Absolute perfection! We hired Garvey Painting to take the interior of our home from an all-over taupe (nope) to a few shades of hallelujah blue. The main portion of the house is a robin's egg hue with a darker accent wall that hosts a gorgeous seashore painting that pulls all the colors together. Brent's guys even painted the front door the deeper blue for continuity and it's fantastic. Workers were fastidious, on time every time and super easy to work with. Brent himself is communicative and very knowledgeable and professional. All in all, an awesome team did an awesome job, and we couldn't be happier! Would recommend 100%. read more

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The very best there is!! We met Brett and knew he was our guy! He's authentic and friendly, and so very accommodating. We met with him and knew we were safe. He's has that "I want to make your home beautiful" attitude, and they did! I'm in awe, our neighbors are in awe too. Brent runs that business like a fine oiled machine. First crew pressure washed, second crew replaced damage (there was plenty!!) Third crew painted our home and made our boring home so beautiful. Lastly, we had a clean up crew! They work in shifts and they know each and every job they have. His crew is OUTSTANDING! He's one heck of a business man and we're forever grateful for him! We would absolutely recommend Brent Garvey and his staff! We're so grateful for the honestly, excellent communication and the high end job they did for us!! You truly are our hero, Brent!! It's so difficult as a 62 yo woman to know what is the right business. With a handshake and hug we knew he was the very best. And it was!! read more

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I knew I wanted only the best specialist to close up ceiling in our 115 yr. victorian home after a plumbing repair. Garvey Painting fit the bill. Brent Garvey and his team have such attention to detail...they really made the patch job blend right in. They were able to patch the lathe and plaster and texture exactly right. The paint was a perfect match. They didn't even have to repaint entire ceiling. I highly recommend them, if you want the job done right, hire the best. read more

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Garvey painting did a fantastic job exterior painting my home with some much needed repairs. I've used his services twice for exterior and once for interior painting. Honestly, a go to guy for professional painting and repair services with friendly customer service. read more

Brent and his amazing crew are the ultimate professionals! I couldn't believe how fast and excellent the crew was! Their attention to detail was absolutely superb! In addition, Brent's recommendation for the color choice to stain my deck so it would match my house colors was spot on. He had me go look at colors at the local paint store and I picked out a few, however his choice was the one that worked the best! read more

I highly recommend Garvey Painting! My house needed a serious facelift - old, fading paint, rotting wood, extra TLC required. Brent helped me with colors and his picks were amazing. Really great crew; showed up when they said they would (and if you know Santa Cruz you know what a rare occurrence that is!) and did an amazing job. Got a couple of bids prior to hiring. While not the least expensive company in town, if you value quality over price, they are your best bet. Overall, my experience working with Garvey Painting was a total home run! read more

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I would NOT use again . Total Lack of detail, I continually pointed out issues... continually, they fixed issues as I pointed out I just didn't want to be the project manager on a job I paid for. Prep work almost non existent even tho the quote states, prep work to be done. Painted a large area with the wrong paint and had to re-do it all. No sign or communications with brent garvey during the project even after I emailed concerns till he texts me at 5am Lack of housekeeping and keeping my home clean, one of the workers tracked in black shoe marks on carpet, new tile flooring. Paint splatter in front of my house on cement, pavers. (They cleaned it up AFTER I pointed it out) Paint on kitchen cabinets, paint on new tile floor in one area. Paid with a check to the workers on site, then they lose the check. I think there's many other reputable better people that have a spine and will contact the client when the client contacts the owner (brent) with concerns and issues. There is No excuse for this, zero. The below reply from Brent is not about this new post, that's from last year when I tried to hire them and they never returned any messages, I shoulda learned then instead of giving them second a opportunity read more

Brent continues to surprise me with his excellent customer service and willingness to work around our hours at the dance studio. We have clients coming in and out 7 days a week and each time we call him he not only gets us on his schedule right away but is also able to work around the hours we need so we can keep our business running. The quality of his work is outstanding and I never have to be concerned with professionalism or his work being anything less than amazing. We can't thank you enough for saving us at Pacific Arts Complex one again! read more

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I needed to get the exterior of an occupied rental property painted on short notice. Brent and his crew were consummate professionals throughout the entire process. Want quality and fantastic consumer service, then using Brent Garvey Painting is a no brainer. read more

Working with Brent has been an absolute pleasure! He is kind, caring, provides amazing customer service and really cares about his clients and the quality of his work. His employee Tony did a beautiful job repainting our kitchen cabinets - they look brand new. Brent and his crew are going to paint our home next - once we get through this shelter in place. Highly recommend Brent Garvey Painting! read more

