GET COLOR INC

We purchased a new home in Morton Grove that needed a lot of updating. We contacted Get Color Inc. b/c he came recommended as a painter. When Ares came to take a look at the project, we handed us a paper that listed all the things he could do (outside of painting). This was an answered prayer, or so we thought! Finally, someone who can serve as a GC on the project and do a lot of the work himself. He was great, took notes on all the things we wanted quoted (mind you he was the only contractor who took notes that day on our project list so that gained him points) and had photos of previous projects he had completed to show us floors installed, bathroom and kitchen remodels, etc. He seemed to know what he was talking about and answered all our questions w/out hesitation so we hired Ares to do the project. In the bathroom he did a demo to the studs. While doing this, he ruined our windowsill. Accidents happen, we brushed this off. He installed a stone medallion floor in our foyer that was not level despite the numerous conversations regarding this. He installed crown molding that looks like a 5yr old installed with an automatic riffle and nails. We had to have him remove the foyer floor; my husband has now spent a good 8+ hours scrapping the mortar off the tiles trying to salvage the $1000 we spent on these tiles. The crown molding will need to be removed, patched and repurchased and all the contractors we've brought in this second time around have told us any of the other things Ares did while working on our home is not done correctly. To top this all off, he was changing contracts as we progressed (b/c we added and subtracted things to the project list) and acting as if these were the original contracts. He even told my husband ?just through away those old contracts. You don?t need all that paper?. We aren't that naive. We saved every emailed contract that was sent to us. Get Color Inc is a complete hack. Doesn't know how to execute any of the services he claims to be an expert at. The funny thing is that we didn't even hire him for the painting project, which if I had to guess, is really the only job he might be qualified to perform. We hate to give such an awful review but we would also hate for any of our neighbors to go through the same ordeal. We hope this review is helpful to you all.

Working with Ares was a pleasant experience. He was accomodating and eager to get our jobs done right. We had him come back and touch up a few spots, and he was more than happy to do this even after being paid. He wanted us to be happy with the job. And we are.

We got several bids. Looked here in angle's list and got other recommendations. Get Color was not the cheapest but the price included many of the extra services we needed to restore the house. Get Color was great - responsive, pointed out pitfalls and came up with affordable quality solutions. Here is an example, large areas of the siding on the house were deteriorating and Get Color pointed this out and helped to manage and locate a carpenter to replace the worn siding and flashing. Get Color also included the replacement into the 25, 000 price tag above. People walk by our house now and think it's new.

The work was done very well and we plan to invite them back to our home whenever similar work is required. Over the course of a month, they always arrived when expected and at the end of the day, they always left the home spic and span. They, also, were most pleasant to have around our home.