At the time of our analysis, Huskey's Paint & Design carried a Chooz Score of 88.4%. The company is a registered North Carolina business entity, has been Accredited with the Better Business Bureau since 2024, and is led by owner Trent Huskey. Most projects begin with a free estimate and a walkthrough, with a project manager handling color selection and scheduling. It serves Sylva and the surrounding Western North Carolina counties, including Jackson, Haywood, Macon, and Swain.
Across its review profiles, the company held over 300 Google reviews with a 4.9-star rating, along with 100% recommended on Facebook. A 4.9 average held across more than 300 reviews is uncommon, since ratings usually slip as the review count climbs.
The reviews we analyzed are numerous and detailed, and several themes recur across them. Reviewers describe a coordinated team rather than a single painter, naming an office coordinator, a color or sales consultant, and painting crews led by individuals such as Edgar and Emilio, a structure consistent with in-house crews rather than subcontracted labor. Professionalism, clear communication, punctual arrivals, and thorough cleanup come up repeatedly, along with a final walkthrough that reviewers mention closing out the job. We found at least twenty-five reviewers describing repeat work, referrals, or plans to hire again. The work described spans interior and exterior painting, deck and cabin staining, cabinet work, and power washing. The two sub-five-star reviews in our sample concern a declined lead-paint job and a plumbing accident that the company's insurance covered, and the owner replied to both at length, taking responsibility on the second.
"10/10 recommend using Huskey's Paint & Design for your painting needs. We hired Huskey's paint & design to paint the interior of our home. The entire process was seamless from start to finish. Booking the appointment with Jade, having Randall come out and discuss paint options and process and then having Emilio and his crew come out to paint the interior of our house perfectly. We will absolutely use Huskey's paint and design again in the future for any paint needs and 10/10 recommend using this company for yours. Thank you for beautiful work!" - Lindsay L., Google Review
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Get StartedFREE SERVICEAt the time of our analysis, Interior Painting of Asheville carried a Chooz Score of 86.0%. It has operated in Asheville for roughly five years, registered with the North Carolina Secretary of State as Business Entity No. 2149693. The business is owner-operated by Andrew and Rachel Sheffield, the couple who run it, and it fields an in-house crew across Asheville and the surrounding western North Carolina area.
Across its review profiles, the company held over 100 Google reviews with a 5.0-star rating, along with 4.7 stars on Yelp and 100% recommended on Facebook across over 15 reviews. A 5.0-star average across more than 100 Google reviews is uncommon at that volume, where most profiles show at least some ratings below five stars.
Across the reviews we analyzed, several patterns recur. The owners Andrew and Rachel Sheffield are named in most of the reviews we read, with Rachel handling color consultations and Andrew handling estimates and walkthroughs. The same crew members recur across two years of reviews, with Andy Kunitz, Siobhan, Emily, Evan, and Jason named repeatedly, consistent with an in-house crew rather than rotating subcontractors. We found at least fifteen reviewers describing repeat projects or plans to hire again. None of the reviews we analyzed contained a written complaint to evaluate.
"As employers, they value their team members and therefore attract a crew that is experienced, kind, clean, and meticulous." - China C., Google Review
Reviewers who describe the smoothest projects point to two things worth requesting up front. Several note the estimate arrives written out line by line, priced by square footage, and those who reviewed it closely describe no surprise charges once work began, so it is worth asking for the detailed version. Many also used the color consultation with Rachel and credit it with settling their color choices before the crew started, so if you are undecided on colors, it is worth booking that consultation early.
Read enough of these reviews and the same people keep turning up. Not different customers saying similar things, the actual same customers, back for the next project. One opens with "2nd time using Paint Asheville." Another calls it "the second time we used PaintAsheville," a year after the crew handled her home exterior. Robin Steinberg counts hers as the fourth. Logan Trifone lists three separate jobs, high interior walls, popcorn ceiling removal, and an outdoor fence.
