10/24/2026
Three painters, three numbers, thousands apart. Same house.
That gap is almost never a difference in skill. It's a difference in what got left out of the scope and never written down anywhere you'd see it.
Six things come out of a low bid, roughly in this order: the pressure wash, the scraping, the sanding, the caulking, priming bare wood, and the second coat.
You don't find that out at the estimate. You find out in year three, when the south wall is chalking and the caulk lines have opened up, and whoever did the work is either out of business or telling you it's a maintenance issue.
Our scope is written line by line with the prep in it. If you want to take something out to bring the number down, you can — you'll just be doing it on purpose, with the trade-off in front of you, instead of finding out about it later.
Ask for the prep in writing. From anyone, not just us.
mach4homes.com or (425) 583-7295.