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Yeah the finish in my folks place was done to an excellent standard and almost 15yrs on it still looks great.
want to pay good money because they believe they can do it themselves.
The thing is you can paint yourself though, and you probably painted as a kid. Whereas rewiring a house is not something you can just go an have a crack at.
My parents used to get a guy called George Lees in to decorate. I’m genuinely astounded at the quality of his work - it’s lasted so long and the quality of the prep and his process really stands out. They tell me they definitely paid for it tho.
And my mates who are painters say that one of the big problems is that people often don’t want to pay good money because they believe they can do it themselves.