Having your home repainted: organise work through to handover

List rooms, walls, ceilings and woodwork. Provide photos, known condition, old coatings, recent work and access constraints. Flag cracks, damp and recurring marks: Logement.lu recommends identifying mould causes rather than surface removal alone. Ask beforehand about visit, travel or assessment charges.

Specify measured areas, protection, repairs, primer, finishing products, cleaning and waste. Separate options from necessary work. Clarify concealed-area reservations and how extras will be proposed before execution. Compare offers where possible without assuming a price gap proves poor preparation.

Approve colour and sheen samples, then products and affected rooms. Agree keys, hours, furniture movement, storage and water access. For an occupied home, define room order and restrictions. Clarify who handles electrical equipment if removal is needed.

Allow repair, preparation and material drying. Request a pause for review if actual condition differs from the quote, before covering problems. Buildwise distinguishes local correction from overall flatness: define the required substrate condition, especially with demanding lighting.

Organise primer and coats for the selected system. Sikkens distinguishes touch dry, recoating and final properties; this is an example rather than a universal interval. Follow current instructions and actual conditions. Ask about ventilation, reoccupation and cleaning instead of equating no smell with complete drying.

Check agreed surfaces, colours, edges, removed protection and cleaning under agreed inspection conditions. Record specific reservations and remedial work, with photos where useful. Retain references, invoices and care advice. Report later defects for assessment; contractor departure alone decides neither cause nor responsibility.