College Works Painting

"Do not hire! ABSOLUTELY NO ATTENTION TO DETAIL. Slopped paint on new gutter system and wood trim. Paint dripped on slate patio. Paint slopped on light fixtures, paint all over my garden hose. Brush marks and roller lint. Appeared to be random teens without training or proper oversight. Did not prepare surfaces. Bought incorrect paint finish. Uneven finish, not bankrolled. Price not markedly different than a pro. Tried to help out the students but not worth it!"

"Absolutely horrible painters. Beware before you hire this company. I hired them to paint my porch. Please don't make the same mistake! I purchased an extended 4 year warranty. When the paint started to peel everywhere after 2 years, Steven offered me $200 only if I signed a release contract to absolve them of all wrong doing, never write a bad review, and never advise potential new customers of my experience. He said that the warrantee was mistakenly sold to me and that the warranty does not cover horizontal surfaces!!! WHAT! YOU MISTAKENLY SOLD ME A WARRANTY! THEY DIDN'T MAKE ANY MISTAKES TAKING MY MONEY! The college student project manager and crew that had very little knowledge of painting a porch and what it took to complete the job properly. The crew showed up at my house with no tools other than paint brushes. I had to provide them ALL with paint scrapers, sand paper, a ladder, and the use of two of my power sanders. I also incurred additional costs to help the crew do their job. The costs included $75 for a packet of 3M 80 grit purple (highest quality) sanding disks. They had no sand paper! I allowed them to use my Porter Cable 6" disk sander. Afterwards, they destroyed the base pad under the sander and I had to purchase a new pad at a cost of $35. I also had to purchase a gallon of fiberglass reinforced filler to fill cracks on the porch columns at a cost of $80. I had to apply the filler to the columns myself! They were supposed to fill the cracks as we discussed previously but refused to do it. They would have painted right over the cracks if I didn't stop them. They did the least amount of work as possible so they could leave and go to the next job. After the job was completed, the crew left paint cans all around my front walkway and property I had to clean up the mess. A can of paint was left on my slate walkway up to the porch. Unaware that the lid was only placed on the can and not sealed, I picked the can up, the lid fell off, and the entire contents spilled all over my work boot and slate walkway. Please heed my warning, you totally get what you pay for, a horrible job. BUYER BE WARE!"

"3 years ago I received an estimate and decided not to get the work done. Since then I get about 2-3 calls per month from sales people asking if I'd like another estimate. I've asked over a dozen times to be placed on a "no call" list which may or may not exist with this company. I've now started to receive text messages. Is there no way to stop this? I've spoken to the corporate office in Irvine, CA which has done no good. My only advice here is to stay far, far away from this company. Unless you enjoy being stalked then by all means...."

"Have never reached out to them in my life, yet they call me every month insisting that I gave them my email and indicated I was interested in getting my house painted (I am a student and don't have a house). This has been happening for about 3 or 4 years now. Whenever I politely ask them to stop calling me and take me off their list, I am always ignored... I won't even get into the fact that this whole operation is a Ponzi scheme"

"College Works Painting did a wonderful job on the exterior of our home. Marc was thorough in his evaluation of the painting needs of the home, and the crew that completed the work was very conscientious in the preparation and cleaning of the site. We highly recommend this company to anyone looking for a great painting company at a reasonable price."