Please save yourself the disappointment and your wallet and find another painter. I interviewed Mike 2 times before hiring him to paint my entire home (walls, trim and interior doors) and cabinetry. He interviewed as a very kind and knowledgeable professional. However once payment was made his tone turned to condescending and impatient. We were living out of state when he painted our home and I made the huge mistake of paying him before seeing the work with my own eyes. He had sent pictures that looked great. In actuality the work was very poor.
Here's what I found
- vertical roller lines on every wall from where they used the roller. They look AWFUL!
-wall damages (dents, holes) were just painted over and not patched.
--most of my cabinets had chipped paint or thin paint where you could still see the color underneath or missed areas from misplacing the painters tape.
-paint splattered on walls
-paint on most of my tile, counters
I asked him to return to go over these concerns. He agreed that the walls looked streaky and uneven but then proceeded to blame the builder saying the wall finish was applied unevenly. Which is impossible because my walls looked perfectly smooth before he painted.
I suggested that maybe a different painting technique would stop the lines, I had always heard you should paint in a V stroke to backroll over roller marks. He said that wouldn't help. But his painter obliged and repainted one wall in that technique and surprise, surprise the roller lines were gone. I asked him to return to repaint the remaining walls and he refused to fix his poor paint job and said I was difficult and unappeasable. He wanted to charge me additionally to repaint his poor work. He stated that his work was perfect even though earlier he acknowledged the walls were streaky.
It's very disheartening that someone could have such low character to take someone's money and do a poor job. Mike cares nothing for his customer's satisfaction. His workers do not respect your home and will not clean up after themselves in your bathrooms and will not clean up spilled or sprayed paint on your floors, counters, etc. Your house will be a mess after they are done.
I've since read similar complaints online, and I'm annoyed with myself that I did not do more research on him before hiring him. read more