JV Painting & Construction Home Maintenance

I scheduled three times for him to come do an estimate but he never showed up and never called. I haven’t heard from him for a week and a half even though I have left messages. He did asked me if I wanted additional work done outside of the 8 hours and I was honest and said no it smaller job and I feel like this may have to do with the way he is treating me.

Jerry at JV Painting is the most amazing painter I have ever worked with. He cares very much about the job he does. He is extremely professional, detail oriented, personable, and stays by his work 100%. He goes way above and beyond to make sure everything looks perfect and brand new. I started off with an exterior paint job that was very reasonably priced and I was so impressed with his work ethic, his management skills, his timliness, his perfectionism, that I asked him to submit a bid for the ENTIRE interior of my 4400 square foot house, including cabinets, baseboards, repairs of work that needed to be done prior to painting, garage and workroom spray, cement foundation spray, shutters---you name it. The house looks brand new and perfect. You couldn't ask for a better person to work with. He saved my sanity and helped me save costs without compromising quality.

Jerry sent me (two days before he arrived) to get paint from dealer and they gave me the wrong kind. Jerry took my paint back to the dealer to make the exchange and retrieve the right product/kind for no add'l charge. Therefore, he got a late start in painting but didn't charge for extra time spent at my house/on the project.

They were good and acceptable in every way.

Project went very well. Work was done on time and if there were any small touch up items, these were promptly attended to.

He called me shortly after viewing my rental property. Said that there was a lot of additional work that needed to be done before he could paint the property. He said that he had to power wash the whole building, fix a fence, a paint a garage door that had been recently painted last yr. I have never had to pay more than $200 for this service and feel he was just looking for things to do to bring up the cost. He is not out to please the customer, he is out to please his pocket book.

:Jerry and crew painted the interior of our house and also did some drywall repair.They started the project on Aug. 21 and finished 0n Aug. 28, taking the weekend off. They arrived everymorning at 7:30 and worked until 5:30. The job was done great with as little disruption to our daily livesas possible. This was the 2nd time we have hired JV Painting as they painted the exterior of the housea year and a half ago. I would recommend them to anyone who wants a professional job at a fair price.

JV explained the work to be done clearly. He was accurate with his estimate. He was very good about working with us to get the work that we really wanted done, not just what we told him to do. If he had not asked questions and provided excellent suggestions, we would have gotten exactly what we told him to do but been disappointed. He suggested ways to fix problems originating from the original construction work.Not only did he explain what he was doing, but provided suggestions on how to avoid problems in the future. Never negative nor bad mouthing competition or previous workmanship, he provided a positive approach to fixing sheet rock issues and how to paint them it to hide the flaws.

Received my refund but it was a disappointing experience. I have purchased other big deals and this is the only one that was a total failure in the description of the services versus what the painter was willing to do for the cost of the 'deal'.

I really was happy with JV painting. I tried emailing them at first but received no answer. However, they were very prompt on the phone so if you need to get a hold of them, use the phone. We had setup a time and he called to say he was running late and we rescheduled. He came on time with a crew of two other people. He let them start prep work and came back and helped to paint. They got both the kitchen and bathroom done in about 8 hours. They would not leave until I was 100% satisfied. They did an excellent job prepping for painting so there were clean lines with base boards and corners. The lines were very clean where it met edges and other paint colors. They were very courteous while they were in my home. They also cleaned up thoroughly when they left. I was impressed enough to get a quote to re-paint the window trim on the exterior or the house and replace some bad pieces. I will have them come out soon to do that job as well.

