Painting for businesses that can't shut down
We already do commercial drywall — offices, retail, restaurants, rental turnovers across Baltimore. And our commercial clients kept asking the same question: can you paint it too? Now the answer is yes.
Same logic as our residential painting: the crew that finishes the walls should be the crew that paints them. On commercial jobs that means one contract, one schedule, and no coordination gap between the drywall crew leaving and the paint crew arriving two weeks later.
Commercial painting is mostly a scheduling discipline. The painting itself isn't exotic — the hard part is getting it done without costing you business days. That's what we plan around, before we quote a number.
Our partner contractor is MHIC #161062, licensed and insured in Maryland.
What we paint commercially
- Offices. Full floors, single suites, conference rooms, corridors. Repainted between tenants or while occupied — your call.
- Retail and restaurants. Sales floors, dining rooms, back-of-house. Brand colors matched from your spec.
- Rental units and turnovers. Between tenants, fast — patch, paint, ready for showing. Property managers, ask about ongoing work.
- Common areas. Hallways, lobbies, stairwells — the high-traffic zones that wear fastest and get noticed most.
- Storefronts and exteriors. Facades, trim, doors, signage areas. First impressions start at the curb.
How it works
- Site walk. We walk the space and note the surfaces, the condition — and most important, your constraints: hours, tenants, customers, hard deadlines.
- Written scope with a phasing plan. Not just a price. A plan that says which areas get painted when, so you know exactly how the work fits around your operation before anything starts.
- Prep. Fill, caulk, sand, prime — plus drywall repair where the walls need it, since we do that trade too. Floors, fixtures, and equipment protected.
- Paint. Two coats on walls as standard, scheduled around your hours — days, nights, or weekends.
- Punch-list walkthrough. We walk the finished work with you, mark every deficiency, and fix them. Nothing gets invoiced until the punch list is clear.
The schedule is the spec
On commercial work, the date matters as much as the paint. A missed finish date means a delayed opening, a tenant move-in pushed back, a dining room closed on a Friday night. So we treat the schedule as part of the contract, not a rough idea.
That means we tell you the crew size, the daily hours, and the sequence of areas up front. If we need three painters for six nights to hit your reopening date, that's the plan — in writing, before you sign. And if we see a problem with your timeline, you hear it during the site walk, not the week the work is due.
Ask any bidder the same questions: how many people on the job, what hours, what order, what's the contingency if a phase runs long. The answers tell you more than the price does.
If your date is truly fixed — a grand opening, a lease start, a tenant move-in — say so on the site walk. We'll tell you straight whether we can hit it, and what it takes. We'd rather turn down a job than miss a date that costs you money.
Certificates, compliance, and building rules
Commercial buildings come with paperwork, and we handle our end of it. Certificates of insurance for your building management or landlord — provided before work starts, not chased after. Our partner contractor is MHIC #161062, licensed and insured in Maryland.
Many buildings have their own requirements: approved work hours, elevator reservations, protection of common areas. Tell us on the site walk and we build the plan around them instead of discovering them mid-job. If your property manager needs a specific document or endorsement, send it over — we'd rather sort it in advance than stall on day one.
For restaurants and food-service spaces, we schedule around health inspections and service hours. Paint fumes and dinner service don't mix, and we plan the phases so they never meet.
Nights, weekends, and phased work
Most of our commercial painting happens outside business hours — evenings, nights, weekends, whenever your space is empty. If the job is too big for off-hours alone, we phase it: one zone sealed off and painted at a time while the rest of your operation runs normally.
Straight talk: off-hours work costs more than daytime work. Night crews, compressed timelines, extra protection and cleanup — it adds up. We'll price it both ways so you can see the difference and decide what's worth it. Some clients phase the work to hold costs down; others pay for nights to protect revenue. Both are rational. It's your call, with real numbers in front of you.
Working around tenants and customers
Occupied buildings are the norm, not the exception. Offices with people working, retail with customers walking in, apartment buildings with tenants above and below. We plan for that.
Work zones get sealed off with plastic and signage. Dust-producing prep — sanding, scraping — gets scheduled for low-traffic hours or contained with dust control. Low-odor paint is standard on occupied jobs; nobody should be working through fumes. And we keep a single point of contact on your end informed daily: what's done, what's next, any issues.
If your building has rules — elevator reservations, loading dock hours, noise restrictions — tell us on the site walk. We build the plan around them instead of discovering them mid-job.
Paints and finishes for commercial spaces
Commercial walls take more abuse than residential ones, so the finishes are chosen for durability, not just looks:
- Scrubbable wall finishes. Corridors, lobbies, and common areas get finishes that survive repeated cleaning without burnishing.
- Moisture-resistant coatings. Restaurant kitchens, restrooms, and back-of-house areas get finishes built for steam and frequent wipe-downs.
- Low-odor products. Standard on any occupied job — offices, retail, medical-adjacent spaces. The space stays usable while we work.
- Accent and brand colors. Matched from your spec or sample — feature walls, brand colors, wayfinding paint.
We'll recommend the finish for each area on the site walk and explain why. No upsell, just the right product for the wear the surface will see.
Rental turnovers, fast
Property managers: this is built for you. Between tenants, the clock is running — every vacant day is rent lost. Our turnover process is patch, paint, clean, done. We match the existing color so there's no full-unit repaint unless the walls need it, and we schedule tight around your showing calendar.
If you manage multiple units, talk to us about ongoing work. A standing arrangement for turnovers beats scrambling for a crew every time a lease ends.
Drywall repair and paint in one contract
Commercial walls take abuse — moving furniture, carts, customers, tenants. Dents, holes, scuffed corners, damaged base. Because we do commercial drywall too, repair and paint happen under one contract: we fix the walls, finish them, and paint. No separate drywall contractor to schedule, no gap between trades, one punch list at the end.
What affects the price
Square footage, wall condition, ceiling height and access (lifts cost money), schedule constraints (nights and weekends cost more than weekdays), and how the work has to phase around your operation. A vacant suite painted on weekdays and an occupied restaurant painted in overnight phases are priced like the different jobs they are.
Every project is different — contact us for a free written estimate.
Get your free estimate
Call (240) 470-7236 or send the form. We walk the space and give you a written scope and price — free, no pressure.
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