Doherty Restoration

I am at a loss for words of appreciation for this incredible business and the outcome of the excellent work that was completed in a timely manner. Living in a wonderful home, that is more than a hundred years old, we found out that it was necessary to revarnish our hardwood floors. One can only imagine what had to be done to prepare for the work required. Blessings !!! After several meetings with other businesses, Doherty’s estimate person came to our home and literally solved our issues and gave us a most reasonable and fair estimate. On the day promised, they actually arrived and did the work in the next two days. Not only does our home look fabulous, but we no longer are facing any issues or problems. We passed the inspection and happily moved back home. I cannot tell you what a pleasure it was to deal with John Burke and his crew from Doherty Restoration. A million thanks from all of our family for your honest, incredible and well done work. My advise… call Doherty, get an estimate, let them do the work, and enjoy !!!

We have just had Doherty Restoration renovate our Victorian home. They have taken down the house to the studs and done an extensive remodeling, from adding a garage to changing the walls and windows, installing a radiant heating system, doing all the bathrooms and kitchen and more… We are hugely delighted with the excellent quality of the work they have done, with their attention to details, their understanding of the changes we wanted to do throughout the project as our design ideas evolved and their overall patience and client focus. And this is really the strength of Patrick and his team: their client focus that leads them to be great listeners, open to changes and uncompromising on quality. Thank you Pat, Michael, John, Owen and everybody involved in the project! Amazing job!

For more than 8 years I have owned a business in the Marina which has been through many remodels, repairs, and nearly as many different contractors. Finally I was introduced to Doherty Restoration. The entire Doherty Restoration team has shined so brightly in planning, execution, as well as communication that I will not work with anyone else in the future. In our situation it has to be right the first time, on a deadline, every time… or we lose revenue. What these guys have done for us over the course of multiple phases of a remodel has been nothing short of miraculous… and all while staying open nearly 100% of the time. The work they have accomplished here exhibits high form as well as high function, under demanding conditions, and punishing deadines… and all in compliance with San Francisco building Dept.
Amazing.
Thank you Patrick, Michael and the entire team. Martin an Electrical Wizard, Tommy a Master Plumber, Simon an HVAC magician, Damien, Roland, Carlos, Owen. Hard workers, problem solvers, RESULTS oriented and Uncompromising Quality.
It’s like these guys threaded a needle passing you at 90 miles per hour, and polished the needle on the way by as well.
Can’t wait to tackle the next project.

We hired them to paint the outside of our home. We got a very competitive rate. They were at all times professional and did exceptional work. Even did some extras at no charge. Finished on time and left our home spotless. Definitely we will hire them again for our next project.

These guys are real pros. I had them paint my house exterior and they did a fantastic job! I plan to have them do the interior as well.

Well, the paint job looks good 6 months later. I’ll give them that much. They came to me through the Alameda County Lead Poisoning Prevention Program. Great program, but poor choice of contractor. Doherty says they are both a painting and general contractor so I agreed to let them do some siding repair to my wood sided house and to install a bathroom fan in addition to the complete exterior paint job. Here’s the whole list of things they either did wrong or poorly.
1. They claimed to never work without a permit where needed, but somehow forget to get one for the electrical work until I called them on it. Funny — they were billing me for the permit all along. Hmmm
2. The electrician (apprentice?) left the wiring for the fan in such a hazardous condition that the next guy they sent out didn’t even argue with me, just got up there and spent several awkward hours making things right. Always easier to do it right the first time?
3. Pat Doherty, owner, claimed they would use only the highest end paint from the ICI paint company. They did that — but only on the trim, not on the body of the house.
4. The carpenter cut each piece of siding at a different angle where it met the slope of the ground AND they weren’t long enough to cover the rough framing of the building like they were supposed to AND there were some 5″ gaps where light was shining through.
There was more detail stuff with the carpentry that was poorly done, but you should get the general idea. Painting was pretty good, everything else was not.

This business was a life saver. We recently had a lead problem and needed someone to clean it up. The first quote we got was around $ 8000 for a two family dwelling upstairs and down. Yikes! So I decided to do some research and did the top part of our house myself. In doing so I realized how much work it was and just didn’t have the time to do the bottom floors. That’s where Doherty came in. They came out. Gave us a quote and within the week had someone who was very professional come out and do the cleaning. Total cost for the downstairs. A little over $ 500. Don’t know what the first guy I went to was trying to pull. Thank my lucky stars that I called Doherty Painting.

Hired Doherty for a massive paint job on my very very old house and they did a great job. Silverio was great, very nice. He and the crew got the job done quickly, and he even came back to do touchups the week after. All in all, a great experience, and I’ll call them again when I’m ready to paint the exterior.