Victoria Painting & Restoration

Our house is a 3-​story Victorian that has 3 sides exposed. It is, to put it mildly, an expensive venture to paint.
After several bids, we chose Gerard and his company Victoria based on the work we saw at other houses, and speaking to other clients. His price was not the lowest, but we made that mistake last time our house was painted and, well, you get what you pay for.
Victoria’s attention to prep was thorough and the crew professional. They sanded, scraped, and filled in cracks like no one ever did before. We are THRILLED with the end result. Our house has never looked so great. Hire Victoria!

I have a very large 4500+ sq. ft. Victorian house built in 1895. I knew I wanted a painting firm that had experience in Victorian houses when I decided to get the entire outside painted. Out of the 3 quotes I received all from Victorian experienced painting firms based out of SF, VP&R was in the middle as far as price but not that far from the lowest quote. I felt they would do the best job after talking to all three firms so I selected them. One thing I liked is I met directly with the owner (Gerry) in all the meetings discussing what I wanted done, the details, times, price, ect. Bottom line they exceeded my expectations in every area. They originally quoted 3 – 4 weeks and they were completely done in 3 weeks 3 days. They had the same 4 guys on the job every day without fail and they were some of the hardest working men I have seen. They would clean up the site every night even when I did not ask. The paint job was 4 colors and included some wood restoration due to some dry rot they found. They did an excellent job on all the wood restoration without spending a fortune which is easy to do on older houses and if they saw something needed fixed they just jumped right in and did it. NEVER once did they come back say they found something they had not expected and that they would have to increase the cost to paint the house. They came in on time and on price to the original quote. When I inspected the house on the last day to see if they missed anything (they asked me to do this) I spent 2 hours and I could not find a thing. The 4 guys they had paid attention to every detail. I would recommend them without hesitation based on my experience.
ps: I know it may read like I am Gerry’s mother but I have no involvement with them other than they did a heck of a good job.

Can’t say enough about Victoria Painting crew. They recently painted our 123 year old Victorian over the course of 4 weeks. Why we chose them and feedback:
— Referrals — walking thru Haight Ashbury, particularly down Page street Gerry and crew have dozens of pleased customers, two who referred us to them. Several they have gone back for another job 10 – 12 years later, indicative of their quality work.
— Wood repair — we had a few troubled spots of dry rot in the eaves, on the banister, and some ill-​protected window frames without proper flashing. They do quality carpentry work to replace (something other paint bidders were going to farm out or have me acquire by myself elsewhere)
— Patience and color consultation — Gerry and team allowed us to try out probably 2 dozen different colors in order to get exactly the combination we desired. He was very helpful and straight-​up when a color didn’t work or wouldn’t hold up to the weather/​sun. He said he wouldn’t put his sign up on a color combination that didn’t suit him. And when you’re on the fence or debating w/​your spouse, a sounding board that genuinely has an opinion helps.
— Price — they aren’t the least expensive but for the quality more than a fair price and very competitive w/​the other bids. It included everything — permits, scaffolding, port-​a-​potty, the highest quality premium paint (of your choice). He even repaired some flashing and gutter at no additional charge that wasn’t in original estimate.
— Attention to detail — Gerry was more harsh on the results than us as owners — identifying if the address numbers were straight, trim was perfect, any edgework needed attention. Always left the place clean and secure. Always started on time. Made sure we were very happy before calling the job complete.
Would definitely recommend them to anyone — especially if you are working with an ornate Victorian in the city.

Victoria Painting recently repainted the exterior of our 120+ year old Victorian, after doing a masterful job on the original façade restoration eons ago. The years of experience of Gerry and his crew was evident throughout the project. Gerry walked us through the project before starting, identifying minor repair items that his crew could handle (like dryrot) and major repair items that needed a professional carpenter (rotted deck). This attention to detail made sure that all the work we needed done was included in our quote and didn’t come as a surprise (to either party) later on.
Victoria prepped all the surfaces, made the necessary repairs to sills and siding, then did a magnificent job painting. Gerry helped so much with minor changes to our color scheme, and made great suggestions to help the gold leaf really stand out. The end result is a house that looks, in the words of a friend, «like its a brand new place».
Thanks Gerry, for taking care of us, and our place.

