Words cannot express how grateful we are to have contacted Witzig Painting! With local reports of…read moreinsurance-company related drones flying around in our neighborhood looking to flag issues that could lead to homeowner's non-renewal notices, we knew that we needed to act fast to repaint an area of our home's exterior that the previous owners had made exterior changes to, but we were shocked to recently find out that they had someone paint over the replaced wood siding without first using any primer (!!!), so that area's substandard application of paint was starting to recently peel up in a few highly noticeable spots... yikes! Normally, this wouldn't have been such an urgent matter, but with the current stressful climate of insurance companies wanting to cancel as many policies in CA as they can, removing ANY possible issues, however small they might be, needed to be immediately addressed for our own peace of mind.
So when I began to contact highly Yelp-rated companies to repaint this relatively small but time-sensitive job, we were informed that the entire area needed to be properly scraped, sanded, primed and then repainted in order for the paint not to peel up again in a short amount of time, and that a mere "touch up" without all the necessary prep work would definitely not last very long. Unfortunately for us, most of those reputable companies that came out to give us a quote were booked solid for weeks, and although some said they would "probably" be able to come out in between larger jobs, they understandably could not confirm a date for that.
Enter Patrick from Witzig Painting, who not only gave us a highly competitive quote, but would also be able to squeeze us in during the very next week, after finishing a large commercial job in downtown Santa Cruz and a residential mansion in La Selva that they were scheduled to finish by the next week.
I think it's important to share that it made such a huge difference to us that Patrick was sincerely empathic regarding our well-founded anxiety about taking care of this small but critically time-sensitive important project, as well as echoing the same professional concerns as the other reputable painting companies did about the necessity to properly prep and prime the entire area to ensure a long-lasting professional finish. Patrick's brother, Jack, would be doing the initial pressure wash, scraping, and sanding prep and priming work on the first day, and then both Patrick and Jack would finish the color-matched exterior coats of paint the day after.
True to his word, Patrick kept in touch to confirm the date and time he and his crew would arrive, and they were exceptionally courteous and professional from start to finish.
Our job was completed exactly as promised, with the paint matching perfectly with the rest of the house, and with a great-looking thick exterior coat that we will no longer be worrying about peeling for many years to come, although we do plan to stucco that exterior wall to match the exterior stucco of the rest of the house just as soon as we can budget it in. After we replace that side of our home with stucco, we will ABSOLUTELY schedule Witzig Painting to paint our entire house to their outstanding professional quality standards.
