Polyzos Painting Inc

It was a positive experience. I would tell people to definitely give them a call. They did everything well.

Excellent skill and service! I had Bill Polyzos come to the house for an estimate. He gave me a guaranteed price which was reasonable-- actually a bargain. His brother Lambros brought their team the next week, and quickly went to work transforming the entire interior of the house. They stripped the wallpaper, painted every surface which had originally been painted, fixed small wall problems, and made it look Brand New. And, as luck would have it, and unusual warm period in February occurred. They were able to squeeze in the exterior painting of the whole house except for the brick during those two warm days. The Polyzos' attention to detail was impeccable. It gave the house a complete makeover from top to bottom. Polyzos Painters also only use Sherwin Williams paints, so you'll get the best quality! They did such an amazing job on this house, that my neighbors hired them as well. I cannot recommend the Polyzos Team highly enough.

The workers were on time.  Did all the work with a minimum of fuss and muss and put everything they could back when finished.  The bookcases had to be a few inches from the wall so that the paint could dry for a day or two.  The patching and the work are so well done you can't see there was any damage.  And you can't notice that the paint is fresher than the two walls next to it.  They left the paint they did not use so I shall pain the rest of the walls when I get time this summer.  I am extremely pleased with the work and the workers were very nice, too.  I want them to come and paint my bedroom and fix some ceiling cracking (they are plaster walls and ceilings) later this year.  The owner of the company came by to survey the work when completed.  Very impressed with this company.  An excellent job. <br />

<p>2015</p> <p>Went very well.   Great preparation and followup on missed areas. </p> <br />

The work was done by 1 person. He was very efficient and focused and completed the work in 2 days. I was having company coming and everything looked fresh and amazing. I can't remember the exact price - but I remember thinking it was very reasonable. <br />

Their work is excellent and I would highly recommend them. <br />

They showed up as planned and did the job.  They were quick, price was good, and I have used them man times.  Unfortunately, they let their lead certified certificate expire, so they cannot paint house build before 1979.  I hope they renew it soon, as I have used them to paint apartments in the past, but cannot hire them now due to it expiring. <br />

They were highly rated by Angie's List. We got 3 estimates for painting the inside of our house. 2 of them came to $5000 or $6000 and these guys came at $2000. The difference was that they felt that the guys we hired felt that one coat would do it. It did pretty much, but there were spots that they missed, and we had to call them a couple of times. You could see brush strokes, and they said that that is the way it is close to the ceiling. We weren' really pleased.  The price was good.

One guy showed up on time and ran a sprayer.  He seemed to know what he was doing.  I had to go to work and left, but my wife says they worked about 7 hrs.  I came back and they had only applied about 11 gallons of stain. I had about 15 which was probably on the low end of application level.  The application was very uneven and many parts were unstained.  The gates were unstained on the interior and any surface that was in a crevice was unsprayed.  Most of the cross supports were unstained. There were runs on the picket posts and uneven application. He also sprayed the gate hardware, which is unbelievably sloppy.  Some of the fence was not even stained at all.  I called the owner, Mr. Polyzos, and he said he could not reach the painter but would send him out again.  He came without calling while I was away and then had to return later.  I spoke with him about the problems, but was unsure if he understood me.  I left him to his work.  He tried to remove the stain from the gate hardware, but appears to have removed some of the powder coat on one hinge and none of the stain on the other.  I saw him using a roller on some of the pickets and it looked pretty good.  I went to work and came back later.  I inspected the job further and the gates are still left unpainted inside as are some of the cross supports.  The application is generally very uneven and any surface that would require detailed work, such as the top between the post caps and rails has been left untouched.  I would not hire these people again.  One man worked about 10 hrs and did a half-a$$ed job and took $800 from me.

They had very good rating on Angies List and the guy who gave us the estimate was the owner of the company and we asked him if he had any pictures of his latest projects.  He was very confident of his work and he said that we don’t need any pictures and in his words they are perfect.  We went with them even though they had the highest quote.  We thought that though the estimate is high their standard of their work would match with the high prices.  On the first day they appeared with a set of people and on the next day the guys changed.  They were very unprofessional as well.  Their clothing was kind of offensive specially while working.  The head of the crew showed up on both days but the rest of the guys changed.  We were surprised because if you were working for 40 years you would be having a certain team to work with and you don’t change the people every day.  My husband and I painted a wall and comparing our work with theirs and our work was cleaner and better than theirs though we are not professionals.  It took my husband the whole night to paint just one wall.  That was the main kitchen wall and it had several windows and we were painting the wall red.  So my husband decided that the whole job is taking too long so we decided to hire someone and we paid around $2200 for the whole project and it did not turn out the way we wanted it to.  It is brand new house and they did not even bother to spreading a sheet on the carpet and there were paint everywhere. 

