Chae was very helpful in providing a detailed estimate for the interior townhome painting job we needed to complete and answered all of our questions. The price of the job was great for the quality of the excellent work completed. The workers arrived on time, were pleasant, efficient and helpful and left the work site immaculate. Shirley, at their office, was very helpful and pleasant when I called to discuss payment arrangements. We highly recommend Kim Brothers and are appreciative of their high quality painting job at a great price. read more

I've been using Kim Brothers for many projects. Let me start off by saying that a business owner always cares about the quality of work way more than workers and Kim Brothers weeds out any workers who are not top notch and stand behind all their work. 2nd, part of any paint job is to go over the end result after it drys and blue tape any imperfections. Paint on a door knob can be cleaned off....big deal and if you are painting old molding, it's time to replace the molding. It will still look old, with old drips. It will just be cleaner. I've never had a single incident with Chae when the guys need to come back and touch up. Touch-ups are part of any painting job and Chae and anyone else I've worked with over at Kim Bros will immediately send out a crew member to perfect any job. They are super conscious of their reputation and work and have a level of integrity that brings me back to them over and over. Integrity and a hand shake to them is more than a written contract and I only wish all my vendors had the integrity of Kim Brothers! read more

Let me start off by saying how sad and disappointed I am to be writing this review. My husband and I were so excited to move into our new home, but this company definitely soured it. Chae came to our house to give us an estimate and said the job could be done in 3-4 days. They started on Thursday morning. Initially, he said they don't work on Sundays, but when 3 days needed to be pushed to 4, Chae claimed his guys would be able to finish on a Sunday. Turns out, they forgot to order paint so they couldn't finish the work. So, they came back on Monday to "finish up". At this point, everything was fine. We were excited for the paint to dry and finally be able to move in on Saturday so we took a quick look at the house (this was at night so it was already dark) and found some streaks on the corners of the walls and unfinished baseboards (you can still see the color of the wood on most corners). They came back again on Tuesday to "fix" the issues. Chae claims to have been there personally and checked the work himself. 5 days of work and the project is still not done. Flash forward to Thursday evening when my husband and I finally had the time to examine the work (we wanted to let the paint dry completely) and we found A LOT of issues. Keep in mind, these issues were found in the evening with minimal lighting. I can't even imagine what it looked like during the day. 1. When they took our blinds off to paint, they left it OUTSIDE, ON THE GROUND, UNCOVERED while they were spray painting our kitchen cabinets which left a film of paint on about 90% of the blinds. 2. There were STILL A LOT OF STREAK LINES -- from the corners of the walls, the plug areas, the light switches, to the back of the hallway closets. Literally EVERYWHERE. 3. There was paint on our metal fixtures and windows (almost every glass window, faucet, sink, cabinet handles, door handles -- they didn't tape them off properly as there was paint not just on the base of the metals, but even the knobs! HOW?!). 4. The baseboards, like I previously said were STILL not finished. There were still a handful of corners that were missed even after telling them to double check everything previously. 5. Paint drips ALL OVER as well. This one was annoying because you can tell they painted sloppily. There were paint drips on the cabinets, doors, walls, literally everywhere; Even on our newly installed hardwood floors -- paint drips from the baseboards they were supposed to fix the FIRST TIME around. 6. In two of the bedrooms, THEY DID NOT PAINT THE BACK OF THE CLOSET DOORS. NOT EVEN PRIMED AT ALL. They painted INSIDE the closet, but not the other side of the door?! As if we wouldn't notice?! INSANE! What kind of painters only paint one side of the door?!?!?! Also, they only painted HALF the drawers so when you pull them out, you can see the unpainted wood with again, drip marks EVERYWHERE. I am beyond flabbergasted at this point. They came back on Saturday (the day we had movers coming in) to again, "fix" the issues. My husband and I had to go buy painters tape the day before so we could tape off ALL the areas mentioned above so they won't "miss fixing it" again. I can't even begin to tell you how annoyed we were doing this (THEIR JOB!) for them. Chae was actually there this time around and personally fixed a handful of issues which we appreciated (hence the 2 stars instead of 1), but unfortunately, they had to come back AGAIN on Monday to finish fixing the rest. It was so badly done that they needed a FULL DAY to correct everything. And even after they left that Monday, we found MORE half ass work as we started to unpack so they had to come back yet again the following week. Needless to say, it was a very long and painful process. My husband and I obviously DO NOT recommended this company. Pics attached. read more

