I needed my rooftop deck repainted and Lloyd was referred to me by my neighbor and what started as a small-ish job expanded to almost the entire house interior and exterior. The job was complex too with this 120 year old Victorian. Lloyd was courteous and professional and his experience improved the outcome more than I could have devised with him having seen so much about what works/looks better -even color selections I wouldn't have thought of. He did all that was requested and more and at a reasonable price. Definitely recommend. read more

Great job, checked in along the way and was open to changes and requests we made mid-project. Would hire again.

I just had the kind of experience with Fresh coats that inspires me to write the review that would have helped me make an informed decision. I needed to paint a small 2 bedrooms apartment, just white. In my head I was thinking it might cost 2 or 3 thousand. I got 4 quotes. 3 of them were for $7500 and up. They all seemed very pro and talked about 2-3 people taking a week for the job. Lloyd at Fresh Coats came in at $2250, he talked about just him getting it done in 4 days. Red flag I guess, but the reviews on yelp are uniformly strong. Maybe the other painters were just riding the contracting price boom. I reiterated to Lloyd that I didn't want him to skimp on prep and we agreed to go a little higher $2500. Communication was fine and he started when he said he would. At the end of the 1st day I started to get nervous. I told him I was going to replace the carpet so he didn't have to worry about it, but I was still surprised to see it super messy with paint chips everywhere and no tarps down. The next day he started spraying, which also seemed weird since the prep was clearly not finished. Don't you want to get everything scraped, sanded and masked before starting to paint? But I trusted he had a strategy. Third day I'm pretty alarmed. There was overspray everywhere, on door knobs and metal fixtures and outlets. Still there were areas that weren't prepped. I put up post it notes to point out problems and we talked about it. He said he would fix the flaws. Forth day he did fix many flaws but it was far from perfect. I told him I wasn't happy and we agreed on a slightly lower price. After watching him work for 4 days, I wasn't optimistic about insisting on the quality job I had expected, so I left it at that. After he left my daughter and I spent a weekend fixing flaws and touching up. We cleaned metal with steel wool, filled cracks with spackle, and then touched up numerous areas mostly on the trim. We spent a total of maybe 10 hours making it look good. You don't expect to spend hours painting an apartment right after it's painted, but I don't feel that bitter about it. I saved 5 grand in exchange for a weekend of work. Not the end of the world if the paint holds up. (I do worry a little, because we had to touch up numerous places where it had chipped in just a few days.) I'm attaching some photos that I took after Lloyd was done, but before I worked on fixing them. read more

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Lloyd did an amazing job matching our existing paint and repainting our hallway to cover many marks left by movers. Great job for a great price! We will definitely use Lloyd again next time we need a paint job done! read more

This year our house will be 100 years old, although my partner and I have only lived in it for the last 20. When we bought the house we had it painted yellow with blue trim with all the enthusiasm of 1st time home owners! Twenty years later our house needed a facelift!!! So I reached out to my former San Francisco Recreation and Park Department Latchkey kid, Lloyd Jones, to have him paint my house. As a retiree I have to watch every single penny so I was impressed when he asked, "What's your budget, Dee"? FRESH COATS PAINTING (his company) was able to replace and repair the damaged wood; scrape away the old paint; prime and paint the front of the house to the original colors. This work was started on Monday and finished including clean-up by Thursday. Our house needed a facelift and got it! FRESH COATS PAINTING did an excellent job. Our neighbors were impressed with the finish product. I am proud to recommend his company, FRESH COATS PAINTING, for any painting job big or small inside or out! read more

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I waited nearly a year to write this review because that's how long it's taken me to save my money to pay someone else to fix their job. They had two weeks to paint a one bedroom apartment and did not finish by our agreed upon time. My thought is that they overbooked and were trying to squeeze me in which resulted in poor work. read more

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Lloyd was excellent in his touching base and contacting me about the job I had for him here in Marin. His manner is professional and considerate. I decided against having the job done because of a prior need arising. I plan to call Lloyd later this summer when there will be more time to have him come make the improvements we talked about. Thank you, Lloyd, for your understanding! read more

I ordered a painting job using the Home Depot website and application. Several painters responded to me whom I am assuming are approved by Home Depot. Fresh Coats gave me a great bid, and I was ready to start. That's when communication started getting really spotty. I could never get a commitment as to when he was coming, and then on the day he was supposed to come his truck broke down and he said he would come the next day or the day after that. I kept reaching out to him, though I had hoped that he would reach out to me to keep me updated. Long story short the truck didn't get fixed, which honestly I would've been very sympathetic about but I just felt like I was chasing him around. read more

I got referred to Lloyd to Home Depot and we easily connected and he gave me a quote to paint a single room and said that he would be there the following day around 10 AM. At 11 AM I gave him a quick text message to see if he's OK and then I gave him a call and there's no response and no return text. At about 1 PM he text messages me and says that he locked his keys and phone in the trunk of his car and spent all day trying to get them out. I get it, stuff happens. But then all he does is apologize and doesn't offer to come out to do the job! so then I have to ask him if he's going to still come out and again there is no response... and this is the following day. I plan on calling Home Depot and reporting this as well because I don't feel that there's anything I did to deserve this type of bad customer service. he gave me a quote and I accepted it without any haggling and the room was completely empty ( I spent all evening cleaning it out for him.) This is very bad customer service and I feel like maybe because it wasn't an entire large job he wasn't interested, but like I said I was prepared to give him the exact money he requested. Home Depot also needs to know that he does this to customers just because he feels like it. read more

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I contracted Lloyd to paint the interior of my home and was very pleased with his level of professionalism and quality of work. He was very detailed in his original inspection of my interior, pointing out specific areas that warranted repair/patching. He was very careful and conscientious about covering and protecting my hardwood floors from any paint droppings, which I really appreciate. His actual work was performed very timely and on schedule. I was very happy with his eye for detail and plan for him to return for additional interior as well as exterior paint work. Additionally, his pricing was very reasonable. I highly recommend this company. read more

Really good work done overall and good communication back and forth to set expectations. I'll be using the team again for future work!

