We had a great experience all around from start to finish! Personable and professional. Anthony…read moresuggested some beautiful color ideas for our rooms, living room and we love it!! Thank you!

I wanted to edit my last review for Anthony Kolhoff and this company but Yelp won't let me do that…read more They make me write a new review which they call "updating." Here is my current update. Anthony realized one day he had forgotten to send that invoice I needed and he texted me about sending it. Then we talked on phone and also called me back after I had presented it to my condo's management co. and they had called him to be sure that this was in fact his company. He wanted to let me know they had called and I hope to be receiving that reimbursement check. Anthony is a very conscientious, caring, extremely hard working guy who takes his work, his family, and his customers seriously. He did a beautiful job on my bathroom ceiling drywall and painting. I will be hiring him to fully paint both of my bathrooms next!

We had Mark and his crew out to scrape and repaint our house. we can't say enough how pleased we…read moreare with the prompt service and excellent job his crew did! top quality paint and a great value! Would definitely recommend them! Thank you! John & Glenda

This was the first we used Mark Bell. He and his crew were fantastic. Would highly recommend them…read moreand would surely use them again.

M Carlson did all of the painting on the exterior and interior of our new home. We are more than…read morepleased with the experience we had with Matt, his team and their work. The team: The painters who work for Matt are professional, quiet, clean and most of all highly meticulous and talented. The quality: Amazing. Our project included a ton of enameling. I have seen poor enameling jobs and realized how important it was to hire a painter who really understood proper enamel application. The painters take their time to prep all the surfaces, they use high quality products and they take their time with the actual application. The lines are clean, the strokes are smooth and the edges are crisp. There was a strong attention to detail and they were very serious about their work. The owner: Matt is a great guy and part of what makes the process so easy. He's easy to work with, honest and has very reasonable prices. We have had M Carlson Painting back since the completion of our home to change some colors and do some additional work and have had the same positive experience. I highly recommend them to anybody who values quality and honesty.

Our experience with M. Carlson was defined by poor communication, inconsistent workmanship, and a…read morelack of project management from start to finish. The project got off to a bad start. Meetings with the color consultant weren't properly coordinated, color instructions weren't communicated to the crew, and paint availability wasn't confirmed before work began. We were told two rooms would be completed first so we could continue working from home, yet after two weeks those rooms still weren't finished, leaving both of us displaced from our offices. Communication Communication between the project manager, color consultant, crew lead, and painters was consistently poor. Rooms were painted before repairs were completed, vents were painted despite being told not to, and repairs we had specifically paid for were ignored because the crew was never informed they were included in the contract. During the estimate, we were given a checklist covering the various phases of the project, which made the company appear organized and professional. We later learned those checklists were apparently not being utilized. We had to repeatedly chase down the original project manager and escalate the issue just to get a pre-project meeting. Despite asking multiple times, he could not provide us with a clear schedule or even the order in which rooms would be completed during the first week. Quality Quality control was extremely disappointing. Nearly every room required multiple rounds of rework due to visible patches, dents, sloppy painting, and unfinished repairs. Even their own project manager routinely identified rooms as incomplete, yet the crew continued moving on to new rooms instead of finishing the existing ones. We ultimately requested that the original crew be removed because both the quality and productivity were unacceptable. Instead of M. Carlson managing the project, my wife and I spent hours every day supervising the crew, documenting issues, and meeting with the project manager. What was supposed to be a convenient professional service became a major disruption to our work and home life. The crew also repeatedly left and re-entered the house throughout the day, sometimes as many as 43 times. Bait and Switch Before signing the contract, we were assured that problem areas--including stair patches, bathroom water damage, and cracks around windows and doors--would be addressed. After work began, we were told that many of these issues either couldn't be fixed or were outside the scope of work. It felt like the promises made during the sales process changed once the contract was signed. Promises Made Were Not Promises Kept Interactions with management made matters worse. We were essentially told to accept the results because our home wasn't a multi-million-dollar property and that we should only expect "fresh paint," despite paying for wall repairs and premium services. We also received inaccurate explanations about paint products and encountered attempts to charge us for work that was included in the original estimate. Safety and Damages Safety was also a serious concern. At one point, a stair handrail was reinstalled using only two screws instead of its proper mounting brackets. This created a hazardous situation in which my pregnant wife nearly fell. The crew also damaged the ceiling in the stairwell, and M. Carlson would not accept responsibility. Their own checklist states that before-and-after photos should be taken, which should have provided an easy way to determine whether the damage existed beforehand. Take the Money and Run M. Carlson repeatedly asked us for a fresh start and the opportunity to prove they could finish the job properly. Then, without any meaningful communication with us, they packed up and left. Hours later, we received an email stating they would not be completing the project. That communication did not address the financial situation. We had paid 50% up front, yet the project was nowhere near 50% complete--and that doesn't account for the ceiling damage, unsafe handrail, or extensive rework that remained. Overall, this felt like a budget-quality paint job sold at a premium price. The poor communication, inconsistent craftsmanship, repeated rework, broken expectations, safety concerns, and constant need for homeowner oversight made this one of the most frustrating contractor experiences we've had. Why hire M. Carlson when the company appears to function primarily as a sales organization that subcontracts the actual painting work, yet fails to adequately manage the quality, communication, and pace of that work?

