Long story from a person who (usually) only hires companies with lots of Yelp reviews!
So, we desperately needed to paint the house we just bought. I went to Yelp and contacted some highly rated local painters. A few actually came out when they said they would, and I had WIDELY varying bids.
Then one day, I literally had a paint emergency. Some random idiot had painted some very crude words on the garage door of our rental house in Redlands. This was our first landlording experience, and when our renter called (understandably, very upset) I raced over to take pictures and see what I could do.
At the same time I was pullling up, Richard Smith was coming up the street to finish touch-ups on a nearby home. He stopped, got out, looked at the garage, and was genuinely kind, apologetic and sad about the graffiti we were both looking at. He offered to take care of it immediately, for a very, VERY fair price. I took him up on the offer, and I (and our renter) were not disappointed.
Then, I gave him the, "By the way...would you like to give us a bid on our other house?"
Whoa. Within a few days, he gave me the lowest bid, by far, of them all. I looked at his Facebook page and saw examples of some of his work. He was hired. He happened to be available only a week later.
Then - wow! What a FANTASTIC job they did painting our house! Incredibly professional. No nitpicking about three different colors being more expensive, or, we charge more for this or that. The quote included everything, and he had suggestions for additional colors and highlights to make the house look even better.
During the week (the very, very HOT week in July) that he and his crew painted, I felt completely at ease with them, and everything they did. They were very concerned about making us happy, and did a great job.
We are more than pleased with our , now, very "new" house, thanks to NO MORE PINK and a very professional paint job. Highly recommend! read more