Lloyd did an absolutely amazing job painting 4 rooms in our apartment! We needed to have it painted back to the original color (yellow) before we moved out. Lloyd was quick to respond, get us a quote and set dates to paint. He was able to use the color sample we gave him and have the color matched to the original apartment color. He was even able to paint over the dark navy and greens we had painted and did a flawless job on the trim work. Seriously so impressed by the level of effort and professionalism. Aside from that, Lloyd was a pleasure to have in our house. Overall just a nice guy to chat with and be around. I would absolutely recommend Fresh Coats to anyone in the Bay looking for a painter. read more

If you are looking for a painter, look no further. Every step of the way was a pleasure with fresh Coat! Very professional, clean, friendly and all work was done in s very timely manner. A reputable company with magnificent work! The only painters I will ever use! Thank you for making this difficult time very easy! read more

Lloyd painted the inside of my Hair salon last week. The following summarizes the outcome: His quote was a very affordable package deal. He saved me lots of money on my purchase of the paint. He included extras and has great customer service skills. I found him thru home depots website. His online portfolio was clear, simplei, but impressive. He arrived on time and prepared. He's an insured, licensed bay area contractor. He was reliable, timely, personable, very professional, hard working, detailed, neat, clean, pleasant and calm. He made sure I was completely satisfied with the work before requesting payment and offered to go over anything I wanted. Needless to say, I am completely satisfied and will call him again. read more

I can't say enough good things about Lloyd and Fresh Coats Painting. He did an amazing job on two rooms we needed to have painted. He was fast, easy to communicate with, quoted us a fair price, kept within that price, and is a really nice guy to boot. I would absolutely recommend Lloyd to friends and family, and am recommending him because he did right by me. (ALSO: I'm 100% a real person. This isn't a fake ad or a fake 5-star review. Lloyd worked for me on 3/27/18.) read more

Lloyd did a fantastic job painting our kitchen. He is very funny and felt like having family around, which (being new to the area) made us feel better about inviting a "stranger" into our home. He arrived when he said he would, was flexible with his schedule, and did not leave behind ANY trace of his presence, ---he was also quick to clean up as well. It's pretty cool how he "free styles" everything. I expected to come home to a kitchen fully covered/wrapped but there were only a few pieces of tape around the crown molding and not a single splatter of paint on our wood floors. He will be returning to paint our cabinets soon. Also great price! The price he quoted was the price we paid. Thanks again! read more

Really enjoyed working with Fresh Coats Painting to rejuvenate several of our office spaces. Kasondra was an excellent communicator around scheduling and invoicing. Lloyd was laid back and flexible with my paint and scheduling needs. The new staff spaces look fantastic with the new paint. I'll definitely be giving them a call again soon. read more

Greg did a wonderful job! Not only that, he went above and beyond the job for us. Since we weren't even in the same town while he was doing the work, he not only painted, he found problems with the electrical that had to be repaired when he took down the light fixtures before painting. Our agent that sold us the house bought us a plant to welcome us. Since we were still living in LA at the time, Greg took care of the plant for us while he was at the house painting. We felt perfectly comfortable with him having the key to the house while we were not there. This guy gives his all to his clients and I can't say how much it is appreciated! We would totally recommend him for any job! read more

If you want it done on time and on budget hire, and done right call Lloyd. His attention to detail made my house a home. Thank you!

Lloyd helped me out with an interior painting job in San Francisco and did a fantastic job all the way through. He was flexible, got to my place before I did, and was professional more than meeting my expectations. He and Daniel adjusted for the vaulted ceilings and gave good advice regarding my accent wall color. I highly recommend you to work with him given the opportunity. read more

Lloyd did a good job painting our basement, and his fee was very reasonable.

I recently had Lloyd Jones paint the interior of my apartment and he did an exceptional job. Lloyd was prompt, professional and efficient. He was able to complete the entire job in a short amount of time and without any issues. My fully furnished apartment did not pose as an obstacle for him, as he moved all furniture carefully while paining and properly replaced my belongings afterwards. His price was reasonable and the job flawless. I would highly recommend using Lloyd and certainly would work with him again. Thank you Lloyd! read more

I cannot vouch for the quality of work done by Fresh Coats Painting, only that Lloyd, the apparent proprietor, had an appointment with me on a Saturday morning to provide an estimate and he never called or showed up. When I called him, he said that he couldn't drive across the Bay to see my house because it was raining. I told him it was not raining where MY house was, but that didn't convince him, so I just cancelled the whole affair. read more

Thanks to Lloyd, our office looks first class. The semigloss paint will help our walls stand up to the kids that we see every day in a medical office.The paint makes the walls look like new. Our office was not easy due to so many electric outlets and wall fixtures.Lloyd worked around our schedule and the full job was completed on time. Thanks again. read more