Beacon Painting Co

The owner is very knowledgeable and helpful throughout the planning and paint selection process. The work was well organized and completed on schedule. It’s been a few months and the cabinets look as great today as they did when they were first painted.

Another well-done job! We had engaged Ed (Beacon Painting) for two interior painting projects in 2013 and 2015. He quoted meticulously and fairly. He and his crew are passionate professionals. True to form, this month's $5.5K exterior painting project turned out beautifully.

Ed Norris clearly cares about doing a great job. He gave good advice and used quality materials with a lot of attention to detail. I appreciated the respect and professionalism with which he treated his crew. He always responded to phone calls and texts promptly. The painting crew was careful and professional in their attitude. They showed concern for the plantings around the house. At the end of the job there were a few very minor areas that needed touch-up for drips or areas that needed an additional coat. I sent the list and the crew was here again within days to make all the fixes, with no suggestion of a problem. In all, this was one of the best experiences I have had with a contractor in recent memory.

Ed and his team were a pleasure to work with and did an outstanding job. The exterior condition of our house was terrible. We had several very high quotes and people who were unwilling to take it on at all. Ed was not intimidated, gave us a lot of great advice, worked with our challenging timetable, and completely the work for a very reasonable total. We would strongly recommend him to anyone.

They came earlier than expected but that was fine. Their work is very professional, work quietly, neatly and clean up each day. They had good suggestions on how I could do things more easily. Beacon had painted the exterior of the house before and it had held up so well that only one small north facing section needed touching up.

This was an A+ project as far as I was concerned. The owner, Ed Norris came out to estimate the work and took the time to understand the details and communicate to me what needed to be done. The crew appeared on schedule and remained on site until the work was complete working long days. Ed came by each day to monitor progress, make sure I was satisfied and also to make sure the crew had what they needed to continue progressing. As a result the work was completed on schedule and to high quality. The crew also was very clean leaving no paint drips on the windows, foundation, etc. I would definitely hire Beacon again,

Beacon Painting had 3 crews working on the project at various times and some days all 3 were here together. I found Beacon to be a very professional productive painting contractor at both management and labor levels. Each painter seemed experienced and able to anticipate what they had to do to prep, paint, and clean up afterward. They brought issues to my attention in a timely manner. This enabled me to make a decision, sometimes with input from others, and to maintain their productivity. Their quality throughout was excellent. The owner/manager was always aware of what we needed, what they were doing, and what was scheduled to happen, was available to me by text/phone, and maintained sufficient contact with each crew. Each crew had an experienced foreman with varying degrees of fluency in English. I was able to communicate with each crew when necessary. When changes to the original scope of work occurred, the adjustments to the price quoted seemed very fair. Those changes always happen on a job like this. We have used Beacon Painting at least twice over the last 12 years and we expect use them next time we need painting done.

Well except that bleach was not supposed to be used on wall of screen porch. They bleached anyway and ruined the finish on the mahogany floor which then had to be refinished.

Great service, great price! The owner was able to schedule us at a time that worked really well for us. The painters were very nice and easy to work with. The work was professional and high quality. Overall, great experience!

Went well. The team worked hard to prep the surface which had lots of peeling paint.

Ed Norris and his crew were great to deal with. Ed's initial visit where he looked at the work to be done and provided me with an estimate was thorough and comprehensive. He took the time to explain what was entailed in the job in detail which made me feel like I knew exactly what I was paying for. The team that he sent to do the work was excellent. The work was beautifully done and Pedro and Sergio were both professional and very pleasant to deal with. The cleanup they did when they left was also impressive. I am planning on using Beacon Painting again this fall for some interior work that I need to have done. I highly recommend them.

Ed and his staff provided two coats of paint to eight rooms of our home. We were surprised by the estimated cost, but was willing to pay for the quality work. He is our "go to" guy for painting and will probably engage his company for exterior painting in the future.

It went great. The painter who came did a great job and finished in a few days.