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We own an apartment building in Santa Monica. We have been using Kim Brothers Painting Service for the past 10 years. Chae treats us with such extreme respect and care. 2nd to none. Don't even get me started about Shirley who has bent over backwards on several occasions to go out of her way juggling scheduling to take care of us. I live in Texas and run this business in Santa Monica. Kim Brothers Painting Service allows me to take care of this satellite business with the highest level of confidence. Thank you so much Chae and Shirley. You are the best! Absolute Highest Recommendation Possible. read more

Since writing this review, I have worked with Chae and Kim Brothers on my own home and another rental property. Both these reviews are completely unsolicited, but I want to show my gratitude somehow for their transparency and follow-through. As a property manager with limited funds, I work to get the best price from service providers. I am often met with a good amount of dishonesty and am constantly being upsold; I have never felt an ounce of this with Kim Brothers. They have come through when I've needed them, and are truly looking out for my pocket (this is good business!!). So grateful to have found them. read more

This was a great company I've used them in the past. They were quick, neat, and affordable.

I am a legitimate consumer that reached out to this company based on their review Be careful with this company. They are scam artists. We agreed to a price and date and they failed to do both. We had to change the date several times and could not commit to our agreement. When they actually showed up at my property they deliberately increased our agreed contract to 1000$ more. This company waited for me when I was vulnerable in time and they tried to charge me more knowing that I would be forced to say yes to the 1000$ increase. Luckily I fired them immediately and found a different company that took care of the job. Very Dishonest and unreliable. read more

I got some painting work done as part of my landscaping job, called on the Kim Brothers team, and it turned out fantastic. They were on time and on schedule throughout. I would definitely recommend to anyone who is looking to get a job done right. read more

We hired Kim Brothers to paint our one of our commercial buildings & also a large apartment building. Fabian & Alex did an amazing job, they both went above and beyond and were extremely courteous to all of the tenants!!!! Our buildings look beautiful! We would highly recommend Kim Brothers for any of your painting needs! read more

Can't say enough good things about Kim Bros. I am a home owner, when I review home repair services i consider they get 5 stars in each category: 1- Fair Cost 2- Integrity (ie: bid matched final invoice no bait & switch or upsell tactics) 3- Timely Responses and Scheduling 4-Clean up and site management 5-Courteousness It seems like a lot of reviews for home repair don't include any idea whether the price was a fair one. I shop every repair or remodel job i do out to at least 3 vendors. - I know they say never go with the lowest but with Kim Bros they always happened to be THE lowest bid. Why do I go with them? I like the estimator, Chae. He listens, writes a thorough bid with each line item and a normal home repair contract is issued, they are a real legit contractor, not one of these one dude painting outfits. He always sticks with his original bid, I never get part way done and get a call saying oh its taking longer because of X so the final amount will be higher. - (I have had them paint several things, including my interior which has double tall cathedral ceilings - and recently-(finishing up today actually- my 2000 square foot partial second story home built 1920 entire exterior in 2 colors for under $3,000! paint included.) For example: - One painter (who had 5 stars on Yelp) quoted me $20,000 and said it would take him a month to paint it after he started which couldn't be for about 8 weeks!!! - Some times I feel like an estimator comes in, sees my home in the pricey neighborhood, and notices I am a young single female, and they bid some crazy amount and tell me some BS just hoping I am dumb enough to give them the work - Chae never ever does that, my house could have been in Raseda and he would bid the same. Once I accepted the exterior bid the Kim Bros crew came right out to start even though I was out of town. They got on it immediately. Same crew every day, they worked for four and a half days - even one Saturday to get it done quick and get out of my hair. Super polite Mr Sun was the lead painter on my crew. Very Very courteous. Put up with our lack of parking, tidied up the site daily, patched everything well, sanded, and made sure all of my windows were working - not painted shut before the job was over he walked around the building with me to get my approval, and I could see his pride in work twinkling in his eye. -During the job I never even saw Mr. Sun take a break to eat. So please give Kim Bros the chance to estimate your job. They are terrific. If you are elderly, or single and tired of feeling ripped off or treated poorly call Kim Bros. If you are a family saving money and want good value for a good job done while feeling secure about who is working on your property, call Kim Bros. If you are selling a home and been advised to paint it for curb appeal, call Kim Bros. If you live in a fancy house and are tired of teh highway robbery that happens when an estimator sees your address and figures you have deep pockets: CALL KIM BROS. Also I like to support the small family owned businesses, they have been doing this for 30 years and deserve 30 more if they are up to it. Love the Kims, my wallet would surely be lighter with out them. read more