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<p>On 3/13 I discussed with Mr Lambros Polyzos the job he quoted on 3/7 and my timeline to have things completed in order to have the house cleaned and prepped for a professional photographer who was going to reshoot all the newly repainted rooms.  I asked how long the job would take, and Mr Polyzos said he would send over a crew and have the job completed in 3 days. The cost we agreed on was $3000. He said he could not start the job until the following Monday (3/17) or Tuesday (3/18), but in any case the job would definitely be completed by Thursday (3/20).  It was going to be tight, but my photographer agreed to shoot the hous early Friday (3/21) and have the finished edited fusion photographs by later that same day.</p> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <p>I began the projects I was working on (including removing wallpaper for a powder room the painters ware going to paint).</p> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <p>I checked with Mr Polyzos over the weekend to confirm the start date, and he said he was still trying to determine a Monday or Tuesday start date. On Monday (3/21) morning he called at 8:14am  and let me know they were starting that morning which I was pleased to hear. (I thought , perhaps they will finish Wednesday which would be 3 days.)</p> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <p>I live in Virginia, and each day after work, I would head over to this Gaithersburg, Maryland property and work for several hours. On Monday when I arrived the crew had already left, and I could see that they were well on their way, but it did not seem like a third of the way along.</p> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <p>Tuesday night when I arrived after work the crew had already gone. There was more work complete, but definitely not 2/3rds, and this is where I began getting concerned. I called Mr. Polyzos at 5:59pm and said as a minimum they should be ½ done, and I don't see that. I need this to be complete Thursday as discussed. He said he was in contact with their lead painter and was told it would definitely be done on time.</p> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <p>On Wednesday at 3:13pm I called Mr Polyzos to inquire about progress and again asked if they would be done in time. Mr Polyzos this time said that if they didn't finish Thursday, it would be completed by Friday morning. Trying to be flexible, I agreed and then contacted my work and requested ½ days off work for Thursday and Friday so I can be there with friends to get things cleaned and ready for the photographer.</p> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <p>On Thursday morning I called Mr Polyzos at 9:49am. He reported the crew was working and things were on track. I left work at noon, picked up friends and was at the house a little after 3pm with my friends and the real-estate agent but did not see any painters. I called Mr Polyzos who said that the painters had left early for another job but said that they would definitely be done in the morning. I walked the house to access their progress and made a list of what still needed to be done. Not a single room they were working on was finished, and at least one had not even been started. The house was a disaster with painting materials and trash everywhere. I again called Mr Polyzos and expressed my concern that they could not finish in time, that I had a photographer scheduled in the afternoon the next day, and the house had to definitely be shot that day for the listing to go live for the weekend buyer rush. Mr Polyzos assured me the house would be complete in the morning. All in all I had 7 calls with Mr Polyzos expressing my concern about finishing on time as well as other concerns: the master bathroom paint I found to be the wrong color and powder room paint that I did not see anywhere in the house. My friends and I worked till nearly 2am doing what we could around the rest of the house to make it ready, then drove back to Va. The next morning, I spoke to the photographer, who I pushed back to 3:30pm that day (the latest he could shoot and still return the photographs that same day).</p> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <p>On Friday before leaving work, I contacted Mr Polyzos at 11:46am; the message was short, but there was no indication that there would be any problems. I arrived between 1pm and 2pm to finish prepping the house for the photographer. When I arrived, it still looked like a disaster. I walked around in astonishment. For the first time I saw the painting crew, consisting of two painters. I called Mr Polyzos at 2:13pm. I began my conversation with "This is Patrick McNeil, I am very very upset sir. You assured me things would be done by noon at the very latest. I am here after 2 to do last min prep for the photographer who is driving out from Virginia and will be here at 3:30. What am I supposed to do?" Mr. Polyzos reply was to ask the painters to stop painting and begin picking up their mess for the photographer. I said almost all the rooms are not done, and there is a mess everywhere. I tried to explain to him, this is a professional photographer and his photographs use custom lighting and multiple fusion exposures to capture all the depth and detail of the rooms being shot. <br /> <br /> <br />  <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> I told Mr. Polyzos I would look around and access what could be done. I walked around, made a list of everything that needed to be done. I then called the agent to consult, and he recommended we abort the weekend saying the initial listing and first weekend are the most important to have just right (and we were not even remotely close). That's why it was off the market the last 3 weeks getting everything perfect.</p> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <p>I spoke to the lead painter and went over my list. He agreed with everything that had to be done and agreed it would not even be completed that day. I called the photographer and advised him that I had been lied to and that the house was not ready after all, and requested he abort and allow me to schedule him for a later date when it was completed. He agreed. I spoke to the painter and informed him I had sent the photographer home. The painter then informed me that he was not the original crew, that another crew started the job but quit (something I was unaware of).</p> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <p>I could not even get myself to call Mr. Polyzos I was so furious. Instead, at 2:49pm I sent a polite text: "After consulting with the agent, we have to abort the photographer. There is no way the house is ready for photography, the listing is ready to go live, but I have to now wait until your guys are done and can schedule him to come back. I have showed your painter the list of things that remain, and he agrees and will work to complete"</p> <p>Five (5) hours later at 7:53 pm, Mr Polyzos replied with "No Problem. Thanks"</p> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <p>On Saturday I returned late in the afternoon to see if the work had been completed. The painter was there working diligently, and had enlisted the help of his young boys to help with clean up. I walked around and accessed the situation. Things were starting to look like a house again with most the walls now painted, and in more cases than not, just trim work, and clean up  remaining. The work that had been completed looked very nice. I walked around and again made a list of things to be completed. The painter agreed and said he hoped to have it all done the following day, Sunday.</p> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <p>I am unsure how much if any of the blame goes to the actual painter/s. It's clear to me that Mr Polyzos is to blame for repeated lies and the inability to resource and track his company's projects. The cost to about this critical window to list a 600k plus home is not completely known yet, but in direct costs alone, it exceeds $1000 easily. Indirectly , it will take me some more time to fully calculate. I will have to go out again, inspect, prep, and then take another afternoon off to schedule and meet up with the photographer. All can say is this-- I will never never ever recommend this painting company. I do no

