Fine Painting

The painting went very well. They were on time and did a good job. Freddy was the person who took care of the job and was very good. I did not have any issues with the job that was done. The owner Michael was a completely different story. Was sloppy, rude and totally unprofessional. The invoice was a scribble on some paper. They got the job done and I paid him $910. On inspection, I asked Michael to paint additionally one portion of a wall in the bathroom, he quoted me $25 and said he would complete it the same day. I paid him the $25 in cash and settled everything and left for work, he said we would come back and complete the job. I called him back in a little while and asked him to paint the entire bathroom instead of just one side. He quoted me a total price of $70 and we agreed on it, he asked me to mail him the remaining balance. (This was a Friday). The job was done the same day. On Tuesday I got a call from Michael rudely asking " I have been waiting for your check in mail and havent seen it? how come." I told him i did not get a chance to mail the check yet and would mail the check that day. I wrote him a check for the remaing balance $45 and left him a voice mail that i mailed the check. He called me the next day cursing and insulting me that i was going back on our agreement of $70. He did not remember the $25 cash i paid and did not even give me a chance to remind him of our transaction, saying he did not have time to listen. He was rude and totally unprofessional. $25 is almost nothing when I just paid him close to $1000 for the entire job. Make sure that every agreement with him is on paper and dont pay cash.

Came out to give estimate. Picked up all materials including paint. Scheduled work. They came when scheduled and put in 2 days work. Clean near, professional do paid attention to detail. Very pleased.

I am very satisfied with the work. The price seems high for painting two rooms, but you can't really imagine the amount of repair that had to be done. In both rooms, you could see the edges of every piece of drywall, you could see where each and every nail was. In both rooms there were parts of the drywall that were not installed flush, leaving the wall guy having to skim significantly to level the wall. In the room with the high ceiling, the entire wall–ceiling seam needed repair because the seam had come apart. The other room had some texturing on the plaster that needed to be sanded and skimmed. In terms of woodwork that was painted, both rooms had baseboard, one room had 3 windows and 3 doors (one a french door), the other room had 2 windows and 3 doors (one a french door) and crown molding. They worked hard. The challenge is more clear when you see the amount of man-hours involved. The first day, a crew of three spent the day working. The second day, it was a crew of five. The third day it was two, and the fourth day, it was one person to finish and clean. The walls, which I've been grumbling about but tolerating for more than 20 years will no longer bother me. That, in itself, is priceless.

The estimate was quick and very thorough. The final cost came in exactly as estimated, and he got me the estimate the day after he was out to do the estimate. Although I only wanted one smallish guest room done for now, I felt zero pressure to do more than that. The painters showed up on the date of the appointment, right on time. Both were very pleasant, and respectful of the rest of our home (no dirty foot prints, no cigarette butts in the yard, careful with the furniture they moved, etc). They worked quickly-even including a lunch break and COMPLETE clean up, they were done in less than 5 hours with ZERO drama. The work they did was flawless.

Very well. A few minor problems, but well within reason.

Mike & his crew were great! They did a fabulous job in the time frame they projected and came back after the job to make sure all was fine.

They showed up when promised and completed the work quickly with attention to detail.

I've always found Michael to be mindful of his work quality. He starts the job and finishes it in a professional manner. I have worked more with Michael and we are on the on-set of a renovation project. He has been very professional. I'm very happy with his work.