TLDR: Rick's Painting Service has been a nightmare. Rick is unprofessional, unreliable, and dishonest. We paid $4,500 and had our property stolen, a major appliance damaged, our disposal damaged, a wall damaged, there's paint everywhere, the carpet has to be replaced, our locks had to be replaced, the job was never finished, and what they did finish is such poor quality it has to be re-done. We hired Rick to paint the interior walls, trim and ceilings of our 2,900 sq. ft. house, and paid him $4,500 up front. He told us it would take about 8 to 10 days with a 4-person crew including himself. He started March 26, and by May 11, six and a half weeks later, they weren't even close to finished. We fired Rick, but he'd essentially abandoned the job weeks earlier. Rick promised us a crew of 4 people including himself, but there were rarely 4 people and Rick was almost never there. Most days, Rick didn't even check on the job site, just dropped people off in the morning and picked them up at the end of the day. He only came in the middle of the day if we called him about problems. More than $80 of our personal property was stolen. Rick said of the person he suspected, "she's got to quit stealing stuff". But he'd given her our house key and let her come to our house alone when we weren't there. Rick said, in his own words, that he keeps "robbing Peter to pay Paul", meaning he used our $4,500 to fund other jobs, then ran out of money for ours. Rick hired people he'd never met and left them in our house unsupervised. One of them climbed on our brand-new dryer and put two huge dents in it, which will cost over $500 to fix. Rick's crews got paint on our floor tiles, shower tiles, in the grout, dripped on and ground into the carpet, dripped and smeared on cabinets, handles, door knobs, light fixtures, windows, appliances, furniture, toilets, showers, countertops, tile backsplashes, and more. They got paint on our bed, chiffon drapes, clothing, a suit jacket, on bags and luggage, our printer, and numerous other personal belongings. They washed out equipment in every one of our sinks, getting paint stains on every basin and faucet fixture. They got paint in our garage, on our back patio, our front patio, our stone front walkway, our driveway and a brick column next to our driveway. There's so much paint on the carpet we have to get it replaced. They clogged our disposal with a giant clot of paint, and now it doesn't work properly. To hide a hairline crack - one we'd never noticed - Rick carved a canyon half an inch wide and at least a quarter inch deep all the way from floor to ceiling and filled it in. He failed to match the existing wall texture, and now we have an 18-24" wide, 8' tall swath of wall that looks like we had severe water damage. For a hairline crack we'd never even seen. Rick expects his crews to bring their own supplies, and doesn't provide the equipment they need. They had a broom but no dustpan. They never brought a vacuum for the carpets. At least one day there was no painter's plastic. Most days there was no painter's tape. They had individual sheets of sandpaper, but no disc sander, no sanding blocks, not even a grip for the paper. They tore apart a box full of our belongings to use one of the cardboard flaps as a tool. We were away from the house for three weeks, and when we came back almost no work had been done, and what little had been done was extremely poor quality. The top molding on one of our kitchen cabinets had been broken off. None of the cleaning Rick promised to do had been done. The crews left a mess at the end of every day and never cleaned up after themselves. They left food trash in the house and dumped soda in the collection bin in our garage. Their trash created a fly problem. Before we fired Rick, we insisted that his crew of 2 actually clean some of the mess. In a day and a half they made very little measurable progress, and it's going to take us a lot of time, money and elbow grease just to clean and restore our property, nevermind repairing and completing the paint job. read more

Horror story. Rick seemed professional at the beginning but he's full of excuses and complaints. He started the job and quit not even halfway through. He claimed that I was too picky about cleaning up after themselves and damaged my home in the process. He wasn't even here the whole first week, I had to be here to supervise his employees. Do not hire him. read more

I am a realtor from the Dallas area and needed somebody to work on a remote listing that I got. I saw Ricks reviews, contacted him and he handled everything from start to finish did a great job for a reasonable price thank you Rick read more

Needed fascia board, garage door jam, front door, window trim around front door, back door, and back screen door painted. They also removed all my old rain gutters. Very time consuming. Job took two days. Very fair pricing. Rick makes sure job is done right. Very happy. Would recommend. They are local in Killeen. read more

Excellent service. They painted and repaired cracks all over in my 28 year old home. It looks like new again. They are tidy and neat.Rick and the A team are the greatest!! It was a job of perfection. Faye Ridgley read more

Rick was fantastic! Easy to work with and super responsive. He was able to get everything painted before we moved in to our new house!

Rick's Painting just finished painting my entire interior to include ceilings, closets and the walls. They did an outstanding job to include moving things back before leaving each day. The team was very dependable and professional. Definitely quality work at an affordable price. read more

We worked with Rick and his crew for a residential interior painting project. From the start, Rick was easily accessible and prompt to respond. He offered the most competitive quote and desired timeline from the 4 total quotes we received. Our project ended up expanding to include more walls than originally planned for, but Rick was very open to negotiating the final charge. Rick was friendly and fair, and we enjoyed our experience with him. read more

After reading the above reviews, my experience was just the opposite of everything stated. I feel like I must have been living in an alternate universe. After 32 years in the painting trade, Rick is definitely on the downhill for providing quality workmanship in a responsive and timely manner. I contracted for a large area (kitchen, dining, and living rooms) to be primed over existing paint, textured with medium orange peel, primed again and then two coats of flat paint, starting on the 8th and ending on the 16th. He didn't finish until the 24th, while all my furniture was removed from the workspace and stored in my garage. The texture was applied with a small hopper in large orange peel instead of medium in an inconsistence spray (not the right equipment for a large area). A second prime over the texture was not done. Instead, Rick decided to use two coats of a scuff defense primer/paint from Home Depot that was not flat. There was a sheen. I actually fired Rick after paying him 2/3 of the contracted cost and two full weeks. However, he promised to finish the job over the weekend (another empty promise). That didn't happen so I just gave in instead of starting over with another painter. He finally finished the job. Worst painting experience of my life. In the end, it was a better job than what the builder provided for a brand-new home. By the way, I am suing the builder for not delivering a quality product. As for Rick, I won't be using his services again and caution others to get everything in writing with time frames and any other specifications. read more

Rick is extremely affordable and dependable! We gathered about 3 estimates from different companies and from the time Rick came to my home to provide me with an estimate, I knew he took pride in his work. He took the time during my initial consultation to understand my overall needs and to be honest, he went above and beyond from what I asked of him. To elaborate a little more on this, he took the initiative to paint a ceiling and entry hallway that were never in the original quote. In one of my rooms the ceiling had left over paint (I failed to touch up when I originally painted it) and he took the initiative to not only touch up the ceiling but paint the complete ceiling to avoid a variance of color. My entry hallway, was a slight color difference and he painted the hallway to not have this slight color difference. Rick originally told me the project would take approximately 4 days, and it took them exactly 4 days. He asked me to do a final walk through once the project was complete to ensure everything was satisfactory prior to receiving final payment and everything was great! Last thing that life made easier for me, they worked around my home furniture and removed/replaced TV mounts, stands, curtain rods for me. Bottom line, I could not be more grateful to have found such an incredible painter that I can count on in the future. Rick thank you for your service and we will be calling you when we move into our new home in about 8 months! read more