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I would not hire this guy again to paint an out house! He is by far no painter, no drywall, NO CONTRACTOR What so ever. BEWARE OF THIS GUY NAMED DEREK STONE! His name is getting around fast, a few of the real contractor that I called have redone his work before and they just walk away and will not corect his work again. You will be sorry if you hire this guy, but its your money and your problem. BEWARE!

I paid derek 400 for what he said was for materials and he primed and painted the carport but he watered down the paint and the color is not even. Derek over sprayed onto the house walls and windows and didn't clean it up. Derek also left the paint job unfinished, left is paint cans and mess in the driveway never even tried to clean anything up. He has been gone now for a few months, he has not come back to finish the job. I checked with the Hawaii state online contractor listings services. This guy Derek Stone is not listed anywere and is not a contractor. No registered business name with the state. He rides around in his black little pickup truck with a white camper top ripping people off pretending to be a contractor when he is not. If you do business with this guy you are asking for trouble and only you will be to blame when he leaves you standing bent over with yor pants down. This guy never finished the job and did a very poor job, watered down the paint and left his mess all over the driveway and dumped his his trash in the yard.

added 1700 sq feet to the front of my house and 2400 sq ft to the back of my house. This guy performed the drywall, interior finish and painting, and exterior chaulking and painting.the services that was performed were very very poor. most of the drywall was installation by a seperate contractor and was pretty good, BUT, the joints was performed by derek stone and or mudding was so bad that you can clearly see how uneven it is even after he tried and tried to spray a texture to cover it up. The interior and exterior paint was watered down, (i have pictures) and so uneven and it had to be painted three times and still is it does not have an even coat of paint on the walls, I was promissed/in my contract and paid for priming and two coats of paint. In some of the rooms he added a darker color to the primer and called it a miss tint, (misstent on white primer). This was verified by the carpenters that worked on the framing. They all seen the name on the paint cans and the paint left inside of the empty cans and the primer bucket and sprayer. Many of the rooms are still primed and has not been painted yet. My utility room was not completed with the drywall spray texture, primer or paint. (I have pictures). most if not all of my windows have been sprayed over inside and out with paint and texture.I had a window tinting company come over to tint the windows and they refussed to clean the windows because of so much over spray. The exterior paint to my house was so bad. Again, In my contract it was stated that the exterior would be painted with primer and two coats of paint. Well guess what in only a few places it has been painted with two coats of paint, and over 60% of the house has only one coat of paint on it and this is not just in a few small missed areas. This is so bad you can see it from the street. The primer and many bare wood spots show out. You can even see the many places that was chaulked and not painted over. The trim on my house is still only primer and not all of the chaulking is completed.There are so many places that have not even been covered with paint yet. My back 2nd story deck is badly painted and some kind of oil dripping on it and not even painted completly. (Yes I have pictures). This guy went as far as to dump his paint into the bushes and in the front corner of my driveway and even stained part of it with an oil based paint and never even cleaned it up. Many places around the yard he dumped texture mix and paint so that he would not have to clean it up. (again, yes I have pictures) This guy took over three months to do the work on my house and then one day after the general contractor completed building this so called painter stated that he would be working for another two weeks to finish every thing up. BUT, after four days he just stopped coming over never called, left all his trash and unfinished work, paint, rollers, draps, and tarps on the roof, 2nd floor, in the yard, and pilled up in the front driveway. (Again, I have many pictures of all of this, 230 pictures for anyone to see) do not just take my word, I have the pictures and two other painters statements ( for court) that is a testement as to why you should not hire this guy. This guy would show up for ony a few hours at any given day. I had to threaten to fire him several times to get him to finish things, and even not pay for the on going work. Many times he would disapear for days and not call or inform the general contractor.Its not like I just turned this guy derek stone loose. We taljed all the time and all the time he promised to clean things up and complete the painting and promised so many things and did not complete anything to the house. This is way I would not refer this guy derek stone to even paint a dog house. He will tell you anything to make you think that he is doing you the best job and when he is close to finishing he will tell you that he needs more money to complete the job and when you pay him and it doesn't have to be the ballance of the contract. If it is close then he is gone and you have to find someone else to finish it up. And no one will finish is so called painting. They want to do the whole thing over are not be responsible for any of the work. I have tried to call dereck stone several times and he does not return my phone calls and he has not been back in over a month. I know that there are two sides to every story, but I have the pictures over 230 pictures to share with anyone wanting to see this guys work. I even have a copy for the small claims court. I will write more later after the court hearing.

