Dan Dougherty

I don't really remember the exact date or how much I paid, but I felt it was more than fair and I was very satisfied with his work. Very professional, courteous, and friendly. Very knowledgable and gave good advice regarding my next installation of a medicine cabinet. My house is crooked and he was able to make me understand what I needed to do to hang my cabinet straight. I would definitely use him again

It took much longer than expected and he had to be paid in full before he would complete the work. I also asked for the remaining paint but was given a quart of it; given how much paint was purchased I did feel as he probably kept at least a gallon. The price he quoted ended up being a rather low estimate as the final price was much higher even with the additional work performed. He was nice but as the time dragged on it became less of a person being hired to do the work and more like he was doing me a favor for free; I couldn't wait for him to be done. I had recommended him to several people including my sister, he really screwed over my sister which shocked me. The quality of work done for me vs what was done for my sister was astonishing, my house looked great hers house was a mess. He was outright rude to my sister and changed his price daily. His contracts are written to benefit him and contain many loopholes, if you use him make sure that it is plainly stated how many days to complete and what are considered acceptable exceptions as to a delay. I got the excuse it was too windy. It's always windy in Midland and I don't see how that prevents anyone from installing a door. Set the payment terms, if you are paying for the paint go to the store of your choice and buy the brand you want or oversee what brand he is buying, dont trust he will buy what you ask. I told him Behr brand and paid for that brand and he bought glidden and kept the difference. Ask for a list of people he will use to work on the project, he should know his employees. One of the guys he brought I don't think he had even met him before that morning, I didn't appreciate it and ended up changing my plans so I could remain home to watch my home. Overall, he did the work and the quality was acceptable; after hearing about and seeing work he had done for others I got the impression I lucked out.

He came in did estimate after thorough discussion of what we wanted. We ordered the materials but he picked them up and delivered them to the site. His crew were careful about getting things completed and cleaning up an mess. He kept us updated as to how things were going. If we needed a change, he was very understanding and compliant. Job was completed on time and he made sure we were happy before leaving.

Started in the middle of May... the work went through June. He used unlicensed workers for electrical. The painters didn't finish the work, I had to paint the interior trim throughout a 3,000 sq. ft. house. He misrepresented and contracted out most of the work to others. He was never here to supervise the workers. I told them not to install the new carpet until after all the interior painting was done - they installed it half way through the painting. Some of the painting was sloppy and I had to repaint areas myself. Unbeknownest to me, for the wall papering I had contracted for all three bathrooms and part of the utlity room, he sub contracted it out and without persmission had the walls plastered prior to the wall papering. The cost was astronomical and the man he contracted the unauthorized plastering was sexually harrassing me, coming up behind me and rubbing himself on me. (The guy was totally creepy and I complained to Dan but nothing was done about it. I felt very threatened by this sub-contracted plastered and would find him in other areas of my home unlocking windows. I had a prowler for several years there after, trying to get into windows. As it turned out, this sub-contractor was arrested last year for rape). I had bought my own wall paper and it was top of the line and very expensive, yet the sub-contractor that he hired to hang the wall paper used some defective paste which ate through the wall paper or decolored it on the wall in large areas all over. In installing a new front storm door, his worker set it up where the door would not open fully, but barely wide enough where you could squeeze through the door and the doorframe. Workers would not show up at scheduled times. He had people doing electrical work that were not even electricans, much less licensed. My original estimate for the work to be done was at $5,000. After the end of 6 weeks I had paid out over $10,000 and all the problems they created were not fixed. In addition, I was buying new major brand appliances. He insisted he could get a better deal for me and bought and installed my new refrigerator, washer and gas dryer. The cost for the 3 was an additonal $2600. All three had to be repaired within the first month and continually there after, about once every 3 months. The refrigerator completely died within 5 years. Someone stole $5,000 cash from my hidden cash box during the time they worked on my house - and never left the house during any time that they were here working on it. Dan comes across as a very sweet and knowledgable person. In reality he is a shady contractor/handyman who is a liar and will defraud his customers. I had to hire other people to either complete the unfinished work or fix the shoddy work that was done.

First, after being paid 1/2 to start, he didn't show up for a full week. It took him six weeks to paint the exterior of the house (2500 sq. feet). He never finished the job but demanded payment when he was almost done. He said he was done. He did not finish agreed upon work. He padded the bill. He quoted one price and then charged another. He used the wrong color paint and wrong brand and refused to give me the leftover paint. He wrote the contract to benefit himself and was very calculating in doing so. I was very trusting, He seemed so nice at first. Do not trust this crook! He was very unprofessional in his work and the way he spoke to me. I cannot express just how badly this guy acted and how badly he worked! I urge everyone to steer clear of him. He is a bad man.