Erivan Da Silva Painting

It went well; Professional job

I have nothing but great things to say about Erivan and his crew. I think it's important for everyone to know the details of my experience with him to reflect how good he is at what he does as a painter but also how genuine and helpful he is as a person. If you aren't willing to read my long review, here is the short version: Erivan is super responsive, accommodating, and truthful with his quotes. He does an AMAZING job and he is very clean. No dust, no mess and not intrusive in your living space which was impressive for me since I work from home and my office was just down the hall not too far away from the kitchen where they needed to paint. He is one of the few painters you would find to take extra time to cover and seal everything to make sure nothing gets dirty, dusty or stained by paint. Now that that's out of the way, I recommend to take couple of minutes to read what led me to hire Erivan. I needed my kitchen cabinets painted and just like most of you, I started my search by requesting quotes from painters and alike. Erivan was one of the first ones to respond. My initial strategy was to send pictures of my kitchen to people and ask for estimates to speed up the process. I contacted close to 15 people in total and some said they would need to see the kitchen in person and others said they will get back to me within day to give me a quote. Take it from me, NEVER hire anyone who gives you quotes based on pictures. They will either over-shoot their estimate - sometimes because they don't even want to bother with you - or they will start demanding more money in the middle of the job. Always pick from people who come to your house to give estimates. Fast forward few days, I had five people coming over looking at the cabinets including Erivan himself. Erivan examined everything very carefully, asked me what I specifically wanted and explained what he would be doing step by step before giving me a very reasonable and realistic quote. He took the time to explain and train me about the process and his particular choice of products for the job and why it differs from what others may choose to use. Long story short, as much as I liked Erivan and his quote, my wife and I decided to go with some other painter due to some smooth talk and overpromises both my wife and I fell for. He (the other painter, Not Erivan) made us wait three weeks and canceled on us two day before due to "personal" reasons. I have no way of knowing if true or not, but felt like a fool at that point. I contacted Erivan again. He responded almost immediately and said he would help me but needed a day or two to tell me when exactly he can schedule me for. He was in the middle of a job and had other jobs lined up so he wasn't sure if he can even squeeze me in since my residence is more than an hour away from his business. One of the the things that highly impressed me was how responsive he is and he how well he keeps his word. If he says he will call tomorrow, rest assured he certainly will. You won't have to chase him around to get an answer. Just like he promised, he called and told me he had an opening for few days before his next job and I am available first thing the next morning he can do it, Otherwise, it would have to be some other time. I agreed, He showed up at 7:15am the next morning with his worker, and yes, he comes from almost an hour and half away distance. They have done everything the proper way (no cutting corners or rushing through the job) for kitchen cabinet paining including, cleaning with special chemicals, sanding, priming and sanding again, applying stain blockers and few coats of painting. Luckily, the weather cooperated and Erivan was able to use the warm, sunny day to prime and spray the cabinet doors outside in my backyard while his worker took care of the trims and other areas in the kitchen. They both chose to stay until after 7pm that day to make the best out of what the weather offered. They came at 7:15am the next day, put back all the hinges and doors, leveled the cabinets, and even changed my cabinet handles/pulls which I said I wouldn't do. In other words, they even complied my last minute changes that added to their work since he needed to fill up the old holes on the cabinets and make new ones for the new handles my wife really wanted. The cabinets look FANTASTIC. They are nice and smooth and professionally done. He gave me specific instructions what to do and not to do after he left to ensure the cabinets are properly dried and taken care off. They were in and out in matter of two, although very long, days and barely felt their presence through out the process which is especially amazing to me since I work from home and rely on quiet nature of home office space. If the weather didn't cooperate I believe it would probably have been an additional day or two for the job to be completed. Simply put, here is the list of things you should expect from Erivan and his crew: 1) Extremely responsive. His phone doesn't stop all day and he responds to everyone equally without compromising his work time on the job 2) Work ethic is exceptional 3) Honest and genuine 4) Super capable and delivers professional results. He has close to three decades of painting experience 5) Detail oriented and due diligent 6) Very clean 7) Very careful moving stuff around like refrigerators and such and pays attention not to scratch floors 8) He will do exactly what you ask him to do but he will always recommend what's best for you since it makes no difference for him 9) He will treat your space as if it is his and no exaggeration when I say that 10) Respectful and a stand up guy I would not hesitate to hire him again although I wouldn't make him drive that distance if it isn't worth it for him. I took the time to write this long review in order to save anyone time dealing with others. He gets full score from me and I have no doubt you will feel the same if you hire him. See the before and after picture.

Erivan and his team did an excellent job with this difficult exterior painting project. He kept me informed throughout the project and left things extremelly neat at the end of each day. I will definately be working with Erivan again.

He and his assistant were great. They came on time, were pleasant to deal with, reasonably priced and did professional work. Also, did last minute work I needed for a graduation party I was having and went out of their way to come back, out of their way, to make sure it was done well and on time!! Will use again for exterior of house and have recommended to friends. Old fashioned care and pride in their work! Cheryl B. Jamaica Plain MA

Erivan and his team have always been a pleasure to work with. I’ve worked with them twice now and have another project on the table. They did large scale interior painting for our house in Melrose when we first moved in, with a 6 month old baby no less! More recently, they painted the interior of our condo in Boston. We are hoping to work with them again for some exterior work too. Erivan has always been responsive, his team’s work is high quality and they are competitively priced. I hope they don’t get too busy for us!

Erivan is a great guy, very friendly and responsive. He has painted most of the rooms in our house and always makes sure we are happy with the results. He arrives when he says he will and is reliable.

My wife and i couldnt be happier with the quality job. We painted all the interior walls and trims. Erivan with his crew are great peopke to work with. I will def use them again on future projects and def recommend them to friends.

Ronaldo was hired after we got several bids to paint the exterior of our house. His was very competitive and he came recommended to us by friends. He was extremely punctual and professional. He cleaned up every day. He did a very thorough sanding job on the house before painting it, which was very important to us. At the end, for a few bucks, he graciously cleaned our gutters up high with his tall ladder. The house looks great, Ronaldo was a pro, no complaints. Happy to recommend him.

Ronaldo met all expectations.

We were very happy with the whole experience. Ronaldo came highly recommended by my cousin, who'd had both interior and exterior painting done on her house. Ronaldo is professional and very conscientious, responsive, accommodationg, and hard-working. He is willing to adjust his schedule to yours, and to work with you to solve any painting questions or issues that come up. Also, his prices are very competitive, and the quality of his work is consistent and good. We were very happy with the project, and will use RS Paining again whenever we need to.

Fantastic

Fantastic! (see previous description) R and S Painting is a special group and we will continue to use them and recommend them to others.