So I had my house painted this weekend:
Old paint scheme:
New Paint Scheme:
The problem is that it was supposed to look like this:
So here's the deal. I got it approved through the Architectural Review Board (emails below) and they gave me the paint names and numbers and I gave them to the painters and when I came home it was this color!
I got the colors from the HOA and gave them to the painter.
He went and got the colors from the approved vendor.
He painted the house.
Now the HOA is saying that it's not an approved color. Well I'm not paying another $5K to paint my house again, what do I do if it's decided that I have to paint my house again? Who pays, who is at fault?
Here are the emails in order:
Jim / Brittany,
Attached please find the request for a paint color scheme change. We reside at 708 FreeflyNole Drive. I have also attached a picture of the exact house we would like to copy. This home color pattern is not on a house near us. That being said the Resident Handbook says that we should reach out to you for the original color scheme. Please send me the color scheme for 259 NearFreeflys Drive. That is the color house we wish to change ours to.
Thank you in Advance.
FreeflyNole
Attached to this was the third pic from above, and the document for a ARB approval for a color change:
Here was the reply with the approval:
FreeflyNole,
The closest color scheme I have for the below home is MPH-9
Body- CC- Tofino CL3002W
Trim- CC- Old Washer CL 32902W
Door-CC- Tribeca- CL3006A
The below picture looks bluish- green on my screen the door on my color scheme is a dark green and the below door is red which is from MPH-14 Door: CC-Pomegranate CLv1109N
Shawn Gooden is a rep from Sherwin Williams and is familiar with the original color wheel codes and has matched paint up in the community for other owners.
Thanks,
Brittany, Community Association Manager
Email I sent this morning:
Brittany (HOA manager) / Rod (President of the HOA) / Jim, (Head of the ARB who approved the colors)
As discussed below I had my house painted this weekend. I copied and pasted the below color combination for the painter to buy and went by Sherwin Williams myself to make sure that they could accommodate the colors.
They painted the house in one day. When I got home mid day the house was 80% done, I noticed that the paint color didn’t match the green I specified in my picture in this thread (259 NearFreeflyNole Drive). We double checked the numbers and the painter went back to Sherwin Williams and had them mix another sample of the same paint code. The paint came out the same.
That being said they finished the job. The house is a blue green, but more blue than green. The trim and the door seem the match those others in the neighborhood. I’m perfectly okay with it, but it doesn’t match the other green houses in the neighborhood.
As stated, I got the exact code you suggested, and double checked with Sherwin Williams. I just want it noted here in case anyone complains I did exactly what you said. Below is a picture of the house repainted.
Kind regards,
FreeflyNole
Now, the guy Jim is my direct next door neighbor, and a good friend of mine. So he has been giving me the background and the HOA, being Brittany, and a hand full of busy body neighbors have already complained that it's not on the Sherwin Williams approved color wheel (one day in mind you). And that they are deciding if they are going to try to force me to paint it again.
I want to be prepared, who would be to blame here?
Old paint scheme:
New Paint Scheme:
The problem is that it was supposed to look like this:
So here's the deal. I got it approved through the Architectural Review Board (emails below) and they gave me the paint names and numbers and I gave them to the painters and when I came home it was this color!
I got the colors from the HOA and gave them to the painter.
He went and got the colors from the approved vendor.
He painted the house.
Now the HOA is saying that it's not an approved color. Well I'm not paying another $5K to paint my house again, what do I do if it's decided that I have to paint my house again? Who pays, who is at fault?
Here are the emails in order:
Jim / Brittany,
Attached please find the request for a paint color scheme change. We reside at 708 FreeflyNole Drive. I have also attached a picture of the exact house we would like to copy. This home color pattern is not on a house near us. That being said the Resident Handbook says that we should reach out to you for the original color scheme. Please send me the color scheme for 259 NearFreeflys Drive. That is the color house we wish to change ours to.
Thank you in Advance.
FreeflyNole
Attached to this was the third pic from above, and the document for a ARB approval for a color change:
Here was the reply with the approval:
FreeflyNole,
The closest color scheme I have for the below home is MPH-9
Body- CC- Tofino CL3002W
Trim- CC- Old Washer CL 32902W
Door-CC- Tribeca- CL3006A
The below picture looks bluish- green on my screen the door on my color scheme is a dark green and the below door is red which is from MPH-14 Door: CC-Pomegranate CLv1109N
Shawn Gooden is a rep from Sherwin Williams and is familiar with the original color wheel codes and has matched paint up in the community for other owners.
Thanks,
Brittany, Community Association Manager
Email I sent this morning:
Brittany (HOA manager) / Rod (President of the HOA) / Jim, (Head of the ARB who approved the colors)
As discussed below I had my house painted this weekend. I copied and pasted the below color combination for the painter to buy and went by Sherwin Williams myself to make sure that they could accommodate the colors.
They painted the house in one day. When I got home mid day the house was 80% done, I noticed that the paint color didn’t match the green I specified in my picture in this thread (259 NearFreeflyNole Drive). We double checked the numbers and the painter went back to Sherwin Williams and had them mix another sample of the same paint code. The paint came out the same.
That being said they finished the job. The house is a blue green, but more blue than green. The trim and the door seem the match those others in the neighborhood. I’m perfectly okay with it, but it doesn’t match the other green houses in the neighborhood.
As stated, I got the exact code you suggested, and double checked with Sherwin Williams. I just want it noted here in case anyone complains I did exactly what you said. Below is a picture of the house repainted.
Kind regards,
FreeflyNole
Now, the guy Jim is my direct next door neighbor, and a good friend of mine. So he has been giving me the background and the HOA, being Brittany, and a hand full of busy body neighbors have already complained that it's not on the Sherwin Williams approved color wheel (one day in mind you). And that they are deciding if they are going to try to force me to paint it again.
I want to be prepared, who would be to blame here?
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