A-1 painting love his work wil recommend he's such a nice guy worked hard and got the job done

Looking for a exterior painter in Charleston SC? I found Steady Hands Painting through a recommendation from a neighbor. We are very satisfied with our experience with Steady Hands Painting LLC. Great service at a fair price. Owner/operator Toby and his brother Theo were professional, friendly, clean and provided excellent communication throughout the process. I fully recommend Toby @ Steady Hands Painting and give them 5 stars! keep smiling read more

I struggled with writing this because i don't get any joy out of leaving a bad review, but it needs to be said. I see the 5 star reviews and it makes me wonder why all of a sudden this business didn't do good work. The positives first. The owner was very nice and quick to respond. Came to my home quickly after calling for a quote and started work within 2 weeks. Anytime I had a question he was quick to respond. I told him that I really wanted to get the work done by the first week in August because I was going back to work, and he accommodated that, but now I am thinking that he assembled an inexperienced crew to do this job in order to get the job and get it done in my time frame. i also told him that we needed to actually LIVE in our house while this was being done ( this was a big job. Ceilings, walls , trim all over the house ). He assured me that they would finish the downstairs completely, which included the kitchen cabinets, before starting upstairs. i did tell him that if I had to put my camper in the driveway to be able to have somewhere to go during the day that I would do that. He said it shouldn't be a problem because we would be able to live on the floor they were not working on. I will add that Steady Hands was NOT the lowest quote I got, but they came highly recommended and I felt like I could trust this guy to choose people that I would feel comfortable leaving unattended in my home. On the day the crew started, he came over and brought all of their supplies. The crew was several younger people, and I met the foreman only a couple of times. He was not very present while they were doing this job. By the morning of the third day, the crew was trying to move upstairs but had not nearly finished downstairs. They had not even started the cabinets. I was pleased with the momentum that they had to get done, so I didn't complain because we had somewhere to go while they finished up. I told the guys that we would not be living at the house while they finished and that they could come at 7 am. ( They had wanted to start that early the previous days but we could not accommodate them coming until 8). Each morning we drove from Wadmalaw to West Ashley to let them in at 7:15. They were not on time once. They finished the job on the following Tuesday and we returned home on Wednesday. I spoke with the owner next day to make arrangements to pay. The house was pretty much still disassembled and to walk in a look at the big picture, it looked good. When I started putting things back to where they belong so we could move around, that's when I started to see all of the problems. Paint splatters on our new floors in pretty much every room . ( They had paper to cover the floors but never used it. Just used drop cloths. Our floors were filthy from them walking in and out. There was dust from sanding on our floors. There was paint on our new light fixtures. They had taped them up, but still somehow got paint on them. There was paint on our appliances, my vacuum, my dining room table, my bathroom cabinets. They did not paint all the way to the floor on the trim in the bathroom. They did not paint the side of the door frame in the bathroom. There was paint on the inside of the kitchen cabinets where they supposedly had it covered. There was paint on some of my dishes and paint dust from sanding on my dishes. There were missed spots or the paint was not thick enough and you could see the brush marks in the color underneath. They got paint on my patio where they took the cabinet doors outside. They sat on my black porch bench and got white paint all over it. Paint on my new vacuum . There are paint splatters on my thresholds going into the bathroom. I could go on and on, and I took pictures of everything. The kitchen cabinets do not look professionally painted. I could've painted my kitchen cabinets and it would've looked better. Lots of overspray. It's a month since they finished and I am still finding areas that they missed. I spoke to the owner the day after we came home, which was two days after they finished, about my cabinets and how my appliances were covered in paint. I was furious at this point because I paid almost $18,000 to have all of this done. He claims that I did not want a walk-through, and that's not really true. I don't remember him saying to me specifically let's walk through and do a punch out. He did take the check though. He did offer to send someone to do all of these touchups and do the cleaning but at first, I was so mad that I just didn't even want them back in here. We talked again and he agreed that he would refund me $2500 for the cabinets. He did send people to clean, but that wasn't done well. I continue to find paint splatters and incomplete work everywhere. I don't trust them sending anyone to come in and fix it if they were even interested in doing that. These are all things that should have never happened in the first place, if they are qualified professionals. read more

We had just put in new window and needed the trim painted. Their price beat everybody and the workmanship was excellent. Friendly, professional, knowledgeable and the job was completed quickly. read more

I'm in Summerville SC and Toby painted 2 bedrooms and scraped the popcorn ceilings. He did such an amazing job that I'm going to hire him to come back to do more work!!! I wouldn't trust anyone else!!! Honest, reliable, and just a nice person that cares about the work he does for you!!! See before and after (prior to getting the new carpet) read more

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I'm not much at writing reviews, but when an individual does an amazing job, has a great attitude, and only wants his customers to be happy and satisfied with his work, he deserves a 5-star rating. My wife and I have found our painter for all future projects, Charleston, SC read more

Yes,Toby and Julius was consistent and on a mission. They were courteous but steadfast on getting the job done. When in doubt, Toby will assure me that the end result is all that count. When the job was complete, I was very happy. Clean up and everything!! read more