About Tigran's Precision Painting | Chattanooga, TN
About Tigran's Precision Painting

Twenty-plus years of paint, brushes, and people.

Hi, I'm Tigran Karapetian. I started painting houses long before I had a company name — and the way I work hasn't changed: be there in person, do the prep, respect the home.

Tigran Karapetian, owner of Tigran's Precision Painting
Tigran Karapetian · Owner
The story

Why I'm still doing this.

I've been painting houses in Chattanooga for over twenty years. Twenty years of climbing ladders, taping baseboards, cutting clean lines around crown molding, and standing in someone's living room at the end of a job listening to them say "this looks like a different house."

That feeling — that's why I'm still doing this.

I started Tigran's Home Improvement, LLC because I wanted something straightforward: an honest business where the person you talk to on the phone is the same person who shows up at your door, walks your project, and stands on your job site every day until it's done. Twenty years later, that's still how we work.

We registered the DBA Tigran's Precision Painting because the word precision is honest about what we do. Painting a house well isn't about speed and it isn't about being the cheapest. It's about the prep, the patience, and the dozen small decisions a craftsman makes on every wall — none of which the homeowner sees, all of which determine whether the work looks good for two years or for fifteen.

We work mostly with homeowners in established neighborhoods and the mountain communities around Chattanooga — Lookout Mountain, Signal Mountain, North Chattanooga, East Brainerd, and beyond. The kind of homes where the details matter, where the trim is original, and where the people who live there expect the work to be done properly the first time.

— Tigran
What "owner-supervised" actually means

I'm on every job site.

There's a lot of language in this industry that doesn't mean much — "family-owned," "professional," "trusted." Most of our competitors use the same words.

Here's what we mean by owner-supervised:

01
I'm on every job. Not on a call, not "checking in" — physically on the site, every day, until the work is done.
02
I walk your home with you during the estimate. No subcontractors, no junior estimators. The same person who'll be responsible for the work is the one who quotes it.
03
I hand you the printed quote within 5 minutes of the walkthrough. Room by room, with materials and labor broken out. No "we'll email you in a few days." No vague ranges.
04
I decide which prep step matters for your particular surface. And I explain it to you, so you understand why it's there in the quote.
05
I'm the one you call when something needs adjusting. Before, during, or after the job. Same phone number, same person, the whole way through.
What we believe

Honest work. Premium materials. Respect for your home.

Three things shape every project we take on.

01

The prep is the project.

What separates a paint job that lasts fifteen years from one that needs touch-ups in eighteen months is everything that happens before the paint goes on the wall. Sanding, patching, priming, masking. We don't shortcut prep.

02

The materials are part of the quality.

We work with premium-grade paints from the manufacturers homeowners know — Benjamin Moore, Sherwin-Williams, and similar lines. The right paint with the right primer is half of why a finish looks the way it does and lasts as long as it does.

03

Your home is yours, not ours.

We protect floors, furniture, and surfaces from day one. We clean up daily. We don't leave trash, drop cloths, or empty cans in your driveway. When we leave, your house should be cleaner than when we arrived.

"Loving God, loving America." Providing honest prices and high-quality results.
By the numbers

Twenty years. One owner. One reputation.

20+
Years painting in Chattanooga and surrounding communities.
6
Painting and finish services — all performed in-house, never subcontracted.
40
Mile service radius from our base in East Brainerd.
100%
Owner-supervised — Tigran on every job, every day.
Licensed, bonded & insured

The fine print, plain.

Legal entity
Tigran's Home Improvement, LLC. We do business publicly as Tigran's Precision Painting — a registered DBA.
Tennessee License
License #12728 — Tennessee Board for Licensing Contractors (Home Improvement Contractor classification), active through December 31, 2027. Backed by a $10,000 contractor's surety bond.
Insurance
$1,000,000 general liability coverage, carried through NEXT Insurance (State National Insurance Company). Certificate of insurance available on request.
Workmanship warranty
Two-year workmanship warranty on interior and exterior painting work.
Service area
A 40-mile radius from our base in East Brainerd, including Lookout Mountain, Signal Mountain, North Chattanooga, Riverview, Apison, Ooltewah, Hixson, Black Creek, and surrounding mountain and lake communities.
The crew

A small, regular team.

I work with a small, regular crew of skilled painters who have been with me for years. We don't rotate strangers through your home, and we don't subcontract painting work to outside hands.

On larger projects, you'll see two to four of us on site at any time. The same faces, the same standards, the same pace from start to finish.

Crew photos coming soon.

Ready to talk?

Let's discuss your project.

I'd be glad to walk your home, listen to what you want, and give you an honest, detailed quote — no obligation, no pressure.