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Typical your area range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Coastline Painters. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
Finished floor area of the rooms in scope — not wall area.
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$6,000 – $9,000
Typical painting project around $7,500
A 310-year-old National Register-listed house is the job one 2024 customer wrote about at length: that customer said Coastline Painters' crew included carpenters who made several wood repairs found while preparing the house, followed by extensive exterior prep and two coats of paint. The same 2024 customer wrote that John Moffitt and his mother Kathy Moffitt own and operate the company, that John visited the job site daily, and that his chief foreman Wilson was on site every day. Coastline Painters says it has been in business for 45 years, and its website lists a service area of Branford, Essex, Guilford, Madison, Old Saybrook and Westbrook. Its BBB grade is A+. A 2022 customer said Dave and his team, led by Serafin, removed popcorn ceilings and painted the walls, and that Dave supplied matching paint for a ceiling patch at no additional charge. A 2022 customer wrote that an exterior job began with prep of all surfaces, then primer and two coats of paint. A 2022 customer said power washing, scraping, sanding, carpentry repairs and staining were done on the outside of their house. A 2022 customer wrote that Coastline had done inside and outside painting, plastering, floor tiling and some remodeling for them over 10 years, and had made things right the few times something wasn't perfect. A 2021 customer described paint work in a beach house over 100 years old, including several interior windows, staircases, a porch and the entire kitchen. A 2025 customer said the company did not call or show up for two estimate appointments. In 2021, a reviewer reported seeing the driver of a Coastline Painters truck yelling and cursing at an older driver in front of Page Hardware. Connecticut lists its home improvement contractor registration, HIC.0626794, held by Coastline Painters LLC, as expired.
They no call, no showed two appointments for an estimate.
John is a pleasure to work with, we're super happy with the paint job and work that his team completed. It's a completely new space!
Where to start with reviewing such a superb, family-owned and operated business? Let's start with professionalism and courtesy. John Moffitt and his mother Kathy Moffitt own and operate Coastline Painters together and make a great team, with John handling the estimating and day to day project management, while Kathy manages the paperwork and office support, with promptness and thoroughgoing good humor and warmth. From your first interaction with each of them you will know that you are dealing with highly competent, detail-oriented professionals, who take great pride in the quality of the service that they provide. Their customers really are their primary focus, and your satisfaction their ultimate goal. They seek feedback throughout the process of working with you so that nothing mars your experience as it unfolds. It's like having concierge-level service. The crew that we had work on our home was similarly professional and highly skilled, including carpenters for any needed wood repairs that come to light in the course of preparing the house for painting. We had several such repairs needed on our 310 year old National Register-listed home, which took real craftsmanship to carry out, and Coastline's crew had the requisite talent in-house, so that no needless delays occurred with the painting schedule, as the skilled workers were on hand to immediately remediate the problems as they came to light. The attention to detail carried over into the extensive prep work that was performed on our exterior, and then superb quality painting for the two coats that were applied. Throughout the process, John's chief foreman Wilson was a daily presence to supervise the work and to answer any questions that came up in the course of the project. John himself visited the job site daily and was readily available by phone and text at all other times. His approach is most definitely hands-on, and detail-oriented, and that carried over to the crew members as well, who stayed late on several days to get things just right. We have never had such professional painters work on our home, and recommend them unhesitatingly. Better painters, and nicer business people, are not to be found. Two thumbs WAY up.
Excellent service from time I requested quote through to completion of project. Team is professional and thorough, completed work on time and the house looks great!
Dave and his team, lead by Serafin, did an amazing job removing my popcorn ceilings and painting my walls. Dave even went above and beyond when I had my Kitchen redone and had to move a recessed light and needed to patch my ceiling. Dave supplied the matching paint for the patch work at no additional charge. Can’t say enough about how great this experience was. I’d recommend his team to anyone.......
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