What it covers
Getting a house ready to sell is usually a mix of small jobs:
- Neutral repaints of rooms with bold or dated colors.
- Touch-ups after moving out: nail holes, scuffs, furniture marks and the outline where a picture hung for ten years.
- Drywall patches for doorknob holes, nail pops and small cracks. See drywall repair.
- Ceilings with stains or yellowing.
- Trim, doors and closets that took a beating.
- The front of the house: front door, shutters and porch, the first things a buyer sees. See doors and garage doors.
Who it’s for
Homeowners getting ready to list, people who have already moved and need the old house finished, families handling a parent’s house, and landlords turning over a rental. If you are working with a real estate agent, we are happy to price their list and walk through with them.
How we do it
- Walk through with you (and your agent, if you like) and make a list room by room.
- Tell you what to skip. If a room is already clean and neutral, we say so.
- Help pick one color that works through most of the house, during the free color consult.
- Move and cover furniture if you are still living there, and protect floors.
- Patch and sand holes, dings and cracks so they don’t show through.
- Spot prime patches and stains.
- Paint, cutting in clean lines at the ceiling and trim.
- Walk through again so you can check everything before photos.
Touch-ups or a full wall?
Touch-up paint only blends in when it is the same color and sheen and the wall has not faded much. If the old can is long gone or the paint is years old, patched spots can flash and look worse in listing photos than the holes did. When that happens, we repaint the wall corner to corner so it reads as one even color. We will tell you which way each room needs.
The first look from the street
Buyers see the front of the house first, usually in the listing photos. A freshly painted front door, clean shutters, and painted porch posts or railings go a long way, and they are a much smaller job than painting the whole outside. If the siding needs it too, see exterior painting.
Scheduling around your list date
Listing dates move, and we know that. Call or text as soon as you have a rough date, even if it is weeks out. We will tell you honestly when we can start and how long your list will take. If something has to come off the list to meet your date, we will help you decide what.
Which paint level fits
- Essential (SuperPaint): often all you need when you are selling. Clean, even and good-looking.
- Performance (Duration Home): for busy halls or kids’ rooms that will see heavy use from showings and move-out.
- Showcase (Emerald): usually more than a sale needs, unless it is a room buyers will look at closely.
What affects the price
How many rooms, how much patching, and whether the colors are a big change. Going from a dark color back to a light one takes an extra coat. Drywall repair is priced by how much damage there is. The paint level matters too, and Essential is often all a sale needs. The estimate is free, and you get a written price before we start.
Read how we price for more, or interior painting for how we paint rooms. Unsure whether to patch or replace damaged drywall? Read our drywall repair guide. We work across the Upstate, including Greer and Simpsonville.
