Flying Colors

Thanks to flying colors illegally removing lead paint from my neighbors house our home & yard are now contaminated. They are the most disrespectful & unprofessional contractors we have ever met. For 2 weeks now we have had building & health inspectors out here daily but the toxic mess continues on.
All of this is especially upsetting because we have a baby & they know they are putting our family’s health at risk. We have spoke with them several times ourselves & they have officially received a notice of violation from the city. Nothing at all has been done to protect us from the lead dust caused by dry scraping & paint chips literally showering our property. Not to mention the wet paint constantly being dripped on our patio. At this point I don’t even feel safe letting our dogs outside to pee. We got our test results back from the health inspectors & they have all comeback positive for lead contamination.
If you want your neighbors to hate you hire these idiots.

Hiring a general contractor in any big city, let alone in San Francisco, can be daunting. Contractors are notorious for being dodgy; for underbidding upfront then charging more down the road; for being difficult if not impossible to reach; for being generally unprofessional.
We’re in the process of converting our 4-​unit TIC building to condos. Back in May, the City gave us a 3R job card outlining various work which needed to be done to get our building up to code, including: drywall work, plumbing, proper waste and vents, etc
We looked high and low for a contractor we could trust, who wouldn’t waste our time or our money. I’m glad a friend referred me to Steve Mongan and Flying Colors.
Steve and his crew completed all the work we needed done to get a CFC from the City.
Steve potentially saved us thousands of dollars by encouraging us to take another look at the plans and permits on file with the City. We had been told that there was no record of approved building permits for the skylights in our second floor. Another contractor proposed creating drawings and getting the skylights permitted. Steve took one look at the skylights and was pretty certain that they were part of the original construction, and so would have been part of the original, permitted plans.
It turns out Steve was right.
Steve is a smart, trustworthy, honest, and efficient contractor. We would hire him again in a heartbeat.

Steve Mongan — Flying Colors is the outstanding company that I always recommend first to friends and family. Steve’s professional demeanor, integrity and attention to detail are exceptional. Steve has become a good friend and ever reliable professional I highly value.

Flying Colors is more than a painting company. They are a full service waterproofing and construction contractor. They were first recommended to me in 1995 by a friend that was very satisfied with their work. They did an excellent job in prepping my two story house, protecting my bushes and plants and doing an excellent painting job.
Eighteen years later, I hired Flying Colors to paint my house again. Once again, they have done an outstanding job. First they power washed the entire exterior. They then scraped and sanded all of the wood trim. They found dry rot in various places and either replaced the trim or removed the dry rot and filled it in with an epoxy compound. They painted the entire exterior with primer and then applied one coat of finish paint to the plaster and two coats to the wood trim. In addition, they did not just paint the face of the wood trim as most painters do, they painted the edge of the trim, carefully cutting the paint where it meets the plaster. As an architect, I appreciate that attention to detail.
They had 2 – 4 workers on the job every day who started promptly at 8:00 AM and worked until 4:00. They were courteous, friendly and most accommodating. Every time their ladders were in the way of moving our car, they immediately removed them. They also provided advice on color schemes, based on their experience.
Once again, they protected all of our landscaping with plastic sheets, but even more impressive, we had a 30 year old large jasmine vine that had grown onto a 4’x8’ lattice panel mounted to our fireplace chimney. Flying Colors spent hours cutting back the vines from the lattice, carefully laying the vines on the ground and removing the lattice panel from the wall for repainting. I did not expect them to extend that effort. I don’t know of another painting company that would have done that.
It took 14 working days to complete the painting of our 2,800 sf two story house. Their fee was $ 14,500, which I consider was very reasonable for the excellence of their performance. They even re-​stained our second story redwood deck which was not in the initial scope of work.
I recommend Flying Colors with a 5 star rating.
Jim G.

They came out to give me an estimate 3 weeks ago, and I still don’t have the estimate! They’ve been unresponsive. Apparently, they already have plenty of work lined up and don’t need to respond to potential customers or provide estimates. Don’t waste your time with them! They’ve only wasted mine.

Steve and his crew did an excellent job on our new exterior paint job in SF. The crew is very professional and maintain a very clean site during the project. The quality of work is top notch. We were very pleased with our experience with Flying Colors.

My wife and I have been very happy with Flying Colors. They did a wonderfuol job with the prep work, smoothing out some of the wood gashes of the shingles and this is probably the most important aspect of the painting job. Chris and his crews allowed us time to make decisions and also corrections to the exterior trim. Their pricing was also quite reasonable when compared to the other bids we received. They occasionally would stop work to consult with us in determing whether we were happy with the color scheme or saw any need for further touch-​ups.