Trusted by countless Tampa homeowners Born here. Built here.
About Prestige Painting, Tampa House Painters
Tampa isn’t simply where Kevin Schmidt does business. It’s where he grew up, learned the trade, raised his family and built a client list that keeps calling back.
- Fully Insured Workers’ comp on every employee
- No Subcontractors Our own crew on every job
- Owner-Run Since 2007 Kevin quotes it and runs it
- 96% Recommend Of reviewers recommend us
- Owner-Run Since 2007
- Fully Insured
- Workers’ Comp on Every Employee
- No Subcontractors, Ever
- Free Written Estimates
- Products Named by Line
- Tampa Native Owner
- Clients Who Call Back 10+ Years Later
- Hillsborough & Pinellas
Meet the Owner
“I’m Proud to Be a Tampa Native.”
Born at St. Joseph’s Hospital and raised in Town ’n’ Country: Woodbridge Elementary, Webb Middle, Leto High. The houses Kevin paints are in the neighborhoods he grew up riding a bike through.
At fifteen he worked out that a desk and a classroom weren’t where he belonged. He finished school at home and went straight to work. Nearly two decades into his own company, he’s still on the job site, and still the person who answers the phone.
- 2007Founded
- 19 YrsIn Business
- 0Subscontractors
How He Learned It
From Helper to Owner
Including the part where he tried to leave the trade entirely.
- Age 15 · The Start A Helper on Apartment Turnovers Hired by a family friend painting apartment complexes: high-volume turnovers, back to back. It taught him the basics fast, and showed him the “blow-and-go” model where production is everything. He decided early that wasn’t going to be him.
- Age 17 · The Turning Point Cooper Vennett Property Services A Tampa company doing high-quality work on some of the city’s finest homes. This is where he was properly trained, and where the lesson that still runs the business landed: preparation and attention to detail aren’t extras. They’re the job.
- Age 20 · The Detour An A/C Apprenticeship, and a Crash He left painting to train as an A/C technician with S&S Electric. About a year later the housing market collapsed, new construction dried up and he was laid off.
- Back to the Brush Simms Painting, and the Business Side A Tampa company specializing in high-end custom homes. The owner handed the eager young painter estimates and bids to prepare, and Kevin learned the half of the trade most painters never see: how to run a painting business.
- October 2007 · Day One A Truck, a Stack of Cards, a Calendar Simms Painting closed its doors. Kevin had a handful of side jobs, a few good contacts and enough confidence to bet on himself. He printed his first business cards, bought his first truck and started Prestige Painting & Coatings.
- Today Still in Tampa. Still on the Job. A family raised here, and clients who call back ten and twenty years later. The principles haven’t moved: do what you say, take pride in the finished product, treat people with respect and stand behind your work.
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We Don’t Subcontract Our Painting
Every project is done by employees who work directly for us, covered by workers’ comp and liability. Here they are on the job.
Let’s Be Direct About Price
We May Not Be the Cheapest. That’s Intentional.
There will always be someone willing to do the job for less. Here’s where the money actually goes.
The Low Bid
- Day labor and subcontractorsWhoever is cheapest that week, with nobody controlling how they work.
- Insurance skippedIf someone gets hurt on your property, the exposure stays with you.
- Prep cut firstThe longest phase of the job is the easiest place to save a few days.
- “Premium paint”No product named, so you can’t compare it or check it.
Prestige Painting & Coatings
- Our own payrollIt costs more, and it’s the only way to control who shows up and how they work.
- Real insuranceWorkers’ compensation and general liability on every job.
- Priced for the prepWe price for the days prep actually takes, because that’s what the finish is made of.
- Products named in writingEvery surface, every product line, every coat on the estimate.
What We Believe
How Kevin Runs Every Job
What clients notice first.
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01 Do What You Say Show up when we said we would, and do what the estimate says. The estimate is the agreement. “timely, personable” John B. -
02 Take Pride in It The finished product carries our name. If we wouldn’t be happy with it on our own house, it doesn’t get called finished. “Very neat, very professional, beautiful job.” Gerald P. -
03 Treat People With Respect Your home, your schedule, your plants, your pets. We’re guests on your property and we behave like it. “courteous, respectful” John B. - 04 Stand Behind the Work If something isn’t right, call the number on this website. You’ll reach the owner, not a ticket queue. “It’s always a great feeling getting called back a decade later from happy clients!” Kevin, on Facebook
Free Estimate
Talk to Kevin Directly
No salesman and no call center. The person who quotes your job is the person who runs it, and the person you call if anything needs attention afterward.
- 1 Kevin calls you backA real conversation about the house, not an automated reply.
- 2 He walks it with youMeasures, photographs the problem areas, answers questions on site.
- 3 You get it in writingLine-item estimate with every product named and the coats stated.
