Christensen Painting

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The house is 8 years old and I had trouble with the paint on the pillars pealing off even before the hail storm. This house was a spec house and some work was completed very poorly during construction. Early this summer we had a hail storm which shredded the paint on the North side of the pillars (the house faces north). I called this company for an estimate and the owner came out to look at it. He noticed right away that the original painting was not done correctly and started explaining what needed to be done. He was nice and easy to get along with. I decided to award the job to him based on his knowledge of what was done incorrectly when the house was built. A couple of weeks went by before he called and explained that they were waiting for a few days in a row of dry weather (we had been having a lot of rain). I docked them a little on punctuality for this but I think I am being unfair for doing so. One day I came home from work for lunch and he was there with his worker explaining to her what needed to be done. I don't remember if it was the same day or the next day I came home from work and she was finishing up (she finished the same day she started). The pillars looked great. I pointed out a seam that I thought might allow moisture in and should be caulked. She walked over to view from my angle and agreed with no argument. This was a small job for them but they treated it just as important as a large job. It's only been a couple of weeks and might be too early to tell, but the pillars never looked this good, not even when I bought the house 8 years ago. In the process of moving a pot out of the way they broke a ceramic base. The owner offered to replace it and I told him to forget it. I would hire these people back in a minute.