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"They did a fabulous job. They really are amazing Even the people in my neighborhood noticed the big tranformation of my house"

"Randy and his team worked diligently to paint the rooms I specified on our walk through. They arrived on time everyday. All of his employees were friendly and helpful, answering any questions my wife or I had. We felt that the price quoted was reasonable, but Randy and his team went above and beyond (filling cracks, screws that poped in the drywall etc). Just little things that most contractors would not concern themselves with. After seeing the quality of Affordable paintings work we had additional areas painted, also at reasonable prices. I would not hesitate to have Affordable Painting work for me again and would recommend them to family and friends. I am very very pleased with the finished product. Well worth the investment."

"Alex Williams led a team from College Works Painting and completed painting the exterior of my house in June, 2018. He was professional throughout the job, communicating regularly, and delivering quality work right on schedule. I would recommend Alex who clearly has a grasp on how to approach painting projects in this his second summer with College Works."

"The people who built our home did not prime the drywall before they put the wallpaper up.  I told Angie this when she came to look at the project.  I explained to her my experience in taking the wallpaper off and explained the walls were not primed and the first layer of drywall paper came off when I attempted to remove the wallpaper in the bathroom.  Angie seemed confident she could get the wallpaper off without ruining the drywall, so we hired her.  She also seemed pretty reasonably priced with the work I knew she was going to have to do to get the wallpaper off. There were only two walls that needed wallpaper removed and only half of each wall had wallpaper.  The ceilings are vaulted and there were only a few repairs needed to be made, but nothing out of the ordinary.  The bathroom had been painted three years ago and I just didn't like the color.  The bathroom is not large and the painting was done properly so there was no  prep work to be done in the bathroom and there were only three spots Angie wanted to replace w/ paintable caulk. <br /> Monday, Angie called before she arrived.  She showed up at 9:30 am and found her ladder was not in her van b/c her son had borrowed it.  I didn't think anything of it.  I figured kids and I laughed it off.  She worked 5 1/2 hours that day and did not remove all the wallpaper.  The wallpaper did what I knew it would do - it was not primed underneath and the drywall paper came right off with the wallpaper.  Angie told me not to worry and explained she would remove it the best should could and prime the walls with an oil based paint.  She would then sand the rough spots, skim coat and then assess. If worse came to worse she would add sand to the paint to cover up the imperfections. I really didn't want sand in the paint, but thought it'll all work out.  <br /> <p> <br /> Tuesday she didn't show until 10:00 am.  She still had no ladder and also forgot paint rollers.  My husband gave her several packs of rollers. Angie got the rest of the paper down, put the first coat of paint on in the bathroom walls and left for another job, we assume.  She showed back up around 4pm and put the oil based primer on the bedroom walls, which only took her an hour in half. She said she would be back at 10AM Wednesday, if not earlier.  <br /> Wednesday she didn't arrive until Noon, which we're assuming is b/c she went to another job in the morning.  She spent time cleaning the mud off her ladder, sanding the primer she had put on the walls and skim coated.  She worked approximately 3 hours before she ran out of skim coating for the walls.  Huh?!  Angie told my husband she doesn't skim coat all that often but had a friend who could help her with the job the next day.  Her plan was to have him do the skim coating while she finished sanding the primer and getting the second coat of paint on in the bathroom.  She planned on having her friend help her paint the ceiling.   </p> <p>Thursday she arrived with her friend at 9:30.  The second coat of paint went on in the bathroom.  The skim coating was completed and sanded.  They also spent time cleaning up.  The skim coating went well and the prep Angie did paid off b/c the walls turned out very smooth and I could not tell there had been a problem with the wallpaper removal.  They also primed the skim coat several hours after applying it.  No paint had been put on the bedroom ceiling by this point, but Angie felt she would be done Friday.  My husband was very close to firing her and just finishing the job himself.  </p> <p>Friday, Angie arrived around 9:45 am.  She did a lot of cleaning and only got part of the ceiling painted and part of the paint on the bedroom walls.  She told me she was embarrassed that the job was not done b/c she honestly thought she would get more done the day before, but her help was no help and wouldn't paint the ceiling.  She also said one corner was not drying fast enough b/c a bigger repair had to be done.  Now in her defense, I understand b/c there was almost a half an inch gap in the corner, so a lot of mud had to be put in that corner to repair it.  She also said she was not happy with her help and had never worked with him before and thought he was a better skimmer.  Before she left for the day I had pointed out a place that had a slight imperfection in the bathroom, but I told her not to worry b/c the switch cover will cover it up.  I told her twice not to worry.  I also looked at part of the caulking near a window and it really angered me at the job she did.  I did point it out and she said she was going to make it look pretty with a coat of paint. She left around 7:00 pm and again apologized saying she didn't realize this job was going to take so long.  She worked a total of eight hours Friday.    </p> <p>We inspected the work and found she had left clumps of skim coating on the bathroom wall, not even close to the switch where the imperfection was.  Clumps.  I'm talking the size of a quarter.  And this is on freshly painted walls.  My husband and I both wondered, why is she creating more work for herself?  Especially knowing she is way behind.  My husband was not happy when she left and we both decided Saturday would be her last day of work in our house whether the job was done or not.  </p> <p>I had taken one day off of work and my husband had taken three days off of work, which ended up being a waste when the person doing work for you is only working five hours one day and three hours the next.  </p> <p>Saturday Angie showed up at 9:30 am and worked until 1:30 pm and took a lunch break.  I went up to inspect and I still was not happy with the caulking.  My husband agreed.  I bit my tongue b/c I realized she needed to put a second coat of paint on.  She had attempted to match the caulk color with the color of our wood sided wall.  I wish she had asked before she had made that decision b/c I would have opted for clear caulk instead of colored caulk.  Angie came back around 3:15 pm.  Before she came back from her lunch break I received an email from her asking that we consider giving her an extra $200.00 for the extra time she spent, the extra supplies and her "skill set."   She admitted the job took longer than she thought and she won't demand the money and will honor the original bid b/c that was the right thing to do, but was just kindly asking us to consider giving her the extra money.  Before Angie left on Saturday I pointed out the caulking and she offered to fix it.  I declined.  She felt the caulk in the bathroom turned out the way it did because of the previous caulking job.  I also asked her how many hours she believed she put into the job to ask for an extra $200.00.  She replied about 30 hours.  My husband and I agreed that was pretty close to the amount she worked.  She was very apologetic and never demanded anything.  I would say she was very humble and I could tell she was embarrassed.  I decided to pay her the extra $200.00 b/c I knew the difficult job she had getting that wallpaper down and making the walls look smooth.  She did accomplish that and I am happy with that work.  My husband is not a happy customer though.  In looking around, she got paint on the carpet and on the part of the walls that were not to be painted.  I also noticed she left paint cans on my good bedroom furniture and did not cover anything when she painted.  She cleaned the best she could, but I understand when you're sanding it's a mess.  Three weeks later I'm still fi"