Fabian is absolutely amazing. Such attention to detail and pride in the work. Very communicative and an absolute pleasure with which to work. Can't recommend them highly enough! read more

Great company with excellent painters. on time, very neat and meticulous. Jason Levi read more

I had a great experience with this company and everyone that works there. They are total pros. Even months before the job (a Malibu condo), Chae Kim was incredibly helpful. The job was professionally done and the price was fair. I highly recommend them! Also, William, the person in charge of the job, was 100% hard working, professional, courteous and really wanted to make sure the client (me) was completely satisfied with the work. Shirly, on the phone, was super nice and helpful as well. read more

Great experience with this company, very happy with their painting crew (William being my main contact), and the work completed. It was time to refresh and repaint the interior of my condo, while fixing minor cracks/damaged wall corners, and repair pealing paint in the bathroom. When searching for a painting company, collected 6 different quotes, all for the exact same scope of work, however all quotes varied greatly in price. Kim Brothers was one of two of the most competitive bids, they were upfront about their available dates (whereas some of the other companies gave rather open ended start dates), and were able to place me on their schedule very quickly. The last time my condo was painted was about 10 years ago, and the previous painter did a less than mediocre job when correcting nail holes and surface damage. Not the case this time around! William (the foreman) took the time to ensure the job was done correctly, matching wall repairs to the existing textured wall surface, even going as far to point out and correct the previous painters' mistakes. Very happy with William's workmanship and overall hard work! Again, great experience, both with the pricing and scheduling aspects, but most importantly with William's work and attention to detail. read more

I've been manager of an Old Hollywood bldg for 15 yrs. Kim Bros. Painting has been my number one company the entire time. Not just for painting, but repairs and cleaning. Polite customer service every time. read more

We have been working with Kim Brothers for decades. Excellent work, great prices and easy to work with. They go the extra mile!!!

Prompt, efficient, friendly and clean. We were very happy with our choice to paint our home exterior. Their representative was on time and gave us a detailed bid the next day. They gave us a very fair price (we had 3 bids) for the job. The crew showed promptly at 8am each morning, were friendly, took great care to not damage landscaping and worked hard to finish the project in their estimated time. Beautiful work. We would hire them again. read more

Kim Bro painted the inside of my 3 bedroom 1905 era house in Venice, CA. This was a totally terrific experience. Wonderful work. Extraordinarily efficient. Very conscientious. Flavio and Alex were wonderful, and really cared about their work. And the price was very, very reasonable. I don't have enough good things to say about this, which in this day and age is highly unusual. Oh, and they it very, very clean and organized. read more

Absolutely stellar service! Beautifully painted! Hard workers! And such reasonable prices! Thank you Chae, and your crew member Victor! I am very pleased with my bathroom, living room, popcorn ceiling removal, kitchen cabinets, all of it! Thank you! read more

