SEE SERVICES LLC

My entire experience with See Services and Herman See has been a NIGHTMARE. The job started at about $5,000, but additional work was needed that raised the cost to over $11,000. The quality of the work they actually performed was good, but they have the worst work ethic and customer service I have ever seen. I should have known something was wrong when they asked that the checks be made payable to "Herman See" rather than to the company. After 5 1/2 months, the job is nowhere near complete - despite the fact that I have paid over $11,000 (all but the final $200). Herman See and Angela Stites kept asking for draws to cover payroll, and I was foolish enough to give him the requested funds. That is a mistake I will never repeat! See Services rarely showed up, and even less often did a full crew show up. On the rare occasions that they came to work, they never started before 9:30 AM, took a 90 minute lunch, returned at 1:30 PM, then left no later than 3:30 PM. And that's not counting the 5 - 15 smoke breaks per day. Moreover, even when he was on site, Herman See spent most of his time taking pictures rather than working. I finally had to insist upon a 10/31/08 deadline because of the impending cold weather - which gave them over 5 1/2 months to complete the job. Notably, even the owner (David See) admitted that this job should have been completed a long time ago! When they refused to complete the job in a timely and professional manner in the 5 1/2 months provided, I had to have the police escort them off my property as they were cursing, yelling, calling me names, and generally acting in a threatening manner. Laughably, they even threatened to sue me! I have been cursed at, yelled at, and insulted in more ways than I can count on multiple occasions. I put up with it because I was afraid I would never be able to collect anything after successfully suing them. I just wanted my house painted and these people out of my life. Instead, they created more chaos. The police were at my home numerous times because of a dispute between See Services and another contractor, who either stole their ladders or repossessed them, depending upon who you believe. They promise the sun, the moon and stars, but don't deliver anything but stress and headaches. In fact, they promise that they will work on only your house until it is complete, rather than have multiple unfinished projects. Nothing could be further from the truth. They have done the same thing to at least one other person in my neighborhood and I am now hearing of other instances. I joined Angie's List so I could try to warn others about their fraudulent actions. I now have estimates from other painters to finish the job that range from $4,000 to $7,000+. I would NEVER hire this company, Herman See, David See, or Angela Stites to do anything again. I hope this message prevents others from being defrauded out of thousands of dollars like I was.

We engaged See Services, LLC September 2007 to do the work on our 108 year old Georgian home. It was clear they were somewhat good at some of what they did. But, they were very inconsistent when they showed up and worked. We mostly only had two people at any time on what was a very large job. We also were involved directly with a dispute they had with another contractor, that led us to having discussions with police in Glendale and Cincinnati on this civil matter. When November arrived, we were told they would work on the porch during the winter. They showed up ONE day in the winter for all of two hours. When spring started, we did not see them. On March 24, we terminated our agreement with them and brought on a company we had prior experience with to finish the job. Because of the lack of assets/money this firm has, my attorneys counseled that we cut our losses and move on. I let my better business judgment lapse on this with picking a company I had no experience with directly or by others I knew. Also, I could have been tighter with the draws on this job. So, an expensive lesson learned.