COLLEGE PRO PAINTERS LTD

Not well - was never able to get the company to come out for an estimate.

They did a good job and was the least expensive quote of all of them. That is why my mother hired them ultimately. They did do what they quoted in the proposal and the job was done well. It was a while ago the work was done and it still looks fresh and in good condition. Was happy with work.

Overall my opinion is you get what you pay for with these guys. The regional guy came out and sold us on the work that would be included and how it would be done. We knew that it would only be one coat of paint and scraping would be limited unless we wanted to test for lead paint. We we OK with this as we were told the job would still look professional. Professional is not what we got. The painters would show up after 9am and would leave before 4pm each day. I would have to clean-up food wrappers, water bottles etc each and every day when i got home from work. They destroyed most of my new downspouts as they claimed they didn't have the necessary attachment for the cordless drill to remove them. Instead they used Duct Tape to cover them, but still dripped and dented them. They dripped paint on screens and even cut a screen on my porch. When I asked him about it he said he can cover it up with permanent marker. They were painting an exterior door and proceeded to step in paint and then walk on my brick pathway leaving marks along the way. They put their paint covered hands all over my wrought iron railing as well. They were painting my front door and managed to get paint inside the house on the carpet as well as on the wall. The shutters, which I was sold would be two coats and removed in order to paint on both, were just painted on the fronts with a very thin coat instead. When I questioned the head painter about coming back to finish he stated that he was going back to school in a couple weeks and wanted some time off before then so he wouldn't be able to come back. He then asked if I wanted to buy his ladders as he wasn't going to ever do this again. I filed a complaint, but it was entering the Winter season so we couldn't do much until Spring. Early Spring a car pulls up and it is the new Regional Manager and within 15 seconds he is seeing very poor work and stated that he would make sure this was taken care of ASAP. Turns out he quit soon after and nothing was ever done, but I had not been updated of this. I filed a new "Warranty Claim" and a painter came out to do a look and was embarrassed to see what had been done. Said everything that he was seeing goes against what they were taught. I received a letter in early Summer of 2012 stating that the work was approved and would be scheduled. I never heard anything and in August I recieved a letter stating that the work had been cancelled as it was not covered by the warranty. After a heated call I got someone else out to take a look and again he was embarrassed in what he saw. A few weeks later a car shows up and two guys get out stating that they are here to make things right, but had no idea what they were supposed to do. I showed them all of the work and they were again shocked, but also were told it would only take an hour to fix it all. I did not know they were coming, therefore did not have any paint other than what was left from a year before. At this point I had them touch up a couple things and then said I was done with College Pro Painters. I couldn't deal with having to show new people each and every time they came out what was wrong to have them act shocked with what they were seeing to then have it get back to management and have nobody else care. It is up to me to replace most of my downspouts and screens as well have to pay another painter to paint my shutters. This is all stuff that should have been taken care of by College Pro. As mentioned when I started, you get what you pay for. These guys were on the cheaper side, but this was just ridiculous.

The team wasn't very good as they didn't scrape well and missed some spots, but the lead painter did come back and fix them himself. I was happy with that. The leader was really on the ball but overall, they weren't worth the money. It seemed like we were taking a gamble with the quality of college students that was assigned to therefore I won't be using them again.

We were initially happy with the paint job, but it quickly became clear that they cut a lot of corners. We had to closely watch the crew as they attempted to cut corners. For example, they would tell us the paint they used was so good that one coat was as good as the two coats paid for in the contract. In the time since the painting was complete, it appears they did an overall poor job. Prep and priming was inadequate. It appears that many areas were simply never painted or only received a coat of primer. Much of the paint has worn off or pealed in only a few months time. Further, it is very difficult to obtain any warranty services for their work.

CANT SAY ANYTHING GOOD ABOUT THEM. DECEPTIVE, SLOPPY, LAZY & DISHONEST AND THEY KNEW IT. THEY COME ON AS BEING PROFESSIONAL BUT WERE NOT - JUST A BUNCH OF LAZY, UNCARING KIDS.

CAME WHEN SUPPOSE TO, CALLED BACK PROMPTLY. TOOK TIME WITH US IN CHOOSING COLOR. VERY GOOD ABOUT RE DOING SOMETHING WE ASKED THEM TO DO. VERY GOOD WORK. GOOD EXPERIENCE.

I DIDN'T THINK THEY DID A GOOD JOB. THEY WERE GOING TO COME BACK. THEY SAID THEY WOULD BE BACK THIS SUMMER TO FIX IT. HAVEN'T HEARD OR SEE ANYTHING FROM THEM. I WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND THEM OR CALL THEM AGAIN.

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