Interior painting across Lansing and four surrounding counties. Walls, ceilings, trim and doors. Rental turnovers, occupied homes and subcontract work. One guy, start to finish. Patching and prep included, and I haul my own trash out.
I'm Stephen Jerge. I run Traveling Man Painting Co. out of Springport, Michigan, and I work alone. The person who quotes your job is the person who does it.
Painting is the work. The rest is what keeps it holding. One guy, start to finish.
Walls, ceilings, trim and doors. Occupied homes room by room, so you're never locked out of your own house. Furniture covered and put back where it was.
See more RentalsFull repaint between tenants at a flat number agreed at the walk-through. Landlords and property managers, one unit or a building.
See more DetailOn their own or with the walls. Bonding primer and a real enamel on cabinets, because wall paint on a cabinet door goes gummy inside a year.
See more TradeYou already have the client. You need someone who turns up on the day he said and doesn't hold up the next trade. Priced per job or per room.
See more AlsoPatching past a normal scuff, a door that sticks, trim that needs refitting. The things that turn up mid-job. Ask and I'll tell you whether it's mine or whether you want a different trade.
See moreAlready have a painter but he's booked? Call anyway. Filling the gaps in someone else's schedule is normal work here.
Paint is usually the thing holding up a listing. The faster the walls are done, the faster the unit is earning again. Put your rent in and see what the waiting costs.
Finishing five days sooner keeps about $200 in your pocket, often a real share of the paint job itself.
Wall color, flat white ceilings, semi-gloss white trim and doors. Patched, cleaned, swept. Paint is the job. Everything else here is what makes it hold. Same prep and the same standards in an occupied home.
Paint holds where the surface is ready and fails where it isn't. Holes and dents filled, sanded and spot-primed. Gaps caulked and sealed. Glossy areas scuffed so the new coat can grip. Normal move-out damage is in the base price, not an add-on.
Smoke, water and pet stains bleed through ordinary paint and keep coming back. Those get sealed with a stain-blocking primer first. Wallpaper comes off rather than getting painted over. Drywall damage past a normal turn is repaired or referred, and priced once I've seen it.
Not every surface wants paint. Trim, doors and stair railings can be stained and clear-coated instead. Accent walls and a second color where a room calls for one. Both are quoted on their own.
Hardware, switch plates and covers come off and go back on. Blinds and rods rehung. That part is in the price. New covers, new hardware, or a punch list longer than a couple of small things is parts and time, quoted before I start it. Every can, tray and bag of debris leaves with me.
One number for the whole job, agreed before I start. Nothing gets added to it unless you ask for it.
Full unit turn
Pick the scope that fits the unit. You get one flat number at the walk-through, and that's the number on the invoice. Contractor work is priced per job or per room, whichever suits how you bid it.
The common turn. Patching and prep included, hardware off and back on.
Adds flat white on the ceilings, the finish that hides roller laps and drywall flaws.
Adds baseboards, casing, jambs and doors, priced by the actual door count rather than a flat guess. More on trim and doors.
Rates are flat by unit size and not posted here on purpose, because what a unit really needs only shows up in person. The walk-through is free and the written number usually comes back the same day. Ask and I'll send the rate sheet. Single rooms and partial jobs in an occupied home price the same way, flat and agreed at the walk-through.
Managing a portfolio? Get the rate sheet.
One page, flat rates by unit size. It's what you budget a year against, instead of calling for a quote every turn. Ask and I'll email it over, insurance certificate attached for your file.
Got floor plans? Send them over. I'll read the layout and come back with a range. The firm number comes when I walk it.
Already prep your own units?
If the unit is paint-ready and you supply the paint, I skip the prep and materials and pass the savings straight through. Same clean finish, lower price. Assumes holes filled, sanded and clean, with usable paint on site.
Anything beyond a standard turn is agreed up front, never a surprise.
I look at the actual space, count rooms, windows and doors, and find what's hiding under the last coat. Stains, gloss, bad patches, moisture.
One flat price for the whole job, with the scope written down and a start date attached. Add-ons are stated out loud before anything starts.
The step that decides how it looks in two years. Drops down, hardware off and labeled, patch, sand, de-gloss, caulk, and spot-prime anything that would bleed through. In an occupied home the furniture gets covered and moved back where it started.
Ceilings, then casings, then walls cut in and rolled wet-edge, then baseboards last, so nothing drips onto finished work.
Every room checked under a work light for missed spots before I call it done. Hardware back on, unit swept, trash gone, invoice same day.
I'm the one who quotes it and the one who does it. Nobody sends a crew you have never met, and there is no office between you and the person holding the brush.
General liability at one million per occurrence and two million aggregate, plus umbrella and workers compensation. Certificate to your office naming you as additional insured. Already an approved vendor with a regional property management company across three properties.
You get both, and I hit them. Your risk on a paint job isn't the paint. It's a guy who starts and doesn't finish.
Based in Springport and out of there most days.
Hover or tap a county to see the towns I cover in it.
West of Lansing. Easy runs and a lot of the smaller rental stock I turn.
Charlotte · Eaton Rapids · Grand Ledge · Potterville · Olivet
Lansing, East Lansing and the student rental belt, the densest turnover market I work.
Lansing · East Lansing · Okemos · Holt · Mason · Williamston
South-west corner. Battle Creek and Marshall are a regular run.
Battle Creek · Marshall · Albion · Homer
Home county. Springport is where I start most mornings, so this is the fastest I can get to you.
Jackson · Springport · Parma · Concord · Grass Lake
Not on the map? Call anyway. The name is Traveling Man for a reason.
I’ve had Stephen do work for me for years, a partial bathroom remodel and paint job, tree removal, and plenty of smaller repairs around the house. He’s straight with you about what something will cost, doesn’t leave a mess, and will drive out to get the job done. Good work at a fair price!
Great attention to detail, fast, clean, professional.
Stephen did an awesome job! He was trustworthy; on time; a quick and clear communicator; and went above and beyond the task at hand. He will be the first call I make for any future painting needs. Thank you, Stephen!
Traveling Man Painting has done a great job with all the work I’ve had! I was given a great price and a job well done! The man behind the paintbrush is a pleasure to interact with as well! 10/10 would recommend!
Stephen did a great job on my painting project
Send the address and a bit about the job. The walk-through is free and there's no pressure attached to it.
