Do NOT HIRE this company. I have hired them twice. I should have known better from the first…read moreexperience. I thought it was an anomaly.
Both projects were a disaster.
The first project was to paint a small bedroom ceiling. The painters arrived on the first day, left for lunch, and never returned. Two days later, one of the painters showed up unannounced. He sprayed the ceiling poorly and completely ignored spot-treating a water stain, all in the quote. He left for lunch and never returned until the next day. We had to have another company at our home painting the entire main level, and repaint the ceiling to fix the terrible job. We felt like we dodged a bullet. We were planning on having Slavic complete the whole project.
BUT Nick Slavik's advertising keeps showing up in my mailbox EVERY WEEK! And it's impossible that a company that markets so well, is this successful AND IS CONSISTENTLY performing poor work, RIGHT?. I'll try them again.
The second job was to enamel the wood trim, windows, four closet doors, and the inside of the bedroom door. I walked through our home and showed the estimator that all the other doors in the house were caulked and enameled--some from the original builder and others from a different painting contractor in the past 2 years. I also retrieved the paint cans with codes for the ceiling paint and enamel previously used at the estimator's request. He took photos of the cans' labels with the paint codes and type. Not that it mattered, but they used what they wanted from another retailer anyway. Unbelievable! Why ask? By the way, we had previously used Benjamin Moore.
From the start, things went south. They wanted to get our project on a schedule/calendar, and we agreed on the start date. Then, two or three emails arrived asking to start earlier, and I agreed. Later, they changed it to another day, and finally, another email, and the original day was planned.
Nick Slavic Painting did a horrendous job! Be prepared! Inexperienced painters, who I am assuming are told to "get in and get out!"
They did not putty nail holes in any of the wood trim. Before I stopped counting, I counted at least 13-14 nail holes in the wood trim. They left unfilled cracks in the wood trim and only sprayed one coat instead of two. One day, standing out on our deck while they were painting the windows, still hung, another first. I've never seen a painter not remove the windows to paint them. I noticed they had missed the entire top of the windows--something I would not have seen until summer, while on the deck above.
A company that wants to cash a check and not care if the job was done correctly or not! Get ready for one excuse after another when they start, all the way to the end. And you better not pay them before you are 100% happy. Nick doesn't care!
Also, you should expect their painters to stand around for two hours at the end of the day to get their hours logged while doing nothing. Time that could have been spent doing better work!
I repeat! DO NOT HIRE THIS COMPANY!
In response to Nick's Response: The same people who made me chase them around for an answer or solution to your poor workmanship for 2 weeks? The same estimator who walked through the home, pointing out all the caulked doors on his first visit? Someone has a problem with the truth. I was respectful and patient with you, project coordinator, painters, and estimator throughout the fiasco. It wasn't until you made me chase and chase to get a resolution, all while you held up a complete lower-level remodeling project. Your answer was, "Read your contract". I have been in business for 39 years. I would never dream of treating a customer like Nick and his team treated me.