I had a new cedar fence and deck with stairs and railing, built in the fall of 2011. I wanted the cedar stained. The fence has stucco columns with stone tops. The stucco was painted. I also had in the price a large wood attic vent replaced, primed and painted, within the overall bid.. I purchased an Angie's Listt coupon for $649 for labor only and was given a $1200 credit towards the work for that coupon. Jerry did the estimate in late April/early May. Said the work could be started 3rd week of June and would take 4 days. The guys would come and work early morning only, as during high heat times, too much paint evaporates during heat of the day.( I would not want to be painting in the 100 degree weather at 3:30 in the afternoon)Jerry called June 9th9sat.) to see if they could start Monday, June 11th, as he had a couple of guys to "keep busy". I had made arrangmenets to work from home the week of June 18th.. so quickly had to arrnage my schedule to work the week of June 11th.(have animals that had to be kept out of yard, as gates open, sprayers, etc.) Three guys showed up 2 days that week(Monday and Thurs) early mornings. They sprayed and then rolled two coats of stain on the fence. (fence around yard is 100 'on one side, 140' on one side and 140' on the back side. Third guy came that Saturday to prime the stucco columns and work a full day by himself.(stucco was heavy textured finish..like peaked cake icing) . No one showed up the actual week the work was originally scheduled. I called Jerry after that week, to find out when work would be completed. I had only paid original coupon and about 1/3 of total price for paint and supples. He said they had been slammed with all the "Angie's List" coupon purchaser's and apologized for the delay. Jerry and helper showed up, over the next 2 weeks, and completed the job. He mentioned he was having to complete jobs, that he thought were being taken care of by a painter he had contracted with. Replacement of vent, stained the deck, painted the columns. They had to also paint the top of the colums, as the original crew primed them. Jerry said it was his fault. He did not explain that to these guys. Jerry told me to pick out a color I wanted and he paid for the elasomeric(sp) paint and labor for that error. His main problem was that he contracted with another painter that use to work for him. Jerry said he would not be using him again, though his work was good, the guy was not responsible with work schedules. I do have future work to be done and told Jerry I would use him, IF he was the one doing the work. I would also use him, when they are not so slammed.

They're excellent. They did a good painting job and they charged us a reasonable price. They came right on time when they said they would.

The overall job went very well. He is very easy to work with. Jerry describes exactly what he will be doing and how long it will take. I appreciated that a lot. He found a problem during the painting and described what it was and that he could fix it.

