3?? Cherry Dr.
PASADENA, CA 91105
Painting – Exterior
Work Completed Date: November 11, 2011
Approximate Cost: $4,500.00
Prepared and painted the complete exterior of our 1200 sq. ft. house including attached pergola and new garage door.
After securing several estimates we decided to go with House Painting, Inc. because we felt that James the owner was the most professional of all. He listened to our needs, gave a thorough presentation of past work with an emphasis on prepping the house before the first drop of paint. He showed us lots of pictures, gave addresses of work done, presented all the paperwork of insurance, etc. He gave us follow up calls while we gathered other estimates to see if he could address any other concerns and even adjusted his quote to match a competing estimate. We felt all along that he was the one who really knew what he was doing and had extensive prior work addresses to back it up.
James’ crew of father and 2 sons showed up as scheduled and jumped right in on the prep work. They even patched a large hole in the stucco under our water heater cabinet that wasn’t visible unless you were on your hands and knees. I hadn’t even told them about it but was relieved to find they did it because it was a place that spiders liked to nest. They gave care in priming our metal garage door with the proper prime and sanding and repairing caulking on windows and sliding glass doors that needed it. They also took great care in removing and reattaching a large clinging rose bush on our house front…not a broken stem in the process.
What most impressed us was they painted four color samples of our choosing on the house for us to decide. We had a little panic of ugh…not the right colors…too pastel! With a call to James, he met us the next morning at a neighbor’s house that we liked the color. He helped us match it and ironically had his crew bring a sample of the exact color anticipating what we were aiming for. James and his crew were so patient with all our needs throughout the entire job (including painting on several samples of trim colors as well).
Father and sons did an amazing job. They were always so polite and patient even treated our dog as their own. We felt they were a family that took pride in their work and not just some workers who don’t really care. They never left any kind of mess or debris when leaving for the day.
The finished paint looked fantastic, the colors all in harmony and the trim work was incredibly precise. On the last day they had us walk the entire house to make sure there were not any spots or details we weren’t happy with. We found none. After the guys left James called us within the hour to also make sure we were completely happy with the work done.
The bottom line is we would highly recommend House Painting Inc. and will definitely use them for the interior when we get to that. Beyond the fact that they were so professional, knew exactly what they were doing start to finish, used high quality paint…is that from the first meeting with James to the last phone call, he and his crew repeatedly wanted to make sure we were “happy”…and we were!
To top it off, we weren’t able to get our new gutters up in time for them to paint while they were there and James said not to worry he’ll send his crew back in a couple of weeks to paint them to match house color. Who gives that kind of service anymore?!