Consulting for decorating is a great way to ensure that you have a high-quality and stress-free home renovation project. With a professional approach, you can get an instant quote and highly detailed information about the project. This process also helps with troubleshooting any issues that may arise during the process. With the help of a professional consultant, you can make sure that your home renovation project is completed in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
When it comes to renovating or decorating your property, there are many questions you may want to ask whilst walking a tradesman around your property, explaining what you visualise the end result looking like and the many changes that you would like to be made - and lets be honest, it can be a very tiring process having multiple companies quoting you for the job and depicting each time the potential you see in your space.
I need help choosing a new colour scheme for my room
Which colours look best in certain lights?
How much is it going to cost?
How long is it going to take?
Is it going to be disruptive and messy?
Do I need to do anything to prepare the space?
We have had issues with mould, how can this be treated, and how effective will it be?
These are the most common questions asked during a job estimate, which can be added to add infinitum. Some have very straight forward answers and solutions whilst others delve into more technical and complicated work, but the difficulty should never be in this first very initial meeting.
With all this in mind, we can look to a more of a consultive approach to this first port of call. Sitting down and thoroughly fine combing through the needs, wants and more importantly the action that needs to be taken to reach these desired results.
Step 1: Approach & Methods Firstly, the consultant should run through the project step by step or room by room, going through every detail that will be undertaken and give a full run down of how each of these details will be decorated, with any build or fix methods included too. It's important to have these full details as it all adds to the final price and timescale of the project.
Step 2: Colour Consultation
A skilled consultant will have extensive knowledge on colour matching and finishes. During this time they will be able to discuss with you what colours will satisfy your needs and give advice on colours that work well together in a room as well as colours that will flow through the property. This would also include a detailed description of the various finishes used throughout the project, and the materials used to get those high quality results.
Step 3: Quote Breakdown
Now it's time for the pricing. An extensive and transparent breakdown of the job start to finish should be calculated as accurately as possible. This should include all materials, labour and miscellaneous costs such as access, parking and waste disposal. It's also important to know the amount of manpower that will be on the job and the timescale of the project from start to finish.
It's the project managers duty to keep things on budget, however sometimes these figures may flex a little - as well as the time scale. This could be the result of structural or damp/mould issues that are sometimes picked up once the work has began. This is by no means a definite, but when dealing with older building or properties that are prone to such issues, these things may arise. Be sure to detail any prior issues that you are aware of around these issues when giving your project run-through.
Step 4: Final Queries
Ask away! There's no such thing as an unimportant or wrong question at this stage. It can be overwhelming being given detailed information about something that you may not have a lot of knowledge about, so use this opportunity to ask any questions you may have - ANYTHING!
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