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    4.9 (77 reviews)
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    Fernando A.

    Our 97 year old craftsman bungalow needed some love, so we had our house painted by Armando Del Valle and crew with A Reliable Painter. We were very happy with their work and the price was more than fair. Armando has painted many homes in California Heights and we've all been pleased. I think the photos speak for the quality and detail of their work. Communication with Armando and Jennifer was quick and responsive. They answered calls and texts promptly, and communicated whenever there were any questions or decisions to make. Their crew was on time, hard working, and friendly. They did a great job with the pre-painting prep work, which is very important for these old wood homes. Our home has a lot of detail with the dental work, window trims, etc.., and they did a nice job with all of that. I definitely recommend A Reliable Painter if you need work done on your home. At some point, our interior will also need a refreshing, and we will plan on contacting Armando again.

    Armando and his crew were wonderful! Great attention to detail and very thorough in painting the exterior of our 100+ year-old craftsman, which really needed some work and prep prior to painting. Excellent communication and amazing job for a reasonable price. They really surpassed our expectations! Armando, Jennifer, and crew went out of their way to make sure we were happy with all aspects of their work. Highly skilled, reliable, hard-working, and very pleasant to communicate with. Will certainly hire them again for interior painting. Definitely recommend!!

    Found Armando here on Yelp. His business demeanor is professional and he's a nice guy to talk to. Explained the work to be done clearly and when it would start. His wife gave a us a couple day reminder which is good practice instead of the customer reaching out to check if project was on schedule. Like clock work his guys arrived before start time each morning and put in a full days work for the entire week. Not a common thing today. Completely masked all things off and cleaned up at the end of each day sweeping up the droppings and dust with nothing lying about but all gathered and covered. His guys took care of the little things we pointed out without any issues but with okays and acknowledgement. Will also mention not a ton of over spray onto other surfaces wasting paint. Armando regularly showed up giving us some confidence we hired the right painters. Very happy with the work. Hope the stucco guys do as good as work.

    Kat And Bobby D.

    Armando and his crew did an excellent job with painting our house. All of the floors were covered, did an excellent job covering up knobs and whatever needed to be covered to prevent paint from going onto it. We also had drywall done (had 3 cutouts in the walls) and it was done so seamlessly and you can't even tell there was any type of hole. Armando's wife, Jennifer, communicated with us right away with everything so we weren't just left in the dark or second guessing anything and she was very nice. We never felt like we were pressured into anything at all. We are thrilled with the outcome and highly recommend them 100%!

    House exterior

    This is the third or fourth time I'm using Armando and his crew to paint stuff at my house; this time what is the whole house on the exterior; Armando and his crew did an amazing job. I really love the quality of the work, the communication and everything about Armando and his crew. If you are in need of an honest, family business, reliable, and great quality painter, Armando and his crew are the best. Thank you guys!

    Front exterior, thoroughly prepped all the wood and eaves. We had a lot of wood repair that needed to be sanded and holes filled in.
    Alyssa D.

    We had another company paint our house and they did such a terrible job! I called Armando from A Reliable Painter to give us a quote to fix what had been done poorly. He arrived on time and thoroughly walked around the entire exterior to give me an idea of what he would do to prep, fix and repaint our house. His team was on time everyday, very professional and did such a fantastic job with so much attention to detail in the prep work! I would highly recommend A Reliable Painter for your next painting job!

    My Doan C.

    I needed our house painted quickly so that we could move my dad in. I got in touch with Jennifer through Yelp who was super responsive and helpful. The next day Armando came out to give us a quote which was the fairest one that we received. The house we had bought wasn't well taken care of. Armando ran into a few problems with some of the walls and handled it. He painted every bedroom of our 4 bedroom home, the living room, fixed a hallway wall and painted that, kitchen cabinets, and baseboards and doors. He also helped us paint our front door. He and his team did this in 8 days! He was fast, efficient and the quality of his work is amazing. I would absolutely recommend that anyone use this company. They truly are very reliable!

    Armando and his crew just finished our house. From the beginning we were really impressed by Armando. He was recommended to us by a neighbor. He showed up exactly on time for the quote (on a holiday!), had us a very competitive price really quick and promptly got us scheduled. As the name says he's ultra reliable. Always on time and they really worked hard to get things done right. No corners were cut and the final project looks great. The entire job site was clean and tidy each night. They really went the the extra mile with prep work and it shows. Everything was masked off that needed to be, lots of stucco repairs etc. I have already recommended them to my neighbors and a friend. I highly recommend these folks!

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    Drywall Repair Finisher

    4.9
    (133 reviews)

    I asked Luis to skim coat a badly pitted wall over the vanity in my bathroom (residual mirror…read moreadhesive and wallpaper paste). He made himself available the next day and plastered the wall with a first coat. Next day he came back, sanded, added a finish coat and after a couple hours returned again to complete the finished sanding. The result was pristine. Throughout the process, Luis was responsive, professional and efficient. He will be my go to guy for drywall in the future!

