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Alastair D.

I met Hate to Paint? at a Seattle Home Show recently and I made the decision to give my 77-year-old house a fresh look. Several other painters from the show gave me bids and I think Hate to Paint? offered the best value. It's easy to forget how much prep work there is--the crew worked at my house for 9 days to achieve this result. Hate to Paint? includes pressure washing, using special primer on the brick and on the wood door, and caulking, not to mention a free color consultation. (I just left a review for Anya Moller Color Design, who came up with these colors.) The team was painstaking, careful, hard workers and I think the results speak for themselves. We didn't discuss everything beforehand, like whether the subterranean basement door was included, but it seemed that everything was included, however I wanted to approach things--for 9 days, they were my painters, with zero surprises on the final bill. I can highly recommend Hate to Paint? Ask for Una.

Amanda U.

To review the overall work, I have to say the paint job, the consistency of the project, and getting everything completed quickly was excellent. We appreciated the team that Una ran to ensure the project was completed with accuracy. Where things went incredibly south was with Chris who does the bids, communication, and payments. I asked for an estimate that included our house, siding replacement, and shed. The original estimate seemed incredibly high and instead of getting another bid, Chris negotiated with us to bring the overall cost down. We asked for siding to be replaced as well as our shed roof to be fixed which we had understood as carpentry. The total cost of the estimated project seemed more responsible once we discussed further and we started the project. Half way through the project Una let us know that the siding was going to cost a few hundred dollars more which we were ok with to get the work done. During the project we never received a revised estimate, nor did we receive any written communication of the revised total cost. We didn't think much of it and then when the project completed we received an invoice $3500 more than our original agreement. I asked both Una and Chris to fix the invoice and to include the initial down payment we gave them before starting the project which was not included in the final invoice statement. Instead of changing to the price we agreed on, was given a run around story about why we were charged so much more and charge the same price as the original bid. But they did include the down payment to the invoice. I was incredibly frustrated by the lack of communication and transparency given to the increased project cost. And instead was just given the final project payment through an invoice vs having a conversation before moving forward. It is also important to note that we finished this project on a Saturday, and I have asked Chris and Una for more transparency around the increased costs and material costs that caused this. On Wednesday (3 days later) I am now being sent aggressive texts from Chris demanding payment after not giving me a clear response. I would not recommend this business due to the unprofessional communication and client services that we have received and would have used another painting service if we had known that we would have been unexpectedly charged $2500 more along with the incredibly unprofessional texts and communication we have received by just asking for clarity.

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Thank you for the kind words Jordan!

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Thank you Josh! Have a great day

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Great service, fit us in in a short period of time, and did SO WELL! I'm a real estate agent and will be sending my clients their way!!

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Chris and Una at Hate To Paint are true pros when it comes to bidding, managing and of course doing paint jobs for us.

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