Old House Painting & Restoration

Judy does beautiful work. She is thorough and careful, and we could not ask for better work with less peripheral hassle. For instance, when working on exterior windows, there was virtually no evidence in the garden that she had been there. She is very friendly, and provides free advice liberally. The only minor problem that I can see is that she works a later shift than most arriving close to noon rather than early in the morning. Also she sometimes arrives later than expected. But she always does a very good job. We have had her do a long string of smaller projects (at least 8 over a six month period), and she almost feels like a part of the family now. In some cases we worked along side her (in order to minimize cost, as she was billing by the hour) - and the atmosphere was great.

I found him very professional. He gave a good estimate. Probably, next spring we're going to do it. It was very complete. It was a well done six-page quote. He covered everything and gave some alternatives to look at saying, "Well, we could save some money here if we didn't do this." So he built in some choices.

The personality, quality and value is a pleasure to work with. The prep work is very good.

Judy was really great to work with. From day one they gave me a free estimate and drew up exactly what I wanted done. They work very hard and moved all of my appliances to get the floor down correctly. The job was done great and I loved how easy they were to work with. They were professional, hardworking and showed up when they were supposed to every time.

Judy worked for us for several years, restoring our craftsman bungalow. She was awesome. Her work is the best I've ever seen. She really cares about getting it right.

When you replace that many pipes you're going to have to open a lot of walls. In one example, a wall behind a closet had to be completely removed but you could never tell now. In another closet Judy recommended building a chase to hide a pipe, which left that closet looking better than ever. When it was done the plumbing was good, walls that had been opened had been replaced and looked better than ever, and most important to me, everyone got along with each other and used their expertise to come up with good solutions. This was a fairly utilitarian project, but even then I could sense Judy's interest in color and design. Also, I've hired a few other painters in the past, and nobody prep's walls as thoroughly as Judy!

To say that we are and quot;satisfiedand quot; with the job that Judy Henninger did on our house is a vast understatement - we are delighted with her and her work in every way! We bought our 97-year-old home in the summer of 2011. It is a lovely and charming home that has been maintained and updated in many ways, but there were some areas that had been neglected for decades and needed work, including the double-hung windows. On the outside, many windowsills showed serious water damage, with peeling paint and cracked, deteriorating wood. On the inside, some windows were inoperable because either the ropes were broken or the frames had split and had been improperly “repaired”, and other windows had been painted shut or had broken glass. Besides the windows, some rafter tails under the eaves of the house had even worse water damage; the rotted wood was far beyond any simple sort of repair. AND all of the paint contained lead, which we knew would require additional precautions and expense. Judy was up to the challenge; she tackled these eyesores and weaknesses of our home - not just willingly but enthusiastically - and transformed them into strengths! She happily and tirelessly (it seemed) scraped, filled, sanded, patched and painted, and even took a couple of windows home with her overnight to work on them in her shop. Throughout the process, she preserved and restored the character and charm that made us fall in love with our lovely Old House in the first place. Words are insufficient; you can go to her website and see before-and-after photographs of our windows and other areas that she worked on (sometimes joined by her equally-skilled husband Chuck). Judy’s knowledge and expertise and her hands-on skill and craftsmanship are excellent. Throughout the process, she was professional and personable, reliable, flexible, resourceful, and committed to caring for our home as if it were her own. Her charges were very competitive, and she stayed within the estimate we agreed on, even though she willingly put in some additional time and effort to “do the job right” (for example, Chuck corrected the roof-drainage problem that had caused the water damage under the eaves, to prevent similar damage in the future). It was a real pleasure to work with Judy, and we definitely look forward to doing it again. Her talents are not at all limited to just wood and windows - whatever type of work might be needed, we know that we and our home will be in good hands!