COLLEGE PRO PAINTERS

Do not use this company, you get people to paint a house who have no idea what they are doing. A little down the road you see the evidence of the money you saved and you end up having to spend more in order to fix the mistakes that were dormant at first.

They painted the entire house. They are energetic young people that were prompt and worked long hours until they were finished. They cleaned up well and we were satisfied with the good work they done.

Spencer B., franchisee rep. gave me the estimate, and I signed the contract. He said he would absolutely call before Fri. to set up appt. Didn't call, I had to call to set it up for next Fri. 2 hours after appt. time, he called and said he couldn't make it because of another job; scheduled it for the next Sun. I questioned the date because it would be Father's day, but he said he would be here in the afternoon. I was out of town, so my dad waited for him. He didn't show up, or call, so my dad wasted a whole afternoon on Father's Day. waiting. Mon. morning my dad called, he promised to be there that week. Work was finally done. Quality not so great: missed areas between slats, edges of some boards, and didn't push the soil away from bottom boards to wash and stain-even though I asked if I should move the soil and he said no, they would take care of all that. My dad signed the satisfaction report for me because I was still out of town. I wouldn't have signed it, and would not recommend.

A bad paint job. In 2005 they were late coming and did not call. Had to postpone vacation 2 days. For the warranty, one representative said they never should have said they would paint the house. Another said they would have to do it all over. Originally worked with Nicholas Baudhuin, WI., very nice. This summer with Rachael Farrell, 262-389-4685, also very nice. Rachael has not returned my calls. Also called the National Service Center, 800-327-2468. They said someone would call. No one has. The house looks worse than before it was painted. Have to see to understand. There would definitely be a reduction in the selling price if I were to sell, because it will have to be done over. The type of paint they chose could also be part of the problem. Ben Bahnson just called, July 6, 07, manager over Rachael. Made an appointment to look at the house July 12, 07