My husband and I were looking to have the plaster in our spacious attic repaired. In our search of people in the area who do lathe and plaster Mike was the only person we could find. He told us he had been doing this for more than 40 years so how could we go wrong? He gave us a quote for 3 days of work for $2400. He started right away and brought his brother Tom with. They put a drop cloth on the floor conning in the back door but did not cover the stairwell or the hallway (which are both hardwood as we live in a historical home from 1880). I went upstairs to talk to my husband and check on my cat because I hadn't seen him in a while. We keep all of the bedroom doors closed so he doesn't shed on the beds. One of the bedroom doors was opened and I found my cat locked in another bedroom. Then I saw the white footprints in the doorway of our bedroom and in the hallway leading to the bedrooms! One of them decided to give a self guided tour of our home! After they left the first day I noticed my shower curtain was left open so when I went to close it I noticed huge chunks of plaster in my shower and a white hand print on my toilet bowl. The stairwell and hallway were covered with white from them tracking in as they went in and out. It is winter time so it was a white muddy mess from the plaster/snow mix. They worked 7 hrs this first day. They came back the second day and brought a lady with them. After seeing the tracks to our bedroom my gut was telling me something was off. They spent 1 hour this day and were done. Mike took us into the attic and standing there it looked great since the 3 inch holes were covered. Mike told us to sand down some of the patch work and then take dishsoap and water and wash the walls 4 times. My husband asked him if he would reduce his fee since he quoted us for 3 days of labor and only worked 8 hours. He would not so we paid him the $2400 (which breaks down to $342/hr or $171/person/hour). After they left thier attempt to clean the floors was smearing the plaster with a wet rag. I had to mop the floors upstairs and down and the stairwell. They slopped all over my bathroom cabinets and my back door. So the next two days my husband spent repairing cracks and holes in the plaster that Mike did not do, sanding that Mike did not do, and washing walls that Mike did not do. For the amount of money we paid him we should have had to do nothing but start painting! We got his info from the Menards lumber desk and asked them to pull his cards. After the manager called him my husband called him. He offered to come fix it but we already did the work and I don't want them back in my home. He then proceed to scream and yell at my husband, dropped the F-bomb repeatedly, called me an old lady (which I am not), and told us to take him to court and he would make us both look like a 2 cent stamp! We have reported him to the BBB. Do not let these people in your home or have them do any work for you! I am giving them 1 star only because Yelp requires me to do so. read more