Pete's Painting

Complaint [redacted]   The reason that the mess was still there was because [redacted] told me that she did NOT have any more funds to put into the project and told us that she did NOT need us anymore.   Regarding the sink and water heater installation, [redacted] would always inspect work before paying the men. Therefore, when the sink and water heater installation was complete, she inspected it and then paid for the completion of the work.   Sent from my iPhone

Rebuttal to Contract Dispute RE: [redacted] - ID [redacted] In November 2015 I met with [redacted] because she wanted me to manage a house that she bought and wanted to flip. I am a painting contractor that has been in business for over 10 years. I have a little knowledge in renovation and...

[redacted] was aware of that. The reason she was interested in working with me was because of my contact with other contractors. In regards to the $9,000, that money was not for me. The $9,000 was for the leveling of the house. She hired me to only manage the project by paying me $100 every time I was at the job site. As for completing the job within a timely manner, some factors came into play. During that time period, it was raining and the house had a bad drainage problem. The water would drain under the house causing the ground to be very wet, which made it difficult to work on the leveling. The house was in bad shape because it was an “as-is” purchase. It took over 40 beams to level the home. [redacted] wanted the home finished in 30 days, and I told her that I would try to meet that deadline. [redacted] asked me if she could use my guys to work on the inside of her house. I agreed as long as she paid my guys by the hour. So we demo’d the inside by taking off the paneling. Then we placed sheetrock on walls. Here’s where another factor came into play with the completion of the job in a timely manner. It was [redacted]’s indecisiveness. She went back and forth on several things. First, she told me NOT to put sheetrock on ceiling. Then she told me to go ahead and put sheetrock on ceiling, then she told me NOT to put sheetrock on ceiling. Once sheetrock was on walls, she wanted for my guys to put in built-in shelves in wall. We also hired a crew to do work in the bathroom. They removed the panel tile in shower area. It took [redacted] some time to purchase tile for the shower area after the removal of the panel tile in the shower area, so there was a delay there. She hired me to make the decisions, when in the end, she was the one making all the changes and the decisions. She could not make up her mind on the bathroom flooring whether she wanted tile flooring or to just keep the wood floor that was already there. She continued to remind me that she wanted the job to be completed quickly. I told her it was difficult to finish when she was changing her mind all the time. Another example of her indecisiveness was with the water heater. She couldn’t make up her mind where she wanted the water heater that it ended up being moved three (3) different days. The kitchen floor had vinyl, so we demo’d it. She liked the wood floor underneath. Then she changed her mind and wanted tile floor. For the kitchen cabinets, she wanted to replace them at first and already had someone from Home Depot give her a quote. So she decided to go with Home Depot cabinets, but then changed her mind and asked me to paint them. The cabinets never got painted because she told me that she had run out of funds for the project. She continued to have meetings with me and the other crew about adding things and/or changing things around. I should have learned my lesson from the first job I ever did for her. [redacted] had her brother manage the work that she had me doing on her own house on Bailey Street. They wanted me to paint the inside of the home and I gave them a price. They paid me half for the work for what I had already done and then told me that they would call me back to finish the work. They never called me back and were in breach of contract. In regards to not responding to [redacted]’s calls, texts and such, I would answer my phone when I could. However, she sometimes would call late at night and those calls I would not answer. She also would call one of my guys to let him know when she had paid me. She was discussing business matters with my employees. On another note, I asked that she get a permit for the leveling of the house. She did not get one because she did not want to. She also included an A/C unit without a permit. Finally, in regards to me coming back to fix the cracks, I felt that I fulfilled my obligation because I was still working on the leveling job and I was not getting compensated for that any longer. She ran out of funds and could not pay me $100 per day any more so that is why I have not returned to fix the cracks. It was difficult to work for [redacted] due to her indecisiveness and not to mention the pressure to finish the job quickly which was difficult to do due to rain and bad drainage of the house that took place. I still managed to get the leveling of the house completed but was never compensated in full. She would ask me for the hours that the guys worked and then she would give me the amount for their hours. Then I would pay each one for the total hours they worked each week. Therefore, all the guys on the job were paid in full. All the material needed for the project was paid by her. I feel that I fulfilled my obligations to the project under these difficult circumstances.

