Ahmed runs North Bay Painting Services as owner and lead painter. He's not a name on a truck — he's the person who shows up at the estimate, writes the scope, and is on-site with the crew when the work starts.
Ahmed Khalil is the owner and lead painter at North Bay Painting Services. He personally runs every job across the Nipissing region — residential repaints, cottage work along Lake Nipissing and Trout Lake, cabinet refinishing, and commercial projects in North Bay, Callander, Corbeil, Sturgeon Falls, Mattawa, and 12 other surrounding communities. Ahmed does the estimates himself, writes the scopes himself, and is on-site with his crew for every project. The company is fully bonded, insured, and WSIB covered, and every project is backed by a 1-year written warranty.
Ahmed runs North Bay Painting Services the way he'd want a painter to work on his own home. One that answers the phone. One where the person who writes the estimate is the person on site when the work gets done. One where prep isn't a line item you cut to lower the price.
That is the operating principle. Ahmed personally visits every property before quoting. He writes the scope line by line, explains the trade-offs in plain language, and signs the 1-year warranty certificate at project close.
Every painting project from North Bay Painting Services follows the same process, regardless of whether it's a single accent wall or a 16-room cottage:
On-site estimate first, every time. No phone quotes, no flat-rate calculators. Ahmed drives to the property, looks at the real surfaces, measures every wall, checks the drywall for repairs, and asks about the finish you want — what the house looked like last time it was painted, what bugged you about the last job, what you want this time.
A written scope before any work starts. You get a fixed-price written estimate within 24 hours of the visit. It lists every surface, every product, every colour, and the day-by-day schedule. No surprises. No "well, we didn't see that part of the wall until we started."
Full prep, always. Most of what separates a 1-year paint job from a 2-year paint job is the prep. Washing, sanding, patching, caulking, spot-priming, and plate removal are included in every quote, not upsells.
Premium products, never builder-grade. Ahmed specifies Benjamin Moore and Dulux for walls and trim, and Renner or Envirolak for cabinet work. These cost more than the budget brands, but they last significantly longer and hold colour better — which is the whole point of repainting.
Owner on site. Ahmed is on the job for every project. For shorter jobs, he's there the whole time. For multi-day jobs, he's there at least once a day, every day, to check the prior day's work and sign off on each phase before the crew moves forward.
Ahmed has personally led painting projects across every category North Bay Painting Services offers. Residential repaints remain the volume business, but cottage work along Lake Nipissing, Trout Lake, Lake Nosbonsing, Callander Bay, and the Mattawa River is a specialty — particularly for absentee owners based in the GTA who need a single on-site contact who will send photo updates, coordinate lockup, and finish the project on schedule before the season ends.
On the commercial side, Ahmed runs after-hours and weekend crews for retail, restaurants, and medical offices that can't shut down for a repaint. For institutional work — schools, long-term care — he specifies zero-VOC products exclusively.
The painter you hire is the painter who should show up. On my jobs, that's me.
— Ahmed Khalil, Owner, North Bay Painting Services
Hands-on project leadership across every painting category in the Nipissing market.
Every estimate starts with an on-site walkthrough. Call, text, or request online — Ahmed responds to all three within 24 hours, Monday through Saturday.