Chenault Painting

A list of items to fixed in the house was provided to ensure completion estimated totaling 21k. The project was divided and different pieces as I wanted to observe how things were done and control the budged. It is worth noting that the original work was estimated at over 20K, but the quote did not provided details of the work, which I a later on requested a breakdown of each item and cost. 50% of each piece of the work was paid upfront for material.
Dale and his crew will move through several pieces of the project, collect 50% for materials, but never finished a single task. For example, they will start with painting a wall, then decided to change the trim of the house, then start work on the bathroom and so forth. A little over $16,000 was paid up for a work that was never complete. Dale and his partner will continuously ask for an advancement and will justified the delay of the pending work due to items being ordered, shipping issues, etc.
Dale R toward the last few weeks of his work stated his partner left with all of the cash, but gave his commitment to finish the work. However, the same behavior was observed with Dale as far as asking for cash advancement, and then disappearing for several days at the time without contacting me. In the end, I gave specific deadlines and milestones completion for specific work before drawing another payment, which he couldn’t met and therefore, Dale services were no longer needed. However, he expected payment for work that was never completed and threaten to contact the city as some of the work performed did not had the proper permit. I explain to Dale why payment was not going to be issued, showed him what he considered a finished a product (which is not by any stretch of the imagination) and why it was not acceptable.
Dale warned me via text that he was going to file and mechanical lien against my property. I consulted with an attorney and he mediated the situation with Dale. The attorney clearly explained the ramifications of filing a mechanical lien against the property.

BEWARE!! Dale R (Chenault Painting) does shoddy work and does not complete the job. He deserves a 0 star rating.

Dale R was to start painting my kitchen cabinets on 3/10/2020 he never showed up at 9:00 am I called him several times and he never answered he later sent me a text to say his wife was in the hospital. Ok that’s understandable but when we’re you going to contact me?
So the next day the 3/11/2020 he had to fire the two guys that was supposed to be here.. he has no help. 3/13/3020 he sends over two school age young men to prime my cabinets, they are asking me what all needs to be primed they had no drop cloths getting sanding Residue on my new appliances what I want is my deposit of $160.00 back he didn’t call or come by now he has blocked me.. from all communications.