I had to supervise this job and request corrections for sloppy work and mistakes. Jerry argued with me as well as my tenant when we asked for changes and mentioned things we were not happy with. Customer service was lacking with this contractor. I do not recommend him and will not use him again. I paid extra charges of $475.00 because I felt I had to to get the job completed without being a total disaster. I had thought that using using Angie's list I would prohibit situations like this. (1) At the onset, when Jerry bid this job, I told him I wanted the color 'swiss coffee' on the walls. We wound up with 'butter' yellow:Swiss coffee was the current color, and a popular color found in all paint stores. Jerry said we would need to match the paint. I encouraged him to look at my stock of old paint and if the current color was on hand he could take that with him to buy the new paint. He looked at several cans of my paint. He picked one and said, 'that's your color'. He took the can with him, and came back a week later with paint and began painting. As soon as the living room walls were painted we realized it was the wrong color. Jerry even pointed out the difference to me. I remembered that many years ago I had used a 'butter' color. The walls were now 'butter', where I had asked for 'swiss coffee'. 'Swiss coffee' is a color that can be ordered from any paint company. The problem: the other accent colors we picked were meant to go with 'swiss coffee', not 'butter' yellow. Two different areas in the apartment clashed really badly. (2) Trim and woodwork should have been painted white, but they painted them yellow:Jerry reviewed progress with me the second afternoon after they had already gotten well into the job. He said 'I'll paint all of this the same color, and all of this the same color', and I messed up by not paying close enough attention and agreeing with him; he was saying he would paint woodwork, trim and walls all the same color, 'butter', because he'd run out of white paint. Later, when I saw the yellow walls, woodwork and trim in the living room, instead of trim and woodwork white as they were before, and as he had already painted in the bedroom, as they should have been, and as any professional painter would have painted, I realized he had run out of white trim paint, and had gotten my permission to paint it all yellow! I told him the woodwork and trim had to be white, he charged me $425.00 more, went and bought more paint, and painted the trim and woodwork white as it should have been in the first place. (3) The bathroom reddish color clashed with the 'butter' yellow:I asked him to repaint the 'butter' lower walls in the bathroom 'white' (remember, I had asked for 'swiss coffee' in the first place, not 'butter'). He charged me $50 extra to correct this problem caused by him not giving me the 'swiss coffee' color I had asked for in the first place. (4) They did a sloppy job:The first day I noticed an area of wall around the light switch plate in the front hallway was cracked and rough which had not been that way before, but they painted over it anyway (should have sanded/repaired) with the switch cover replaced over the mess (I pointed it out to Jerry, and he had his worker fix and repaint, his worker apologizing and saying he had had a hard time with that one: why did he just paint over his botch and not even attempt to fix or tell anyone about it?), paint splatters on floor and smudges on the walls, and many uneven places. They did not tape anything off. When I asked Jerry why they did not use tape, he said the tape did not work that well. He did finally use some blue painter's (his own) tape after I mentioned I had some he could use, and after I had agreed to pay $475 more to get the job done. He left his his workers unsupervised much of the time. They were supposed to finish the job on Tuesday evening. I could not be home because of a memorial service. Jerry was to come by the following evening for me to walk through and pay. My tenant came home late Tuesday to a mess: paint splatters all over the hardwood floor, debris on the floor where they had not swept up, smudges on windows and mirrors throughout, switchplates and socket covers painted over (when I asked Jerry said the socket plates were painted over in the first place...Jerry argued with me every step of the way; I brought over some new socket covers and switch plate covers, he fixed); they had not cleaned up ...debris not swept up (when I asked Jerry about cleanup, he said was there was cat food under the refrigerator..we did clean that up...again, the argument); the lights were left on, the ac left on (Jerry: 'Mam, we don't touch the AC'...another argument), paint cans left in the entry hall, outside water left on, front door unlocked. He did clean up some of the messes and attempt to fix the mistakes and uneven places throughout at no extra charge. Concluding Comment:Whew! Supervising this job was too stressful for me. Finally, I would like to mention that I have dealt with all sorts of contractors, and I do recognize a good one when I find one. The day after the conclusion of the paint job, I experienced a breath of fresh air by having the opportunity to deal with a fabulous plumbing contractor. Found him by word of mouth, not Angie's list. I won't mention the company here, but will give them a good review elsewhere. I will say this, among the many reasons this contractor is fabulous is that he went the extra mile for me every step of the way (he was here 5 hours), and just as he was leaving, he stopped and said if you'll give me five more minutes I'll go get my wet vac and clean that area under your sink. When I told him that was ok, that dirt was already there, he said, "I always leave my jobs cleaner than I found them." And you know what? People always call him back.

First he told me the paint had to be purchased through him. I said ok. He never showed up for the appointment and as of today, 9 days later, he still hasn't called to apologize for missing the appointment or to reset the appointment. Thank Goodness for Angie. I can get a refund.

We started the job in October and we ended in December. They did an ok job. I would give them B's all the way. Under the right circumstances I would probably use them again.

