so that everyone
else can benefit from his or her services.
How To Find A Good Decorator