"Everything went well. However, Mark, the owner, overestimated the amount of paint I would need for the house. So I now have over 2 gallons of expensive paint --cannot return the paint to Sherwin Williams because it was tinted. That does not make me happy. I would rather Mark would have underestimated than overestimated. Now what do I do with that paint? <br />"

"Roofers were on time and respectful."

"I contacted Vance for two separate jobs. The first was to see if they could lay down carpet and reinstall or replace baseboards in my basement. That call was never returned and I went with another company. The second job was for painting my living room with a high cathedral wall, stairwell, and upstairs hallway. I had to call twice to get someone on the phone and eventually scheduled an appointment for a quote. Just a few hours before the scheduled appointment I got a call saying that (Jim?) got held up at a job site and asked to reschedule. For the reschedule, he was a no-show. We had planned on asking for a quote on redoing some cabinets in our kitchen while he was already out there, but the no-show cost them that additional business, along with the painting job. Additionally, we ended up deciding to just have provider we selected do our basement painting instead of doing it ourselves. <br /> It was apparent that our quote request was not important. Subsequently we won't be doing business with Vance. <br /> If we had been contacted ahead of time for the second visit, I probably would have given a 3rd chance. We however were out of time so had to make a decision and move on with our lives. <br />"

"He was very professional and all. I just thought that their estimate was a little bit high for what I need."

"He is excellent! He's meticulous, and he does an extraordinary job painting. The house looks great, and I couldn't have asked for anything better. He removed quite a bit of wallpaper, which is a time-consuming task but he went above and beyond. This isn't the first time I used him, and it won't be the last."

"Fantastic.  The water pipe had burst due to the below zero temps.  After we had a company come out and fix the pipe, Randy came out and immediately started to fix the damage from water stains and drywall damage.   The time taken to fix the area was about 12 hours due to letting the mud, sealant, and paint dry.  He was very professional and knowledgeable on the best way to fix the problem and ensured everything was done perfectly.  He answered all our questions from start to finish in detail and what we would expect to see during the duration of  the construction phase.   <br /> We will definitively call him again for any painting or drywall issues. His prices were within the budget and very reasonable for anyone's pocket book. <br />"