added 1700 sq feet to the front of my house and 2400 sq ft to the back of my house. This guy performed the drywall, interior finish and painting, and exterior chaulking and painting.the services that was performed were very very poor. most of the drywall was installation by a seperate contractor and was pretty good, BUT, the joints was performed by derek stone and or mudding was so bad that you can clearly see how uneven it is even after he tried and tried to spray a texture to cover it up. The interior and exterior paint was watered down, (i have pictures) and so uneven and it had to be painted three times and still is it does not have an even coat of paint on the walls, I was promissed/in my contract and paid for priming and two coats of paint. In some of the rooms he added a darker color to the primer and called it a miss tint, (misstent on white primer). This was verified by the carpenters that worked on the framing. They all seen the name on the paint cans and the paint left inside of the empty cans and the primer bucket and sprayer. Many of the rooms are still primed and has not been painted yet. My utility room was not completed with the drywall spray texture, primer or paint. (I have pictures). most if not all of my windows have been sprayed over inside and out with paint and texture.I had a window tinting company come over to tint the windows and they refussed to clean the windows because of so much over spray. The exterior paint to my house was so bad. Again, In my contract it was stated that the exterior would be painted with primer and two coats of paint. Well guess what in only a few places it has been painted with two coats of paint, and over 60% of the house has only one coat of paint on it and this is not just in a few small missed areas. This is so bad you can see it from the street. The primer and many bare wood spots show out. You can even see the many places that was chaulked and not painted over. The trim on my house is still only primer and not all of the chaulking is completed.There are so many places that have not even been covered with paint yet. My back 2nd story deck is badly painted and some kind of oil dripping on it and not even painted completly. (Yes I have pictures). This guy went as far as to dump his paint into the bushes and in the front corner of my driveway and even stained part of it with an oil based paint and never even cleaned it up. Many places around the yard he dumped texture mix and paint so that he would not have to clean it up. (again, yes I have pictures) This guy took over three months to do the work on my house and then one day after the general contractor completed building this so called painter stated that he would be working for another two weeks to finish every thing up. BUT, after four days he just stopped coming over never called, left all his trash and unfinished work, paint, rollers, draps, and tarps on the roof, 2nd floor, in the yard, and pilled up in the front driveway. (Again, I have many pictures of all of this, 230 pictures for anyone to see) do not just take my word, I have the pictures and two other painters statements ( for court) that is a testement as to why you should not hire this guy. This guy would show up for ony a few hours at any given day. I had to threaten to fire him several times to get him to finish things, and even not pay for the on going work. Many times he would disapear for days and not call or inform the general contractor.Its not like I just turned this guy derek stone loose. We taljed all the time and all the time he promised to clean things up and complete the painting and promised so many things and did not complete anything to the house. This is way I would not refer this guy derek stone to even paint a dog house. He will tell you anything to make you think that he is doing you the best job and when he is close to finishing he will tell you that he needs more money to complete the job and when you pay him and it doesn't have to be the ballance of the contract. If it is close then he is gone and you have to find someone else to finish it up. And no one will finish is so called painting. They want to do the whole thing over are not be responsible for any of the work. I have tried to call dereck stone several times and he does not return my phone calls and he has not been back in over a month. I know that there are two sides to every story, but I have the pictures over 230 pictures to share with anyone wanting to see this guys work. I even have a copy for the small claims court. I will write more later after the court hearing.

I added 1700 sq feet to the front of my house and 2400 sq ft to the back of my house. This guy performed the drywall, interior finish and painting, and exterior chaulking and painting.the services that was performed were very very poor. most of the drywall was installation by a seperate contractor and was pretty good, BUT, the joints was performed by derek stone and or mudding was so bad that you can clearly see how uneven it is even after he tried and tried to spray a texture to cover it up. The interior and exterior paint was watered down, (i have pictures) and so uneven and it had to be painted three times and still is it does not have an even coat of paint on the walls, I was promissed/in my contract and paid for priming and two coats of paint. In some of the rooms he added a darker color to the primer and called it a miss tint, (misstent on white primer). This was verified by the carpenters that worked on the framing. They all seen the name on the paint cans and the paint left inside of the empty cans and the primer bucket and sprayer. Many of the rooms are still primed and has not been painted yet. My utility room was not completed with the drywall spray texture, primer or paint. (I have pictures). most if not all of my windows have been sprayed over inside and out with paint and texture.I had a window tinting company come over to tint the windows and they refussed to clean the windows because of so much over spray. The exterior paint to my house was so bad. Again, In my contract it was stated that the exterior would be painted with primer and two coats of paint. Well guess what in only a few places it has been painted with two coats of paint, and over 60% of the house has only one coat of paint on it and this is not just in a few small missed areas. This is so bad you can see it from the street. The primer and many bare wood spots show out. You can even see the many places that was chaulked and not painted over. The trim on my house is still only primer and not all of the chaulking is completed.There are so many places that have not even been covered with paint yet. My back 2nd story deck is badly painted and some kind of oil dripping on it and not even painted completly. (Yes I have pictures). This guy went as far as to dump his paint into the bushes and in the front corner of my driveway and even stained part of it with an oil based paint and never even cleaned it up. Many places around the yard he dumped texture mix and paint so that he would not have to clean it up. (again, yes I have pictures) This guy took over three months to do the work on my house and then one day after the general contractor completed building this so called painter stated that he would be working for another two weeks to finish every thing up. BUT, after four days he just stopped coming over never called, left all his trash and unfinished work, paint, rollers, draps, and tarps on the roof, 2nd floor, in the yard, and pilled up in the front driveway. (Again, I have many pictures of all of this, 230 pictures for anyone to see) do not just take my word, I have the pictures and two other painters statements ( for court) that is a testement as to why you should not hire this guy. This guy would show up for ony a few hours at any given day. I had to threaten to fire him several times to get him to finish things, and even not pay for the on going work. Many times he would disapear for days and not call or inform the general contractor.Its not like I just turned this guy derek stone loose. We taljed all the time and all the time he promised to clean things up and complete the painting and promised so many things and did not complete anything to the house. This is way I would not refer this guy derek stone to even paint a dog house. He will tell you anything to make you think that he is doing you the best job and when he is close to finishing he will tell you that he needs more money to complete the job and when you pay him and it doesn't have to be the ballance of the contract. If it is close then he is gone and you have to find someone else to finish it up. And no one will finish is so called painting. They want to do the whole thing over are not be responsible for any of the work. I have tried to call dereck stone several times and he does not return my phone calls and he has not been back in over a month. I know that there are two sides to every story, but I have the pictures over 230 pictures to share with anyone wanting to see this guys work. I even have a copy for the small claims court. I will write more later after the court hearing.

Reasonable quote, less than 2 others. Did the job quickly. Very good work.