While anyone can pick up a paintbrush and carry out the painting a really good painter is well worth while. They will get the job done better and faster that anyone doing it by DIY.
The painter doesn’t just paint – but rather prepares the surfaces for taking the paint. Sanding, filling, applying knotting to raw timber, all the things that someone doing DIY will take a shortcut or not even know to carry out.
Like all tradesmen ask for references from past clients, this has been made somewhat easier in recent times with some tradesmen setting up websites containing testimonials and pictures of past contracts.