
Jardine's Restoration and Painting LLC
About us
Contractor. With our technical know-how, specifications understanding, and the meticulous care and craftsmanship required to preserve and protect the historical structure. Our additional capabilities such as Lead Paint Preparation and excellent safety record will add to the success of your project. Additional area - Duncanon, Mechaniscburg, & Hershey,
Business highlights
Services we offer
Remolding, Renovations, Residential/Commercial/Industrial/Institutional, Restoration and Expert/Quality Workmanship/Reliable.
Amenities
Free Estimates
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We’d had the exterior of the house painted twice previously, by companies other than Jardine, and, in both cases, got what we believed to be substandard results because the contractor had bid too low and was cutting corners by the end of the job. Mr. Jardine’s estimate came in at about the same amount as those two previous jobs and was significantly below two other estimates we received this summer. We told him so and allowed him to look at the job again. His second bid was 10% higher than the first but was still low enough to be worrisome given past experience. We eventually accepted his bid but we were prepared to unilaterally reduce the scope of work to help ensure a quality result on the scope that remained.
We never made it that far.
We engaged Jardine late in the summer, by which time he was booked through September. When he first contacted us to set a firm date, we were told “first week in October”. Then that slipped to “second week”. Then “Friday of second week”. Then “Monday of third week”. Then Tuesday at 9. Then Tuesday at 10 because members of his crew were having “personal issues”. Finally, at 11:15, a two-man crew arrived up to start power washing. Less than three hours later, they were gone for the day due to equipment failure.
Which was a good thing because, in the two hours they were actually engaged in the job, they did a lot of damage to the house. Three-quarters of the windows screens they came near with the power washer had been shredded; no effort to remove or move them and no request that we do so. Significant sections of the wood had been gouged and/or feathered by too-high pressure applied at too-close a distance – they were removing far more than just dirt and paint. (Granted, it’s old wood on an old house but the extent of the damage should have told them they were using the wrong tool for the job.) An entire side of one dormer was completely missed. No cleanup.
So we fired them. Jardine offered to make it right and to continue the job but we weren’t willing to take the chance of more damage, especially because we believed his budget was too tight to satisfactorily complete the job AND pay for the $100's (maybe $1000's) in damage his crew had already done.
That he did not have a chance to finish leaves open the possibility that he might have saved the day and ended up doing a magnificent job.
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