NEAT & TRIM PAINTING

THE JOB STARTED 3 DAYS LATE. JOHN DID NOT SHOW UP ON TIME. HE WAS OVERBOOKED AND DID NOT SHOW AT ALL OR ONLY LATE AFTERNOON ON DAYS HE WAS SUPPOSED TO PAINT. THE ENTIRE JOB WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE 3 WEEKS. AFTER 2 WEEKS OF BEING WITHOUT A KITCHEN WE FIRED HIM FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE JOB. HE MADE A HUGE MESS. THE PAINTING WAS POOR IN SPOTS. WE WITHHELD PAYMENT UNTIL PROBLEMS WERE CORRECTED AND DUST, PAINT SPOTS AND DIRT CLEANED. HE HAD TO CLEAN ALL PAINTED SURFACES IN KITCHEN DUE TO PLASTER DUST CREATED AFTER PAINTING WAS DONE. HE HAD TO REDO A STAINED COUNTERTOP HE DAMAGED DURING CLEANUP. STEER CLEAR! DISAPPOINTED AS HE CAME RECOMMENDED BY MY REALTOR AND HOUSE INSPECTOR.

JOHN SEEMED LIKE A NICE ENOUGH GUY TO ME, AND HIS PRICES WERE GOOD; UNFORTUNATELY, I FOUND OUT LATER, TOO GOOD, AS HE UNDERBID THE WORK AND EVENTUALLY WALKED AWAY FROM THE JOB LEAVING ME HANGING. MY FRIEND AND I EVENTUALLY FINISHED THE WORK, REDOING A LARGE PORTION OF HIS PLASTER REPAIR BECAUSE OF THE POOR QUALITY OF THE WORK. I HAD TO MOVE MY MOVING DATE SEVERAL TIMES, AND THIS CAUSED A GREAT DEAL OF STRESS. JOHN WALKED AWAY FROM THE WORK SEVERAL TIMES TO DO OTHER JOBS WHILE WORKING ON MINE, BEFORE FINALLY WALKING AWAY FOR GOOD. HE EVEN HAD THE AUDACITY TO BILL ME FOR THE FINAL PAYMENT WHEN HE HAD NOT COMPLETED THE WORK. JOHN DOES NOT HAVE THE CREW OR THE EXPERIENCE TO DO LARGE JOBS ... A ROOM OR THREE IS ABOUT HIS LIMIT.