Schinman Painting

I’ve hired phil twice, first to paint the outside and again our dining room. The exterior paint that he recommended wears like iron.
He’s very thorough and his crew is well trained.
Now, if you’re bargain hunting, move on. Go to Home Depot and hire illegals or crackheads.
It’s best to hire him on a time and materials basis
Emanuel appel

When informed they would be covering our house in plastic, I explained it gets very windy on our corner. I was told they would secure it well. The wind came up and blew the scaffolding off, causing $ 10k of damage to our car and damage to our and our neighbors property. The subcontractor claimed they weren’t responsible due to Schinman Paintings negligence and rather than dong to the right thing — stepping in and making good on our claims while going after their subcontractor — they put me in the middle of their argument. To make matters worse, the house ended up getting soaked during a subsequent rainstorm (in part because of the delay due to the scaffolding collapse). After painting the entire paint job bubbled and within 2 years started peeling. While still within the 5 year warranty provided I made many attempts to contact Schinman painting and they refused the courtesy of a return call, let alone an explanation.

Over the past 9 years, we have had Schinman Painting paint the interior and exterior of our old home, and think they are the best. I’ve had numerous compliments on the paint jobs over the years, and the paint holds up beautifully.
They also restored the wood around our windows in our 1920’s home several years ago, and it was all done perfectly. Phil is an expert at helping to choose colors, and his crew is professional, friendly, and have been a pleasure to have in my home while they work. Compared to the quality of other paint jobs I’ve seen, these guys do the highest quality work I’ve seen.
We recently bought a new home, they repainted the interior and exterior, and it’s all perfect. When I had a leak and the ceiling needed repair, they did that too. We hosted a party at our new home this weekend, and they all put in extra hours to make sure everything was done and looking good in time for the party.
I can’t recommend Phil and his crew highly enough, if you want the highest quality paint job, hire Schinman painting. They might not be the least expensive option, but they are well worth what they charge.

Phil sold me a bill of goods. He guaranteed the job and said he would come back if the paint failed. The paint failed just 2 years after he painted and he didn’t make good on his promise.
I do not recommend him.

Absolutely horrible experience! The sales job is very good and we fell for it. Although the workers are nice and respectful and some of the work was done well, the follow-​through, quality and service is terrible. I concur with Rob, Michael and Reza and their experience. The job was done 2 months ago and some of the exterior paint is already bubbling-​up. The finishes inside were sloppy. However, the biggest issue was with communication. The owner is completely unprofessional and rude and isn’t good with colors (although he’ll tell you he is). We’ve NEVER had to deal with such terrible service. Oh and did I mention that they charge a lot of $$? Stay away, we wish we had.

Fabulous job. I’ve never had workmen in my house who were so quiet and respectful of my space — AND the paint looks terrific .
they showed up on time, did their work, and left.

I’ve worked with 3 different paints in on our old Victoria, and by far Schinman is the best. His price is fair, and his guys were efficient, careful, and very skilled.
I’m not sure why some other reviewers had such a horrible experience. Perhaps they pushed him beyond just painting, or maybe he sent a bad crew. Ask for his ‘good guys,’ I guess.
I’ve worked with other painters and had to keep a detailed punch list of things they forgot to do, then had them come back several times to finish the job properly. I actually prepared a list of Schinman’s guys during our last job, but before I could share it with them they had finished the job so perfectly there my list was useless — everything on it was done before I could ask for it.
Seriously, this is the best painter I’ve come across in the City.

Not surprising that this business doesn’t even exist in the BBB’s database!
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One of the worst service providers I have ever worked with! This was not a strictly painting job but more of a light remodel job. The flooring has bubbled up after 2 – 3 months. Two professional assessment have both told us that the floor needs to be redone. It is so bad that the brand new material can not even be re-​used. It is going to cost us $ 10K to redo the floor. On top of the lousy work, there is plenty of attitude too, in fact down right rude. Don’t give your hard earned money to these people. You will regret it. Multiple phone calls to Schinman Painting have gone unanswered. The BBB will hear from us soon.

I HIGHLY recommend Schinman Painting.
He painted our entire Noe Valley condo (minus the kitchen and bathrooms) 2 years ago and our place still looks amazing. We sold our condo in 4 days and I know that the paint job helped sell it (b/​c people commented on it) Phil really knows his stuff (colors, finishes, details) and was a great help in picking out finishes. Yes, his quote was on the higher end, but it was so worth it. You get what you pay for. And to contrast this, he was unable to paint our kitchen and bathrooms so we used this other painter. What a mistake. The contrast is striking and we kick ourselves for not waiting for Phil.
His crew was friendly, prompt and clean. They definitely put a lot of time into prep and it shows in the finished product. He also helped us out with other non-​painting issues, such as leaks. Though he is very busy and hard to get a hold of at times, with a little persistence you can reach him. Personally I’m glad to know him and again, can’t recommend his company enough.
Finally, we’re moving to Orinda and have already contacted him about painting our new house.
Good luck!

have used phil multiple times: a couple small indoor jobs, one big indoor job, and the whole exterior. he has also replaced multiple windows for us.
the work has always been clean and precise, and phil has been a pleasure to work with: smart, honest, and fast. always willing to do touch-​ups. we’ve gone back to him confidently after every job.
plus, he has an amazing color sense.

Contrary to what some other posters have written, I have to say that the paint job Schinman Painting did on our house is beautiful and has lasted for years despite the front of the house facing the south (and getting a lot of sun exposure). He was a pro with colors – and was extremely patient while helping us find colors that we liked and that worked well together. The company charges more than some of the other paint companies but after comparing bids and discussing details, we learned that they use top quality paints and don’t cut corners with prep work. We are so happy with the work that was done years ago that we plan on using them for our interior this year.

After we had acoustic ceiling removed and new ceiling lights installed we contracted Schinman Painting to replaster, texture and re-​paint our ceiling. Their work was excellent, they worked hard and had the work done in 3 days. They always left our place clean and tidied up at the end of each day. I think Schinman charges more than the going rate, but we are very happy with their work, and no one else turned up for an estimate.

Twice the price, half the service. Paint began failing after a year, have not been successful in getting him to make the repairs. Going on 3 years now. We’ve talked about them, he’s seen them but getting him to fix them has been elusive. This was on a $ 50K paint job, again twice the price of the low bidder who ended up painting the next door neighbors 3 unit building, his work is holding up just fine.

the worst paint job ever! the 5-​figure price for the building was in line with the others, and andy seemed like a nice guy, but the paint job looked good for about a year, and started to degrade. the windows still leaked that he said he’d fix. i called to see if he’d come touch-​up the job. he didn’t return my calls. we had to get another 5-​figure paint job 3 years later. all the contractors that came over said Schinman’s was the worst job they had ever seen. The really slimy thing is that another reviewer pointed out that at least two of the reviewers here were friends or relations of Mr. Schinman, and they convinced Unilocal to remove her review and my review thanking her for pointing that out. come on, Unilocal,if something is rotten, give folks a chance to point it out, and if Schinman were a good painter, he wouldn’t need to ask his pals to publish glowing reviews. Slimy. Avoid this business.