The Chooz Score's customer retention indicators rated strongly here, with nearly one in five reviewers describing repeat or long-term use, and the pattern holds across homes and commercial jobs. Mary O'Brian is a clean example. She'd hired the company before for two renovated bedrooms and a bathroom, then came back for her home's exterior and the vaulted ceiling in her living room. By the company's own account, most of its work now comes from repeat customers and referrals.
"I have used this company before to paint two renovated bedrooms and a bathroom and was very pleased with the outcome. I recently used them again to paint the exterior of my house and paint the vaulted ceiling in my living room. Again, they didn't disappoint!! Elio and his crew did an excellent job!" - Mary O., Google Review
The last time we ran our Chooz Score analysis, Paint Asheville had over 130 Google reviews with a 4.9-star rating, and these weren't old reviews gathering dust. Nine of them had landed in just the prior three months. The company also holds 5.0 stars on Angi across a handful of jobs, and it's been Accredited with the Better Business Bureau since 2021.
It's a registered North Carolina business too (Entity No. 1939767). The showing is consistent rather than lopsided, strong where most customers actually look and clean everywhere else. Paint Asheville earned a Chooz Score of 84.7%.
"This is a five star company, hands-down. I wouldn't want anyone else to paint my house." - Mackenzie C., Google Review
Foremen get named in these reviews the way you'd name a trusted mechanic. One homeowner describes the foreman, Edgar, running a tight ship on the job. Another hands a very tight timeline to Jose and his team and gets it met. Luis, Matt, Jason, Cameron, the same names recur across different projects and different years.
That recurrence is the tell. The company is run by a fourth-generation painter with close to a century of family experience behind him, and seven of its crew leaders have been on the payroll 15-plus years each. It keeps over 50 painters in-house rather than farming jobs out to rotating subcontractors, and the Chooz Score's in-house crews component reflects that consistency, since the same people show up review after review. Non-painting trades like carpentry get referred out, which is normal, but the brushes stay in-house.
"Jason and Cameron are a great team, not just good painters, but good guys." - John M., Google Review
86% Recommended (6 Reviews)
At the time we analyzed Grass Roots Painting, the company held over 50 Google reviews with a 4.9-star rating, along with 5.0 stars on Yelp. Both platforms where the company carries reviews sit at the top of the scale, though Google accounts for nearly all of the volume.
The company earned a Chooz Score of 84% and is a registered North Carolina LLC formed in 2020, led by owner Eric Grass, who stays involved from the first walkthrough through final touch-ups. It serves Asheville and the surrounding Western North Carolina communities, including North Asheville and Biltmore Forest, and offers online estimates.
The reviews we analyzed tend to be long and specific, with several running to more than a hundred words, and a few themes recur throughout. The owner, Eric Grass, is named in nearly every review we analyzed, usually alongside a recurring crew that reviewers identify by name, including Brian, Mary, and Alexei, a pattern consistent with an in-house team rather than subcontracted labor. Attention to detail, thorough prep, and clean job sites come up repeatedly, along with end-of-job touch-up passes that reviewers single out. The work described spans interior and exterior painting, cabinet finishing, deck and wood staining, drywall and plaster repair, and wallpaper installation. We found at least six reviewers describing repeat projects, and the reviews include a referral from a local paint supplier and an endorsement from a retired painting contractor. The owner responds to many of the reviews we analyzed, and those replies name the specific project rather than repeating a template.
"I hired Grass Roots Painting to paint the exterior trim on my home. They came highly recommended from Mountain Paint and Decorating. I am a retired painting contractor, so my expectations were high. Eric, the owner impressed me from the first meeting. I received another quote that was considerably lower, but I wanted Eric to do the work, so I went ahead with hiring him. The trim came out so good, that we decided to complete the job and paint the whole exterior. Eric and his crew were on time every day and did an unbelievable job in a timely manner and for a fair price. At the end of the job, Eric spent the better part of the day doing touch ups and making sure that everything was perfect. I won't hesitate to hire him for my next project!" - John H., Google Review
Every painter listed on this page has been evaluated using the Chooz multi-step quality process. We combine data analysis with human review to identify companies that consistently deliver strong results for property owners in Alexander, NC.
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