RF Young Paint Contracting

Patty, the evil looking grandma hit the phones and used her sweetness to drum up some 5 star reviews. All I can say is that these must be friends, relatives or people who steer them business. Ron is very difficult to deal with and complains about everything.
People — if you have any pride in your home’s appearance, do not hire this painter. You will regret it every time you look at your walls. I honestly do not know how they have been in business so long or how they get any repeat business. STAY AWAY!!!­!! Ron is an absolute CHEAT and a GRUMPY, PATHETIC, AMATEUR PAINTER (at best). The «lifetime guarantee» means ABSOLUTELY NOTHING because he will say you are «picky» and «a perfectionist» if you point out any of his numerous amateur mistakes. The amateur mistakes he makes are countless– STAY AWAY

The longer I looked at our messed up and seriously pathetically painted walls, the more upset I become about hiring this sad excuse for a painter. So, I am now lowering my review to one star.
If they really care about «letting their customers down» as said in their snarky response to another negative review, then I would ask them to refund what we paid to them so we can hire somebody else to fix their shoddy work. After our negative review, it seems that Patty hit the phones and used her sweetness to drum up some 5 star reviews. All I can say is that these must be friends, relatives or people who steer them business. Ron is very difficult to deal with and complains about everything.
People — if you have any pride in your home’s appearance, do not hire this painter. You will regret it every time you look at your walls. I honestly do not know how they have been in business so long or how they get any repeat business. STAY AWAY!!!

I have used RF Young 2 times. Patti and Ron are great! It’s refreshing to know that that I found RF Young. 5 stars all the way

RF Young’s response to Anastassia’s review shows all you need to know about Ron’s bad attitude and intentions.
Ron is an absolute CHEAT and a GRUMPY, PATHETIC, AMATEUR PAINTER (at best). The «lifetime guarantee» means ABSOLUTELY NOTHING because he will say you are «picky» and «a perfectionist» if you point out any of his numerous amateur mistakes. The amateur mistakes he makes are countless – «runs» in the paint (paint drips that have dried… a result of a rushed job), pathetically crooked color lines (the area where two different colored walls meet), putting ONE COAT of paint where he promised two or more coats. It’s almost comical how it DOESN’T END with this pathetic excuse for a painter. He offers a lifetime guarantee on quality but he will attempt to pressure, shame, and guilt you into accepting his shoddy work (which renders the lifetime guarantee USELESS). Ron will charge Orange County money for East LA quality. DON’T LET HIS SWEET WIFE PATTY FOOL YOU INTO BOOKING THEM FOR A JOB.
Ron, it doesn’t matter that you have been in business since 1988 if you are a pathetic painter with NO ATTENTION TO DETAIL. Your lifetime guarantee MEANS NOTHING because of your LACK OF PRIDE in your work. It DOESN’T MATTER if you remind us you’re open 9am-​9pm to address any quality concerns (like you condescendingly told Anastassia in your Unilocal response). What actually DOES MATTER is that you are lazy, a liar, and a cheat.
Stay away from RF Young Paint.
****UPDATE 11/​9/​2012*****
Patty/​Ron just responded to my review calling it a fabrication. «THIS REVIEW IS A COMPLETE FABRICATION !!! …We have never done work for an Anthony R nor do we know who this person is. He has only been on Unilocal since November 2012 (and it now only the 8^th of November 2012) and we have not done work in Newport Beach in almost a year and it was not for an Anthony R.
It is a shame that people are able to come onto Unilocal give any Company a phony review when in fact you have never done work for that person. It is quite obvious that he was put up to this by someone else… for what reason we have no idea.
Please disregard this review.»
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My response:
Patty/​Ron, I want you to know that obviously Anthony R. is an alias, and I may or may not live in Newport Beach. You have my address on file so I DO NOT feel comfortable giving you my actual name. Patty, you were very sweet and professional during every interaction. My suggestion would be to accompany Ron when completing a walk through with your customers while the work is being completed and/​or after the job is done. That way you’ll experience his poor work and bad attitude in person. I’m sorry for leaving a bad review Patty, but Ron is an absolute mess. If you didn’t know before, you do now.

We met with 3 painters when our tenant moved out of our condo. Patty and Ron met with us and were meticulous in detail to what needed to be done. Their price was very fair — not the cheapest. However, the other companies sent sales reps — Ron actually does the work himself. True to their word, they gave us an excellent product. Cabinets sparkled, walls were smooth, baseboards shined. All was done in a timely manner with daily updates. And, very neat. A pleasure to work with. — Sergio

I have referred RF Young to my customers for years. My customers love the awsome work he does. He is neat and clean, which is rare with alot of painters. He always does a quality job and I couldn’t be happier. I will always refer him to my customers.
Thanks for all your great work!
Joe

We found Ron Young on Unilocal (our first time using Unilocal), and had him over to paint our interior 3,200sf +. Ron was very professional, punctual, prepared and did a great job overall. There was no b.s., just good solid honest work performed by Ron and his assistant Alex. It was also very comforting having the business owner on site daily doing the work, showing up on time, and working hard until the job was done… this gave us much needed peace of mind during a stressful time, new house and all.
We feel that Ron delivered on exactly what we wanted, and even consulted with us by offering some great ideas. We actually enjoyed having him in our home!

So happy to write a review for RF Young and to tell you that our paint job has several months on it and it still looks perfect. We get compliments on it all the time. Ron and Patty could not have been easier to work with. Everything was on schedule, cleanup was perfect, and the price was definitely right. There’s a review here about cracks not being fixed and I can tell you that this was absolutely not the case for us, Ron patched up a bunch of spots for us and even stained our front door! Happy to be a reference for this company. Great people!

