B Taylor Painting, Inc

I am a property manager in Santa Cruz managing a diverse portfolio of residential and commercial properties. I had Erik Karlsrud of Taylor Painting meet me at one of my shopping centers to bid on a job and was instantly impressed. Erik was very thorough in his bid, and demonstrated expertise in the field. As such, I awarded Taylor Painting with the job. While painting they were very communicative with myself and with the tenants. They offered quality work; the shopping center looks fantastic! Since then, I have had Taylor Painting paint 2 other shopping centers. They have also done interior turnover paints for residential units for me.
I highly recommend Taylor Painting.

Great work!
Over the past year, I’ve used B. Taylor Painting to do several large commercial paining jobs as well as interior construction work. They painted several of our anchor stores and then the entire exterior of the mall I run. They also coordinated a large interior construction project for a national tenant. Every time, they did great work and were easy to work with.
I’ve dealt with Brian as well as several of his supervisors and tradesmen. My staff and I have found them prompt, professional and thorough. Their work is top-​notch and they have always been very competitively priced.
We have found them to be honest and caring and very responsive to any/​all change orders and special requests.
On the one job where there were a few ‘road-​blocks’ (caused by the city changing their mind after permitting), Brian and his guys worked with the city to devise a new plan and then executed it within the deadline.
I would certainly recommend them to anyone needing commercial painting or construction services.

Sloppy!!! These guys have been painting our apartment complex for the last several weeks. As a tenant, I have several issues with the way they are working.
1) They are super messy. They have accidentally smeared paint all over the inside of our elevators (on surfaces not meant to be painted), and left it until tenants reported the mess. They have smeared paint in much the same way on my 4^th floor windows. This is not overspray, mind you. This is a paint-​loaded roller accidentally bumping up against surfaces not meant to be painted, but also not protected with paper/​drop cloths, etc. Naturally, a little mess is to be expected with any project, but these guys are really sloppy.
2) They don’t respect what the property management has communicated to tenants. One example is that they climbed onto my 4^th floor balcony and opened my storage closet and painted the door and inside trim more than two full weeks before they were scheduled to do so, and were not authorized to open any doors on my balcony, and were not supervised by property management. When I received the letter from property management notifying me that tomorrow ²⁄₁ is the day they will be painting my balcony storage closet door, as well as my front door trim, I let them know most of that painting was already done. They were surprised and apologetic. They had no idea that the painting company was doing their own thing.
3) They use shopping carts to haul paint and supplies all around the property. Now, anyone can buy their own shopping carts for use within their company. That’s not what is happening at B Taylor. I have witnessed, and photographed B Taylor using carts belonging to Longs Drugs/​CVS, Walmart, and Fresh & Easy. One would think that if they have a thriving business, they could provide the paint crews with the appropriate tools without having to… uh…borrow…from other companies. Shopping carts cost between $ 75 – 150 per cart, and represent a good chunk of loss for retailers. If B Taylor obtained those carts honestly (as in purchased them from the original owner), wouldn’t you think they would have re-​branded them?
I would have let one or two things go. But between the disregard for my privacy and tenant rights, and the continued use of stolen property, I just can’t let things continue without calling a foul. I called B Taylor to advise them of the use of stolen property by their team, and was told that they’d investigate. Last night, I photographed 3 carts locked in their storage pen, still obviously in use.