I am here to provide a detailed story of my experience with fresh image. First of all, I want to get it out there that I am not from around here and that this if my first time requesting this kind of service. So, I was not fully aware of how everything works out. Overall, I was not satisfied with the job that was done by Fresh Image. Especially with their empty promises, attitude towards the whole job and the damage that has been inflicted to my house. I highly would avoid this company in the future and I hope my story can be an input for you.
First time meeting with Sam the owner of Fresh Image, he seems really nice and passionate about the job. He made me feel comfortable with the amount of "references" that he brought and assures me that they are the right company to do this job and the only one that will be able to do it well. He was kind enough to provide me with a deal if I can make the decision within 24 hours. This should have been a red flag for me, but I did not know any better.
I signed the contract and was excited to start the renewal of my first house. He initially stated that the job will be completed within 5 days, and everything will look great. Unfortunately, the time that he provided clashes with my flooring schedules. However, he urged that paint should be completed first, and then he'll definitely come back for all touch ups to make sure everything looks great. I kindly asked my flooring guys to reschedule to accommodate the paint job.
When the job started, fresh image covered most of the items just like what a professional would. The only thing that I noticed is that the door knobs for my interior door are not removed. They were just covered. Which again, I did not know any better so I didn't say anything. Fresh image also helped me with some basic wood trim work installation, which was agreed upon at the start. Sam asked for extra money for the trim work, because it takes more time than they expected and I agreed because the workers seems really nice.
6 days passed, and on my moving day, I needed to wait for an extra 5 hours because the initial job that they promised never got finished on time. Even though the job was not completely finished, they asked to be paid in full. At that time, I was quite satisfied with their progress and agreed to do so. This is the biggest mistake from my end.
About 3 weeks later, they came back for "final touch ups". Of what is supposed to be a 2 days job, became almost a full week because their crew never showed up for a full day. Fresh image also promised that there will be a cleanup with the final touch up. The cleanup did not happen at this stage. At one point during this touch up, I came home with my whole bed covered with drywall dust. My brand-new granite counter top was covered with mudding and drywall dust as well. My brand-new wooden floors were also trashed with white paints, mudding, dust. Apparently during final touch up, nothing in my house should be covered. This behavior really pissed me off and I contacted the owner straight away. Sam, instead of believing what I was saying, went into denial and stating that his crew did what was supposed to be done.
Finally, after seeing the condition that my house was left by his crew. He stated that he was embarrassed that no cleaning has been done, and that the painting was not completely perfect either. He also stated that he will get a dedicated team to make things right. He thought that everything should be done since when he showed my house to my neighbors to try to get more work, it was almost perfect. I was never asked for permission for them to show the inside of my house whilst my personal belongings are inside of the house, but I didn't think much of it. I once again trusted him to do me right.
His crew showed up again, which apparently only consist of one single person. This person was supposed to clean my whole house within 2-3 days. Within those 2-3 days, he only showed up for a whole day like for one or two days. The next 3 days he only showed up after noon because scheduling conflict. He cleaned up most of the items quite well, but did a horrible job with finishing paint. Touch-ups was done with different colors and never completely finish the job.
Sam came again to check the whole process, because I asked him to. I mentioned about the white marks on the hardwood floors and all of the paint mishaps. He back-peddled and stated that the previous guy should have never done any painting job, but he would be more than happy to fix everything and stated that the markings on the floor will all be removed. He promised that the following week, a whole crew will come back for 2 days to finish up everything.
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