T.C. SWEENEY GENERAL CONTRACTING

TOOK MONTHS TO DO SIMPLE JOB (PAINTING). WE HAD TO HARASS HIM INTO DOING IT. HE HAD STARTED AND LEFT MID-WAY; WE DIDN'T HAVE USE OF PORCHES ALL SUMMER. ON PORCHES, FRONT DOOR STILL HAS STREAKS OF PRIOR COLOR & I HAD TO TELL HIM DOOR NEEDED 2ND COAT; PAINT FLAKES (FROM REMOVAL OF OLD PAINT) ARE STILL ON THE GROUND. FOR STEPS, WOULD START & STOP & REDO & CUT NEW BOARDS & TAKE THEM DOWN, DRAGGING OUT THE WORK FOR MONTHS; FINISHED PRODUCT IS LOUSY. REAR BOARDS ON STEPS ARE SLIGHTLY HIGHER SO THE STEPS TILT DOWNWARD WHEN YOU'RE WALKING DOWN. SIDE PANEL DIDN'T GO ALL THE WAY UP TO THE STEPS (GAPS). WE HAD TO HAVE HIM REDO IT, WHICH HE DID, BUT WHY COULDN'T HE DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME? WE HAD TO CALL THE BOSTON HOUSING INSPECTOR, WHO AGREED HE DOES LOUSY WORK. IN TERMS OF INTERACTIONS, TOM HAS UNPROFESSIONAL MANNER, WAS INGRATIATING WITH ME & ENDLESSLY REPETITIVE, "YOU'RE THE BOSS NOW, I KNOW YOU WANT IT DONE, ALRIGHT, GET TO WORK, GET TO WORK".

TOM WAS VERY RESPONSIVE WHEN I CALLED. HE CAME OUT RIGHT AWAY TO PROVIDE AN ESTIMATE. WE GAVE HIM THE JOB, AND HE WOULD WORK TWO TO FOUR HOURS A DAY. THE JOB TOOK A LITTLE LONGER THAN WE THOUGHT IT WOULD. WE ARE HAPPY WITH THE WORK. THE CARPENTRY WORK WAS ALL GOOD. THE PAINT JOB WAS O.K., THERE WERE A FEW SPOTS THAT NEEDED TO BE TOUCHED UP. TOM WEATHERIZED THE DECKS FOR US, WHICH WAS MOST IMPORTANT, AND I WOULD NOT CONSIDER HIM TO BE A GREAT PAINTER. IF WE NEED OTHER WORK DONE, I WILL CONTACT TOM AGAIN.

REBUILT OUR PORCH DURING THE COLDEST DAYS LAST WINTER. IT LOOKS FINE. TOM LIKES SMALL PORCH, ROOFING, REPAIR JOBS. NOT A DETAILED CRAFTSMAN, BUT FINE AT THE ROUGH STUFF.