Jose was hired to paint the entire house (excluding the kitchen) for interior paint work. We had him come to our home three times and we walked through the entire house of 2,000 sq ft and we explained to him orally and written on paper a list of specifics work to be done in each room. On the third visit, we walked him through everything again, and asked him on specific jobs that required extra labor and he said he understood and that he would texture two bedroom walls, and a few extras he agreed to do for the price of $6200.00. His original bid was $6,585.00, and my husband negotiated with Jose and they shook hands on the price of $6200.00 and he signed the contract. He knew from the start that there would be much prep work with new doors, texturing two walls, texturing three ceilings, primer paint new crown moldings, baseboards, and casings for the new doors. On the first day, he wasted no time by complaining to my husband how much work prepping the ceiling was, and that he would need another $100 for work and he had no idea how much labor it was going to take?? The following days got worse and he continued to try and weasel us for more money as he was working in each room. He also dickered with my husband on how he would not paint the rest of dining area for 1 foot on a drywall that led into the kitchen. We had excluded the kitchen for paint work, so he was not going to do anything extra. not even one foot. It did not make any sense that he refused to paint the rest of the wall to even out the color. He actually thought he could get away with this. My husband had to cancel a business trip, because If I had been left alone, he would have cheated me left and right. He also had issues with me being a woman, and did not respect me at all. He treated me like dirt by ignoring me, refused to even look at me. he would just walk away and I had to get my husband involved so many times to speak on my behalf it was like dealing with a 5 year old having a temper tantrum. On the third day and while Jose was working on the bedroom that needed two walls to be prepped and textured. I noticed he only did one wall and told me he would not do the other wall as we had agreed on. After he told me "NO" three times, Jose ran out of the house yelling "NO" and by the time he got to his car, he said he was going to quit. At that point, I told him to go ahead quit and take your equipment and leave immediately. It took my husband over an hour to calm him down and insisted we had a contract and that he needed to do exactly as directed or we would take him to court for abandonment. He ended up over texturing the one wall, and under texturing the other wall. I will give him credit for doing a good job on texturing the ceilings for four rooms. However, overall it was not worth hiring him and I would give him a grade F. Jose also told us he was going to supply us with a three man crew, but it only was two men, and some of their work was sloppy, poor job of cleaning up each day, and he had the gall to store his smelly chemicals of paint, thinners, brushes, with an industrial vacuum and ladders in the spare bedroom for three days. We told him to use our garage for storage during his absence. on the first day, I had offered him our garage for safe keeping, and he said "no thank you, not necessary". I said "Ok" but I wasn't sure where he was going to store it all and I thought he would store it in his van. After he left the premises, I noticed he left it intentionally in one of the bedrooms, and he left all the doors off so we could smell it for hours and hours. I found three oily type stains on my carpet, and he denied his stuff did the damage on the carpet. I had a terrible headache for the first three days, and with Jose's bad attitude and bad business ethics, I was besides myself for the entire 9 days they were here. They also did not apply a second coat in the garage 1/2 bath. After the fiasco on the two textured walls, Jose told my husband he would not have anything to do with me, and he refused to look at me nor would he answer my questions. Jose is not a professional business man. He's a cheater and a creep. If you ever come across a man named Jose Rodriguez and wants to paint your house? just say "No Way Jose" and dump him like a "Hot Potato" and run as fast as you can . read more