PAINTING PLUS DECORATING INC

Gary's crew arrived on time, moved in and were out in a day. Very happy with the level of service and the work he performed. No mess and gave me a smile. I will have him paint exterior widows when the weather breaks.

Things with Gary started out great. We really liked working with him. But several weeks passed, and we had to ask for an invoice. When we finally got one, it was for almost double his estimate! We negotiated a bit, and he agreed to come "down" to $30/hour. I've since found out from a neighbor that she was only paying $30/hour anyway, so he was already overcharging us. But he did make us some concessions, so we paid our bill and thought everything was back on track. But we had problems with the next bill. And then he told us every day for over a week that he was going to come talk to us about it, and to give us a complete estimate on the rest of the job. He never showed up until late Friday afternoon, a week after he said he would come. And I'll cut a very long story short by saying that despite many requests for a complete estimate, he was never willing to give one. He Looooves that time and materials thing. We still have nothing against him, except that we feel rather fleeced. We've paid every bill he presented, and if he'd be willing to give us a full bid on any one of the jobs we need done, we'd be willing to have him back as we still have some painting to do and his men did a very good job. But he's just not big on actually telling you what something is going to cost, and then sticking to it. So, I guess we won't be working with him again. Pity.

just fair. sloppy work at times.. marked up the cost of paint he purchased for me.

great, very punctual, great quality, very professional crew

I hired Gary and his crew to perform exterior painting. I hired him on a time and material basis. When given the bill, he had marked up the materials and charged me retail price when he bought it at a significant contractor discount. He also charged me for the time to go to the paint store to purchase it. He did not comply with my requests to see the invoices for the materials he purchased for my job. Also, he is somewhat disorganized in handling his crews. He would drop off 4 painters at my house. A couple hours later he would pull two painters off and send to another job. People were coming and going frequently. He did not aways show up, or would be several hours late when he said he would be there and did not notify me of changes in his schedule. I believe I was overcharged for hours as well. He is not always on site to supervise the painters. I was satisfied with the quality of his work, which I would say is slightly above average, but was very unhappy with his billing practices.