Pros:
-They were very quick to come in for an estimate, did a detailed job of reviewing the scope and providing a well laid-out quote sheet. Once the quote was agreed to, it all went down hill from there.
Cons:
- This is a franchise business with no sense of ownership pride and respect for customer service or satisfaction.
- Mitch, the estimator/sales rep provided zero input in terms of colour consultation, paint type selection, etc. All he did was drop off a fan deck and left it all to us to decide. When we asked for professional suggestions or recommendations, none were provided. When we asked for additional paint samples to make it easier for us to decide, they said they would charge us for extra paint samples !!!!
- Alex/Ali was assigned as project manager, who never showed up at our house before, during or after the job was complete to do a walk through. He didnt even bother sending the scope of work to the poor painters that they had subcontracted from out of town. I had to personally walk the painters through the scope and tell them what they had to do, and they had no choice but to take my word for it. The PM only showed up 2 days later to pickup a cheque.
- Part of our scope was to stain the deck and it was agreed that we would pay based on number of manhours. When the job was completed I confirmed with the painters that they only spent 12 hours. The bill I received was for 36 hours. When I confronted them, they said they made a mistake and it should be 27 hours. When I told them the painter says he spent 12 hours, they said sorry for the misunderstanding, we will correct the bill to show that amount, but then the PM showed up at the house again asking for a pmt for 27 hours. I refused to make pmt until they show 12 hours on a revised bill. Then I got a threatening email from Mitch saying that it cost them 36 hours, so I have to pay them the full amount right away. After I escalated the issue to the owner, I got an email from the owner, not even apologizing, just saying that there was a misunderstanding and he has revised the invoice to show 12 hours.
- After I made the pmt, I heard from the painters that the owner had taken the amount off of their cheque.
Basically these guys marked up their cost by more than 100% and provided absolutely zero value for me. I would have been much better off finding local painters myself, paying half the amount and saving myself the headache of dealing with a group of people who obviously have no hesitation to take advantage of their customers or subcontractors.