I gave Chris and his crew a pretty big job. He repainted my basement, built a shelf in my hallway coming and painted the walls. He also tweaked my two bathrooms upstairs.
In the beginning the relationship was great. But then they got sloppy. I'll start from the bottom up. They took my banisters out of the wall coming up from the basement in order to do a complete paint job. They forgot to mark where the studs were and had trouble reinstalling them. They also lost sum of the brackets or the screws that go to the brackets so Chris ran to Home Depot and bought ones. The new ones were not right for my banisters and therefore they ill fitted it to the wall. They also could not find the studs and when it came to putting in the top part of the second banister, he couldn't get it and said oh well" that's just how it is I stood there in shock and immediately said, "no... That's not just how it is because that's not how it was and you're putting it back the way it was " wasn't too happy with but agreed to do it with gorilla glue and as you well know it's not holding. Also the banisters that he thought he put incorrectly he did not because the brackets are too big and the banister itself will move when you put weight on it. One is also cracking the wall and threatening to fall out. Does he give a care? No... Because he was paid as I thought the job was finished and he's not coming back to do what's right
Second problem is with my bathroom. He did not finish the painting correctly and left it ragged over the bathtub. It also did not properly paint in the corners as I am now seeing white areas which is the primer. I put a rubber molding up which pulled off a teeny bit of the pain and that's when I saw that he did not put two coats but one! He wouldn't come back to make things right until he other jobs and was gonna make me wait two months. I told him he's and then I would be putting up some which I am have been a couple of months ago but I'm finding more and more errors and said it's time! He says he on his work. No he doesn't... He scamming people. Everyone I've ever hired has tried to pull this. He's one of the few to get away with it. Do not hire him... He's all talk.
I even treated them every day to unlimited coffee and treats. They would leave their cups on the floor, and on donut day there were donuts in the cups and I have a pet to think about. They know this or knew this! I got them pizza twice and the second time they left the empty box sitting on my kitchen counter. They couldn't throw it away when they were done? Chris threatened me afterward that if I kept insulting him that he would have to end our business relationship. That I can't be disrespectful. Really? He was disrespecting me and my property by not doing the job right and not taking care for instance of my banisters when he took them off the wall. They should've taped the nails and the brackets to the banisters so as not to lose them. Or put them in a Ziploc and attach them to the banisters. I am stuck with finishing my own bathroom and trying to make sure my banisters don't come out of the wall until I can find replacements, nicer banisters and have it done right. And I will definitely go through a corporate store where I have guarantees. I knew from the beginning that Chris was a little different but he seemed like a good guy to me. My heart couldn't have been more wrong! DON'T HIRE GO ! YOU'LL BE SORRY AS I AM! read more