MAINTENANCE BY KANE LLC

o Kevin Kane Painted a room in house, job was satisfactory. Called him a couple years later to paint exterior of home. paint within a week or two began peeling off seals. The front door was painted without removing the handle and you could clearly see the cut in's from the brush. I called several times, Mr Kevin Kane (the son) is notaries for not returning phone calls and not showing up when expected. Last season he had to do the door over 2 more times and each time he would tell me if this does not work I will take the handle off. None of those times did he remove the handle and still showed cut in's from the brush, I called multiple times into the fall months and no reply. The next spring I started calling again, no reply. My husband called from a different phone inquiring about a paint job and he did call my husband back, we believe only because he thought it was a new job. My husband told who he was and what needed to be done, he said he had done the door multiple times already (but not correctly however). So, again he said he would take the handle off. After calling several times he returned the call and came out and said he was not removing the handle and that he would try to cut around the handle differently but would remove the handle and redo if that did not work (same explanation as given every other time). Along with the front door a few more window seals on the outside had to be scrapped and repainted. Kevin told me that it is something that will need to be done every year. I thought this was odd as in 14 years of owning this current home we never had that issue. Anyway, we have to hire a new person to repaint the door as we do not believe he will do the job correctly or call us back.

MAINTENANCE BY KANE has painted our small, Tudor-style condo complex two times in the past (14 units, brick & stucco board structure). That was before I moved here and became president of the association. This job once again involved replacement of rotted wood and complete painting of the building, garage/front doors. When Al Kane gave me a quote this past spring he informed me he was pretty booked-up but ASSURED me he could complete the project this year. He said he just wouldn't be able to start until late summer or early fall. It was like pulling teeth to get a contract & proof of insurance, and then he never stopped by to SIGN it or pick it up like he said he would. As time passed his story changed, stating "we should be able to get the all wood primed and replaced this year, weather permitting, but the painting might have to wait until spring." Finally on October 26th Al called and said they would be able to start the job towards the end of the following week or the beginning of the week after (which would have been around November 1st or 5th). Almost another whole month goes by (3 weeks to be exact) with no call, no show, no explanation or even excuses. I just thought that was the last I was going to here from Al Kane. Then on the morning of November 26th Al and his crew just show up, with no previous notification, and start ripping wood off the building. How could he think we'd even still be interested after all these broken promises and general overall lackadaisical attitude? We were no longer interested! Besides the fact he didn't even have a signed contract and the proof of insurance he had provided had already expired! I told him we were no longer interested and we're going with another company in the spring. I made sure his crew put the wood back that that they'd already removed. DON'T LET THIS GUY STRING YOU ALONG, like he did to us. I think he originally took the job as an "IF WE HAVE TIME, WE'LL DO IT", thinking he could always just start it and leave it partially done for a whole season. That certainly EXHIBITS A LACK OF PROFESSIONALISM!

They called me back and discussed it with me. They do not do drywall, but subcontract the work out. I decided to use a different company. He answered all of my questions and was very cooperative.

He has done great work for me. I call them whenever I need anything and they are always willing to help out. He is super neat. I have switched paint colors in the middle and he is very accommodating. His price is very reasonable. All the workers are really good guys.