J & J' S FINAL COAT PAINTING, INC.

We have used J&J Painting twice now, I would not use anyone else! Pricing was very competitive, (I got 4 quotes) Both times the finished work was great, clean, our house interior looked amazing after they were done, Joes' color advice was right on! The Kitchen Job was a lot of work, it only took a week, all the cabinets/doors /drawers are prepped and sprayed at their shop and the rest of the work is done on site. The crew was so nice and very professional, they arrive on time and leave your home clean. I'm so happy with my cabinets they look brand new, perfect with my new island. We plan on painting the exterior of our home in the fall/2015 and we WILL be using Joe and Jill at Final Coat painting again.

Painters were professional, prompt and thorough. No complaints.

J&J did a nice job. They run a small family owned business. Joe and Jill are a good team together who follow up with customers. The crew was efficient, timely and cleaned up after their work. I would highly recommend their services.

They came when they said they would and were very careful not to paint on days when it looked like rain. They did a very nice job with preparation, especially caulking the seams between fascia boards. The foreman was very courteous, capable, hardworking, and nice to work with. Our job was large, and we spoke with him every morning. We had some difficulties with stucco cracks. Although the cracks were narrow and easy to fill (and the painters used the correct patch material and technique), the texture was significantly different afterwards. They addressed this with a coat of elastomeric paint in the area of the worst cracks, which hid the repair sufficiently but not perfectly. The painters were very good about making clean paint edges and keeping the paint off of other surfaces. At the end of the main effort, the foreman encouraged us to make a punch list of areas that needed more paint. We asked them to paint an area of the chimney that was overlooked and add another layer of paint to the gazebo ceiling, which they completed promptly. Our only complaint is that on two occasions when we called J&J's office with an issue, Jill said that Joe would call back tomorrow, but he did not call. It appears that he called the foreman instead and left it to the foreman to talk with us. While our issues did get addressed, we believe that if you say you will call, you must actually call. Joe came to the jobsite to take "before and after" pictures, but we would have liked to see him once or twice during the job. Because of these communications issues, we reduced the grade for responsiveness. Overall, we are very pleased with the outcome of this job.

Ultimately, we went with another company that provided a lower quote. However, J&J would have been our first choice if not for the lower price quote by the other company. I felt that J&J would have actually done a better paint job but we also needed some repairs and wood replacement for some dry rot and the lower price contractor allowed us to get those repairs done with the final cost being the same as J&J. Very impressed with the professionalism of J&J's representative. It was with regret that we went with other painting contractor.

Soon after contact, owner Joe Sabel met with us to discuss what work and materials would be included. He is very knowledgeable, detail-oriented, experienced and easy to talk to. (He had been highly recommended by a different type of contractor we had used recently.) He is "no-nonsense," avoiding disputes by having the owner fill out and sign a list indicating what will be painted what color--a great idea. We did our part by cutting back foliage and moving items away from the building per our contract. The powerwash was very effective. Joe's brother Tom (an amazing painter) was the foreman on the job. He had a good eye for advising us about minor changes to the initial plans that would benefit the final outcome. Although the other men who worked on the job changed a bit over the few days, they all worked well together--all very experienced painters with high standards--polite with great work ethic. I was home while they worked; the prep was extensive (see above). When I brought something new to their attention, they responded. Unlike some other contractors, they genuinely care about the property, protecting landscaping and urging a careful owner walk-through to catch minor omissions at the end. They left us plenty of touch-up paint. Joe tries really hard to please the owner. Although he does not normally include painting the downspouts the trim color, he was flexible and agreed to add that (per my request) at a reasonable hourly charge--a very fair solution. (Normally owners prefer that they are painted the wall color.) How a contractor negotiates issues that come up later is as important as painter expertise, and this company scored highly in both arenas. I am confident from my observation of the process and from dealing with Joe and Tom that our classy new paint job was a wise investment. Our neighbors are impressed. (This job initially $4125 without the added options of minor carpentry and tedious contrast-trim painting of downspouts.)

There will be a very long review whenever this job is finished....the PAINT IS PEELING OFF THE HOUSE where the dirt was not brushed off. Joe the owner saw this after it was primed, said it was OK, and pushed forward to paint over it. Now areas need to be scraped all around the house where dirt was painted over. I had the dirt under the paint tested and it's got four molds. There are also watches on areas where too much patch, primer and paint was applied in multiple coats the same day in fall between rains. The gutter weren't primed properly, so whenever the job is "done" I'll be left with watches on this too. I've filed a complaint with the State Contractors License Board. I'll update with progress....Waiting over nine months for J&J to do the right thing. Oh....the two guys who screwed up my job in less than two days were drinking and obnoxious, and J&J is telling a story about how his brother Tom, and Hugo, both happened to quit (after my job). Jill Sabel came with Rick 7/20/13 to assess the job and "help him" do the work, and made a mockery of the two hours they were here, also dripping more paint on the driveway and patio than Tom and Hugo did in two days. So Johnny George, who just happens to also have a Kelly-Moore account, was gracious enough to come here for the second time knowing the problems, to give an objective opinion over what he could see needed to be done. He found numerous places all around the house where the paint still needs to be scraped off debris or where it is peeling, including where Jill assessed and supervised the scraping on 7/20. J&J is still not taking this seriously. UPDATE 6/22/2016: This is my new information about the experience I had with the provider: The Contractors State License Board (CSLB) finally issued a warning to J&J in June 2015, Case No. NA2012-18268, for "Departure from accepted trade standards for good and workman like construction". Then I paid $3150 to have another company restore the entire paint job (except the gutters and eaves), because paint was peeling off all over the house. I paid J&J $2808, never paying the last $807. Problems kept appearing because of their lack of prep work, "completing" the job in two short days instead of the 4-5 days Joe Sabel (owner) told me they would be working here. Two guys spent only four hours prepping my 1180 sq. ft. house, which was supposed to include scraping old paint, caulking cracks, and priming, after taping up all the windows and doors. Their Diamond Certified brochure and ad boasts about their prep work. Joe Sabel ignored my protests and bullied me to go forward when he showed up with the color paint, applying all these things the same day, when his ads even state they never caulk and paint the same day. The Small Claims Court awarded me a measly $1250 ($50 for court fees), entering the judgment 1/11/16, Case No. MSC15-0862. The CSLB sent J&J a Notice of Construction Related Judgment on 3/10/16, telling them when they'd have to pay in full before having their license suspended, after I received only $100 after 45 days and sent the documentation to the CSLB. J&J defied the Court by not resolving the payment within 30 days. In response to the CSLB Notice, J&J sent me a bad check to pay in full. I contacted Diamond Certified, the Better Business Bureau, CSLB, and Angie's List. After hearing from Diamond Certified, they finally paid in full. This job should have cost $3615 (J&J's quote was high because Sabel said they had to spend more time doing prep work) and should have been done in November 2012. It turned into a three year and four month disaster and fight and cost $4758 ($2808 + $3150 - $1200 judgment). I couldn't restore the job till after the CSLB issued a warning, otherwise I would have "destroyed the evidence", so it was finally restored in July 2015. J&J also had a legal service send letters three times threatening to sue me, twice if I didn't remove my reviews. I guess that's why there aren't other bad reviews....

They were overall great! I would use them again in the future.