Should we paint the whole house before listing?

Not always. We will walk through it with you and point out which surfaces are doing the most work visually, then scope it to whatever you decide.

Can you paint just the front door and entry?

Yes. The entry is the first thing anyone sees, and it is a small enough project to be worth doing on its own.

Pre-Sale

Painting to prepare homes for sale in Des Moines, Iowa — focused on the surfaces buyers notice first.

We're getting the house ready to sell.

Then the question is usually where the paint makes the most difference, not whether to paint. We are happy to walk the house and talk that through.

Interior walls and ceilings: The surfaces that set how light and how cared-for a room reads in a photograph.
Front door and entry: The first thing anyone sees, and small enough to be worth doing on its own.
Trim and baseboard: Tired trim is what makes a clean room still look dated.
Neutral color changes: Taking a strongly personal color back to something a buyer can picture themselves in.
Exterior touch-up where it shows: Targeted rather than complete, where that is the sensible call.
A scope built around showing the house: As narrow or as complete as you decide, with the reasoning laid out.

We will tell you what we see and which surfaces tend to matter most to how a house shows. Then you decide how far to take it.

The written scope can be as narrow or as complete as you want it. A front door and an entry is a perfectly reasonable project.

Questions

Tell us what you have in mind and we will come out and look.