I used RF Young to paint my Master Bedroom, Master Bath, Laundry Room, 2^nd Bath and to touch up the trim in a room I previously painted myself and needed to finish and touch it up quickly for another home project. Upon working with Patti I was very happy. She is very organized, helpful, professional and timely. I really appreciated her work. When I had Ron and his associate come to the house I was disappointed. After the first day I walked around the rooms they painted so far and noticed a lot of spots that they did not completely cover the previous paint color and other spots where the lines on the trim weren’t straight or they got paint on the trim. When Ron came back the next day I pointed these out to him and instead of saying «Okay I’ll paint them again» I was meet with a more «you’re just a perfectionist, I didn’t see that». He ended up fixing the areas I noted (although I feel a little begrudgingly), along with the inside of some window frames which he charged me extra for saying he had to work an extra day to finish even though he was scheduled for 3 days and he finished all the work in 3 days. When they were done for the most part the work was okay. I did find some other blemishes which I have proceeded to fix myself and paint splotches on tile that have been since cleaned up easily. The thing that really upsets me though, is that upon moving items back into the rooms of my home I noticed a large paint mark (about the size of a fist) on my brand new carpet (I live in a brand new home so I know it wasn’t me!). It looks like they may have dropped a brush and it looks like they did attempt at cleaning it up but I did notice it. I tried cleaning it myself and got it all out but I am really upset they did not tell me about it and left me to find it for myself. I can assure you if it did not come out I would call them to come back and clean it out, have it professionally cleaned or worse case scenario, replace my carpet. While they should have been protecting my floors so if they did drop something it would not drop on my carpet, I understand mistakes happen but at the very least they should have taken responsibility for the mistake and alerted me to it and offered to further help fix it instead of not saying anything to me in the hopes that it would not be noticed. I think that is a terrible business practice. I do have more home painting needed in the future and I will not and would not use them again.

We reviewed about 4 painters and Patty/​Ron were the best in terms of knowledge, communication and cost.
The day of painting, Ron showed up on time and did a fabulous job on all walls. They were professional and accurate and they loved their job. Ron was very friendly and flexible when we changed our plan the last minute. They were very cautious to avoid any spillage on floor and helped us protect all other furniture, blinds and other stuff. My wife and i haven’t yet seen a better painting job.
I will highly recommend the unassuming team of Patty/​Ron who has been in painting business for about 40+ years and know exactly what they are doing and will work with you.
After all painting is to make your home look beautiful and you need beautiful people such as Patty/​Ron to make that happen.
Thanks Patty and Ron.

I was having a terrible time finding a cheap painter in such short notice to paint my apartment before we moved in. But then I found RF Young Paint Contracting and was greeted by a bubbly, sweet lady. She was wonderful to talk to and gave me an estimate that was perfect price. We set up a day for the painter, Chris, to come paint and that was that. Sounds perfect, huh? Nope! Chris calls me before he’s supposed to come and tells me he’s on his way, so I tell him who to speak with at the leasing office and I would be there soon. About an hour later, I get to the leasing office, and the lady says he came and left, saying it was too big of a job and was complaining to them that he’d be there til 1 in the morning and he already works too much as it is. I was pissed. He didn’t call me until 30 min later. He knew how many walls he had to paint, and he had another guy with him. If he didn’t want the job then why did he take it. Now we’re moving in tomorrow and no walls are painted!!! Extremely pissed and upset!!!

Patty and Ron were great to work with. They worked with us on the pricing and were quick to start the job. Patty was very patient and helped walk us through all the things we needed to consider as to what should be done and what type of paint etc. As a first time homeowner I appreciated their expert help and patience. When the flooring guys scratched up my new paint, Patty and Ron were great resources for us. Pleasant experience and great result!

Based on the other reviews it seems like we caught RF Young on their worst day!
As other reviews mentioned, Patty, the wife/​manager was very sweet and responsive.
Her husband, however, who performs the service, was very rude and condescending, and acted as if our business was an inconvenience to him. The work was okay, but definitely not great enough to offset the bad attitude we had to deal with. When he made mistakes or lazy oversights, we politely asked him to fix them and he acted like his error was our issue.
Definitely a miss on customer service and the workmanship was nowhere close to professional or meticulous.
If you hire this team hope that you get them on a good day!

Contacted RF Young to get some wallpaper stripping, wall texturizing, and painting done on a downstairs bathroom.
Patty, who manages RF Young, was always very prompt in returning phone calls and emails. She said that a cost estimate would be in my inbox by the end of Monday, and voila, it was in my inbox exactly that day. I highly value non-​flakiness and follow-​through when dealing with contractors, so no complaints there. Pricing was also fair and they were able to accommodate my schedule.
I would recommend RF Young to others in the OC area who are looking to get any kind of painting done.

RF Young stripped the wallpaper in our connected kitchen and family room and repainted both rooms. They also painted our two story entry way including the walls of the staircase and around the multiple picture windows. I cannot say enough about how happy we are that we selected RF Young for our interior paining projects. They were on time for our initial meeting to look over the job and discuss the specifics. They quickly provided a succinct and easy to understand written estimate via email. The job took several days to complete and each day they arrived on time and cleaned up their supplies and equipment before stopping for the day. Ron and his crew are true professionals and I highly recommend them for any of your painting needs.