Apollo Painting and Construction

I can’t comment on the quality of Apollo’s work. They never showed up. Despite having a contract in place with a start date set, they told me only days before the start of a residential interior painting job they were not going to do the work.

I got an email from the owner Dennis Yeager on Oct. 16. He was replying to my email of Oct. 14, plus a phone message of Oct. 16, in which I was seeking confirmation of the scheduled start date. His Oct. 16 email said:

“Unfortunately, we will not be able to work on your project, under your schedule requirements.

We are involved in several large projects which have had numerous delays due to the GC's permit challenges. I had hoped that I would be able to carve out a window of time to do your project, but that has not materialized. You had several other bids, which I hope will work out well for you.

Thank you for the opportunity to bid on your home.”

Here are the facts. Apollo accepted my signed agreement in late September, which included a start date of Oct. 21 after discussion with Mr. Yeager. Once we had the signed agreement with the Oct. 21 start date, Mr. Yeager sent me an email on Oct. 2, acknowledging the paint materials and color schedule we’d sent, and said:

“Got it, Thanks!

We are still looking at the same time frame.”

I took that “…same time frame” comment to say the Oct. 21 start date was still a go.

Apollo did not just “bid” on my home. We had signed an agreement specifying price, work, etc. While I realized our start date might need to be a little flexible (i.e. maybe pushed back a few days at most), I was floored when I was told, 3 work days before the scheduled start, that Apollo would not “carve out a window” and would simply walk away from the work they had contracted to do.

I believe Apollo abandoned my job in order to go do some other work, presumably a larger and more lucrative project. Threw us under the bus then backed over us.