Good Day Yelpers! I want to give a BIG positive shout out for Brent Garvey Painting! We could not be more pleased with Brent and his great painting crew! Our house ( exterior) is completed and looks BEAUTIFUL! ( minus the telephone pole) From the time we retained Brent Garvey Painting through the finish they were on time, professional, respectful of all our landscaping and huge pots that needed to be covered or moved! All outdoor fixtures were removed and put back when painting completed. The particular crew Brent sent out ,we noticed, were very detailed oriented which was very much appreciated since we selected 4 colors for our exterior! Thank you Brent and your crew for perfection, we highly recommend Brent Garvey Painting! read more

We contracted Brent garvey to paint our home and inside our home as well. AVOID at all costs he cuts cost corners on his paint and LIES about cost up front. he was always asking for money every time we saw him when we agreed we woul dpay half up front and half when we were done. HE WAS BROKE and needed money up front all the day every day. he also did a horrible job and left stains on other walls! AVOID BRENT GARVEY AT ALL COSTS Edit: stop emailing and messaging me to change my review! I'm sorry your family is having issues. But, this happened and not changing! read more

Brent and his team did an excellent job painting the entire interior of my house. I love how it all turned out and working with Brent was super easy (responsive, helpful and flexible). The crew was fast yet careful & clean with the process. Touch ups were few but not forgotten. I would use them again in a heart beat. I am new to house improvements and was a bit hesitant to do all the rooms at once. Totally glad I did and it was Brent's team who made it worth every penny. read more

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I am very pleased with the work Brent Garvey painting did on my home. Not only did the guys do a stellar job, but their attention to detail and professionalism are far and above any other painting company I have hired in the past. I am very impressed with all of them. Brent made himself available, visiting the job each day, graciously adding small requests I had. I cannot say enough good things about Brent Garvey - his attention to detail, communication skills, respectful manner and commitment to doing a great job to name a few. I plan to have him and his guys back to do the interior of my home. read more

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My experience was 5-star! Brent was professional, timely using an experienced on-time crew. The job had a few twists and turns that created not only a paint job but a caulking job to seal gaps in some places over 2 inches! If you want to see their work then drive by cause it speaks for itself. They know what they're doing and I have no hesitation recommending Brent Garvey Painting! I wish I had a before picture of the dark black mildew on the siding... my home looks brand new! After reading the reviews I was surprised and I did not experience any work incompletions. If anything I was impressed with their attentionto detail! I always take reviews with a grain of salt and make my own decisions. So far... so great! read more

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Brent Garvey is an Excellent painter who tackled a big project in my 8,000 sq.ft. new construction home! Attention to detail, great advice on colors and extremely reliable! Brent was there every step of the way, handled problems like a professional and made my house look perfect! Both inside with custom stained doors and trim and outside with stucco and decorative corbels. 5-star for sure. read more

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I hired Brent Garvey to paint the interior and exterior of my house in October of 2019 based on the glowing Yelp reviews I had read. Even before his crew started working on our house, communication with him was challenging. I repeatedly had to check in with him about when he and his team would be showing up for different stages of the job and this continued throughout the whole job--having to press him for when he would show up. Also, and this is just an issue I have with his professionalism in his communication, but when texting back and forth, he would use abbreviations for words that were far from what I would expect from a seasoned contractor--"u" for you "ur" for your, " r u" for are you. But it was a few weeks after the paining had finished that we had significant issues with the paint job itself. After about 4 days of straight rain, two patches of big bubbles were noted on the sides of the house. We were in escrow selling our home and this, understandably, caused some major concern on behalf of the buyers. I brought this to Brent's attention, sending him the photos and his response was that he would fix it and it was "not a big deal". Not once, during the two weeks of back and forth communication about this did he ever apologize for this or give some kind of explanation as to why the fresh paint was failing, even when I asked him directly via email about this. We believe that the house was not primed, since we never saw it in a primed state, and that is probably did not sit long enough after they pressure washed to sufficiently dry. Our buyers wanted to get some kind of guarantee from Brent that he would fix any issues in the paint for the next year as this bubbling a month after completion made them very concerned. I texted Brent about this on 12/4, following up with an email about it the same day. I received no response to this request, which prompted both my realtor and the buyer's agent to reach out to him about the warranty. On 12/9 he texted with the buyer's agent and said that he would not give a warranty on "failing" stucco. Our inspection for the outside of the house was clean and we had no idea why he would text this as that caused huge concerns on behalf of the buyers and threatened to derail our sale. I texted and called Brent. He texted me back saying that there had been an auto-correct mistake and that he meant to say "fading" stucco but that he told the buyer's agent that he would give a one year warranty on the paint job. We waited a day and received nothing. I emailed him on 12/10 with exact verbiage that I needed him to use on his warranty, following up with a text. He emailed me back, not having followed the verbiage and did not even notice that his auto-correct had changed his name to Best Garvey. I emailed him again on 12/11, stating again the exact verbiage that I needed him to use. He emailed me back with his warranty which overall sufficed, but he still omitted words from the requested language. In all the headaches that come along with selling your home, this has been far and away one of the most frustrating. read more

