In August 2019, I salvaged a felled Ohia tree from my property, and wanted to use it to make a handrail for my front steps. Kevin Ross responded to the job posting on Thumbtack and we agreed on a set price for the whole project. He did a nice job shaping it and posting it, only to tell me I would need to wait 2 full years for the wood to dry out before any finishing could be applied.
It has been 2 years and the wood has cured nicely. I reached out to Kevin, and now he wants another $365 to finish the job he was already paid to do (as documented in our conversations on Thumbtack).
He does decent work, but it's a shame his integrity is compromised by the instinct to just squeeze more cash out of paying customers. I would be wary of contracting Kevin for anything without first putting it into writing and getting a verbal acknowledgment from him. read more