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| - Come, gather 'round all. It's time for true tales from Cara's Story Corner.
Today's story is about an Ohio City home, built in 1890, that needed an exterior paint job--and fast. To the interwebz we searched for a trustworthy, locally-owned painting company that specialized in older homes. But when we noticed the house directly behind us was also being painted (really, really meticulously), we introduced ourselves.
You see--we'd been searching for a while and had found great companies--but none that accepted credit card payments. And really, writing a check for thousands of dollars really didn't sound awesome. Beyond that--we waited until October to start reaching out. Most every company had a full schedule until winter starts.
Pinpoint Painting was the only company who was immediate in their response, worked to squeeze us into the season AND took credit cards. At first we were just happy with all that--but then the job started. Let's be honest here... getting your house painted isn't fun, especially when you have a barky dog and you work from home. And then think of the guys out there, in the cold, unpredictable fall weather. Not fun. But from the time Zach, Mike and his team of (great) guys started the job, they were not only a joy to have around, but they busted their asses to make sure the job was done right and efficiently. We couldn't have asked for cooler guys. I'm talking "feel like you've known them since elementary school" kind of guys. Freezing winds or sleet? They were still up on those ladders, scraping, sanding and making sure our finished product would only induce the happiest of feelings. Along the way they offered to paint large sections to see if we liked the ways the colors were grouped and even offered to redo them over again if we didn't like it. I just can't say enough great things about these guys!
Some more positives:
- Project management. I'm not even sure if these guys really even needed it, but the project was managed by Zach and everything went super-smoothly. IF they had to step away for a day due to rain or if they had to just quickly finish another job, they'd make sure our's was on track and schedule the next day with me.
- Sprayers 'n sanders. Old homes are tricky and so is original siding. These guys took some time to make sure the scraping and sanding was done right and spots that needed filled were filled. On top of that, they use paint sprayers, which get much more paint evenly coated onto the surface of the house--THEN followed up with the brush afterwards to bring out the natural grain of the wood.
- Clean-up: They really tried to contain the paint chips as much as possible. They brought shop vacs, tarps, the works. You never really know with old paint, so you have to be careful--and they were.
- Details, details, details: Again, we have an old home with lots of little details that needed to be painted. These guys tackled these things NO PROBLEM. No complaints, no half-assed work.
- Billing/Invoicing: Can be done in 2 or 3 payments. Nice.
Overall, these guys do fantastic, detail oriented work and are a joy to be around. Beyond highly recommended.
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