Providence Painting Pros

Bianchi Painting did a fantastic job. Lead painter Suil was incredibly knowledgeable, efficient, and professional. 10/10 would hire again.

nitially, Bianchi provided us the most professional, detailed estimate, including work with a S-W color consultant. We agreed to a 3% discount for schedule flexibility, told that meant probably a week, at least 3 days notice. So, the owner called one morning at 7:45am to say a crew was on their way, and it went downhill from there. Despite the detailed paperwork, the crew knew nothing about the job - and had logos identifying them as some other paint company, not Bianchi -- only 1 of the 6 spoke any English, and that 1 (the crew chief) was often gone. I had to stop them from buying paint to match current colors instead of the colors specified in writing with the owner. Prep work was rushed and haphazard (see photos). They painted the whole 1st coat satin finish instead of flat as specified, and missed many spots with the 2nd coat -20% of the house still didn't have coat 2 when they said "done"! They used a lower trim grade than specified until I caught it. Worse, for some of my black trim they used a leftover almost-black from a previous job (I checked the can I saw them using) instead of my black, so trim was mismatched. Lots of small spots of primer show-through or other poor work. Lots of overspray onto my brickwork and my windows. They also lost the screws from my rain downspouts. One wall blisters every time it rains or is humid. Owner had them come back to fix some things, but owner was unpleasant about that and with so, so many bad spots, some only visible from ladders, etc., there was just no way to catch everything at once - we're still finding them. Now, 9 months after painting, an entire side of the house is severely blistering, and blisters are starting to appear on the garage too. As a university professor, I was able to stay home to keep tabs on the job - taking up a LOT of my time -- but even then the end result is low quality. Had the crew been left alone, I imagine much worse. Despite the acknowledged issues the owner never stopped by to check on things himself, fwiw. Several neighboring houses of similar age, shingle condition, etc have been painted recently. All turned out better than our house, and for the 2 we know prices, at similar cost. Apples to apples, Bianchi was a bad choice