It isn't often that contract work, such as house painting, is done on time and meets expectations. I just had my house exterior painted by a Brent Garvey crew and I was very pleased. Not only were they a friendly and courteous crew but their work was top quality. Tony D read more

I have used Brent on all of my properties. His crew is Hardworking, Meticulous and NICE!! Brent is a man of his word who has always done a super job for me for a great price. BGP is a great value!!! read more

Excellent in every way. Quality work, attention to detail, easy to do business with. Even helped us choose the best shade, suggesting a custom variant of a standard mix. Highly recommended. read more

Slow follow through on a very small texture and paint job. He asked me to pick up my own paint. Quality of work was good. I know small jobs don't get a priority but customer service should not be sacrificed. read more

We absolutely love the job that Brent Garvey Painting did for us! They not only did a fantastic job on the outside of our house, base paint, trim and doors painted, but they did it while we were in Mexico, so we came back to a wonderful, beautiful, newly painted house! AND they painted our little tool shed that's next to the house, for free! We HIGHLY recommend Brent Garvey Painting! read more

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Garvey Painting painted the outside of my house several years ago. Recently I needed my two decks and stairs painted and I did not hesitate to call Garvey Painting again. The price was reasonable and fair. The painters were professional and did a great job. They went above and beyond helping me. I would highly recommend them for any job large or small. read more

I wouldn't have this guy paint my house if it was free. Wait, that's not true. For free, I'd use him again. He could paint my house for free. To paint my dog, he'd have to pay me. But he did paint my house. That's what we're talkin' about here. House paintin'. He did an interior job on a 4 bedroom ranch for us. His bid was the middle one. He seemed nice and straightforward. He got the work done on schedule and it looked pretty much OK. There was just 2 issues. Well actually ten or eleven problems wrapped into a promise and a list. (The promise was broken. I'll get to the list later.) We specifically said not to paint one room , which had what I'll call "specialty painting" in it. His guys painted it anyway. I guess I should have made a sign: "Pintado no!" But I'm a mellow dude, so I let this slide. Hey, I only spent three weekends getting the details in that room right, so no big thang. Now it's beige. Sweet. But I let it go. And when the job was done, Brent asked for a check. I said there was a punch list of 10 items that needed to be dealt with. Simple stuff. Trim not replaced. Over paint on crown molding that need touching up. Splatter on the hardwood that needed cleanup. Exactly ten items. I told Brent that I'd leave a check on the counter if he'd promise to do the items. I said that I just needed him to complete the items and I'd be a shiny, happy customer. I read him the list and he agreed. (Well, he agreed to finish the work, not sure if he ever thought I could be shiny.) He took the check. He didn't complete the items on the list. But he was kind enough to crumple the list and toss it in my flower garden. That's where I found it. Nice. Make a mess. And then make another one, a little one, but still a mess. I've been using Peter Arzouni Painting since. No complaints. read more

Watch out!!! and BE CAREFUL! We used his services and after our quote, they failed to appear, had to reschedule, and didn't get enough paint. Think that is bad business, after they had started the job, he called to let us know that he did not charge us enough in the quote and told us that our job was too small and challenging (1 bedroom and a hallway? How can that be challenging) and demanded more money. To say the least we paid him to just be done with it, but I would never recommend his services to even my worse enemy. read more

I've had a lot of work done by Brent's outfit (popcorn ceiling removal, drywall work--both full installation and repair, as well as painting). I've always been happy with the results. The work is precise and careful. Sometimes scheduling was hard, but in the end it was always worth any confusion. I've come back again and again. Brent himself is personable and available and stands by his work. It will be right. read more

We recently hired Brent Garvey Painting to paint the interior of our home and were very pleased with the experience. Brent met with us prior to the job starting to go over all of our color choices and details. We were dealing with seven different color/sheen combinations so it was important that everyone was on the same page. The two-man crew that did the actual work was very professional, skillful, and pleasant to work with. The guys treated our belongings with care and worked diligently to get the job done one day sooner even than promised. Brent kept in touch with us at every stage in the painting process, if not dropping by daily, then at least with a phone call. During our follow-up, there were a few things that we requested to be changed (due to us changing our minds), and Brent had the crew out there the very next day to take care of our request with ease. Our overall experience with Brent and his crew was great. We are planing to paint the exterior of our home sometime later this year and will definitely be giving Brent Garvey Painting another call. edit to add: In May 2012 we had BGP out to paint our home's exterior. Once again, they went above and beyond to make sure that we were pleased with the work. I'm bumping my review up from 4 to 5 stars to reflect their outstanding business. read more

