Loaded question, I know, and fully understand there'll be an infinite number of variables which will ultimately be the determining factor/s, but on average. I'm referring to exterior repaints, not stains.
Just curious how much repeat business you get from returning clients for the same exterior painting project, and how long until you're called back to do it again. I've only owned this company since 1998, but this year in particular I've had 3 times as many calls from returning clients who want their exterior done again as I've had any other year. The soonest was 12 years, but he had chosen a very dark blue and was fully aware the South & West sides would eventually fade at a noticeably different rate than the North & East sides. The longest was 18 years, and other than the bottom course of some siding boards which had been at least partially buried in soil for years and were rotten, that home still looked good, (although the wood had shrunk a lot and butt joints needed some love). The majority were right at 15 years though.
Just returned from an exterior I did in 2007. Never even met the lady. She got my info while she was out of state and my crew was painting the house 2 doors down, and we had already painted the house kitty corner to hers the year prior. I ended up having it done by the time she returned, so we never physically met until today. Exterior body was done in Super Satin & trim in Duration Satin, and that's exactly what I'll be doing this time around. I can include more pics, but the first 2 pics is of the front & the 3rd is the right side. Left & back are obscured by bushes & trees, so I wasn't able to get any comprehensive shots, (but I wasn't taking them for show & tell at the time either, lol). Sorry in advance that they aren't fancy photos, but making this post was an afterthought, so I was only taking pics at the time for reference. Absolutely no editing has been done, and I'm probably one of the worst photographers on this forum, so you won't find these in any magazine, but it should still be fairly clear even if you zoom in to find my sins.
Not too bad for 15 years though.
Just curious how much repeat business you get from returning clients for the same exterior painting project, and how long until you're called back to do it again. I've only owned this company since 1998, but this year in particular I've had 3 times as many calls from returning clients who want their exterior done again as I've had any other year. The soonest was 12 years, but he had chosen a very dark blue and was fully aware the South & West sides would eventually fade at a noticeably different rate than the North & East sides. The longest was 18 years, and other than the bottom course of some siding boards which had been at least partially buried in soil for years and were rotten, that home still looked good, (although the wood had shrunk a lot and butt joints needed some love). The majority were right at 15 years though.
Just returned from an exterior I did in 2007. Never even met the lady. She got my info while she was out of state and my crew was painting the house 2 doors down, and we had already painted the house kitty corner to hers the year prior. I ended up having it done by the time she returned, so we never physically met until today. Exterior body was done in Super Satin & trim in Duration Satin, and that's exactly what I'll be doing this time around. I can include more pics, but the first 2 pics is of the front & the 3rd is the right side. Left & back are obscured by bushes & trees, so I wasn't able to get any comprehensive shots, (but I wasn't taking them for show & tell at the time either, lol). Sorry in advance that they aren't fancy photos, but making this post was an afterthought, so I was only taking pics at the time for reference. Absolutely no editing has been done, and I'm probably one of the worst photographers on this forum, so you won't find these in any magazine, but it should still be fairly clear even if you zoom in to find my sins.
Not too bad for 15 years though.
