
Serving Fortville, IN and surrounding areas
Approved
In business since 2004
Free estimates
Warranties offered
"I contacted the company over the phone. I'd tried to use the Angies List contact system, but that didn't go anywhere. The Office Manager, Gail, answered the phone, took my information and set up a time for Tom to come and look over what I needed done and give me a quote. Tom showed up on time and we went over everything. It was either that day or the next when I got a quote from them via email thru their quoting system. This is the first negative. As of this writing, their quoting system is new to them and seems to not work well. I responded to their email with a couple of clarification questions and then I just waited. After several days of no reply, I called and talked to Gail and she told me that they are new to this system and are still working out the bugs. After that I either emailed her or Tom directly or called them and those were much better solutions for getting things done. I got a contract from the company and I signed and submitted it with a check for 50% of the balance. I was told that it would be 5-6 weeks before I'd see them, and that time frame worked out to be just about on the nose. The crew showed up on a Thursday to do the power washing and then came the next day to do the painting. The guy who was heading the power washing crew had a question about painting the gutters and downspouts and I told him that was in the contract. He seemed confused about it and contacted the office to confirm. The bottom-line positive things are that they showed up on time, did an excellent job of replacing bad wood, calking, and doing the actual painting. They cleaned up well after the job was done. Overall, I’m satisfied with the job and what I paid them to get it done. Here are the negative things. They’re not huge but need to be mentioned. As noted above there was some confusion about the gutters and downspouts. We cleared that up quickly, but still not sure why there was a question. Second, they were supposed to replace all of the soffit vents on the second story and then paint them. I noted after lunch that although it looked like they were nearly done painting the soffit, the vents hadn’t been changed out. There was a bit of a communication problem, even with the crew boss, whose command of English was OK, but not sure we were communicating well. At any rate the vents got done, but I’m not sure they would have if I’d not mentioned it to him. The bottom line for me about the negative things is that there seems to be a disconnect between what's in the contract and what the guys know to do. If I'd not said anything to the one guy would anyone have known to do the soffit vents? The same thing applies to painting the gutters and downspouts. Something triggered them to start on the soffit vents. I do know that they'd started loading up their ladders and painting equipment like they were done before the vents were done. One other minor complaint is that I would have liked for someone to do a final walk around with me, preferably before they loaded up all their equipment to make sure that I was satisfied with the job. I'm not a terribly picky person, but I do like to get what I paid for. The crew did a really good job. Everything looks nice and fresh and I know that a lot of questionable wood got replaced. I would use this company again. My suggestions to them are as follows. Either trash the quoting system or until they get it working properly, follow up everything with an email outside the quoting system. The second thing is to make sure your crew knows everything that needs to be done. Third, the crew boss or someone from the company needs to communicate throughout the day about any issues. Fourth, they ought to do a walk around before loading up to make sure the customer is happy. Finally, Tom did a good job getting me the quote and working with me until the contract was done. Gail in the office was super."





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