7 Tips on Getting a Cheaper Price From Your Painter

•If you can be a bit flexible with your schedule, you’ll avoid paying premiums for rush services.

•Slower seasons like winter or early spring can lead to discounted prices from the best companies, as they’re not in high demand.

•If you have some flexibility, you might be able to snag a cancellation spot at a discounted price.

•There is a good chance they may give you a bit of a price break in return, and so you will have a cheaper painting quote.

• One of the biggest time wasters for painters is moving the furniture and preparing the rooms prior to painting the property. So if your house is completely empty, you more than likely will get a cheaper painting quote price than if it is full of furniture.

• The other option is if you are living there, offer to move all or most of the furniture. This will almost always get you a cheaper cost estimate. Especially if there are many articles, most painters will build this into their quote price and charge you more.

• So next time you get a painting quote from your painter, ask them if you will get a cheaper painting quote if you move all your furniture.

• Some tips on cheaper quote for painting contractors get better discounts from different paint manufacturers. This doesn’t always mean you are getting a cheaper paint. Because It just means that one supplier may have worked out a better volume discount than another.

So next time you’re getting a quote, ask your painter what brand they prefer. If it’s a top-quality paint brand, then tell them it’s okay as long as you use their better grade of paint.

• If you happen to have prior colours picked from a paint manufacturer, then most paint manufacturers can color-match them with close to 100% accuracy.

• Most reliable and reputable painters will offer you payment terms. For example, Visa, MasterCard, Amex, or even postdated cheques. Ask them if you pay by cheques, will this affect the house painting prices?

• Deposits show that you are serious about them doing the project. In addition, anywhere from10-25% is a reasonable deposit amount. Offer them a deposit since it shows your commitment to using them.

• What if you don’t want to go to the hassle of other quotes? If you can’t be bothered getting other property painting quotes. Feel comfortable with your painter and it’s just a matter of getting a discount.

Ask them if you sign today and forego getting other painting estimates if they would be willing to offer you some sort of a discount. In instances sometimes they will give it to you.

• This is a typical tactic clients use to get lower prices for painting their houses, and it will almost always work. But it’s essential not just to say you are going to get referrals for them. Please go out and do it! For example, ask your neighbours, friends, family etc.

Most painters in Toronto will give you a reduced referral fee or lower your quoting price depending on the referred job’s size.

• Did you ever notice that when you buy popcorn at a movie theatre? They only charge $1 or more but give you more than 30% more popcorn? Because the reason why is economies of scale. The cost of the popcorn is minimal.

It’s the transaction and set up fee that takes all the time and cost. Hence, it takes almost the same amount of time and labour to serve an extra-large popcorn as small or medium-size popcorn.

• With painting it is quite similar.  Because to paint 1 more wall or 1 more room once all our material and set up time has been done, is quite minimal.

• Lesson? Always try to pack more items in the painting deal than less. You would be surprised at how little an extra wall or room costs once we are already there with all our supplies out and the room is all set up for painting. Painting more areas can cost just marginally a bit more in some cases in addition!

• Some painters are ordinary people trying to make ends meet too. Just tell them that you want the best value for your money, you like them. But you need a better price to go ahead with this project. Again, the key here is to be polite and a little insistent that you want a better cost estimate for painting your home. As simple as this sounds, many times, you will get what you wish.

• Remember, the key to any of these tricks is to be polite, courteous, and to ASK. There is never anything wrong with asking. In fact, most home painters will be happy to try to help you in any way they can, some more than others. In short, regardless of the price, it makes no sense to pay anyone anything to do a job that you are not satisfied with or one that is of inferior quality.