Thoughts about painting

[valis2]

So the new place (1500 sq ft) needs to be painted.

I do not want to paint it. I only want a couple coats of white paint, applied by an expert.

My father is telling me he will teach me how to paint, and I can do it myself rather cheaply, or pay $$$ and have it done by an expert.

However, I'm worried about the timetable, and I am also concerned about how little time I have available for the next two months and how I have to clean out the new place and somehow get rid of all of the stuff there that we don't want to keep, clean out the apartment and transfer everything to the new place, and also pick out flooring and have it installed at the new place, and sign paperwork and get a mortgage, and do my usual eBay/shows/trips/pull out hair all the while. Also, I know how I operate, and if I am the one doing the painting, it will all end in tears.

Anyone have suggestions for getting a house painted in the metro Detroit area, without leaning on friends? I just need a nice, neat two-coat white paint job on 1500 sq ft. Well, less, actually, because one bedroom doesn't need it.


In other news, I've started posting the Riptide fic at the comm. It ended up at 26K. I might still revise the last chapter a teensy bit, but wow. I did not expect this--I thought 5K, max. *blinks* Anyway, I'm so happy to have it (pretty much) finished so that it will STOP EATING MY BRAIN.

Comments

[catyah.livejournal.com]

Now, I know VERY little about painting, but the few times that I've helped friends do that, it's been messy and smelly and then all the cleanup afterwards...

Put me down as another vote for getting quotes from professional painters. I'm thinking that they might offer discounts for doing the whole house at once. They likely know how to do any necessary taping and tarping quickly and efficiently, and I'll bet they clean up after themselves, too.

One last point -- for the money that you're saving by getting a good family deal on the house, you deserve to spend a little money to pay someone to do it for you!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I really want to have someone paint it for me. The taping and the tarping and the wah is just too much for me. And I hate driving friends crazy to help--it's going to be hard enough for me to ask people to help me move stuff, much less do the painting, too. I think that I'll get some estimates.

;) Thanks for the comment!