Gerry O’Loughlin and his crew did a splendid job on our three-​flat Edwardian building in the Mission. He’s such a pro, and runs an efficient operation, working smoothly with his own men and the metal and scaffolding companies as well the talented colorist David vanDommelen. They completed weeks of prep work before starting to prime and paint. The building looks gorgeous. I highly recommend Gerry and Victoria Painting. He knows the city, and his fine taste is reflected in his finished work.

Gerry (the owner of Victoria) just completed renovating our 3 unit Edwardian and I can’t speak highly enough about the fantastic results. Our building was in a state of neglect, the previous owner having painted on-​the-​cheap. Gerry spent weeks stripping the building down to the bare wood, patching holes, removing unnecessary pipes, repairing dry rot, adding multiple coats of primer. When the time came for topcoat, Gerry along with his color specialist David used their mastery of Victorian architecture to highlight our somewhat minimalist features with a tasteful, cohesive result. After years of being disappointed in my building’s condition, I am so excited with my new home.

Victoria Painting painted our house at Dolores and 25^th, and 3 years later it still looks great. Their prep work was outstanding, I had a longstanding problem with water leakage the previous painters didn’t fix they found right away. Their bid was competitive and the work was finished on time. They ran a very clean site.
Gerry O’Loughlin is outstanding to work with, in addition to communicating regularly he gave us some great color ideas for the front door and trim. He is the best I have worked with in over 30 years of hiring painters.

A review of the work five years after Victoria Painting painted our small Victorian in SF finds us VERY DISAPPOINTED with the long term quality of the work done by Gerry’s team. Withing the first two years, the paint started chipping, with the deterioration so significant within the first four years that Gerry sent his team out to touch up the more sun exposed areas in the back of the home. 18 months after Gerry came back out, even the touched up areas are peeling again. We spent over $ 15 thousand on the original job, and five years after the original paint job, we have someone new working on the house again to repaint the 70% of the structure where the paint has peeled off and the wood is exposed. Don’t get me wrong, we liked working with Gerry and appreciated that he came back to try to make things right. We would have liked it more if his team had done the proper prep work in advance to make the job last. Our immediately adjacent neighbor had her house painted at the same time and HER Victorian is an advertisement for how a home should look 5 years after. AVOID VICTORIAN PAINTING! There are better teams out there to pain your home!

Our good friend Asher helped us get our place painted in time for renters and connected us to this company. This company did an incredible job. They were prompt, clean and touched up the baseboards because they thought they needed to be done. That is super professional and the price was very fair.
Thanks so much for helping us with our unit.

We used Victoria to paint our house and they did a beautiful job. We looked at several companies and their references and Victoria’s work was head and shoulders above the rest. The prep work they did was extremely thorough. They stripped everything down to bare wood, which is a lot on a 100 year old house, and repaired any missing or damaged trim. Gerry (owner) was very helpful in all aspects, did a great job helping us select colors and suggested several details that really make the trim work on the house stand out. Ron (job foreman) was also great and very helpful. His attention to detail was fantastic and we never had to ask twice about even the smallest items.
They were extremely dependable. They showed up every day exactly on time. Gerry also helped us with references for other contractors for other work who were also very dependable, did high quality work and were reasonably priced.
It’s a pleasure to work with people who have such an obvious pride in the quality of their work and our house looks great.

Stripped my 102-​year old Victorian down to bare wood, prepped and painted it beautifully. Took care of all the little details.
Gerry is great. He is very opinionated when it comes to colors – both palette and placement – which is great. (I don’t think he will let you paint your house badly…)
Painting Victorians is complicated work. You are essentially restoring an antique. Prep is essential. Put it in the hands of a pro. There are a lot of poorly painted Victorians in the City. Don’t let yours be one of them.