Great painters! We have used Brent's company on several homes. Our vacation rental property, rental property and our personal home. On our personal home he painted the inside and the outside. He suggested colors and has a great eye for detail. We have had several compliments on the colors and how well the paint was done around the crown molding. Everything was done so precise. He has completed large jobs in a small timeframe. He has worked around tenants and VRBO tenants. He and his crew have always been professional. We will continue to use Brent Garvey in the future and would recommend him to our friends, family and neighbors. read more

Outstanding quality and service. Pressure washed first week then painted the exterior the following week. The crew showed up on time, and did a professional job. Completely satisfied. read more

the absolute best painter in the santa cruz ....specializing in the aptos rio del mar area. Brent has done my house 2 times plus the interior once. tony and his team are neat clean and professional. Brent has a great eye for color consultation and guidence on the scope of work that needs to be done. my house is 300 yards from the water and he pointed out issues from weathering i couldn't see that ultimately will protect my house. the only problem is getting on his schedule because they are "that" good!!! read more

We recently contracted Brent to paint all rooms and some of the ceilings of our 3 bedroom house in Pleasure Point. He was very easy to deal with, the job was done on time and within budget. The result is great as well. We have a lot of corners and cruxes everywhere. The painters took excellent care and it looks way better than before. read more

Negotiated price and he started right away. Luis in his crew is the best. Did exterior and interior. Helped pick the colors and it turned out great. Called after the job and he came to patch up a few things, no questions asked. Would hire again. read more

I hired Brent Garvey Painting to run baseboards and paint them after a vinyl floor was put in and then a year later to do the same thing in a bedroom, as well as to paint the bedroom. I could not have been more happy with all aspects of both jobs.. Brent and his crew were professional, timely and worked quickly, making sure to correlate their timing with what I needed to finish the remodels as quickly as possible. The paint job on the room was excellent, and Brent and the crew really went the extra mile to make sure everyhthing was done beautifully and the best it could be. You could tell that they all really cared about the job, were very skilled, and took pride in their work. The remodel wouldn't have been the same without them and I will always be using them for all my painting needs. read more

We recently had Brent Garvey repaint our house. He originally painted it eight years prior and did a great job. Since we live close to the ocean in Seascape our exposure to the elements is severe. Two months ago his crew did a repeat job that was superb. This time though we had several places with dry rot that his carpenter, Adolfo, attended to. Doing a stellar job! They finished on time , cleaning up every day and came in at the bid price. We will definitely have Brent and his crew do the repaint in the hopefully distant future. read more

I am a Realtor in Aptos with a backround in the building trades as a general contractor. I have worked with Brent and hired him to paint new homes and to do other large and small painting jobs. I know Brent to be an honest hard working painting contractor who does good work and is reliable and has the manpower to get jobs done in a timely fashion. I would definitely hire Brent again. read more

I have used Brent Garvey Painting since 2007 when I literally tossed him the keys to my house because my wife was being hospitalized. Brent is trustworthy and his team knocked the ball out of the park....! Brent went out of his way to please us and the quality of his work is inspiring. I have referred several family members and friends to Brent. He gets raving reviews. Brent does what he says and says what he does. I will continue to recommend him and will hire him again. read more

Brent painted our house about 5 years ago and it still looks good. Very reasonable and dependable.

We fell for all the ads and when the owner came out to give the estimate he was very pleasant, clean, neat etc. However he was here only briefly when the job was being done; the crew spoke very little English and appeared to be inexperienced. We don't speak Spanish and were unable to communicate with them. When they powerwashed the house they sent dirty water in around all the windows, staining our furniture and carpets and ruining several lampshades. They also shot water under the eaves and through the vents into our garage, damaging things we had stored there. We're still finding paint drips, it's been a couple of years. We spent a fair bit of money and a lot of time doing cleanup from the messes they made. Our complaints were not addressed to our satisfaction. read more

These guys are awesome! Brent and his crew are A+++. They did a perfect job and I was impressed with their dedication to delivering a perfect job. In painting it's all about the prep work and these guys don't scrimp. You're paying for years of experience here and it's worth it. I've hired a number of painters over the years and now feel that Brent is my 'go to' guy. read more

We just had our home painted by Brent Garvey and his team and I have to say I am surprised at the other reviews here. My husband met with him prior to the painting and he was professional and pleasant. We had a unique situation in that our home painting took place while we were on vacation. Handling the details upfront was very important and his follow through was excellent. We had to call him mid trip when there was an issue with the color of the garage door. He responded promptly and took care of the situation. Feedback from neighbors who watched the painting process was great. They said his team was professional, efficient and thorough. I would recommend him to others looking for an honest local business professional. read more