Prompt and courteous professional, who got the job done at the quoted price. I appreciate the…read moretimeliness and reasonable price the job entailed.

Do yourself a favor and hire Levi at Lee's Painting. My wife was swamped and stressed wrapping up…read moreher mother's estate after her death. Levi was not only the lowest bid but went over and above helping with furniture moving and so many other non-painting related tasks. Initially we only required the main floor to be painted to ready the house for sale. Once my wife saw the outstanding work she commissioned the second floor and basement as well. It is no easy task impressing my wife. The lines have to be absolutely perfect. No bleed over or spotting. Can I give 6 stars? Thank you Levi for your kindness to my wife and father-in-law.

We recently re-located to St Paul and before we moved into our new home we had Pro City Painters…read moreremove popcorn ceilings, wall-paper, scarp up old linoleum and paint paint everywhere! This was a big job with lots of moving parts but working with Cole made it easy. Our team who came to our house everyday for two weeks worked fast but diligently. Not only are their services reasonably priced they are organized, professional and complete the job on-time. I have already recommend their services to friends and family!

Pro City Painters: I needed my living room and a couple of bedrooms painted. I called Pro City…read morePainters for an estimate, I also called two other companies. Pro City were prompt, they even took their shoes off when they arrived to do the estimate. They were professional, their quote was the most reasonable. We set a date for the job. Again they were prompt, they prepped the rooms well to protect my furniture. The rooms turned out awesome. I have recommended them to friends and family. My sister is in in the process of getting an estimate for her home from Pro City Painters. If you need painting done, I would seriously check them out.

We used Puetz Painting and Renovation services to finish 15 interior doors during out basement…read moreremodel. Excellent craftsmanship, communication, and prices! Highly recommend!!!

This would be a five star review if not for the total cost to me. While I found AtheH to be…read morecompetitive, my late wife and I were pretty good painters and MUCH less expensive. However I have to admit that the final results (including prep time and cleanup) are far better and considerably more meticulous than anything we could have done. I had a need for both exterior (+lead abatement) and interior work. While supply chain shortage of matching paint colors stretched out the overall project, AtheH (Randy in particular) kept me regularly informed and made sure that I didn't fall through the cracks during the prolonged process. In the end I am happy with the interior work. The exterior appears greatly improved as well. Alas, both required repeat visits but all was done at no extra cost and throughout reps were gracious and professional. As icing on the cake, my final fees were lower than the amount owed on the original invoice. I do remain a bit unclear as to exactly what the exterior lead removal (adhering to rigorous protocols) really did (other than add considerably to the price). Cost aside (and when I blanched I may well have been living in the past) all things considered I'm happy and satisfied. Oh what the heck, five stars it is.To my eyes Admire the Hue did great work. It's often been said: "You get what you pay for." In my experience a high price is no guarantee of high quality. However high quality almost always carries a higher price tag. When it comes down to brass tacks, I'm grateful that I chose AtheH.

Given the comment from the company making it seem as though I somehow failed to take the right…read moresteps to address their issues, I am updating my review. I will clarify that I did raise these issues in an email to Randy well in advance of leaving a review. I received no response. It was only after I posted my review that a representative from the company left a message wanting to "discuss" how to improve their process. Other than stating it in a review, I do not believe they did offer to do anything to address the issues or provide a partial refund for the supposed prep work that was never completed. That said, when a Company has failed to supervise their workers such that your home is damaged every time they enter--I'm not sure why they believe we would want them to continue coming back to do the work they failed to do during the first 2 rounds of touch-ups. As time has gone on I have only become more unhappy with the work that was done. We have a lot of cracking, which should not happen in paint that's only a few months old if the area was prepped right. And in doing touchups I've found tape from prior paint jobs that they simply painted over, which is about as lazy as you can get.

Omero and crew at Top Priority Painting just finished our project. They did an awesome job and at…read morecompletion my vision became a reality. From the first time I met Omero to the completion of the work, he was very professional, personalble, calm, worked well together with the crew, showed experience, knowledge, neat and cleaned up. Omero was able to fill in two holes where their use to be speakers and wires to perfection- never to be seen. He painted our fireplace mantel with a craftmanship process and looks beautiful. I was surely smiling when they left and will definitely have them back to for our lower level. To top it off, their pricing was very fair.

Omero and his team at Top Priority Painting were fantastic, both in their workmanship and their…read morecommunication, something that isn't always true for contractors. He had reached out to me through the Nextdoor app, and given me a bid for some work I had posted about asking for recommendations for staining our deck. We had tried to stain our deck ourselves last summer, and found it to be costly, time consuming, and not up to our standards. So, we were pleasantly surprised when Omero reached out and gave us a reasonable price and said it could be done in a day. He was efficient, friendly, and helpful, stopping by after work hours to confirm our quote and walk us through the process of picking our a stain, as well as scheduling the job. Initially, the job request was just for restraining our deck, but we were so pleased with his work, that we had him bid out painting our two fireplaces as well. We were again pleasantly surprised with his craftsmanship, affordability, and prompt completion. We would highly recommend them for any painting or staining job you have in your home.