CREATING THE FRENCH DOOR AND HANGING THE LIGHTS WERE DONE OK, BUT THE TILE JOB WAS AWFUL. THE SPACES BETWEEN THE TILES WERE UNEVEN AND THEY USED EXTRA GROUT IN THE CORNERS TO MAKE UP FOR CUTTING THE TILES TOO SMALL IN THE FIRST PLACE. [LATER MIKE JOKED THAT WAS THE FIRST FLOOR HE'D EVER TILED.] THEY TOOK THE BATHROOM WALLPAPER OFF SO BADLY THEY HAD TO RECOVER THE WHOLE ROOM WITH 1/4'' DRYWALL, AND THEN MADE A TERRIBLE JOB OF MUDDING AND PAINTING THE ''NEW'' WALLS. IN FACT, THEY DID AN AWFUL JOB PAINTING THE WHOLE INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T PREP ANY OF THE WALLS PROPERLY. THEY RARELY SANDED BETWEEN MUD COATS; THEY JUST KEPT REPAINTING AND THEN ''POINTING UP'' WITH NEW MUD. THEY ALSO REFUSED TO FINISH OFF DETAILS THAT COULDN'T EASILY BE SEEN. TIM WAS ESPECIALLY GOOD AT HIDING HOLES UNDER SINKS AND TOILETS BY TAPING OVER WET, UNSANDED MUD BEFORE PAINTING IT. THEY SEEMED NOT TO TAKE ANY PRIDE IN THEIR WORK, SPEED WAS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT TO THEM.
Description of Work: ERIC AND HIS CREW PUT IN A POCKET FRENCH DOOR BETWEEN TWO ROOMS, HUNG ONE LARGE CHANDELIER AND SEVERAL SMALLER LIGHTS, AND REMOVED THE WALLPAPER FROM A BATHROOM AND TILED THAT FLOOR. THEY ALSO CHANGED OUT FOUR ROTTEN WINDOWS AND PAINTED MOST OF THE INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE, INCLUDING WALLS THAT HADN'T BEEN PAINTED SINCE THE HOUSE WAS BUILT AND THREE ROOMS WHERE THEY HAD TO CREATE ''NEW'' WALLS AFTER THEY'D FINISHED CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. WE TOLD ERIC RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING THAT WE'D HAD BAD EXPERIENCES WITH A PREVIOUS PAINTER AND HE PROMISED TO ''KEEP WORKING UNTIL YOU ARE COMPLETELY SATISFIED.'' ERIC IS A PAINTER, BUT HIS CREW HATE IT. UNFORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T DISCOVER THAT UNTIL THEY HAD MUDDED UP MOST OF THE WALLS IN THE HOUSE. THEY CHEERFULLY TOLD US THAT ERIC WOULD FIX ALL THE MISTAKES THEY MADE. BUT ERIC COULDN'T FIX THE MESS BECAUSE THEY NEVER SANDED THE DRYWALL MUD PROPERLY BEFORE PAINTING OVER IT. WE PAID EXTRA FOR BEING ''TOO FUSSY'' DESPITE ERIC'S ORIGINAL PROMISE.
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CORNELL CONSTRUCTION CO INC offers the following services: ALL PHASES OF RESIDENTIAL REMODELING FROM SMALL REPAIRS TO LARGE ADDITIONS, SCREENED PORCHES, KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, GARAGES, ETC.