LOCAL HOMEOWNER WARNING (Cincinnati Area)
I'm sharing this to warn other local homeowners and save someone else from the nightmare my family just experienced with a local painting contractor operating under an LLC.
Several months ago, my mom hired Shirleys Painting LLC to do some interior painting. The owner claimed she could handle a wide variety of home improvement projects--including electrical work, window and door trim, drywall, and closet remodeling.
Over the course of a couple of months, my mom paid her a total of $12,763.66 in good faith. Unfortunately, here is what actually happened:
The Electrical Work: Completed improperly and had to be completely torn out and reworked by a licensed professional for safety reasons.
The Trim Work: Done poorly enough that it had to be entirely ripped out and redone, new materials had to be bought because what she used was completely ruined. As you can tell in the picture.
The Financial Trail: Zero receipts were ever provided for the $12,763.66 sent over multiple payments (asked to send to her girlfriend/wife).
The Current Status: After paying $12,763.66 and having to pay additional money out-of-pocket to fix the substandard electrical and trim work--we are now being asked to pay more money for the painting that was originally discussed.
We have documented the money trail, the lack of receipts, and the botched work that had to be fixed. We are going to pursue reporting her to the necessary places.
Please protect your homes, insist on written contracts with detailed scopes of work, demand receipts for every dollar, and think twice before hiring Shirley's Painting LLC. read more