Ed assessed condition of wood. Referred me to a wood rot specialist who replaced rotted wood and made a couple of improvements I requested. Ed's people came back and painted and stained after power washing and cleaning vinyl siding. I have used Beacon in the past and would use them again.

Ed, the owner, is detailed orientated and knows color well. We have worked with him several times now on both interior and exterior projects. Although he is not on site each day during the project, he is alway aware of the status responded to phone calls/emails quickly. The crew on our exterior job was helpful and respectful.

Ed was very patient and knowledgeable and reliable. The work was completed on time and there were no surprises. We were very satisfied with the project.

Provider never returned my call.

Best house painting job I ever had, and at a very reasonable price! The prep was fantastic ? scrape all clapboards & trim, power wash, scrape again, sand, and caulk all cracks for two and half days. Then all new clapboards and all bare wood were primed. Finally, the painting was very even and thorough, not a spot missed, even at the highest, most inaccessible parts of the house. Any spots I particularly asked them to work on were given extra attention. We have a 200-year-old front door which was badly weathered and cracked; they sanded, caulked, and painted it, and it has never looked so good. The owner kept a close eye on the job, and provided two long-time, trusted employees to do the work. He recommended a new nano-particle sealer/stain for the deck, which turned out great and should provide twice the life of our old deck stain. They also used it inside our wood gutters instead of the usual linseed oil. The work was neat and cleanup was thorough at the end of each day. I highly recommend this company, and plan to use them again next year after we build our screen porch.

After a couple of days without a response from Beacon, I returned to Angie's site, noted Beacon's web-site link on the Angie's page, clicked on it, reviewed Beacon's web-site, and then completed Beacon's Contact Form. Within an hour, I started receiving phone calls and emails from painting contractors I never heard of, Beacon, and a facilitator called HomeAdvisors (HA). A brief internet search indicates that HA is a competing site to Angie's. Discussions with a couple of the contractors also lead me to HA, but where did they get my contact information? Finally, I accepted a call from HA and they told me that the referral came to them from the Beacon site. What? How could that be? If Beacon is legitimately a painting contractor, then why would they also link to HA and willingly provide contact information to competitors? Ed Norris, Beacon, also contacted me, and I arranged to meet him at the house. He got there ahead of me, looked around and had a quote form pretty much completed. We talked for a while about what he thought needed to be done. He was to finalized the quote and email it to me; as he was walking to his car, I asked him what his affiliation was with HA, and he stopped dead in his tracks. He said that when a private vendor created his web-site a couple of years ago, Beacon found that it was linked to HA, and he said that we was not aware of the current affiliation. I don't buy that he was unaware. Although I have followed up with Beacon, I have not received a quote or a response. So, to me, Beacon is, at the very least, a pipeline of potential contacts to HA - whether HA's vendors are skilled or not is of no consequence; what "bothers" me is that there are vendors who use the good reputation of Angie's site to "dupe" customers into using vendors from a competing site. Are any of Beacon's scores and reviews legitimate? I question everything about them.

Ed Norris was prompt and responsive to our somewhat unusual request - re-paint the trim of our new home and as best as possible match the exterior siding color on recently replaced shingles. Many other contractors had either told us matching the color would be impossible or given us outrageous estimates for the cost of doing it. Ed walked us through our options and then offered a very reasonable estimate, well within what we thought it should cost. He did caution us that the matching of paint colors could be difficult, but in the end his crew (Pedro and Sergio) did a superb job! You can barely tell where the new paint has been added to the shingles on the sides of the house as they did a very careful and thorough job of blending the new and old areas. The trim re-painting went smoothly and makes the house look incredibly good. We can't say enough about the service we got and the work that was done. Truly fantastic work for a very reasonable price! I would highly recommend Beacon Painting for any exterior house painting work, especially where attention to detail and color matching are critical. I will certainly call on them again as we have new painting needs.

