Guild Painters Business Has Retired

We hired Bob (Guild Painters) to completely repaint the exterior of our home based on his reputation as someone with excellent attention to detail and the ability to assist with colour selection. This included all doors (including a large garage door), windows and various railings. He was also tasked with repairing/replacing all caulking (an extremely large task on its own considering the original caulking was over 20 years old and done with haste).

Bob completed all the work on his own. His work was impeccable and completed on time and on budget. On top of his great work - Bob’s colour selection was incredible to say the least, and included him creating large custom colour samples (about 3’x3’ on drywall) that we could place against the exterior of the home (as opposed to a tiny manufacturer colour sample book). The attention our home has been getting from our neighbours is a testament to his work.

All that being said, Bob is a great guy who you would be pleased to have as a friend. We recommend with without reservation.

We'd had a poor exterior paint job done on our porch 3 years ago; within the year, it was peeling and flaking, because it had not been properly sanded/primed/painted. Bob Steele, who owns Guild and does all the work, took all the necessary steps to get the porch painted properly and even went beyond to fix up some of the porch area. His communication was excellent; we always knew what would be happening when, and he walked us through the whole process. And he clearly knows paint/painting, talking us through the chemistry involved. We've been getting compliments ever since he finished last Thursday; very well worth it and highly recommended!

We hired Guild Painters for three projects, the largest of which was to paint the drywall and pine panelling plus trim for a 1800 square ft basement in our log home. Both were completed on time and on budget with great diligence. Bob Steele is a most professional individual that we would heartily recommend. He is most conscientious in choosing the exact colours and blending to clients' needs. His work is extremely meticulous.

J. David Mason, M.Eng.

Guild Painters(Bob)does an excellent job. Bob is great with colour chose and is very exact with his work. I had my floor redone in the hall and the wall colour just did not look right--Bob suggested to change the colour on two walls and now it looks great. Even my husband notice the change. He save me having to redo the whole hallway--which inturn saved me money.
He also helped with the kichen colour and the colour for the outside of the house.

Bob has an artist's eye for colour and is meticulous in his work. We had a 65 year old ceiling that was cracking due to age (drying) and paint failure. Bob did a beautiful job repairing the ceiling. Looks like new. He also painted the entire main floor. Thrilled with the colour(s) and work. Looks like a new home. Work started on day promised and finished 7 days later.

Last year he painted our exterior. Again, work was detailed and professional, price reasonable and completed on time.

I've had the benefit of Bob's excellent work in the past and also seen the results of his work in friends' apartments He always does a fantastic job. For this job he gave me a lot of help in selecting a colour without imposing his own ideas. His estimate of time and cost were on the mark. After the job was finished he also gave me advice about hanging my pictures. He is completely reliable and the quality of his work is of the highest order. I highly recommend him.

Bob was simply fantastic. He is part artist and part painter, seeing colour schemes, matches and mismatches with a keen eye and performing his work with a masterful touch. His work is thorough, clean, and carefully completed. He transformed the front of our house into something we are proud to own. Bob fixed little issues like a leaking gutter, a hole where the raccoons had been trying to relocate to our attic, and trim that was falling apart. He even painted a bench on our veranda to match the front door! All this and a little interesting conversation thrown in each day. Thanks Bob we really enjoyed working with you!

Bob was professional, punctual, and extremely friendly. He worked with me to find just the right paint colour, and clearly cared a lot about doing the job right for me. He listened carefully to my concerns regarding lead paint that needed to be dealt with and acted accordingly. He is ridiculously knowledgeable about paint chemistry, colours and many other topics completely unrelated to painting, which makes him fun to talk to as well! I was really pleased with his work and the respect he showed me for what was a small job for him. Would hire him back in a minute if I had more painting I needed done.