Colours for each room and surface: walls, ceilings, trims, doors
The painter quotes per surface.
Ask: Have you put real samples on your own walls, in the room's light? Choose it here
Plan · Stage 9 of 10 · 4 decisions
Decide before painting
Before the painter quotes and starts. Colours, sheen, prep and coats, per surface.
Copies the decisions shown, with a prompt, to paste into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
Sheen for each surface
Ceilings are usually flat, walls low sheen, and wet areas, trims and doors semi-gloss or gloss.
Ask: Is the sheen written next to every colour in the painter's scope?
Prep and number of coats in the painter's scope
Quotes differ most on prep and coats. Master Painters recommend three coats on new work. source
Ask: Does every quote state the prep and the coats, so you can compare them?
Exterior colours against the roof
Most houses are coloured from the roof down, and darker roofs run hotter.
Ask: Do the wall and trim colours work with the roof colour you have? Choose it here
← Joinery order Fit-off (can wait) →
Prompts, not rules. Most choices can wait; these can't, because a later trade builds to them. Code items cite their source; states adopt parts of the NCC differently, so check yours. Your builder, trades, certifier and each product's install sheet decide. Download the list (JSON, CC BY 4.0).