Our Home & Commercial Painting Process

Free written estimate · no pressure

Every Level Best job runs the same four steps, whether it's one bedroom or a whole office building. Tim, the owner, prices every job and walks it with you at the end. Vetted crews do the painting and run the job day to day.

Here's what happens at each step, so you know what to expect before we show up. Homes are first. Commercial work follows the same steps with a few changes for tenants, hours and schedules.

Residential Painting Process

  1. 1

    Free Estimate

    Call or fill out the form and we'll call you back within 24 hours. We'll ask a few questions about the job and set a time to come out. For small jobs, photos are sometimes enough to give you a price.

    At the visit, Tim walks every room or every side of the house with you. He looks at the condition of the surfaces, what prep they need, and what you want done. You get a written estimate with each area listed, the prep, the number of coats, the paint brand, line and sheen, and the schedule. There's no pressure to sign on the spot.

  2. 2

    Color Selection & Schedule

    Pick your colors. If you want help, we'll help. Paint looks different in your light than on a chip at the store, so we can put samples on the wall before you decide. If your HOA has an approved color list for exteriors, we'll work from it.

    Then we set a start date and tell you who's coming and about how many days it should take. Exterior work depends on the weather. If rain or cold moves the date, we call you before it moves, not after.

  3. 3

    Prep, Paint & Clean-Up

    Inside, the crew moves furniture to the middle of the room and covers it, covers the floors, and takes off switch plates and outlet covers. Nail holes and dings get patched and sanded. Gaps in the trim get caulked. Stains and patches get spot-primed so they don't show through. Then two coats, with clean lines at the ceiling and trim.

    Outside, the siding gets washed. Loose paint gets scraped and the edges sanded. Failed caulk comes out and new caulk goes in, and bare wood gets primed. Plants, walkways and decks are covered. Then two coats on the siding and trim.

    The crew cleans up at the end of every day. Tim checks in on the job while it's going.

  4. 4

    Final Walk-Through

    When the crew thinks it's done, Tim walks the job with you. Look at everything. Anything you're not happy with gets marked, and the crew fixes it before we call the job finished.

    Then the furniture goes back, the switch plates go back on, and the last of the cleanup gets done. You have Tim's direct number if anything comes up after.

Painting kitchen cabinets? They get their own process, with a spray booth and cure time between coats. See every step of our cabinet process →

Painting inside? Sheen, one coat or two, which paint: the decisions you'll make, in plain answers. See what to expect →

Commercial Painting Process

  1. 1

    Site Walk & Written Proposal

    Tim walks the site with you or your manager. He looks at every area in scope, how the crew gets in and out, your business hours, and what your customers or tenants will notice while work is going on.

    You get a written proposal with the scope broken out by area, the products, the schedule and the price. If your office needs a contract or other vendor paperwork for your files, tell us and we'll get it to you with the proposal.

  2. 2

    Color Selection & Schedule

    We can match your brand colors from a swatch, a Pantone or RAL number, or a chip off the wall. For HOA and multifamily properties, we work from the approved color scheme and keep the formulas on file for the next building.

    Then we set the schedule around how your space runs. That can mean nights or weekends for offices, stores and restaurants, or phases by unit, floor or building for multifamily and HOA work. You get the schedule in writing, so you can pass it on to your tenants or staff.

  3. 3

    Prep, Paint & Clean-Up

    The crew works one area at a time so the rest of the space stays open and usable. Floors, fixtures and furniture get covered. Walls get patched, sanded and primed where they need it. High-traffic areas get durable, scrubbable finishes, then two coats.

    At the end of each shift the crew cleans up so your space is ready when you open. If something has to change on the schedule, you hear it from us first.

  4. 4

    Final Walk-Through

    Tim walks the finished work with you or your manager and makes a punch list. The crew works through it, and the job isn't done until the list is.

    If you manage more than one property, we can talk about a repaint schedule so you can plan for painting instead of reacting to it.

What You Get on Every Job

  • Free written, itemized estimate
  • Paint brand and line named on the estimate
  • Two coats
  • Floors, furniture and landscaping covered
  • Clean up every day
  • Final walk-through with you
  • Locally owned, not a franchise
  • 2-year workmanship warranty in writing
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