More Than Just Paint in Mesa: How a Home Inspection Can Protect Your Arizona Home Investment
September 4, 2024
I offer my services as a professional painting inspector for HOA properties. In that role, I evaluate the current maintenance situations affecting painted surfaces, I help property managers prioritize upcoming maintenance requirements, and I assess, as a third-party expert, the quality of recently finished painting and maintenance projects that have been called into question. Some …
Keywords: Outdoor furniture, patio furniture, refinish, repaint, restore One benefit to living in Greater Phoenix is the fabulous weather we enjoy most of the year. Even during the summer months, many mornings and late evenings are pleasant enough to sit out on the front porch or rear patio. And if you have a swimming pool, …
Keywords: Color of the Year, Upward, blissful blue, color, design A Hint of Silver Lining Introducing Upward, a breezy, blissful blue. The color found when we slow down, take a breath, and allow the mind to clear. Upward is like a breath of fresh air—a breezy, blissful blue that invites us to slow down, take …
Keywords: Rainy days, humidity, sagging paint Several years ago, I bought a distressed home that had been foreclosed on. The house was a dark hole of despair. I remember that it was the first Saturday of February. I had invited family and friends to help me clear the house of the previous owner’s clutter, clean …
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Keywords: old paint, paint disposal, paint recycling At the conclusion of almost every painting project there will be a can or cans of leftover paint. The homeowner will want to store that paint in a closet or garage in the event touch ups become necessary at some future date. Years go by. The cans of …
Friends and neighbors routinely ask me if we have any leftover paint they can have. My answer is always a resounding, “Certainly!”. We have lots of leftover paint, but only if you are looking for whites, beiges, or grays. I would estimate that ninety-seven percent of everything we paint is whites, beiges, or grays. We …
Facts and Features Lot: 84,875 square feet Year Built: 1998 House: 6,021 square feet Type: Single Family 4 bedroom, 5 bath Parking: Attached, 2 spaces Elevation: 1,900 feet Mummy Mountain Mountain-side Home is a 6,021 square foot home built on the side of Mummy Mountain in Paradise Valley, Arizona. The elevation of the house is …
Bathrooms are small spaces that are updated easily with a new look. This small project can be done in a day and will not overwhelm your house or life. All good news. But what type of paint should you use in the bathroom? Historically, the best type of paint for bathrooms was a semi-gloss, or glossy …
Keywords: budgeting, sequencing We just finished painting a large HOA condominium project with twenty-eight separate buildings. The association had prepared well enough. They had reserved sufficient funds to cover the painting proposal. But with a project that large, what always happens? The unexpected. I guess that’s why it became a saying, “Expect the unexpected”. Take …
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