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Builders paint flat white for one reason only; it is the cheapest paint job they can apply. With that said, I am in hundreds of houses a year, and a sizeable percentage do nothing interesting with the interiors. Sometimes it feels like I have been in the same house all week!
I just looked through a few responses and didn't see my answer... but forgive me if it was mentioned further down the thread.
I have been in my house a little over 2 years now. All my walls are still flat white. I haven't had time to paint them in the last 5 months... however, until this past February, I was under warranty for the builder.
If there is any work that needs to be done, the builder was responsible for it. And if the walls remained flat white, the builder would repaint the area worked. However if you painted it yourself, you were responsible for your own painting.
Many new home owners are advised (like I was ) by the builder to leave the walls flat white.
You will be surprised how many times the builder was called out for nail pops etc that needed to be repaired. I was told that after the 2nd year, the house has completed it's "settling" period and the frequency of nail pops would decrease.
I am in the process of deciding what color to go with.
I just looked through a few responses and didn't see my answer... but forgive me if it was mentioned further down the thread.
I have been in my house a little over 2 years now. All my walls are still flat white. I haven't had time to paint them in the last 5 months... however, until this past February, I was under warranty for the builder.
If there is any work that needs to be done, the builder was responsible for it. And if the walls remained flat white, the builder would repaint the area worked. However if you painted it yourself, you were responsible for your own painting.
Many new home owners are advised (like I was ) by the builder to leave the walls flat white.
You will be surprised how many times the builder was called out for nail pops etc that needed to be repaired. I was told that after the 2nd year, the house has completed it's "settling" period and the frequency of nail pops would decrease.
I am in the process of deciding what color to go with.
This is true. I think the OP is talking about people that leave their homes the builder white for many years. Start a thread on what colors to paint your house, include pictures and talk about the decor you have. Lots of talented people on here willing to give ideas.
I just looked through a few responses and didn't see my answer... but forgive me if it was mentioned further down the thread.
I have been in my house a little over 2 years now. All my walls are still flat white. I haven't had time to paint them in the last 5 months... however, until this past February, I was under warranty for the builder.
If there is any work that needs to be done, the builder was responsible for it. And if the walls remained flat white, the builder would repaint the area worked. However if you painted it yourself, you were responsible for your own painting.
Many new home owners are advised (like I was ) by the builder to leave the walls flat white.
You will be surprised how many times the builder was called out for nail pops etc that needed to be repaired. I was told that after the 2nd year, the house has completed it's "settling" period and the frequency of nail pops would decrease.
I am in the process of deciding what color to go with.
Even so, pay for the upgraded paint color from the start. They have to paint is A color, doesn't have to be white. Usually the upcharge is for MORE than one color.
Yup - our whole house is off-white. Thank you but we don't want or need an interior decorator. We get plenty of compliments on our home without one. We achieve color through our furnishings, window treatments and rugs. I find that using wall color limits decorating choices. Trends and fads in wall colors also come and go. Its less expensive and much more creative to change out accessories and only paint when needed.
Besides, the examples you provided look fussy and ostentatious to me. Not my style at all. I go more for classic clean lines. Its much more elegant.
This is true. I think the OP is talking about people that leave their homes the builder white for many years. Start a thread on what colors to paint your house, include pictures and talk about the decor you have. Lots of talented people on here willing to give ideas.
Thank you! I am so stumped and overwhelmed because I have so many rooms to paint.
I think I want to start with family room, since this is the area I spend most of my time in. I already have a color I want... but I am stumped with what color to do the trim.
So I think I will take your advice and start thread.
Even so, pay for the upgraded paint color from the start. They have to paint is A color, doesn't have to be white. Usually the upcharge is for MORE than one color.
I had options for variations of beige. The problem was if I wanted 2 color choices, the upcharge was something like $2000.
So I could have chosen Navajo White... which is an off white... or some other color that was a sand color... but if I wanted white trim it would be an extra $2000.
They would paint EVERYTHING one color without the upcharge. The trim, the doors, the ceiling.
I did not want everything a beige color. I thought $2000 just to change the paint gun for the trim, doors and ceiling was too much. Especially when I know I don't want all white, all beige or all sand color walls.
They did not have any other colors than white or beige. And they would not do one room this color and another room a different color.
So I decided flat white... that way if I wanted to keep trim and ceilings white, I would not have to repaint every ceiling and all the trim.
Like others have said, it just might be a preference to have white walls. In my first house, the paint remained white. I was young, and as much as I would have loved color on my walls, I had other things to focus on at the time.
Fast foward a decade, and we finished building our current home a year ago. We decided that paint would be one of our upgrades. We mulled over it for a while because we couldn't wrap our heads around the cost just to upgrade paint, but we knew if we didn't have the builder do it, it would probably be years before we took care of it.
Different preferences, different situations....
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