Steve's Painting Service LLC

Steve was referred by a neighbor. We had Steve paint the master bedroom and hallway. He and his helper did a nice job. He said to call him if there was anything that wasn’t 100%. There were a few splashes of paint, but we cleaned it up. Didn’t think it was a big deal. We thought he did a decent job. We then contracted (signed contract) him to prep and paint the ceilings in most of the house, paint an accent wall down the stairs in the entry and paint some outside trim. It took him over 4 months to start. He claimed he was very busy. He started the job the week before Christmas. He left two guys most of the time to do the work. They were respectful. They covered up most of the surfaces. Steve would check in with them. Though I’m not sure he checked their work. He should have seen the shoddy work and have the guys fix it then. But, first, the accent wall, we chose a dark color and Steve brought a satin finish which showed every brush mark and mars on the wall surface. Whoever cut the edges in the stairwell as well as the dining room ceiling glopped on the paint. There were two places in the hallway on the walls that the paint was glopped on. Plus the ceiling in the dining room, kitchen, and hallway had paint lines. I called him back to show him all the issues. He claimed it was from many years of the surface being painted. (It was only painted once before and there was no glopped up paint along the edges before he started.) It took him months to ‘fix’ the issues. He finally repainted the stairwell with a flat paint and looks much better (he is a professional painter, he should have known to use a flat paint with a dark color especially on such a large surface). He had his helper spackle the gooped up areas instead of sanding them down. In fact, one spot on the hallway wall is still not fixed. All of the nail pops he was supposed to repair all re-popped. I kept asking him when he was going to finish the job and paint the exterior spots and he said he did not want to ‘start’ any new jobs for me. BUT, that was in the contract he signed! I would not recommend Steve’s Painting, LLC.