Tom Power Painting

They were excellent. Very professional. They did a good job.

Tom Power provided an estimate in late August, and said that he would get to the job in October. The estimate included replacing an animal chewed piece of wood on the side of the garage and possible siding rot replacement. The painting crew, Frank and Holly arrived October 28th, power washed, caulked and painted the sections not needing repair. In addition to painting the house, we wanted our wrought iron porch top and stair railing painted. Frank completed that and took the time to paint our yard light post too. The carpenter crew, Walter and Darrell arrived the second day and completed the garage and siding repairs with PVC (no rotting ever again), caulked and painted them. The job took two days.

Excellent. Tom's team did great work and we are very pleased. We'll continue to use them for this work well into the future.

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The two painters who did our job were punctual as well as cheerful, and the paint job was good, although not up to our rather picky standards. It's a good thing we were here for the work, as the wrong ceiling paint was brought, and we caught that error in time.  After the job was completed, we had to clean paint drips and overspray off areas of baseboard where the drop cloths were not kept carefully in place.  There were numerous areas to be redone:  paint roller fuzz painted onto the walls that had to be picked off and touched up, a few nail pops missed or patched poorly, and several corners where cracks were repaired with too much patch and caulk and had to be redone to make a clean corner.  Overall, the painted rooms look nice, but we felt the painters were in a bit of a hurry to leave on the last day.

The wallpaper stripping in the dining room was accomplished with a lot of water sloshed around, and I had to keep an eye on my furniture to make sure it was protected - I used clothes pins to secure the drop cloths after I saw the side of the china cabinet take a direct hit from the stripping solution.  (Glad I was here to dry it off!)  The furnace thermostat was not covered and was soaked with stripping solution, but luckily was not damaged.

On the last day, one of the painters collected the check.  We were surprised that Mr. Power never called us to make sure the work was done to our satisfaction or gain feedback on the job. Also, we had discussed with him another remodeling task which he promised to get back with us on, but that did not happen.

Over all, it was a decent job and a good value. 

This was the second time we'd hired Tom Power Painting and the first time we were very satisfied which is why we hired his company again. We were quoted $2000 for 3 days of painting.
On many levels we are happy with the work that was done. It was completed much faster than expected and overall, it looks good. They we able to do a few extra items for us also. The hall to our bedroom had been overlooked in the quote and we had two spots that needed caulk repair next to the ceiling. They were able to take care of that for us.
However, we have some issues with their behavior and their work. When I look at the job, what we paid equates to approximately $200/hour. The day started with a 3 man crew but quickly went to two when one of them took refuge in our upstairs bathroom because he was sick. I would rather him have stayed home than be sick in our home. It should also be noted that we had other bathrooms available (other than the one a crew member was staying in) and I would have preferred that they not urinate in the yard where the children would later be sledding.
While they were working, I had to clean mud and paint out of the carpet several times and after they left I found more paint on the carpet. There is also damage to one of our new leather chairs and we found paint on the leather chairs and the couch after they left. Our black granite counter tops were completely covered with tiny dots of paint splatter that we are still scraping up.
The edges of the baseboards and cabinets also have paint on them throughout the areas they painted. They pointed out places where the previous darker color paint was on the baseboard and I gave them the okay to paint over those areas but there are many more places where that wasn't the case.
Before the crew arrived, I took all the outlet and switch plate covers off except for one on the landing above the front door. They told me that would cut in around it but instead, they just painted over the entire outlet cover; which now needs to be replaced and cut in around properly.
When I think what things might have looked like had I not spent an hour taking all the outlet and switch plate covers off, I don't think I would have been very happy.
Overall, we're happy the job is done but at the rate we paid we feel that things could have been better.

The overall experience dealing with Tom Power painting was done in a very professional way. Tom was quick to respond to my request for an estimate and getting the project started once I selected the company to do the work. Overall a very pleasant and satisfying experience doing business with the company

Horrible from start to finish. Read my service performed for story.

The painting project itself was fine. The employees, on the other hand, were not. They stole from my house and from my mother's purse. When I confronted the employee about it, and the employee never showed up again. I spent my own money to hire a polygraph test because I did not believe him. He did not show up for the test.

I nearly caught him red-handed in my office (they were doing exterior work) trying to steal my phone. There was proof of some smeared paint from his hand right where my phone was sitting. My phone had pictures on it from when my daughter was born, so that felt like a double blow.

Tom Powers would never admit to this or tried to make the situation right. He could have apologized or admitted wrong doing and it would have been fine.

I advise you to be careful if you hire these guys and do not let them into your house.

Painters were on time, courteous, neat and did a professional job. We are please with the results and will use again and recommend to others.

It?s an older house, and so there was a lot of sanding and wall prep work to be done. They were excellent, and the work just went real well. They did a nice job with the painting. I would use them in the future, if necessary.