I had Manuel's company repair the drywall in my house following Harvey. Pricing was fairly reasonable -- I got quotes from 3 companies, ranging from $4000 to Manuel's $2000. Two others never followed-up. The job was to replace drywall, tape & coat & texture. I believe this worked-out to $2.90 per square foot, which is still rather high considering normal rates, but contractors seem to be taking what they can following Harvey. I understand that the normal rates would be about $1.50-$2.00 per square foot (with texturing).
Manuel and his team began the work on Thursday and completed it Monday (except for a quick follow-up Tuesday), working part of each day except Sunday. Overall pretty good work, though I had to go along with him to buy the materials (subtracted from the total bid, and I kept the excess materials). I had to take several days vacation to be there. I paid him half on the 2nd day, and half upon completion.
Quality assurance seemed problematic. There were a couple of places textured which should not have been (on adjacent baseboards and on an otherwise wallpaper covered wall), and a lot of the texture ended up on the floor, which I worry will affect the adhesion of tiles later. On the final day, his workers were unsupervised, skipped lunch, and seemed more concerned with wrapping-up and being done so that they could leave and eat than doing a good job -- I had to point-out many unfinished areas to complete, which they rushed through. I was not impressed by the clean-up job. Later, Manuel and his brother made an effort to do a final clean up and some final touch-up. But the basic job got done, and the price was more reasonable than others. I'm really torn between giving this review 2 stars or 3. I'm not sure what the norm is for drywall work, but I know this was below my expectations.
Be sure to do your own assessment of the work and point-out areas which are incomplete. Expect a lot of dust and small debris, and a trail of sandpaper and empty water bottles.
Oh yes, two weeks later I'm still waiting for a promised receipt for the job, in spite of sending Manuel two emailed reminders. read more
