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    Thomas Parks Contracting

    3.1 (12 reviews)
    Open 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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    Sanded off our stain down to nothing and had to try to match it only after I complained.
    Joan Q.

    We hired this company in 2021 to paint our exterior trim and doors as well as almost entire interior. It was a large bid and was told they could be done in a few weeks. It took one for the exterior with me pointing out areas missed. 5 more for interior. The son oldest Thomas Jr met with us. We trusted him and felt comfortable. He's a very nice gentleman. I believe the sons are currently running this business, not the father. These guys clearly have no idea what they are doing and had no workers. The three sons were never on the same page and contradicted each other. Middle son yelled at me inside my own home over paint type and I had to ask him to leave. He never apologized. He argued that matte and flat paint were the same and satin and eggshell were the same. They are not at all. So I did not get the paint type I wanted and they should know better. If a client asks for satin, give them satin. He showed me a paint can that said "mate" (flat in Spanish!) and thought that was the same as matte (two t's). He was very rude about it all. Their worker (yes one) who was very slow and made a LOT of mistakes. He was caught talking about me in Spanish (I speak some too!). They never covered my things and got paint on them. They did not cover the ceiling fans so there was paint all over the blades. They did not cover light switches so I got tired of it and removed and taped them myself. Doorknobs were painted around. He even painted around a wreath door hanger on one exterior door. I pointed out it needed to come off and he still was too lazy. They sanded my beautifully stained front door so there were clear spots where it looked like a different shade (pictured). I even told them NO SANDPAPER. I was really mad. It took them weeks to fix that and kept saying they would do it later so I had to look at it for over a month. They wanted to rearrange my entire inside and every bedroom making it unlivable for weeks saying they would do it all at once but they were so slow, rooms sat untouched, dirty and unlivable until I told them no more. I have three children so these rooms are not empty. I had no kitchen to eat in. Everything was a mess all at once. I made them do one room at a time because I was sick of it. They had ONE guy alone painting our entire house 80% of the time. It took six weeks!!! They took a week off during Thanksgiving and came late but were mad when I gave them a deadline for Christmas so I could enjoy my home for a week. I wanted them to take a break so I could live in my house for the holidays and that seems to be a lot to ask for even though they had plenty of time to finish. It was so stressful. We ended up agreeing to pay less and them never come back. My husband had had enough of the disrespectful attitudes and poor work that he was fixing. There are tons of patches on my walls you can clearly see through the paint because they did not even bother to blend it. They forgot to put studs in behind drywall they were installing in one wall (closing up a built in shelf area). My husband had to call them out on it and so they had to tear it all out and redo it. Ridiculous. They didn't clean up ever or put up plastic to keep the dust and debris in the room being worked on. The sand would blow through the whole house. Daily I would have to mop and sweep the entire house and finally had to leave for a weekend because it was way too dusty. I was coughing. This was the most unprofessional job ever. We picked the colors but not the type of paint so they bought the cheapest paint ever. Don't let them pick your paint! Get satin if you want satin, etc. They bought the cheapest paint available so it sucks. This paint is peeling and it took 3 coats to even cover light colored walls. So the time it took was their own fault. Some spots needed more and they would get mad when I asked them to put more on. We did so much prep work ourselves and I paid for my house to get cleaned so I could breathe. Middle brother is mouthy and rude. He has a temper. Oldest never came back to help. Youngest watched the job get farther behind and wouldn't pick up a paint brush until the last week and they wanted money from us. When asked why they won't paint, no answer. The brother who would not bother to apologize sat outside in the work truck ALL DAY and did no work to help speed it up. He should have never argued with me and raised his voice to me. My son got home soon after and was really mad. All he had to do is apologize. Here's some pics of their awful work. We should have gotten a bigger discount. Be careful and very specific on your contracts about your expectations and I suggest you buy your own paint. I wanted to like this family business so much. They need to learn and do better. They missed an opportunity to change my mind.

    Roof before ridgecap replacement and before it was sprayed with sealant.

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