As a second-generation painter, Tim Payne grew up with a paintbrush in his hand and learned the business of painting and cleaning homes at an early age in his father’s business.
Payne earned his degree in economics and business from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and decided to start his own business in 1990. The business has grown through good times and bad times over the past three decades, but after the housing collapse in the 2008-2009 recession Payne shifted away from most new home painting toward painting and building washing for commercial, government and existing homes.
In the future, Payne sees his business quite literally looking up by employing new drone technologies for power washing now and ultimately paining of taller buildings.
“We learned valuable lessons, like most businesses did, from the 2008 housing bubble and have strategically changed our business model over the years, leading to solid growth,” Payne said in an interview. “While many businesses never recovered from that crisis, we were able to recover and focus on growing our commercial painting and washing services for a whole new range of clients.”
After the Great Recession of 2008, Payne shifted to work more with public sector institutions such as universities, hospitals and the military. Payne’s wife Shannan, who previously worked in procurement for state government, joined the business in 2018 as director of development and has helped sales grow by 248% since joining the company.