Jay and his team were a literal nightmare. They were hired to do a simple paint job of two apartments. I've never quite experienced anything quite like the destruction that happened to my building. They were hired to give the walls one more coat of paint, as there was already one coat on the walls. They were also to prime and paint and caulk all of the trim. After the two people took over three days to hardly paint 1000 ft.², Jay, the owner, was trying to hurry along his painters as he had taken on another job, as many contractors do. And instead of finishing the job to any kind of standard , he brought his two 14 year-old boys who have never touched a paintbrush in their life to paint. between Jay, his two 14-year-old boys, the two original painters and another employee that he had brought over they managed to slop paint all over the hardwood floors. The amount of chaos and lack of leadership was truly astounding. At one point, I caught Jay the owner using a can of spray paint primer inside the house at which point it got all over the Hardwood Floors and the exposed brick wall. This guy has no idea what he is doing at all! I ended up finishing the job myself, redoing a ton of what had been "done" and had to learn a new skill in stripping and refinishing hardwood floors at an additional cost. He had the audacity to tell me that this was all somehow my fault. But really there is simply a lack of competence and accountability. I have never experienced something quite like this in my life. It was truly, a simple paint job. I would never hire these people, especially Jay, if my life depended on it.
Edit: Jay will say that I needed to prep - but there was zero ask of draping floors. If they ever needed something to be done, we always did. Like when they showed up without their tools to do the job - we went and purchased rollers, brushes, etc out of our pocket to get them started (should have been my first red flag). They also left those out uncleaned and with a quart of paint in the tray so they also ruined our tools. The job never changed. Not ever. It only changed when he couldn't finish a simple job and he had to move onto another job. read more