I used Beacon Painting to paint walls, trim and ceiling of two rooms. main hallway and small hallway. Ed was very nice to deal with and his crew was prompt and professional and did a great job.

Great, great, great company. I would use them again without hesitation and would recommend them without hesitation. Ed, the owner has an amazing knowledge of house paint and materials and will spend hours with you figuring out the best options and solutions. He uses top quality paints and is helpful with all decisions. I can't say enough about his crew. We had the good fortune of having Pedro as the foreman. He was amazing, pleasant, hard working and detail oriented. He did everything, removing shutters, deck shades and anything in the way. I had to leave for the week they painted and my wife reports that they were simply wonderful to have around the house and were accommodating and helpful. The finished job is wonderful--we looked for mistakes and just couldn't find any. This company is a gem, a rare find, dedicated to customer service and satisfaction. I am h****** contractors and demand the highest quality work. Ed did not disappoint. Happy to talk to anyone about them

He spent about 8 hours in my home and was very professional and cleaned up after he was done.

First and foremost, my husband and I would give the ONE PERSON PAINTING CREW FOR OUR 2700 sqft home A++++. Slooooowwww and detailed, the dedicated painter, follows the sun and with hand brush and rollers, goes through nooks and crannies like a Picasso on a canvass. But the process is very slow (of course and understandably so), and had we known, we would have gone with the company that painted our neighbors house. 3 days, and house was done. Not almost 30 days, and many excuses (we barely had ANY rain in June...) but lack of accountability on the owners part - he claimed to have 3 crews, yet our lone range painter, was tending to our home and ANOTHER JOB concurrently. Where were the other crews the owner claimed to have? Then, in this day and age of color matching, our red porch was an issue of contention. Not only was Beacon not able to "match our color exactly" but on top of that, Mr. "Beacon", who has never painted a house in HIS life (and horrible interpersonal skills), but owns a company with an incredibly talented lonesome painter, has the nerve of telling me "Well, your HUSBAND told me he DID NOT WANT RED, and HE IS THE ONE THAT CUTS THE CHECK".... EXCUSE ME? I dismissed him, as he reminded me that he had to keep my husband happy, as my husband was paying him. My husband was speechless when I told him I did not want to speak with this gentleman, deal with him or see him again, period. I have no patience. Then, claiming he could not match the color, I picked a beige that I hate - just to get rid of him - stupid on my part. Guess who is going to take the paint for matching and painting it red again? Not Beacon, but my husband. Now that they are finally done, almost at the 30 day mark, I simply do not want to see this man again. The job got delayed a couple of times: one mother nature; we had visitors from out of town, and we purposely made our commitment with him based on his word that he would finish by then - but they didn't so they took a break from the job while our visitors were here; others mostly that our artiste was busy finishing another job; painter needed time off because he was reasonably EXHAUSTED. Of course we were never offered any of the "other" crews, just a lot of lip service. My husband reminded Mr. Owner, that HE had agreed to accommodate us, and had we known the job was going to take this long, we would have gone with one of the other quotes. WELL, wrong thing to say to this guy, as he will rattle off forever (unless you hang up on him - HIGHLY recommended) on how much better he is than the other guys, the quality of his work, bla bla bla. In essence, the painter is fantastic, and I would've hired HIM without the hassle and the baloney that came with the process. For the quality of workmanship, the actual painter gets an A. Overall, the Beacon Painting is too much trouble - good luck for your project to be on schedule.

Beacon did a fabulous job painting our house and trim. They were neat and well organized. They performed the job as described and within the specified timeframe. There were no surprises. The did alert us to some areas of wood rot that we corrected and appreciated hearing. They are a very professional crew. I appreciated all the advice while we were preparing the job description and estimate. The estimate was extremely detailed and I felt totally and well informed about everything that was planned. I will happily use them for future jobs. We found Beacon through Angie's list and their estimates were very competitive. Thoroughly satisfied with the result.