AFFORDABLE PAINTING

Pedros provided quote to paint our entire interior less the bathrooms. He came across as very professional and did a good job selling his services. We walked the inside of the home prior to work being completed and I signed a contract with the agreed upon price and scope. Since the home was still vacant and all of the carpet and hardwood flooring had been taken up, made his job much easier. We spent a reasonable amount of time discussing the baseboards and he requested they be taken off as it would be much easier to paint in the garage or outside. I followed up with the flooring company and all of the base boards were removed at Pedros' request and were in the garage. Pedros’ contract clearly stated the scope included cleaning and prepping all areas which would be painted. His team arrived and in two days completed the walls but he refused to paint the baseboards. He said they were dirty and should not go back up. Unfortualty this was not his decision as we were on a very tight budget and did not have the addional money to replace all of the baseboards. While there we a few that needed replacing over 95% of the baseboards were in good shape. I was out of town while the work was being completed and Pedros basically bullied by wife into paying (cash - Pedros' request) him immediately. I was in a meeting at the time and was not able to talk to him, my wife said he was very impatient and she did not feel comfortable. I called him a bit later and he reiterated he was not going to paint the base boards and did not care what about the contract. “We painted your house in 2 days when I said it would take 4 and it looks great", is what he told me. I did not care how long it took, the home was vacant and the floors were still a week a way from install. And yes, you would finish early when you don’t complete everything on the agreed upon and signed contact. I said then the contract price should have been adjusted. he said it would take 2 hours to paint them all so offered me $100 back. 2 hours to clean, prep and paint all of the baseboards for a 2,500 sq ft home, don't think so. So my wife and I spent hours we did not have, cleaning and painting the baseboards. Pedros also said he would power wash the exterior of our home and never did. He knew I was dissatisfied but I never heard from him again and 2 weeks later we had to move into our new home with out the baseboards in place. It was basically a mess. The Floor Installer was amazing and came back a few later and installed the baseboards after we had cleaned and painted them.

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