Do not use this company. They have been stringing me along for almost a month for an estimate…read more After patiently waiting a 10 days or so I contacted them on 26 March and they said they would have my estimate on the 27th I waited another 10 days after Easter holiday only to receive an unprofessional message that they're very busy and I still have not received anything. They're obviously looking for bigger jobs. Do not use this company. also do not be fooled by the very politeness of the son Harold the father should have better management of his son. They both came, but obviously there's no oversight. Shameful.

Poor workmanship, poor customer service. Did a small EIFS project for me in Aug. 2024 and not even…read morea year later there are rust spots on it in multiple places. And they are getting worse. I had to email several times until they finally agreed to come out and look. Then they rescheduled. Ultimately, no one ever showed up. And they haven't answered my emails or the voicemails I've left on two lines. Guess the warranty wasn't worth the paper it was printed on!

I have used Cook and Sons for 15 years. They finished my basement, painted the interior of my home…read morea number of times and painted the exterior of my home. The staff is professional and extremely courteous. They are just great at their jobs.

Cook & Sons Plastering Contractors are the best in the business. I had the walls and ceilings in…read moremy 1912-era house refurbished by Mr. Cook and his team. Plaster is so important to deaden sound transmission between row houses and the appearance of a plaster wall has a certain luminous quality that sheetrock can't give. Mr. Cook examined every wall to find any hollow spots where the plaster had separated from the lath, and looked at the plans to be sure openings for thermostat or receptacles would be left open, or whether access was needed behind a tub. The process took days and the end result is perfection. Thank you!

Our stucco house in Arlington was built in 1913 as a tenant farmer's cottage, was last painted more…read morethan 25 years ago, and had numerous spots where the stucco had given away or fallen off. Mr. Kovalevski responded quickly for the initial estimate and gave a thorough explanation of what ideally should be done, as well as what could be done within my budget. To be sure of a price on the latter, he came out three more times to take measurements and assess the work needed. Once we had a contract the work was scheduled promptly and accomplished in the range of time allowed -- actually on the shorter end of the range. The crew was polite, efficient, and worked hard. I dreaded the job, but by the end I was a very satisfied customer. I highly recommend Intex Plastering.

INTEX Plastering specializes in working with stucco exteriors for private homes and commercial…read morebuildings. They transformed my house in NW DC from being one of the worst looking homes on the street, to one of the best looking homes on the street. If you need to have exterior stucco repaired or covered with a new layer of stucco, you need to call INTEX.

My stucco was FILTHY. The caulk was peeling and it had small holes all over. It was just in…read moreall-around bad shape. In two days, Worldgate made it look brand new! I was amazed it came so clean. Paul, the owner, got back to my request for an estimate the same day and the work was quickly scheduled and finished. The price was very fair for all the work involved. I wish every service I contract for would go this smoothly.

I waited over a month to get an estimate one for damage done by a lawn company and another one for…read morean estimate that I would take care of other areas of my house. So the other day I receive one not two estimates that's confusing me one estimate for both projects when I specifically requested two different estimates and waited an inordinate amount of time with several requests to get the estimate and then the guy sends me an estimate for one price not splitting off the two different things. Then he mentions the wrong side of damage garage when I had several different areas of concern lack of attention to detail for sure. Mr. Riggs does not respond to text messages or phone messages. It's frustrating to deal with him. Unfortunately, I gave him a sample which I'm sure I'll never see back. I requested him to return my sample of stucco back to me, I would not deal with this company. They take too long and they require numerous nudges from the customer to receive a simple estimate and this is not even summertime when it's busy it's low season so don't deal with this company. I had bad vibes not worth it.

I was very impressed with Mitchell at first. I was so happy to find a painter that I could use on…read morethis job and future jobs, so I thought. He was able to show me examples of his work and give me a quote on the spot. After he knew I was going with his firm, things turned a bit sour. I wanted to chat about a few things so he told me to call at 5 o'clock the next day. I called at 5 o'clock the next day and he seemed a bit irritated. So I asked him if it was a good time to talk. He said well if you want to talk with a toddler around. He was quite curt. He told ME to call him AT 5! The next day I reminded him he told me that I should call at that time and he was still complaining about talking with his child around. If you do not have a baby sitter do not ask clients to call you. I thought he would apologize for his rudeness, he didn't. Instead, I believed I was apologizing. Nuts. Then, I realized I had to remove two medicine cabinets that would leave holes in the walls that would need drywall patches. I told him about that and he said it would be $50 each extra just to do the drywall patches. Fine. Then a couple weeks later he said well are those the kind of cabinets that are hung on the wall or leave a hole when removed. I said there are holes. He proceeded to tell me then that that would probably be more than $50. So, if there are nail holes in the wall it's $50, but if there is a drywall hole it's more? I do not understand that. Mind you, I have emails where he actually wrote "confirmed" on items/clarifications to make sure they were included in the contract. I knew to do that because of the way his contract was written. Apparently, his contract only goes one way, his way. He states specifically that his contract is the entire contract: "Exclusions--Anything not mentioned in scope." I had in the contract to paint the outdoor shutters and white dry lock on the exposed cinderblock walls in the "downstairs laundry room." He's talking to me on the phone the day before, obviously not reading his own contract, and he says the shutters were not included, but he says that's okay. I reminded him they were in the contract. The next day when he goes to start work, he tells me the entire basement is not included. Mind you, he agreed to use dry lock in the "downstairs laundry room." There is no exposed cinderblock in the home except in the laundry room in the basement. He told me he didn't have the basement in any of his notes or video and he asked me if I remember going down there with him. I said I didn't remember. I reminded him of the cinderblock dry lock paint and he said well I assumed that was in the ground level - - so he didn't refer to his video that would clearly not show any exposed cinderblock above ground level ? Mind you, the contract states "Prep and paint all walls, ceilings, trim, and doors throughout the home." Well, he asked for an additional $2800 more. When I said no, it's just getting too expensive for me he dropped it to $2500 more (the contract was already ~$11,000). Mind you, he contracted with me to do the entire home. He reneged on his contract. What was I going to do? Take him to court? I need my home painted and I don't want someone to be forced to paint and do a bad job. Not saying that he would do a bad job, but I also needed it done as soon as possible. At a minimum, he should've owned up to the error. Instead, he tried to put the blame on me because I did not go in the basement with him. Seriously? If he had owned up to the mistake and given me a much better price, I probably would've gone with him. Mind you, his crew was already there and he had started putting paper down in a few rooms. He probably lost more money taking his crew away and losing a day of scheduled painting. I am just very disappointed. I think he probably would do a beautiful job, but I can't go with someone who changes the price while at the job. Is it my responsibility to walk into every room with him to make sure he has every room in his notes and video?

