Carey Painting

Carey painting done a great job fixing my deck that had been previously stained. He removed the old stain, sanded, and applied new. Paul was helpful with what products to use and will be called again for future projects at my home.

Terrible. Worst contractor experience. Damage was done to my home. The owner was unwilling to cover loss of all damages. Sloppy work by unskilled, unsupervised workers. Exposed wiring of light switches and electrical sockets were spray painted including cable TV exposed wiring and cables which is violation of code. The cable technician claimed vandalism. All walls, ceilings, baseboards, tack strips and trim were spray painted. The toilet in the master bath was spray painted along with the connecting hose. Not enough paint was used. Swirling on walls under paint due to their cleaning and sanding prior to painting. The owner took it upon himself to change the paint finish to be used in the bathrooms. Some tack strips were damaged. Missing paint in several areas. Nicks on wood trim. No tarps were used on the floors. The floors were spray painted over excessive sanding dust and cannot be cleaned. Doors, baseboards, trim and fireplace mantel/trim were painted over excessive sanding dust leaving them rough and gritty with a dull finish impossible to clean. The kitchen wall was damaged and had to be repaired and repainted by another contractor. The brick fireplace hearth was not covered and left with excessive sanding dust including worker's foot prints which had to be cleaned. I had to have the air vents professionally cleaned due to excessive dust created from sanding seventeen doors inside the house. The washing machine was not reconnected properly, leaked and would not work. I hired a repair service to reconnect the washer. The dryer was scratched and the vent was not properly connected causing lint to scatter throughout the house and stick to gritty spray painted floors, tack strips and surfaces. Numerous completion date delays. I gave owner a house key and found it outside the front door. All house locks had to be changed. The owner did not return my house key as requested and finally mailed it to me weeks later. I came home and found a worker and his girlfriend in the house. The worker was going through things in the house. The girlfriend wanted me to hire her and gave me her business card. She had been in the house before when I was not at home as well. The owner terminated the worker. Door hardware/locks were spray painted and had to be replaced. A fabric chair was placed outside on the grass and left for days. I invited the owner to my home to review the damages. He came but refused to look at damages, demanding to be paid in full. The owner did not communicate or work along with the workers as he was never there. He only worked when the worker was fired in attempt to cover up damages. They packed up and left before work was finished the last day. They did not clean up the mess created. The owner has since deleted his online website and all other websites pertaining to Carey Painting. I have many pictures of damages....too many to post. I would have filed a restraining order but only a post office box is listed for the business.

I got an estimate from Paul. He claimed to be the best and work in many high end homes. He promised to work nights and weekends if needed to get the job done and he would personally be there everyday working. He was the highest bid by far.

At first he never showed up. He had workers come in for him. They did not do a very good job. They couldn't cut a straight line. They also got paint all over the wood work. They took too many breaks. One guys van also leaked oil in my driveway and in the street in front of my house. I finally confronted Paul when I had a dozen things to point out after they had "finished" the upstairs. He did finally come in himself to work and corrected his workers mistakes. Im very angry that things had to be done twice. Once he got to downstairs things went a bit quicker. He told my wife that we would get work discounted for all the problems yet when leaving on the final day he wanted all his money. As soon as he left I found numerous more problems and let him know. Nothing but more excuses from him and he has yet to come back. Places were missed with no paint. He painted over spackle that had not been sanded. He was no where near professional nor were his workers. He made excuse after excuse about everything. I should not have paid him until I actually had time to go through with a fine tooth comb. The only reason he ever got to paint high end homes is because his wifes doctor friends hired him. I would not use and feel stupid that I could have had the same work done for 25% less. Unfortunately with any contractors its a crapshoot and hard to even get them out for estimates. I feel bad for the people I didn't hire. They probably would have done much better work and actually needed the money.