J & S Painting

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I really liked John from the start, he is a very nice guy. He showed up in clean painters clothing (uniform) and was very professional. He listened to all of the details of the multiple jobs I wanted done and asked appropriate questions about each. I was concerned as my deck had been stained previously by someone who was not good at staining and had left it looking very spotty and really different colors by their uneven product distribution. He acknowledged the problem and assured me he would do what ever it took to fix it. He gave me a quote that I felt was reasonable and we set a start date. The weather was not in our favor and the outside jobs had to get set back multiple times. However, he finished the inside work the next day after hiring and kept me informed of his intentions as the weather permitted (never disappeared). The work he did was very good the deck looks great.

I am a house painter in Texas and a friend of mine has a house In Terre Haute which needed painting. The house was built in the early 1900's but is serving as a rent house, so we needed someone to come and repaint (read weatherproof) the house without spending a ton of money. I called approximately 12 housepainters in Terre Haute from my home in Texas. Only a few got back to me, but John Bethea of Jand S Painting was the one who responded in the most professional manner. He went and looked at the house and sent us a bid. It turned out to be the lowest bid, so we hired him, and we're glad that we did. It's a bit scary trying to conduct business by long distance, but Mr. Bethea put our mind at ease right away. We wanted the body of the (3 story) house done right away, and were going to wait until next year to do the trim. He was more than willing to share all of the information about working on the house, and was able to point out several problem areas around the house which needed a carpenter's attention before he painted. He worked very well with the carpenter. John also checked in to review with me which products and types of paint he was going to use. I really appreciated that, because I could tell from the products he chose that he was using quality materials rather than just going for what was cheapest. He and his crew took care of the prep and the priming, and caulked several areas that needed it badly. Mr. Bethea was always happy to do that little extra bit that takes the job from being average to being great work. He called and checked in whenever there were questions rather than making decisions for us, and sent pictures whenever possible to show us what he was talking about. When the actual painting began he and his crew sprayed on the paint and back-rolled it to make sure that it went on evenly, a sure sign of a professional at work. We got great reports on him from the neighbors on either side of the house, and he was very careful to respect their property and let them know what he was doing when it affected them. We were working on a deadline of having the house painted before the winter weather came in, and he respected that and finished in good time, even though he took care to touch up lots of little things that some other painters would have left. Mr. Bethea stands by his work and will do what is necessary to make sure that the job comes out right. We plan on rehiring John to paint the trim on the house next year, and look forward to working with him again.