One owner since 1999.

Jason Houle started J.A. Houle Painting & Drywall in 1999. He still owns it, still bids the jobs, and still walks each one with the owner before it’s done.

Jason Houle, owner of J.A. Houle Painting and Drywall in Duluth, in white painter's bibs in a great room while his crew paints from scaffolding
Jason Houle, owner

How we run a job

The company has grown slowly on purpose. Jason adds people and equipment when the work calls for it, not before. That keeps the crew small enough that he knows every job.

Our first website said it this way: “We believe that your project should be an investment, not an expense.” Paint that peels in three years is an expense. Paint over real prep is the investment.

Deliver what we promise

You get a written price, a start date we can keep, and no surprises halfway through.

Take pride in the work

We’re painters and drywall finishers. It’s the only thing we do, and we care how it looks when you’re standing in the room.

Keep getting better

Products change and so do the ways homeowners want to hear from us. We pay attention to both.

Benjamin Moore, and a final walkthrough

We use Benjamin Moore paint. Before we call a job finished, we walk it with you and fix anything you point out.

What customers told us

“J.A. Houle Painting and Drywall worked with our tight building schedule to complete our new home painting project on time. Jason was great to work with and is straight forward and honest.”

BA, Hermantown, MNNew home painting

“They did an excellent job installing all the drywall on my new 2 story addition including a 3 car garage. They also completed the texturing on the ceilings of the addition.”

TJC, Minneapolis, MNDrywall and ceiling texture, two-story addition

Customers signed these with their initials on our original site.

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