We signed a contract with Odell Painting to have them paint the entire interior of our house, (ceilings, walls and trim). We left them the keys to our house so they could prep and paint while we were away on vacation for 8 days. When we returned, we discovered that they had not painted any of the 4 upstairs room with the scrubbable paint that they had suggested that they use and that had been specced in the contract. They finally agreed to repaint the master bedroom and bath and one additional room with the scrubbable paint, but refused to paint the other two rooms with the scrubbable paint. They did however, agree to paint the remaining rooms with the proper paint. When it was time to paint the living room, they started painting the wall with the wrong color! A few days later, they started repainting the living room and again, started painting with the wrong color!! The third time's the charm, finally the correct color on the walls! Unfortunately, with fresh paint on the wall, the poor prep work became apparent. We had numerous other quality issues. Trim that was supposed to be sanded, primed and painted with two coats of paint was so thin that the original color showed through. Doors that were supposed to be primed and painted with two coats of paint had spots that had been totally missed. What are the odds that you could miss the exact same spot three times?! The paint on the edge of one of the doors started to peel off after a few days. These are just the highlights, thin paint on some walls, totally missed spots on some walls, just an overall unprofessional and sloppy job. We had paint dripped on our wood floors, paint on kitchen cabinets and our bedroom furniture. Very, very sloppy work. His lack of urgency in completing this job, contracted to be done on or about November 13th, forced us to delay other contractors scheduled to come in after the painting was finished. In the end, after bringing up these issues to the owner of the company and asking him to remedy the problems, on November 20th he informed us that he was 20 hours over and stated that there was "no fat left in this job". On November 22, he told us that we could keep his final payment and that he was not going to return to finish the job. He picked up his equipment the next morning. I would not, under any circumstances, recommend this company to anyone looking for a quality, professional job.
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