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College Works Painting Complaint - Worst Paint Job Ever - Painting Contractor

Painting Contractor - Complaint
Review by ceebs on 2007-09-25
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA -- I had College Works paint my house last year and it was unprofessional, poorly done, sloppy and they left my home a mess. I complained several times; they sent out one service person to verify yet the fix-it painters never came. Sent several pictures to a company executive who told me it was "the worst paint job I've ever seen by any company." Yet they've never made it up, made repairs, finished cleaning--and now the original job is already peeling and nailheads are showing through.

They are all talk, no action and did a wholly unprofessional job for a professional price.


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College Works painters - overspray College Works Painters - Poor quality 1 Poor paint job 2
Poor paint job 3 Oil stained field stone Bad window painting job
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Posted by Frenchie on 2007-09-25:
That's what you get when you hire college kids to do your painting. They just don't know how. I know for my family has been in the painting business for a hundred years. You probably got a lower price and snow job than from a legitimate paint contractor. Truthfully I have no sympathy.
Posted by justcuz3993 on 2007-09-25:
I have to agree with Frenchie. When it comes to things like having your house painted, it's better to pay more for a quality, long lasting job then a cheap, shabby job, as you have found out.
Posted by Sparticus on 2007-09-26:
I worked for one of these outfits when I was in college... I felt bad for the first few homes we did since most of us where trainees and had no real painting experience. They taught us the basics in a 2 hour class and then we were basically expected to paint houses like we'd been doing it for years.
Posted by Jop on 2007-09-26:
I know how you feel. I hired the most expensive contractor in the area because I was told I would get a first class paint job. The owner came out and painted for about 30 minutes then turned the job over to Arturo, I think a newcomer from Mexico. The contractor admitted he was being paid 10 bucks an hour. The job cost me about 75 to 80 bucks an hour and I paid for the paint. My job looks about like yours. I doubt I will ever see any of them again.
Posted by jenjenn on 2007-09-26:
I hired a contractor to paint my condo. He had good references, so I didn't think much of it. We did negotiate the price, but this was something he agreed to & was paid accordingly. He did a half azz job and basically said, "You get what you pay for." Sorry - HE was the one to agree to the lower price, but I ended up paying the price because he did a terrible job. If I wanted it to look unprofessional, I could have done it myself...for free!!! Live and learn...that's for sure!
Posted by moneybags on 2007-09-26:
Call a well-known realtor/real estate company in your city and ask for references for a painter. If anyone has experience with good painters, it's realtors. Or call a local paint store. They have names of good painters, too.
Posted by s.z. on 2012-07-07:
from a one man painting operator - i don't hire workers any more because the whole field is saturated with illegals that work cheap $10 hr more of less -cash - no taxes - plus they don't know what they are doing - if you are going to spend a good sum of money then call their previous jobs - call the insurance company make sure it is up to date - if they drop off workers make sure they look like they know what they are doing or stop the job - make them put in writing all details of job including end date - instead of 3 large payments , pay as job progresses , do a background check on the internet to make sure you are not hiring a criminal including workers - and the list goes on - hire american workers - its good for the economy

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