I absolutely had a wonderful experience with this company for interior and wallpaper removal! Very…read moreamazing job on our condo! We were very impressed with how quickly the services were done and how friendly the staff are! They even came out to us right after a huge snow storm! We will use again and highly recommend!

Update: Apparently if you are critical and review CPC you will be called out as a coward, a…read moreschemer, and accused of racial bias by the owner. All because I was following the condo associations rules, especially since my wife is the president of the board, as mentioned. It's a bold strategy cotton, let's see if it pays off for him! He also fails to mention that his conversation with Crystal (a black woman since we're mentioning race) took place 3 days before the job was to be done (and almost 3 weeks after he told me he'd send over the COI). I also paid the deposit for the job and secured the date on May 4th (not the 19th as insinuated). All I have to say is that if you do business with Willie...good luck! I had hired Cabarello Painters twice before for my rental property, so they were my go-to hire to paint my condo before new tenants were moving in. I called up Willie (the owner) and scheduled about a month ahead of time as we had a tight timeframe between move out and move in. I paid the deposit to secure the slot. At the time of booking, I informed Willie that per my condo building's rules he had to sign a Certificate of Insurance (COI). This is required for all venders (plumbers, movers, contractors) that do work in the building as it is a high rise. No other contractors/vendors I have used had any issues providing the signed COI per the building's instructions. Willie initially pushed back on this, but after I confirmed the requirements with my Building Manager, he told me that he would "send it to me tomorrow." About two weeks later I had still not received the COI from Cabarello painters, so I followed up again with Willie, who told me he had sent it, and to ask the Building Manager to "check her spam folder." After confirming that the manager didn't receive anything, I asked Willie a 3rd time if he could provide the required COI. Instead of sending it over, he asked to speak directly to my Building Manager, so I provided the required contact information. After their conversation he called me back angrily stating, "They want me to cover everything to the left, right and above and below - F&%K that, man!" I later found out that he took a similar tone with my Building Manager as well. Three weeks after accepting the job, he told me that he would not be able to do it and he would refund the deposit. I now was left with only a few days to schedule new painters in the tight timeframe between move out and move in. If Willie had simply been honest up front and told me that he could not or did not want to do the job because of the insurance requirements for vendors, I would have understood and simply found another painter, which I ultimately had to do under extreme time pressure. Instead, I was lied to multiple times and treated very poorly, especially for a repeat customer. I was very disappointed that this happened because I had used Cabarello painters before at my rental property and was satisfied. Finally, to add insult to injury, my deposit was paid back to me after a month, instead of the 15 days that Willie had promised me on the phone and I was not refunded a "materials" fee, which he had never mentioned. Unfortunately, it seems to be Willie's MO - telling you one thing and then doing another. After hiring Cabarello Painters for multiple jobs in the past I will not hire them again.

We hired Willie to do a large painting job on my house a few years back. His workers did a decent…read morejob, so I called him a few years later for a wallpaper install on an office. He quoted me $1800 which I agreed to because I have never had wall paper installed and I assumed that's the going rate. It did not include prep or moving furniture. He asked me to have the contractor who was working on my basement complete the prep, which we did, but it was not good enough. After an aggressive discussion over the phone with Willie, I asked his wallpaper installers to leave and I went forward to hire a new company. I receive two quotes from two separate companies for prep, furniture moving, and install one for $400 and one for $650. Willies price was three times that. I advise you get three quotes before hiring Willies company and also be advised that he has quite the temper. I will just copy and paste the text from the owner of this business to me. It is outrageous and completely Unprofessional.

We had Jacinto and his crew come to our house to look at EIFS repair work we needed to get done due…read moreto a new roof being put on the house. They were fantastic with handling our schedule, as well as, taking the extra step in showing us the color and texture as well (since it needed to blend in). He was fair priced and stared on the job until it was complete.

We needed to redo the stucco on our under deck patio. It turns out that the fine graded stucco…read moresought in our project required a delicate process, more delicate than a previous contractor was able to deliver. Lazarte did an outstanding job: if you want a job done by experts, hire Jacinto and his crew. They are no-nonsense professionals. As good as it gets.

As a realtor, I've worked with Jose on dozens of client homes over the past 10+ years. He's…read moreconsistently reliable, communicative, and delivers high-quality work every time. My clients are always happy, which is what matters most. Highly recommend for any painting or handyman needs.

See photos, the house was all taped up in blue tape. I've used Jose for window cleaning and to…read morepaint one of the new homes I built. Long story short he doesn't know what he's doing with paint. Didn't even attempt to sand the walls for texture bumps, no primer on wood or walls. Then he ran out of paint and mixed in water which created a mold like appearance. The clients hated the paint and another painter spent 3 days fixing his mess. He was quick to request payment though, but had no respect for the property and I would never hire him again.