AZ Painting did a great job, accepted payment in full after completion and inspection. The employees we worked with were both friendly and professional.
I wholeheartedly recommend them to one and all.
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When we decided i wasn't going to paint the house as i did in 2003, I contacted several painting companies and requested bids from three.
AZ Painting submitted the most professional bid which was also the highest of 4 we received. (The 4th was from a painter sent over by a friend along with a good recommendation.)
After checking several references from their list and visiting 2 recent sites, We choose AZ Painting after negotiating on price and details of what they were committing to do.
The number two bid (our friend's painter) we choose to refuse based upon their estimated time on site and inability to start the job within our required time frame. The other two took only a bit of research to convince us that neither would produce good or even satisfactory work. I was a home builder for a number of years and have some reasonably high standards for subcontractors.
AZ Painting's crew showed up on schedule, completed the job in two days even adjusted for two misunderstandings without additional charges. The crew was professional and friendly. They had us inspect the job before cleaning up. I have found this is very important.
Far too many workmen clean up and stow their tools before letting you inspect. Then if you find anything not up to spec they are very reluctant to get everything back out to correct the issue. Or worse yet they will try a shortcut that results in an unsatisfactory fix and often a big argument when you refuse to accept the shoddy work.
This is why I never pay a contractor up front. The only exception I make is to pay for materials in advance. If I am unfamiliar with the contractor I offer to go with him to purchase them or to reimburse them when the materials arrive on-site.
Bottom line, go with recommendations from known sources and references from their list.. The list should contain a minimum of 25 recent, no older than 18 months, jobs.
Just my opinion.
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