    I had a positive experience with Luis back in 2020 where he fixed a bad skim job by another…read morecontractor for me with a bunch of patches, and I thought Luis' skills were pretty superior. Over the years I have been doing DIY fixing of more bad spots around the house but I also work so I was never going to get around to all of it. I decided to call Luis back recently because I didn't want to do it myself anymore and I want to repaint fresh non-patchy walls. I hired Luis to reskim two bedrooms and two accent walls and some other miscellaneous spots that I added after he started working at my house. Luis was at my house for 3 half-days (1.5 in total) before telling me he was finished with the walls. I was (still) happy as a clam at that point and paid him in full for what was completed, fully trusting that the work was done skillfully based on my prior experience. (He was coming back one more time to finish the misc. stuff that I added on and I would pay for that part then.) Anyway, imagine my horror when I checked on his "finished" work and saw imperfections everywhere and tons of sanding dust still left behind on the walls, switches, and even mud on the door knobs. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves from here with brief descriptions of what's being shown. -Pictures 1-3: Some of the imperfections from the first time Luis said he was "finished." -Picture 4: His first fix-it visit(half day). He was supposed to find all the imperfections and patch them (the yellow highlighter spots), except he was patching bubbles with more bubbles. I had to patch all the spots again with my own compound and added a ton of other ones that he missed. Took me two full nights. -Pictures 5&6: His second fix-it and final visit (another half day). He was supposed to sand over all the patches and walls to leave them with a smooth & uniform finish that's ready for primer & paint. This was how I found them after he left. I sent him these pictures and told him to not come back as I had given him 2 chances to fix and he failed both times. There was no response from him. -Picture 7: I made only a partial payment of the balance on Luis' last visit because part of the remaining work was him making the corners of a ceiling overhang crisp, the corners are crisp but somehow the overhang is now squiggly when that wasn't the problem before. -Picture 8: I had taped up all my trims before Luis came as I didn't want any mud/compound to get on them, but I thought my crown molding were safe. They were not. He had busted them pretty badly with his electric sander in 7 spots and dinged them in at least 10 other spots but those were minor and I was able to superglue them back together. I did take on the repair of the major dings myself because I wanted to tape all of it up before he came back for more sanding. Luis and I had good rapport and I actually liked talking to him, but once the job took a turn for the worse, he never acknowledged that he didn't do a good enough job. He instead said things like, 1. "You're not supposed to look at the walls with a light from the side like that" and "I've never seen anyone look at a wall like you." --Yes, technically he's right, walls usually have paint on them which would have made these imperfections painfully obvious even when looking at them straight on, but until there is paint, this is how drywallers check for imperfections and fix them before they get permanently sealed with paint. (I had two painters (who also skim coat) come over for quotes and this was how they both checked to see how much prep work they would have to do before painting). 2. "I could fix these walls 10 times and something will still come up."--it really shouldn't if he did it right the first time, he's supposed to be a professional, not a DIYer like me. 3. "You've got to be kidding me. I'm at a point where I want to just refund your money and get out of this insanity"--after he came and saw all the patches I added to the walls (that he missed). I know what he was trying to imply and still gave him my electric sander to use so he could finish the job. With all that said, guess who is still stuck sanding the walls now after paying Luis to do the job and saying I didn't want to DIY this anymore. And with all these patches that I had to add to cover up his mudding imperfections/bubbles, it's looking like I'm going to end up with patchy walls again, which is exactly where I was when I handed Luis this project. What a joke. And the crown molding that I fixed up? That still needs to be repainted as well. I wasn't going to leave this review, but after several weeks and my walls still needing to be finished, I thought I would share my experience.

    Above It All Ceiling and Drywall

    Above It All Ceiling and Drywall

    4.6
    (145 reviews)

    I purchased a condo within the past year that needed some drywall issues resolved - split seams,…read morenail pops and some wallpaper and chair rails removed and retextured. I contacted several places, and Dana was not only the most responsive, he was the fairest priced and the most comprehensive. He came on site to quote the project to make sure that he thoroughly understood and could give me an accurate price. I thought that I would have to find a separate vendor for the subsequent painting, but he did that too, and that made the whole process seamless. I had a window of about 10 days before I had houseguests arriving. I told Dana I could do the project before or after their visit. He had a crew on site the next day and it was all completed with 2 days to spare. Both the drywall and paint teams were excellent. They prepped well and cleaned up very well afterwards. They were very easy to communicate with. The informed me of what would happen each day and asked questions where any clarification was needed. It was a big effort for me, but the inconvenience was minimized because they took great care with their work and were respectful of my home. The quality of the work was excellent. There was one unanticipated issue discovered when I went to put everything back after the work was completed. I informed Dana of it and he had a guy come out to resolve it to my satisfaction. I couldn't be happier with the work that Above It All did. I have already recommended them to friends and would most definitely use them again.

    Above it All did our popcorn ceiling removal and we couldn't be happier with the results. We got…read morequotes from several other vendors, and theirs was the most reasonable. They walked us through the process upfront and set realistic expectations on the job itself, which we really appreciated. They were incredibly fast, finished right on the timeline they quoted, and the finished ceilings look fantastic. Communication was great throughout with no surprises. Professional from start to finish. Highly recommend if you're looking to get your ceilings redone.

    A Reliable Painter - painters - Updated August 2026

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