What are your certifications/qualifications that set you apart?

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Charles Graves is a licensed Painting Contractor, a licensed Master Builder, a licensed Master Plumber, a licensed Home Improvement Contractor, a qualified carpenter, and a certified mold inspector and certified mold remediator (certified by both PMII and OSHA), and also a licensed Real Estate Agent. Ana Graves is a certified interior designer with a degree from New York Institute of Art and Design. Charles Graves and Ana Graves are also active in the community, assisting with Carpenter's Shelter to help women in need, Habitat for Humanity, and Food for Others to help men and women in need. Charles Graves Painting Company has an A+ rating and 5 stars with the BBB, which screened and approved us. We also have an A rating and 5 stars with Angie's List, a 5 star on Google, a 5 star on Houzz, and a 5 star on Best Pick Reports. We were rated "Best of Houzz 2023 and 2025" for painting contractors, and "Angie's List Super Service Award" for the past 7 years running. We were voted "The #1 exterior painting company" and the #2 interior painting company in Fairfax County, by Fairfax Now. We constantly stay educated on the newest design trends, chemistry advances, paint technology, and new paint brands/lines/finishes. Our goal is to be loving to our community, helpful and professional with all of our customers, provide the highest quality knowledge, products, and services to everyone at reasonable prices, and then give back! In our spare time, we love to spend time with our family, children, and friends- and we enjoy traveling, scuba diving and doing activities with our kids. In his spare time, Charles is also a certified cave, tech, rebreather, and trimix diver, and has led research teams to discover and map new parts of cave systems to help better understand our planet. 

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What is your minimum-size job?

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To maintain our high-quality standards and dedicated project management on every job:

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For interior painting- 5+ rooms walls. (Ceilings or trims/doors or additional rooms are optional as well, provided the minimum threshold is met)

For exterior painting- all of at least one surface for exterior painting (ie: all siding; or all trim; or all brick; etc).

We have a minimum-sized job of $2000 for all projects.

For bath remodels- we offer full-bath remodels, we do not do partials.

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What services do you offer stand-alone?

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We offer stand-alone painting services (both interior and exterior meeting our size requirements), stand-alone bath remodels, stand-alone kitchen remodels, stand-alone basement finishing projects, stand-alone limewashing, and stand-alone deck replacement or deck staining. For all other services, they must be combined with a painting project meeting our minimum size. 

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Do you offer a full 2-year warranty, sign-off-sheet system, and satisfaction guarantee at each step of your process? 

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Yes we do! We have served over 3000 amazing clients, and our comprehensive 2-year warranty and commitment to ethics, honor, duty, and respect ensures their protection and coverage after the project. We do not use AI assistants or call centers; We do not make excuses; If a customer needs us for anything, we answer the phone and we are there to help. 

 

Our sign-off-sheet system works beautifully, and ensures our clients and our project manager are both completely happy at each stage, before moving on to the next. We also provide extensive material and process guidance- between our highly skilled and professional team, Charles' chemistry, paint, building and plumbing knowledge, and our award-winning designer to help you plan your dream home, the possibilities are limitless. :)