Rebuttal to Contract Dispute RE: [redacted] - ID [redacted] In...

November 2015 I met with [redacted] because she wanted me to manage a house that she bought and wanted to flip. I am a painting contractor that has been in business for over 10 years. I have a little knowledge in renovation and [redacted] was aware of that. The reason she was interested in working with me was because of my contact with other contractors. In regards to the $9,000, that money was not for me. The $9,000 was for the leveling of the house. She hired me to only manage the project by paying me $100 every time I was at the job site. As for completing the job within a timely manner, some factors came into play. During that time period, it was raining and the house had a bad drainage problem. The water would drain under the house causing the ground to be very wet, which made it difficult to work on the leveling. The house was in bad shape because it was an “as-is” purchase. It took over 40 beams to level the home. [redacted] wanted the home finished in 30 days, and I told her that I would try to meet that deadline. [redacted] asked me if she could use my guys to work on the inside of her house. I agreed as long as she paid my guys by the hour. So we demo’d the inside by taking off the paneling. Then we placed sheetrock on walls. Here’s where another factor came into play with the completion of the job in a timely manner. It was [redacted]’s indecisiveness. She went back and forth on several things. First, she told me NOT to put sheetrock on ceiling. Then she told me to go ahead and put sheetrock on ceiling, then she told me NOT to put sheetrock on ceiling. Once sheetrock was on walls, she wanted for my guys to put in built-in shelves in wall. We also hired a crew to do work in the bathroom. They removed the panel tile in shower area. It took [redacted] some time to purchase tile for the shower area after the removal of the panel tile in the shower area, so there was a delay there. She hired me to make the decisions, when in the end, she was the one making all the changes and the decisions. She could not make up her mind on the bathroom flooring whether she wanted tile flooring or to just keep the wood floor that was already there. She continued to remind me that she wanted the job to be completed quickly. I told her it was difficult to finish when she was changing her mind all the time. Another example of her indecisiveness was with the water heater. She couldn’t make up her mind where she wanted the water heater that it ended up being moved three (3) different days. The kitchen floor had vinyl, so we demo’d it. She liked the wood floor underneath. Then she changed her mind and wanted tile floor. For the kitchen cabinets, she wanted to replace them at first and already had someone from Home Depot give her a quote. So she decided to go with Home Depot cabinets, but then changed her mind and asked me to paint them. The cabinets never got painted because she told me that she had run out of funds for the project. She continued to have meetings with me and the other crew about adding things and/or changing things around. I should have learned my lesson from the first job I ever did for her. [redacted] had her brother manage the work that she had me doing on her own house on Bailey Street. They wanted me to paint the inside of the home and I gave them a price. They paid me half for the work for what I had already done and then told me that they would call me back to finish the work. They never called me back and were in breach of contract. In regards to not responding to [redacted]’s calls, texts and such, I would answer my phone when I could. However, she sometimes would call late at night and those calls I would not answer. She also would call one of my guys to let him know when she had paid me. She was discussing business matters with my employees. On another note, I asked that she get a permit for the leveling of the house. She did not get one because she did not want to. She also included an A/C unit without a permit. Finally, in regards to me coming back to fix the cracks, I felt that I fulfilled my obligation because I was still working on the leveling job and I was not getting compensated for that any longer. She ran out of funds and could not pay me $100 per day any more so that is why I have not returned to fix the cracks. It was difficult to work for [redacted] due to her indecisiveness and not to mention the pressure to finish the job quickly which was difficult to do due to rain and bad drainage of the house that took place. I still managed to get the leveling of the house completed but was never compensated in full. She would ask me for the hours that the guys worked and then she would give me the amount for their hours. Then I would pay each one for the total hours they worked each week. Therefore, all the guys on the job were paid in full. All the material needed for the project was paid by her. I feel that I fulfilled my obligations to the project under these difficult circumstances.