Jay Beckholt

We needed to have 12 shutters and front door painted, due to much fading. I happened to see Jay painting a neighbors shutters and asked him for an estimate. I received the estimate within a week and they were available to perform the work within the time-frame needed. They used Sherwin-Williams paint (a very good brand). The painter was very careful and there were no spills or splatters. Two coats were applied and we couldn't be happier with the results. I will definitely use them in the future. I highly recommend them.

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Jay is the only painter we will ever engage - this is second of our homes he has worked on. He is the consummate professional painter. Plans well and is a craftsman with the precision of an artist. His team works well together. They got the work done ahead of schedule. Once the carpets were installed, Jay came back to see where any touch ups were required.

So here is the good news:  He is fast, efficient and on the very, verylow end with his estimates.  He returns phone calls, shows up on time and moves quickly through the job.  When all was said and done, our garage looks nicely painted.
Here is why I gave him a D on quality and a C overall:  The back of our garage eaves and soffits had fairly significant issues with wood rot due to a improperly installed metal roof (unbeknowst to me)  This rot was up high, second-story-climb-a-ladder-height.  What amazed me about this service experience is that after power washing and scraping, Jay chose NOT to mention to me that his painting job would be very compromised by this wood rot.  He just spray painted over it!  In between his first and second coat, I noticed an unpainted area on the end of a fascia board on the lower gutter level.  I climbed a ladder to check it out and low and behold the wood could not hold paint because it was indeed disintegrating from rot.  Then I looked more closely at the upper eaves and saw similar issues.  When I called him and said, "hey Jay, is the wood up top rotted?" he said "yes".  When I said, why did you continue to paint and not say anything to me when you saw those issues, he said "my job is to paint -- I figured you would have fixed it if you cared to prior to me painting".  Wow.  So I told Jay to put the brakes on his painting job and let me bring someone out to replace all the bad wood and fix the roof that was causing the problems.  
Once the carpentry was done, he did come out punctually and put two more coats on the siding (this time using the right color match) and finished painting the trim.  I still don't think he understood my amazement at his complete disconnect about painting rotted wood  without mentioning it to me and how that his painting job would just fail a year later, and make him look bad.  I did not expect him to replace the wood, but I certainly did not think it was too much to ask of him to tell me their were significant issues with wood damage.  I think he just wanted to get through this small job and move on.

Jay was very responsive, and provided an estimate early in the summer.  After comparing other companies, we decided to hire Jay and put ourselves on his waiting list.  It was worth the wait.  We are very pleased with the professional job that Jay Beckholt and his crew did at our home.  They power-washed the house, landscape fences and pergola.  Two weeks later, they returned and started painting.  The painting was done in two days, even with two coats of paint.  The quality of their work is excellent, and his price is very competitive.  Our landscaping was protected, the edging was precise, and the windows and doors were neatly framed.  I would gladly hire Jay again, and happily give him a strong recommendation.