I have worked with a lot of general contractors and painters, and this has by far been one of the most unprofessional and shocking experiences dealing with Luis at Pro-Finishes.
I hired Luis and his crew to paint my kitchen cabinets. The interior cabinets that had a light wood finish/melamine would not be painted. They started on a Monday and began removing cabinet hardware. Luis assured me that all the work and stress of emptying out the kitchen and being without a kitchen for a few days would be worth it. We agreed that cabinet interiors would not be painted, except those that had glass cabinet doors where the interiors were the same wood finish as the exteriors. I called him Monday afternoon to ask that because there were a few additional cabinets (maybe 4-5?) that had the same wood finish interior, that I would like those painted as well. We had a civil conversation about it, and he said that there might be an additional cost and would get back to me tomorrow about it. We also agreed to any painting hours inside the house to be 9am - 4:30/5pm daily, with no issue, because I have a toddler I did not want exposed to paint fumes in the house. They had unlimited hours to spray cabinets in our garage on site.
Tuesday morning the crew showed up and began working. I left the house for a couple hours, returning with coffee and treats for the crew, but instead was greeted to an empty house and my kitchen haphazardly put back the way it was before. In their rush, random screws and knobs were sitting on the counter, a cabinet was hanging from its hinge, glass was messily glued back onto a cabinet door, and my deposit check was sitting on the counter. I was completely shocked and had no idea what was going on. Luis had made zero indication to me that he was pulling out of the job, until now. I tried calling him and texting him but he would not answer. An hour later, I received a curt email from him stating that because of the work hours and some of the interior cabinets I wanted painted, his crew would not be returning.
This is just bad business! Forget about the lack of professionalism and common courtesy to at least call me on the phone and tell his concerns so we could have worked through them, or at least just talk to me about it before disappearing into thin air, but I would have likely paid an additional $1,000-$2,000 had he only come to me like an adult! Maybe he got a bigger project that he wanted instead? I have no idea...but no where in our conversations were things heated or uncivilized or combative to lead me to believe we could not work together or that we could not reach some compromise. Had he simply talked to me, he would have made more money out of the project, I would have likely been happy my project was completed in a timely manner, and I would not be sitting here with a damaged kitchen writing this negative review. Luis could have handled this situation much much MUCH better...in fact the only way he could have handled it any worse is if cashed m check. I must be a very scary 5'4" mom that he could not even have the professionalism to call me over the phone to tell me his concerns. Beware of Pro Finishes. read more