About Heffernan Painting Services, ltd.

Shawn Heffernan of Heffernan Painting Services, Ltd.
Shawn Heffernan, President

Our Company History

Heffernan Painting Services, Ltd. was founded in 1985 by Shawn Heffernan, out of the basement of his Evanston home with just one employee. Since then, his sons Rob and Torin have joined him to become one of the leading painting companies on Chicago’s North Shore. Today their office and shop are located in Evanston’s West End business district, they employ around twelve full-time employees and have continued their commitment to quality, professionalism, and customer satisfaction.

Together, the Heffernan Painting family has strived to become a leading residential and commercial painting contractors by consistently providing exceptional quality and dependable service. The company prides itself on employing only those of exemplary character and training them as craftsmen time and again exceeding the quality and service expectations of their discerning clientele.

Our Employees

The measure of any business is more than quality of its work, it’s also the quality of its employees. It’s the people who work at Heffernan Painting that bring our customers back year after year.

Our hiring process consists of a careful in depth interview, a thorough background check, a written painting exam and a character evaluation. We provide ongoing training and support and offer a company culture that rewards excellence. And it works for us, for our employees, and most importantly, it will work for you. We guarantee that you will enjoy having our staff in your home. Every painter that Heffernan sends to you home is a full time, English speaking employee…NOT A SUBCONTRACTOR (which many companies use today).

Giving Back to Our Community

The Heffernan Painting family realizes the importance of community and the opportunities that working together can provide. We also feel it is important to support and give back to the communities that have treated us so well. Since its inception, Heffernan Painting has donated over $30,000 in monetary, labor and material contributions to local organizations.

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Advancing Our Profession

Helping to raise the level of standards, knowledge, professionalism and safety in the painting industry is a goal that will benefit everyone from homeowners, to employees to the painting contractors themselves.

We’ve invested countless hours involved with our local and national chapters of painting trades organizations such as the PDCA (Painting and Decoration Contractors of America) to help develop the best  operational procedures for the industry as a whole to follow.

The goal is to help create a standard of professional guidelines of preparation, painting and safety processes to ensure every client receives the best possible paint job by professional painters working in a safe manner. We love being involved because we …

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