WILMETTE HANDYMAN

THEY DID A GENERALLY POOR QUALITY JOB IN INSTALLING DRYWALL. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO LEAVE IT 'READY FOR PAINTING', BUT THERE WERE SEVERAL SPOTS WHERE THE DRYWALL WAS FINISHED POORLY, HOLES IN THE JOINT COMPOUND, EXCESS JOINT COMPOUND THAT STUCK OUT FROM THE WALL, ETC. THE WALL WAS BASICALLY A MESS. I COMPLAINED AND THEY CAME BACK OUT TO TOUCH IT UP AND FIX IT, BUT STILL LEFT IT IN POOR SHAPE. I ENDED UP HAVING TO PATCH AND SAND IT MYSELF TO GET IT RIGHT. JUST AS ANNOYING IS THAT THEY NEGLECTED TO PUT A DROP CLOTH DOWN ON THE FLOOR WHEN DOING THEIR WORK. THEY DIDN'T CLEAN UP, SO THAT THERE WAS JOINT COMPOUND ALL OVER THE PLACE, BOTH THE POWDER, AND THE HARDENED STUFF THAT DROPPED OFF THE COMPLETED WALL (AND PROBABLY THE GUY'S TROWEL). I SPENT THREE HOURS SCRUBBING THE FLOOR, AND IT STILL LOOKS WORSE THAN WHEN THEY GOT HERE, SOME OF IT JUST WON'T COME OFF. VERY DISSATISFIED WITH THEIR WORK. THIS WASN'T A GET-WHAT-YOU-PAY FOR SITUATION, EITHER, THEIR PRICES WEREN'T THE LOWEST.