I live in the valley and needed to have my home painted. I researched and received quotes from 8 professional painters in the area. The Kim Brothers were the only one to show up early for the estimate. (This speaks volumes with me. It shows integrity). After receiving a very fair price quote for my home I called them up to see and speak with references (knowing they could all be either friends, family members, and/or a shill). I personally spoke with and visited some of the properties the Kim Brothers painted in the past. I was very impressed with what I saw and what people had to say. Most said, "My parents used them, I used them and my kids use them". These guys have been in the business for over 25-30 years and it shows! My neighbor loved the job they did on my house that he will be using them as well. They power-washed, sanded, scrapped and patched any holes needed to be filled before they started painting. The job was great! They ALWAYS showed up on-time (if not early) and cleaned up any mess left behind. The workers spoke English and always communicated with me if clarification was needed. I highly recommend them and as I told them...."I look forward to sharing my positive experience with the Kim Brothers!!!" Sincerely, Craig Parker read more

Kim Bros are absolute professionals! I called them for an estimate on a Wednesday. They came out the next day and were the lowest of my three bids. They started work the following Monday and said it would take 3 days. They finished Wednesday at noon. I have used many painters over the last few years as I have remodeled a dozen houses. Carlos, their lead painter was is probably the most skilled painter I have found. Two of the bathrooms on this job had full mirrors on 2 walls which were removed leaving a lot of adhesive and rips in the drywall paper. The other two walls of both bathrooms had wallpaper they had to scape off. When the job was finished it looked like new construction. The texturing was done perfectly! Not only was Carlos one of the best painters I have ever used the office staff was very professional as well. The even called the second day to say Carlos would be 30 minutes late because he had to pick up a part for the compressor. Bottom line if you want the best quality job at the lowest price and want the entire job to be done professionally, and finished on time call Kim Bros. as they are the best! read more

Was not happy with Kim brothers to paint the interior of our new house. They didn't stick to the timeline- even close- that we had set, likely because they only sent one person that work on a 2000+ square foot house. He was extremely difficult to communicate with, not flexible or accommodating, and left a lot of paint on the floor and all his trash (cardboard, plastic, etc) sitting out on on our lawn when he was done. Worst of all, he started showing up at weird times, first a 10pm on Sunday night then the next two days at 7am, not to work but demanding a check (even though he wasn't completely finished and no one from his company told me to expect this or give him one and this was just a day after he was "done for now" ie sans touch ups so it's not like they had been waiting for it. ) I tried to tell him several times that the check would be mailed. He didn't understand English well enough to know what I saw saying so he just wouldn't leave even though we were obviously super busy (moving in, boxes everywhere) and kids screaming. It was very inappropriate. I would also stress that when doing projects it's ideal to have someone who can understand you. He kept pulling me into to one room where we need to replace some windows and telling me to "change window." This happened over 25 times I'm not exaggerating, and I just couldn't get through to him that I knew that already and it wasn't an urgent enough reason to pull me away from work, kids, unpacking. It drove me crazy. read more

We hired Kim Brothers based on the reviews and fair estimate given. Unfortunately our experience was not the same as everyone else. Based on the work that was done it doesn't even sound like the same company, but they are. We had two men working on our site. The foreman, a man in his 70's and his one worker. They both did the work. We had ceilings scraped, skim coated and painted as well as walls and trims painted. This was in a large meeting room with a vaulted ceiling and dark beams that needed staining. After 8 days of painting, (which was over the projected time) the walls have a blotchy appearance with occasional dried up dripped paint. The trim have wall color overlapped on them. Some edges at the ceiling did not show clean lines. Paint drips on the windows. Brush marks on trim like another coat was needed. When they were prepping to be finished we noticed that after the ceilings were done there were unsightly gaps between the skimmed ceilings and the beams. Apparently they were prepared to leave it this way. They said the popcorn hid the flaws. That may be true, but why would you leave a job like that without consulting with the client? We called the estimator Shawn to come look at these flaws and asked that they be rectified. Shawn accommodated but said he needed to charge us more to fix the ceiling issue as it required extra work. We were not happy but at this point wanted it to be done. They addressed some of the other problems we pointed out to them but at the end many were still apparent. In order to fix many of the issues I would say someone else needed to do the job. These two, though nice individuals had no attention to detail. They did not cleanup as other professionals do. In fact the foreman told us to just spray the outside with a hose and the concrete should be clean. After the job we let them know our displeasure and they offered to send them back out again....appreciated it, but I don't think that would have made any difference. If you're looking for professionalism, quality detailed work, I'm not sure these are your guys. read more