FULLER PAINT & DRYWALL

We've never been more frustrated with someone's work than the work that these two performed. My wife and I are now dedicating the next 2-3 weekends of our own time to repairing what they called "finished" and which we paid a considerable amount of hard earned money to have completed. I will say that the drywall work that was performed was adequate and that the business owner certainly knew what he was talking about in regards to what would have to be done and the details that would need to be executed upon. Unfortunately the team that worked on the house clearly lacked the ability to make this happen throughout nearly every other aspect of the repair work he performed. A list of our frustrations: Drywall was left sprayed and rubbed into a wall (vs. being cleaned up) where a small area of ceiling was textured. My wife an I now need to repaint the entire wall. Trim was added to a few corners inside the house - but not a single instance of the trim is the same height. When my wife showed to him the 3/4" gap from the ceiling he argued that no one would notice. She persisted until he said he would fix it for us and promptly returned to fill the gap (from trim to ceiling in a walkway) with caulk and shape it like the wood trim - which is still very obvious! Small shelf-like rails were added at the bottom of the stairs on both sides but are visibly crooked. The corners and angles that were cut not only don't match the stairway they were built on but do not match each other. Trim added from these to the floor is equally inconsistent and on one side does not even make it all the way to the floor. The entire kitchen was retextured and painted but the texturing has air bubbles that have surfaced and have left small groupings of holes in the wall throughout the kitchen. In addition, apparently there was no taping done to paint the corners of where the kitchen met the living room because brushstrokes of the kitchen paint are seen plainly on the living room walls. Also, all of the trim AND caulking along the cabinets was painted the color of the wall. The bedroom had a border around it that was supposed to be removed before new paint was done (this was included in the original scope and estimate) but the painter chose to use wall texturizing over it instead. What resulted is the obvious difference around the top of the room versus the rest of the room - especially where the border has begun to peel up, taking the new drywall and paint with it. The outside painting is probably the only portion of the work that my wife and I were somewhat satisfied with, spotting only a few areas where brick was painted (when it should not have been.) However, the doorbell, garage keypad and backdoor fixtures were all completely painted over (they did not cover them!) and when we addressed this he argued that it "looked better that way." A list of things we were satisfied with:The team arrived promptly at 8am every day.Drywall work done in the bedroom was excellent.Sheetrock work done in the garage was quick and well done.Outside gate was repaired adequately. The professionalism was a bit of a challenge at times because pointing out any areas where we had questions led to arguments and claims they were not finished. At the end, we simply wrote a check to get them out of the house and find a new contractor to come in and pick up where we will leave off. Nothing would make us happier than to write a fantastic review here and promote the work and effort put forth because - at the end of the day - we do personally like the two individuals that worked very h****** this contract. Sadly, their eagerness to help us was not matched by their level of skills or attention to detail and we're now working equally as hard to clean up the work left behind.

EXTERIOR IS PLASTER. HAD TO RECONDITION THE EXISTING PLASTER, PRIME, AND THEN PAINT. REPAIRED SHUTTERS. REFINISHED GARAGE DOOR. WERE VERY PROMPT. SAID THEY WOULD COMPLETE THE JOB IN FOUR DAYS AND THEY DID EVEN THOUGH ONE DAY WAS A RAIN DAY. IMPRESSED WITH THEIR PUNCTUALITY AND WORK ETHIC.