Unique Paint & Drywall

First - a little history... Our house had the unfortunate problem of FLOODING in our FINISHED basement (drywalled TV room, bedroom, etc) when we had a long rain. Therefore, we hired a company (Groundworks) to come in and install French drains into the concrete basement floors, install vapor shields along ALL along the PERIMETER of the house in the basement. This required Jack hammering the concrete floor, installing the drainage, fancy sump pump, and also tearing down ALL of the finished drywall and the drywall framing. They got the work done. They did a good job. But, then, the work that we needed to get done was to have our basement FULLY RESTORED. We solicited Home Advisor's services to get 3+ bids. One of which was Unique Paint & Drywall. I'll call it "UPW" from here on. UPWs bid came in competitively LOWER than almost all the others, there was 1 other bid that was also competitive, but what we liked about UPW was their courtesy, professionalism, and the Owner REALLY appeared to "KNOW HIS STUFF"! The Owner (Tony) is a real stand-up guy! He took the time to listen to what we desired we wanted done to our basement, and then went on to execute doing/completing the job EXACTLY to our satisfaction! The TASKs that we needed UPW to do was to as follows: 1: Install ALL NEW FRAMING for the torn down drywall (they needed to use LIQUID NAILS to ATTACH the framing to the "re-concreted" floors along the PERIMETER of the basement). 2: Install all NEW ELECTRICAL WIRING all along the framing. These guys even REMOVED the OLD wiring, and installed ALL NEW wiring, outlets, switches, etc.). 3: Install NEW drywall. 4: Have the NEW drywall BLEND IN with the CURRENT drywall of the inner rooms and basement ceiling. 5: RESTORE our basement's drywalls to their ORIGINAL TEXTURE to MATCH the walls in the INNER rooms that were NOT torn down. 6: As an "extra", Tony even INSTALLED NEW DRYWALL in a couple of rooms that didn't have it (washroom, storage room), AND installed a little DRYWALLED PRAYER ROOM for the WIFE (we're Christians) that has an ARCHED entryway. Sorry for the long description, but I just felt that I should really elaborate on the work that this company did so that whoever reads this really has a good idea on what to expect when calling on this contractor. My suggestion: HIRE THEM!

Tony was very responsive and upfront with the cost and timeframe needed to complete the job. The quality and quickness which with the job was completed was great.

They took up the job quick and got it wrapped up just as quick and on time.

great job!

I had to spend an additional $1,800 to have a professional drywall contractor redo the mess left by UP and D. And now I have to either re-seal/paint the walls myself or hire yet another contractor. UP and D has no business working drywall. They installed vertically instead of horizontally and did not sand their topping compound leaving humps that made the walls look like a zebra. Virtually no cleanup was done and there was drywall compound and/or paint on a number of furniture items. As a matter of decency, UP and D should refund at least 50% of the $7,000 that was stolen from me. UP and D will not respond to messages in any way, showing just what kind of business they are conducting. I DO NOT recommend using UP and D for any work whatsoever!!

Prompt. Said what he would do. Cleaned up afterward. Gave an idea of what the drywall cure time would be for painting afterward. Would use them again.

Good at drywall but made a large mess of the area, including painting over outlets and filling the holes with paint. Hard to pin down timing. Re-installed baseboards that immediately came undone and never fixed them. Left carpeting in bad condition. Expensive for the quality.

Tony is very competent as a drywaller & painter. He repaired a large opening in the ceiling next to a light fixture which was tricky. He was very concerned that it was done to my satisfaction. He was easy to work with & did a great job.

They really were great painters. The plaster work is messy and difficult to have in a finished home. However they did a wonderful job . The finished product was worth the mess.

Quick and efficient! Was able to help me within a day. Very nice father, son team. Thank you!

Project was handled quickly, affordable price and quality work. Thanks again!

Tony did an excellent job repairing our wall. He was professional and courteous. We would definitely call him again

Very professional, on time, the final work was really nice. Knowledgeable, worked fast and a clean job

Tony was really great to work with he was very efficient and got the job done in a reasonable time and he did very good work

I hired for a simple drywall repair patch and retexture for the closing on my house. Did not show up. When I contacted, he stopped respondingâ  leaving me in a critical bind that could lose me the sale of my house if not completed by closing the next morning at 9:00AM. If you can't do a project, please just say so. This was beyond frustrating.

Tony did a great job on my project.

Fantastic service fast and friendly

Fantastic work. Fast response. I had a relatively easy job with a 3'x3' section that needed replaced. They came in covered everything up in plastic to keep everything clean. They removed and reinstalled the section of drywall, matched the texture (with a real sprayer, not texture from a can) and feathered it in to match the rest. Now that's it's dry, it's quite hard to tell where the work was done. Excellent job.

Tony did a good job patching and texturing drywall holes we had after running some electrical lines in our home office. I would hire him again.

Tony did a great quick job. I had a last minute addition to the job and he took care of it with no trouble. I plan on hiring Tony again.

Paid for a three room popcorn ceiling removal, ceiling refinish and repaint project. Eight hours after he finished the job, was paid and left the ceiling was cracked and peeling off. When I called he indicated had seen this happen before and he would fix it. However, then he took another project. With our basement a mess and guests coming for Christmas, we hired another pro who completely redid the project. The promised refund never materialized. $3660.00 dollars completely wasted. Will be reporting this business to the Better Business Bureau and do not believe this person has the skills for this line of work.

Gave a reasonable phone estimate and were within 10% when they came in person to verify it, started right away, got a lot done in a short time so we could move in on time. Really pleased with their services!

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Great job, no loose ends and extremely competent.

They did a great job and a very reasonable price. Thank you.