I received an email from Angie's list about a Big Deal: "JV Painting & Construction Home Maintenance, a 2011 Super Service Award winner on Angie's List, is offering exterior painting (up to 1,600 square feet) for a one or two-story home including high quality paint, pressure washing, caulking and minor repairs, painting of siding, windows, doors, trim, gutters and boxing for only $1,299! This service is normally priced at $2,800." I called Angie's List for details and found I would have to buy the Big Deal from Angie's and then schedule the work with Jerry at JV. I had some questions about how 1600 square feet would be determined and what "minor repairs" would include. The rep suggested contacting Jerry directly, which I did. Jerry immediately explained that he was working with Angie's list to retract the offer because Angie's list was not supposed to have included Paint or repairs in that price. He offered to come to the house and give me an estimate independent of the Big Deal. I asked him to write 2 estimates: one for repair work and another for the painting. The repair work was estimated at $548 and the painting was estimated at $3243. That's more than the regular price of $2800! My house is only 2400 square feet and the 1st story is brick, except on the back. So I didn't think the area to be painted would exceed 1600 square feet. When I asked if he would do the paint job for $1299 plus cost of paint, he said it would still be $3243 (not counting repairs of course). I told him I would need to get additional estimates on painting and asked if he was interested in the repair work, independent of the painting. He said yes and we scheduled the work for Thursday and Friday, April 12 and 13. He added $125 to the repair estimate to cover painting (which would have otherwise been in the larger painting estimate). The evening of April 11, Jerry called to say he was tied up on a prior job and would come at 8AM on Friday, instead of Thursday, and that he would finish on Saturday instead of Friday. He spent about 6 hours on Friday to do the repair work and returned on Saturday for about 2 hours to paint the repaired areas. The repair work and painting appears to be of good quality. Jerry's punctuality left room for improvement. Cleanup after job completion was fair. A few scraps of material were left behind along with several nails, including one left on the driveway. I'm disappointed that the Big Deal turned out to be bogus, regardless of whether it was Jerry's fault, or Angie's fault. I'm further disappointed that after explaining that Angie's List should not have included paint and minor repairs in the Big Deal, he declined to provide the same deal, adding the cost of paint and repairs. The gap between $1299 and $3243 for painting + $548 in repairs is inexcusable and based on his original story cannot be explained solely by blaming Angie's List. I don't rule out using Jerry in the future, but I would exercise great caution. Based on my experience, he is overrated on Angie's List.

I called Angie's List and got a refund

Wanted to hire JV Painting for exterior painting of my home. Wanted to buy the Big Deal for this, but before I did I wanted JV to come to my home for an estimate for the additional exterior painting I needed (metal bars). He never returned my call and the Big Deal expired while I waited. I thought he was just too busy due to the Big Deal for exterior paint, but then shortly thereafter I saw another Big Deal for painting. I would've also been willing to buy that Big Deal but he never returned my call and it's been over a month. Not sure what's up with that.

Our price was part of a Big Deal, $250 for 8hrs of interior painting. Initially he said his drive is included in the 8 hrs but he stayed full 8 hrs to paint. We have cathedral ceilings all over the house so for the 8 hrs we had him just cut at the top where the wall meets the ceilings and then we rolled it from there down. This helped as we did not have to rent the scaffolding. He had additional time so he painted a couple of accent walls. He was thorough and asked us to check and make sure no spots were missed. He does other projects as he was in constructions so we're going to have him re-stain our front door and maybe put a roof over the patio.

Absolutely first-rate painter. Took a lot of time to explain things, to consult with us on paint options. Repaired minor dings and dents, was extremely careful about splatters, and was also a heckuva nice fellow. Honest and trustworthy. Jerry owns and operates the company. We WILL use him again.

He showed up at at 7:55 am for the 8 o'clock appointment. He was knowledgable, personable, and efficient. I didn't know if I bought enough paint, but I checked in with him a few times during the appointment to see if he needed me to go get some more. It turned out that we had half a gallon left over! He suggested this particular paint, and I'm really glad I bought it. I had bought the "Big Deal" off Angie's list and it was well worth my money. Because of the large area I needed to be painted I was worried that he might not have enough time to do it, but he was able to work with me on that - charging me a reasonable hourly fee for any time went over the Angies list "Big Deal." I would recommend him and his team to anyone needing help painting, and will use him again in the future.

On time. They gave us good advice on paint color and selection of type of paint. They cleaned up every day. They added to the job when we asked them for a reasonable amount. It looked very nice when finished. No gripes. I would hire them again.

They were able to come a little more quickly than other companies. I wouldn’t use them again. It was a small job.

We found the stain can in the garage, he said he could match it. He gave me a quote which I considered fair and I considered the deal done. Then I never heard from him again! I waited a couple of days, called him and left a message, and still never heard back. I have no idea why he did not show up, or call back after my leaving a message, to do the job.