Tim, the head painter, responded promptly to my inquiry and quickly came out to do a site visit to create the estimate. There was a lot of work to do and he sent an estimate to me within 24 hours.
Once I agreed to the estimate I had his team out the next day to begin the work in our living room with ceilings, bedroom, stairwell and halfway.
By the start of the project I knew what I want to see in the end. According to my plan all of the walls should be of some extraordinary, specific colors but I wasn't sure about matching them to each other. I've never thought that men of a working profession could give me such a good consultation about such matters as colors and design.
In fact, Tim not only helped me in choosing the best-matched colors but also gave me recommendations concerning the type of paint we needed for the project. I've got a bit allergic reaction on the smell of paint but I didn't have any after the guy's job at all. They used the non-smelly paint so I didn't have to suffer.
Pros:
* the painters were polite, careful and professional
* they protected my floors & belongings and cleaned up afterwards
* the overall paint job is very good, see my 'cons' notes below
* they were responsive to my 'touch up' requests with no complaints - the primary paint day was overcast, so I'd gone over the paint job in the bright daylight next day and marked a few (very few) 'holidays', and they touched them up very professionally.
* their prices are very reasonable
Cons:
* though they did prep for holes, etc., they did not prep/sand the walls where I'd test-patched paint like I'd requested - in daylight, you can see the squares of test patches under the paint
* the line where the wall meets the ceiling in my stairwell is sloppy - areas where the experienced painter worked, it's fine. The not-so-experienced guy on Day two was not as good at it, though he did go back and touch it up and improve it. Still not the best.
Overall, I recommend them as painters - just be very clear on expectations and then double check it. I still grumble on sunny days when I can see the test patch areas, but then I look at the rest of the rooms and am happy with the job. read more