Abeyta Painting Llc
About us
Abeyta Painting LLC was founded in 2001 by Garret Abeyta and his wife Kim. Garret and Kim are long time Tucsonans and graduates of the University of Arizona. Garret found himself being drawn into the field of painting after being hired to help a friend painting as a part-time job while attending the university. After graduating, Garret obtained a position as an outside sales representative for a national paint supplier. During which time he quickly learned the basics of painting techniques and specifics of paint materials. Garret has always had a passion for painting and when meeting with him you can feel his excitement when discussing your project. He has exceptional paint experience and knowledge, and he has served as an expert witness in paint related lawsuits.
Business highlights
Services we offer
Commercial & Residential, Interior & Exterior Painting.
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They are real good, good work, quality paint. Nothing but the highest praise.
Abeyta also did the exterior of the house in 2013, doing an excellent job.
We were told by the owner that the inside would be painted with a roller, but they sprayed the inside of the house. When we saw the spraying, we were told they always use spaying the inside when no one is living there - not what we were first told. Spraying made a mess on the floors and over areas that were not painted (ceilings) . It took my husband 2 full days to clean the paint and all the dirt left behind. We paid in full on 4/9/2014 with the promise that the remaining items on the punch list would be completed and we are still waiting for that. In addition, they used the wrong materials to fix cracks on the garden walls and one week later the cracks were back. We are still waiting for them to repair this and two items on the punch list.
We had to go over problems many times before they got fixed. After clearly showing all the problems near job completion, we had to then repeat this with the workers. Then we were told that they didn't have the correct worker to fix some things and we had to wait some more for the plasterer to fix things and repeat this list. Some of the repairs were not to our satisfaction as we had to redo them ourselves.
The owner denied breaking a light fixture, but were were able to prove they did this and after several weeks of complaining finally got reimbursement for a new fixture. Unfortunately we were unable obtainthe glass inserts or to replace with the same fixture as it is no longer made and can't match our other bath fixtures.
Following the call into ABEYTA, Garret came out and gave us a quote. Knowing our window of dry season was coming to an end and the AZ Monsoons were coming, timing was critical... Well the start date was missed by about 2 weeks and the rains came and my time being available to witness the work passed as I had to leave town on business. And with the monsoons, the 4 day project turned into every bit of 2 weeks. Even then towards the end it was clear that Richard and Jesus were being directed to move to the next job, which I also found a bit disturbing.
We never heard from Garret again after the 1st visit and quote, but the 2 gentlemen (Richard and Jesus) that were out everyday (between rain storms) and were very good to work with, which a few times was over the phone, but they knew what they were doing and I trusted them. Overall I am pleased with the work... but I am concerned whether I will get the life I expect from the paint job. Not being there through most of the process I did not have the opportunity to witness each step and and quot;sign offand quot; before the next and with the delay putting the job in the rainy season, I just hope the paint was not compromised.
If it wasn't for Richard and Jesus, I would have scored ABEYTA in the and quot;Cand quot; range, but these 2 guys made up for what the company fail short in.
***UPDATE***
Nearly 1 year later my concerns of the painting being done correctly has come to reality... There are places either missed or washed thinly away on areas that where painted. I had Garret out and he looked and claimed he would make it right when I pointed out the areas where you could see the old color coming through. That was nearly 2 weeks ago, have yet to have a time scheduled for the work. I will keep you posted. Down graded to a and quot;Cand quot; for now.
***UPDATE #2***
True to their word, ABEYTA did come back out and touch up the areas that were originally missed, which took over 8 gallons of paint. Richard showed up with 3 gallons of paint based on what Garret estimated following his inspection and quickly determined he would need 10 gallons. Garret approved only 5 additional for a total of 8... and sure enough Richard was correct again and needed a couple more gallons to get it done. I had approximated 3 gallons that I purchased that I let Richard use.
I believe we wound up in this mess because when they originally painted the house and my shop they were already behind in their schedule and then with the monsoons hitting they became even further behind and were being pressured to get the job done and move on. I believe again that Richard clearly wanted to do the job right and this time he got it done with the extra paint and time they asked for back last year.
ADVICE: If using ABEYTA make sure you are there through every step (They never did the back rolling that was agreed/paid for) and make sure you witness and approve each step...
CONCLUSION: In my case I paid ~$8,500.00 for having my house and shop painted and did not haggle on the price (much) as I wanted it done right ,not cheap I believe the guys doing the painting tried and worked very hard, but the owner calls the shots regarding the amount of paint and time, which in my case resulted in rework.
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