Rodger Osteen began Painting by Rodger in 1995 after 20 years of working in residential and commercial remodeling services.
ABOUT
About Us
Rodger’s career began in the mid-1970s. He started as a painter’s helper in his family’s business in Greenville, South Carolina before leaving for college. Rodger moved away from home to study interior design at Winthrop University and then began his own business. He worked in commercial and residential painting, home restoration, and wallpaper installation throughout South Carolina and along the east coast.
In 1995, he made his way home to Greenville and began Painting by Rodger. Since then, he has provided residential painting and home improvement services for the upstate of South Carolina.
Rodger loves making a difference in his clients’ homes and meeting their home improvement needs, from exceptional paint jobs to managing crews to suggesting fellow contractors for specialty work.
Partners
Keith has been painting all of his life. He has more than 30 years in the profession and has all the talent and skills required for a high-quality paint job. Keith has been with us for more than 10 years but worked in a large commercial cabinet painting business before coming to us. Working in a spray booth for more than five years, he knows all the materials and methods of applying high-end quality finishes on both cabinets and furniture. Many of our customers are surprised that his work did not come from a factory. Keith uses his many other valuable skills to help us with interior painting.
Jimmy is both a worker and partner in many projects. He is our exterior specialist. He worked in roofing for more than five years before he started painting with us. Jimmy does a lot of soffit and boxing repair, as well as qualified roof inspections. When necessary, Jimmy puts together small crews and subcontracts special projects. His strong management skills along with his superior trade skills are a powerful asset to us.
Mason is family and a great benefit to us while he works his way through the University of South Carolina. He has more than 10 years of experience in home improvement. Mason helps manage jobs and scheduling our workers and contractors. He's a hard worker and a great painter.
Carlos is our strongest contractor. He keeps up a strong workforce of painters. When we need more manpower, Carlos helps us get large projects with short schedules done quickly. He has over 15 years of experience in painting and the better part of a century in experience within his company. Their efficiency and interior painting skills are extremely dependable and make them a pleasure to work with.
Christian is our newest team member. He has over a decade of painting experience. Polite and friendly, he is a welcome professional to our crew.
Jonathan Kostyra is a real estate broker from the Greenville Area with over 14 years of experience selling homes here. We have worked closely with Jonathan to prep his customers, as well as ours, for selling or buying a home. We find the most economic means available to provide our clients with Jonathan's recommendations. His superior analysis of comparable homes makes the selling process easy. He knows how to judge what is feasible for the client based on their situation. When clients are buying a home, we work together to evaluate not only the optimum purchase price but also assess the cost that any desired updates may cost. Whether it be upgrading to a larger home or downsizing an empty nest, Jonathan has the best answers available.
Carmine had many years of dealing with real estate rentals in the NYC metro area before moving to Greenville about 5 years ago. He is of tremendous value when we have clients weighing the possibility of renting out a home versus selling it. He is also helpful to our clients who wish to get started in the real estate investment market. We combine our resources to find the most cost-efficient methods to get a house ready to rent. Carmine also has superior negotiation skills that help clients purchase properties. Whether it is making offers to the sellers or determining the rental value before purchase, Carmine is invaluable when it comes to making an investment home decision.
John Dolan is a licensed general contractor that has lived in Greenville most of his life. He has worked in residential and commercial contracting for over 25 years. We work with John when we need technical assistance in considering updates to our clients’ properties. He knows building codes and what is possible and practical when updating a property. John is licensed to handle structural, electrical, plumbing, and HVAC needs. John has many years of experience in all phases of new construction or remodeling. We very often share common contractors in our network of services.
Kevin Cash is a third-generation building contractor from upstate. He has been providing high-quality residential builds for more than 20 years. If you can visualize it, Kevin can build it. I personally think his floor finishing services, whether it is a new install or refinishing, are unbeatable. But floors are only a small part of what his team does when they can build a house from the ground up. From grading a site to having us paint it, every detail is done with quality, skill, and professionalism. Just as with our realtors and builders, we share a quality network of contractors to provide as much help you may need.