If anyone reads my reviews this man is scared because I told the truth. The problems with Jeff started when he NEVER TOLD ME there would be an additional charge to do one of the walls. It had been painted about 10 years earlier without any problems or surprise additional costs. He talked me into using scaffolding but would've cost me over $10K. He'd told me that using the boom would never be approved by the neighbors. AFTER I signed allowing the scaffolding did he reveal the main reason he wanted the scaffolding was because it was easier for him yet would STILL NEED APPROVAL FROM THE NEIGHBORS! He misled me to believe the boom was more expensive then seemingly accidentally said that it would cost less. The cost of it was about $2K instead of over $10K. In general, the additional cost of using it was completely unexpected! This is where our problems began. Yet before this he talked badly about my neighbors as if they were the problem not him. I sensed Jeff wasn't being honest but I was now in the middle of him painting my townhouse so I just went along with him.
He lied that my tenants were disappointed that I wanted to wait to paint my townhouse for another year because the house I'm living in needed to be done ASAP. Wanting to be a good landlord, I decided to do this for them only to find out they never told him that.
After discovering from my neighbor that Jeff lied to me about completing my townhouse therefore he already got paid, I was further upset. I told him he lied to me which turned into some irrational argument causing me to be late to a Mariners game. I said he lied, not generally calling him a liar. He was irrational. I feared the possibility of him not finishing my townhouse so I did my best to calm him down instead of just hanging up.
Out of some consideration to me due to the UNEXPECTED additional cost of the boom lift (I got him to cancel the scaffolding), he offered to hang the new outdoor lights due to the old ones dripping white paint. My tenants said HE could come by whenever. I had the light fixture in my possession and as a landlord I'm not allowed to just stop by their house. No matter how often I told this to Jeff, he argued with demands and excuses. I'll find someone else to do it, pay them - anything is better than one more argument with Jeff! He's irrational with me. When asking him to follow through on this offer, as usual he got belligerent.
As far as his mom dying and her house burning down, I had a friend whose house burned down during that same California group of fires; I was at my mom's bedside watching her die. I NEVER WAS CRUEL TO ANYONE. He apologized to me off and on while wasting my time dealing with his personality. Then he'd abuse me again.
Twenty days after his "apology" (the second one of the same nature and reason) he wrote me that horrible email I posted in an earlier review. His ex wife told me he's a narcissist. This time I didn't respond to him except to post what he wrote to the people on Yelp to prove the way he has chosen to deal with me.
Regarding his family, he told me they do yard work. I told him all I had was a weeding fork, nothing else. Jeff didn't listen so without my knowledge he came by with his family to do the work. He told me his son gets $20/hour. Then they said they have no tools!!? He's pushy, told me how they came all this way so I agreed to buy ONE TOOL, then as a fool I gave him a $20 tip since he picked it up at the local hardware store, and too be kind.
Then his ex wife demanded $25/hour!! I was tired of arguing, had I known everything I'd come to know about these people I'd have told them to leave, instead I gave both her and his son the extra $5/hour. Luckily they weren't there long.
I was anything but rude, I was extremely accommodating - his entire family took advantage. I finally stood up for myself stronger and he got meaner. I FEARED writing any of these reviews because Jeff is so unbalanced. After writing his response to my review, I heard a noise regarding email from Yelp. Not long afterwards I got ANOTHER SCATHING crazy email from Jeff attacking me verbally. I needed to sleep.
Yelp needs to read these emails, decide who's telling the truth. I fear for my houses, and even my life now that Jeff has read the reviews. It was reading the strongly negative review from the other Yelp person who inspired me to stand up for myself regarding Jeff's unstable behavior as a painter towards a client. I wanted to save anyone I could from dealing with him. Will he cause me further harm is of great concern now.
His vial crazy remarks, especially waking me up with the email sounds has been disturbing enough. read more