Ervin Bros Painting

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I met with Shane Ervin, the owner and walked through the home we had just purchased to get his estimate for the interior painting of the rooms listed above. Shane was very personable and pleasant and after a few more quotes from other companies, we chose his company. I looked forward to working with a local, smaller company that I knew was trying to have good word of mouth advertising. We wanted to have the house painting done before we moved in. I had already had the carpets cleaned because after many discussions it seemed the best sequence to go with, just in case the carpet cleaners hit the walls with their equipment etc. I'm not sure that was the right way to go. The week our painting was to take place, Shane also had several other jobs he was involved in, one was out of town and the others local. His Dad was going to oversee the job at our home. His Dad and I met at the house to go over everything I had already gone over with Shane. After our meeting I found out he was actually overseeing another job so his wife would be also in charge of our job. I started getting the feeling like my job was the last on their list and not as important as it got handed from person to person. His Dad left some guys here to start the big job of taping and taking covers off etc. The next day they started painting a bit here and there. We had some issues with matching a paint color that we wanted to keep but just freshen up and Shane's Dad was able to have a company match it almost exactly so we were thrilled about that. Everyone that worked on our job was very pleasant and friendly and seemed hard working. The lines that separate the ceiling and the walls were excellent and precise. It really made the rooms look so much cleaner and fresh. The job was finished on time, but by the end of the week, there was definitely some rushing going on to finish up and it shows in some places. I was surprised that they didn't have work lights as several of our rooms didn't have any overhead lighting and I think it shows in the painting. We have paint spatter on our wood floors, but worse than that we have paint on our carpets in almost every room they painted in. They aren't big spots but they're still there. I was very clear and very specific about keeping the carpets covered as they had already been cleaned but somehow it was still an issue. It was also quite a job cleaning up the areas where they had used sinks and tubs to rinse out their equipment, lots of paint spatter and paint residue to clean. Overall we are pleased with the job, their lines between the ceiling and the colors on the walls were great, and they all were very pleasant and hard working. I was a little disappointed that I never saw Shane again after that initial meeting to check up/work on our job (as I thought was his plan) or to follow up after the job was complete. We would use Ervin Bros again, but with some discussions and more supervision of the job.

It took them approximately 2 1/2 days. They arrived right on time every day, were extremely hard workers and did an excellent job. They repaired drywall, removed very stubborn wallpaper (and remained pleasant), attended to details. The finished job was very well done. One painter returned on a Saturday to correct three very small glitches. We will use them again.