
Serving Avila Beach, CA and surrounding areas
Approved
In business since 2017
Free estimates
Emergency services offered
"We hired Diamond Finish Painting and Stain to repaint the entire interior of our home and found the crew a pleasure to work with, but communication from the owner who bid the job and works to be performed rather lacking. The crew clearly was not informed that the owner had promised in writing daily clean up, limiting the tools and materials to areas being worked in over even which surfaces were to be painted. In addition, the owner/contractor gave a 2.5-week schedule with a maximum time of three weeks and said 4 people would be working on the job to get it done in this time frame. While there was one day that four people worked on the house, the majority of the time there were only two. The job was completed in four weeks. The two primary members of the crew working on the job were both very nice and accommodating towards requests and reminders of things the owner had assured us would be done (in writing). Little things like limiting the washout of tools to one area instead of every sink in the hose and around several hose bis outside or dumping paint residue on the lawn, in hedges, or just the ground. Other things to be aware of. We have had several houses painted in the past 5 years and never had a contractor who did not at least attempt to use dust prevention methods when sanding surfaces like door jambs. We were shocked and dismayed that the crew was neither provided with nor used any type of dust vacuum when power sanding, nor did they wear respirators to avoid inhaling dust and debris when sanding. The end result of this was that after having our house painted we needed to spend an additional $700 to have our vents cleaned and a professional clean service professional vacuum the entire house despite the fact that we removed all furniture from the house ( except 1 oversized sofa and table in the family room) before the crew began work. All and all, the work performed was solid work. The painting looks nice and while not perfect it would likely not be noticeable to most people. We have since had both our contractor and real estate broker over to see the finished interior and both commented virtually the same that while, not the best work they have seen, that most people would not notice the imperfections that they do. Diamond Painting and finish were one of 6 bids we received for painting the inside of our home. They were the third-highest bid and almost double the two lowest bids, but ultimately we felt most comfortable with the sales pitch and commitments that the owner/contractor made and choose them. The finished painting is definitely a 4 in our opinion but the level of service, required follow-up from us, additional costs to clean the house, and time it took to complete the job definitely bring the overall rating of the work down."



































