Paul B.
05/09/2015 12:00:00 SA
Cooper Painting is old-fashioned. And that's not bad. Recently, they repainted the exterior trim on our house. A few years ago, they painted the interior of my wife's office. Both times they were professional, reasonably priced, honest, friendly, and took pride in their work.
They didn't even ask for a down payment before beginning the job or hound us for full payment before the paint had dried. I don't know whether this is their policy for all jobs. Ours were small. But it's refreshing. I remember a time when most contractors worked this way. It's nice to know there are still a few of them around.
The owner, Paul Cooper, knows the area so well that when we asked him to put in a bid on a house we were going to buy, he knew the history of the house, including the fact that it had been featured for about five seconds in a George Clooney movie. We ended up not buying the place for unrelated reasons, but how cool is that?
I recommend Cooper Painting without hesitation for any painting job, large or small.
UPDATE:
After our previous positive experiences with Cooper Painting, we hired them to paint the entire exterior of our house. Again, they did an outstanding job. If I could pick one word to describe their work, it would be meticulous. The two painters spent three long days on the job and didn't miss a detail.
Before starting the job, they patched the small cracks in the stucco. They carefully masked the trim, pop-outs, and even the lock on the electrical box before painting the body of the house. They numbered the window screens before removing them to ensure that they put them back in the right places. They didn't miss the door jamb or front door behind the security door.
As they were loading the van at the end of the job, one of the painters noticed that the sides of the bench on our back patio were covered with stucco painted to match the house. He went back and painted it, even though I had never specifically asked that the bench be painted and probably wouldn't have thought about it otherwise. Then they started to put my wife's elaborate collection of Fourth of July decorations back on the front porch. I told them not to bother because even I didn't know exactly where they went. After the painters left, I noticed that they had put the decorations back on the porch anyway. My wife later confirmed that all of them were exactly where she had put them originally.
I was happy that the person who did the estimate recommended satin paint instead of the original flat finish. I wasn't sure how it would look on stucco, but it looks classier and will be easier to maintain. Also, the estimate included a transferable seven-year warranty on the paint. I know them well enough by now to trust that if the paint were to fade during this period, they would come back and take care of it.
They aren't the cheapest painters in town, but you get what you pay for. Some painters will do the job for half the price, but if you've ever bought a new house you know that there are tremendous differences in quality. The original paint job on our house lasted only a few years. We wanted a paint job that would look good for years to come, and I feel we got that.
Also, they are in demand. When we signed the contract, they estimated that they wouldn't be able to start the job for 8-10 weeks because of their current backlog. It turned out to be more like 12 weeks because they were doing some large commercial jobs, but we didn't mind because we were willing to wait for a high-quality paint job.
Cooper Painting is a family-run business, and it shows. Everyone from the painters to the owner are a pleasure to work with and show pride in their work.
In a few years, we will need to have the interior walls of our house repainted. We will call them again.
Thank you, Cooper Painting, for another five-star job.
