After reading mixed reviews I decided to take a chance and hire Dan's Quality Painting qual.I.ty. noun the standard of something measured against other things of a similar kind ; the degree of excellence of something The job was to paint a small kitchen a shade lighter & paint a dark powder room white. The other part of the job was to finish painting a bathroom that my husband started but didn't get to finish. If you care about a quality paint job do not hire Dan Umbro 1) he is a painter who tells he did 2 coats to cover the existing dark color and when he's ready to leave you have to point out that the color is showing through but he will do another coat " if you want him to"( I supplied Benjamin Moire Regal Select with primer in it)- that Is not quality 2) he is a painter who has to have glaring imperfections pointed out for which he has several excuses all ending in " if you want me to"- that is not quality 3) he is a painter who should immediately make an appointment with an eye Dr because he doesn't see what we see and had to repaint some walls because they dried as streaky as they looked when they were wet - that is not quality 4) he is a painter ( not a business man )who doesn't carry business cards but tells you to refer people to his website- he also told me that he would " take care of me" by giving me a " kickback" for a job he got from my referral -quality workmanship speaks for itself & doesn't require bribes The only recommendation I have is for Dan to remove the word QUALITY from the name of his business because it is grossly misrepresented. He has no standards and his degree of excellence and pride in his work are non existent ! read more

Had a horrible experience with this painter. He's a smooth talker, who tells you what you want to hear, but is very dishonest. He told us he completed more than he did (to get us to mail a check to him, which we did on good faith), also told us he put on two coats of paint, when it was obvious he only did one (and someone who visited our home and looked at his work thought he may have watered down the paint!) The quality of his work is VERY poor; stripes on our ceilings and in all corners of each room he painted, because he didn't cut in properly. (I have photos of all of this.) Dripped some paint on our new floors and didn't clean it up. Lastly, he never finished; took the money and disappeared, isn't responding to texts or calls. We paid him about 50% of the total job (an entire interior and exterior), he did about 20% of the work and much of it needs to be redone, since the quality is so poor. Since I mentioned this to others in the Rhinebeck area, we've heard stories of him not finishing jobs, not paying his workers, and other tales of poor quality work. We are now considering taking him to small claims court to try and recoup some of our money (but what a hassle). BEWARE!! read more

He has almost completed the exterior painting of our house, and I am pleased with the quality, some things still to do but the weather has not cooperated, so we're waiting on the touch-ups, front porch and some touch-ups inside the kitchen also due. He and his workers worked hard, were attentive to some critiques and eager to please. read more

Recently had Dan paint living room (ceiling & walls), kitchen, and guest room. Overall, flawless work done in the most professional way. I had not one problem with Dan and I am shocked to read a prior bad review. I would recommend Dan to a friend, colleague or family member. read more

We hired Dan to strip wallpaper in our bedroom and repair / repaint the walls in our master, guest and daughter's rooms. He gave us a reasonable quote that included specific references to repairs he would make as well as how many coats would be applied - he then informed us he would need to charge us more after he started the job and felt it was more work than he originally expected (despite the fact that he did a walkthrough of the house before submitting the quote). He showed up late and left early every day, he did not repair even ONE of the cracks or nail pops that he referenced in his quote and the quality of work was so poor that my husband had to repaint each room himself just to cover the white patches Dan left behind, which took hours. Dan didn't bother to lay down plastic over our guest bed and we found large spots of paint on the headboard, sheets and comforter which did not come out. We discovered later that he used the second worst quality paint available and was untruthful about the finishes throughout the process. After the job was finished, we reached out to him asking him to fix and complete his subpar work at which point he went completely silent on us after taking our money. This was far and away the worst "professional" paint job we've ever experienced and highly advise anyone considering hiring Dan to look elsewhere. read more