
Cortes Painting LLC
About us
Cortes Painting Inc. has been keeping Portland, Oregon bright, colorful, and beautiful for almost 20 years! Our company was established in Portland, Oregon in 1998 and has been providing high quality painting services ever since. We started off as a small local company with little resources but have grown exponentially thanks to our customers. Being a company that was mainly built on referrals, customer satisfaction has always been our #1 priority. Although we do specialize in interior and exterior painting projects, we also do a handful of other services as well. Our company is so dedicated to bringing unrivaled professionalism and high quality workmanship at a fair and honest price.
Business highlights
Services we offer
& Woodworking., Drywall Repair, Exterior, Fences, Pressure Washing, Residential & Commercial Painting - Interior, Siding Repair
Amenities
Emergency Services
Yes
Free Estimates
Yes
Accepted Payment Methods
- CreditCard
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There were several quality issues:
1. The painter damaged ceramic tiles that had recently been re-glazed a cost of $550. This was a tape and removal issue.
2. The painter missed spots where the painted fireplace joined the wall leading to homeowner touch-up.
3. In one bath, blue wall paint was bled over into the white bath area ceiling (poor edge work).
4. One bath vanity had dark spot bleed through, probably due to improper cleaning prep prior to painting.
5. One stairway wall edge was scuffed by painter/equipment.
6. Left a voice mail message with Edgar Cortes on Thursday, Jan 28, there were quality issues to be fixed. He never bothered to return call or visit the house. After seeing pics that were emailed to Cortes, Cortes agreed with my assessment that the work was "shoddy" and offered to come out himself to repair, but at that point, we were just "done with it" and didn't want anymore disruption and issues.
Miracle Method of Portland returned on Feb 10 to repair the glazing damage and did a great job at no charge. Any cost would have been deducted from Cortes' balance due.
In fairness to Cortes, much of the work done was excellent, but this work crew is probably better suited to commercial/industrial applications, and not residential work. There are over 220 certified painters on the Portland BBB website, why take a chance with this one if your residential site requires attention to detail, responsiveness to complaints and overall high quality?
We are selling our home and needed to make some improvements before listing the property. Edgar was recommended by our realtor, and I only wish I'd known about him and his crew earlier. Our job was complex, and our requirements changed as the job progressed. Edgar was flexible, helpful, and a complete pleasure to work with. His crew were equally courteous and professional. Although the job was - of necessity - disruptive to our daily lives, Edgar and his crew did their best to minimize the impact on our family, cleaning up every day and graciously tolerating our occasional interruptions and changes of plan. Best of all, the crew were clearly happy to be working - we enjoyed listening to their music, singing, and laughter during the entire project.
Licensing
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