Prompt with estimate and was significantly the best of several cost estimates from Angie List recommended painters.  Arrived promptly on scheduled date and finished the job as promised.  Good quality work and very professional.  Would use them again. <br />

Very very well. The estimate was completed promptly.  The crew arrived at the designated time and got right to work.  They were professional, friendly and thorough.  I had samples of the precise paint I wanted for the garage door. The foreman went out purchased exactly what was required while the remainder of the crew started work on the trim.  I was impressed with how meticulous they were in areas that required particular attention to detail. They were very responsive to my requests throughout the day.  Even in dealing with the only "issue," I give them very high marks.  There were a handful of windows that were soiled by the product they used to clean some areas of trim, as required.  When I called  the owner, there were no questions; he promptly dispatched his team to clean the windows, some of which were on the second floor.  I consider this exceptional responsiveness for what was minor issue.  Last week, I was asked by someone who had painted the house and if I would recommend them. I did so enthusiastically.  Great job. <br />

The owner drove by the property and gave me a price the day I call.  They began work the next day.  They did a great job!!  Could not be happier! <br />

Our property management company arranged the estimate and the timing of the painting job for us prior to us moving back into our house after renting it out, so we did not schedule it ourselves or deal with the company directly.  We found the price of the job to be very reasonable.  The walls, trim and ceilings looked great.  However, over time, we noticed many small paint splatters on curtains, curtain rods, the floor, faucets and fixtures.  This is especially disappointing as the house was entirely empty during the painting job, other than the curtains, which are very easy to take down and put back up.  It would have been very easy to appropriately tape off and place dropcloths to avoid the splatters, and a supervisor or crew chief should have been on top of making sure that was done.  Overall, great price and good quality, other than the splatters. <br />

They were very prompt in responding to my call, giving an estimate and completing the job. I told them that I thought I had a possible leak in my roof and wanted to have it repaired before the painting started. They assured me that they could look at it and fix it if necessary. They did this and painted very nicely! I would highly recommend Polyzos and am pplanning to use them again in the future. <br />

Great response and quick. Good service and did <br />Job quickly at a reasonable price. <br />

He did a good job. His prices were half of the other company I got an estimate from.

They were great! <br />

Offered a reasonable price and he was very accommodating.

Called for an estimate and they came within hours. Quoted the best possible price and started the work the next day. The 2 day job was finished in 1 day and they did a second hallway at no charge. <br />

They are the best. I have referred them to several friends that have used them. It was a fraction of all the other estimates. They are very prompt and they keep all their appointments. They clean up completely after themselves. They do excellent work and they stand by their work. I would use them again in a blink of an eye.

Some of the things he did were good; if I had bad boards he offered to replace the boards and that was helpful. However, I told him exactly what kind of paint I wanted him to use and he didn't do it. He said the color would be exactly the same, it wasn't. Also, he finished the work when I wasn't here. I had gone out of town, gotten back about a week later and I noticed how this structure by my walkway was falling down on one side. Somebody stood on it and busted it loose. He had not done one thing to fix what his workers had broken. I had to fix it myself. Not the kind of person I ever want to work with again. The quality of the paint job is fine, it's lasting nicely but it is the wrong paint. I did not think it was very professional for him not to use the kind of paint I wanted.

I am so unbelievably impressed by this company. I called Polyzos last week, and Bill, the owner, came to do the estimate. He was so easy to work with and was incredibly accommodating, and I felt like the quote was reasonable and fair. I originally scheduled the painting to be done today, Friday 1/4/13 but I had to reschedule to yesterday and Bill said it wasn't a problem. I also wanted to use a different brand of paint then they normally use, and he had absolutely no problem with that either! <br /> I was told by the owner that his crew would be there between 8:15 and 8:30. They were there at 8:20am. I love it when people are on time. Not too early and definitely not late. Lambros, Bill's brother, was overseeing and helping the 4 other painters that came to my house. He was great, and his crew were great also. They were very friendly,  hard working and knowledgeable about painting! Lambros fixed my door in no time at all. He was very diligent and checked all of his painters work. When they were done they cleaned up after themselves. They finished the whole first floor of my house in 8.5 hours! <br /> I cant even explain in words how happy I was walking into my home after work last night and seeing what a great job they did. I am ecstatic that I now have a go to painting company. I will definitely use them again and I will be telling all my friends and family in the area to use them as well! <br />