Return-Path: <@cs.cmu.edu:jhb%SEI.CMU.EDU@at.sei.cmu.edu> Received: from cs.cmu.edu by K.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id ab13125; 1 Oct 91 13:57:13 EDT Received: from at.sei.cmu.edu by CS.CMU.EDU id aa18822; 1 Oct 91 13:56:58 EDT Received: from localhost by at.sei.cmu.edu (5.64/2.5) id AA28323; Tue, 1 Oct 91 13:56:38 -0400 Message-Id: <9110011756.AA28323@at.sei.cmu.edu> To: bovik@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Painter (Dis)Recommendations Date: Tue, 01 Oct 91 13:56:33 EDT From: Joanne Beckman After looking over all of the painter (dis)recommendations, we decided to avoid student painters and relatives. The prices we were quoted for our trim were from $1,800 to $3,700. We went with the lowest cost offered by Henry Webber of Masterbrush and were happy with the results. The rest of the results are shown below. Good luck! :::::::::::::: paint/1 :::::::::::::: Date: Fri, 9 Aug 91 16:31:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Anthony Edward Lalli To: Joanne.Beckman@sei.cmu.edu Subject: Re: Painter Recommendations I have an uncle who does an EXCELLENT job. He has all the right tools and spends a lot of time painting. He gets most of his work on referrals, which says a lot on the quality of work. His rates are competitive if not a bit cheaper. He is Ed Rowe, and his number is 828-4384. He specializes in outdoor painting. Mention my name, Tony Lalli, just so he knows how you heard of him. This is only a referral to you - there's no commision involved for me. Tony 325-4632 :::::::::::::: paint/2 :::::::::::::: To: Joanne.Beckman@SEI.CMU.EDU Subject: ["R. Hugo Patterson": Painters] Date: Fri, 09 Aug 91 17:19:38 EDT From: Bob Ellison I saved this from while Bovik was still available. I am trying Machiewicz but he had not done the work yet. Bob ------- Forwarded Message From: "R. Hugo Patterson" To: bovik@FS3.ECE.CMU.EDU Subject: Painters Date: Mon, 03 Dec 90 11:06:39 EST From: Richard.Quadrel@CAD.CS.CMU.EDU To: pat@HENRY.ECE.CMU.EDU Subject: Re: Painters In-Reply-To: R..Hugo.Patterson's bboard message of 07-Nov-90 02:28 I HIGHLY DISRECOMMEND Paul Sauers, Duffield St?, Pittsburgh. The guy initially gave me a low estimate and then (unfairly, I think) hit me with a high bill when the job was done. I've been fighting with him about payment for a couple of months, and his work wasn't even that good. See Bovik for the gory details. Rich To: pat@henry.ECE.CMU.EDU Subject: painter recommendation Date: Wed, 07 Nov 90 09:46:46 EST From: Keith.Gremban@IUS2.CS.CMU.EDU I had my house trim painted by Carl Mackiewicz this summer, and was very happy with the work he did. He's married to one of our staff members here; for more information, finger patty@ius2.cs.cmu.edu, or call (412) 322-7714. kdg To: pat@henry.ECE.CMU.EDU Subject: Painters Date: Wed, 07 Nov 90 10:47:57 EST From: Scott.Fahlman@SEF1.SLISP.CS.CMU.EDU The Hollers (several mentions in the bovik database) are still the best if you can get them. The old man died a couple of years back, but the sons are still at it and still do fine work at reasonable cost. - -- Scott To: pat@henry.ece.cmu.edu Subject: painters Date: Wed, 07 Nov 90 12:54:10 EST From: Rick Kazman I had a reasonably good job done by Master Brush. Their phone number is 481-2155. The guy's name is Henry Weber. He comes with a team of 3 other painters. Their work is reasonably neat, quick and thorough, and they don't make a mess. Their price was also reasonable. Several of my friends have also had work done by Henry et al, without complaint. I don't recommend them without completely reservation because I'm a very fussy person when it comes to painting, and, if I had done the job myself, I would have done a better job. However, I don't know if *any* professional painters can afford to do that kind of work. Good luck! rick To: pat@henry.ECE.CMU.EDU Subject: painters Date: Wed, 07 Nov 90 13:07:54 EST Message-Id: <4628.658001274@SPEECH2.CS.CMU.EDU> From: Amy.Blackmond@SPEECH2.CS.CMU.EDU - Donna Blackmond's sister We had our house painted ~2 months ago by RA Frey Construction. Ron is a general contractor and we've had him do many jobs for us. He did the scraping and contracted out the actual painting. Ron is very good -- he always does an excellent job. You may end up paying more for him but, if you can afford it, he's worth it. I think it cost ~2 grand for the house and garage (We have a HUGE house with lots of windows -- it's the windows that make it expensive). If you want to check out his work you can drive by our house. 1017 Sheridan Ave in Highland Park (between Wellesley and Hampton) the house is red (it used to be blue) ------- End of Forwarded Message :::::::::::::: paint/3 :::::::::::::: Date: Fri, 9 Aug 91 22:24:54 -0400 (EDT) From: James Rose To: Joanne.Beckman@sei.cmu.edu Subject: Re: Painter Recommendations Joanne I am making my living this summer as a painting subcontracter. Our group could do your trim for less than any other professionals. Jimmy :::::::::::::: paint/4 :::::::::::::: Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1991 08:50-EDT From: Richard.Quadrel@CAD.CS.CMU.EDU To: Joanne.Beckman@sei.cmu.edu Subject: Re: Painter Recs Please If you need any painting done, I STRONGLY disrecommend Paul Bauers, Duffield Street, Pittsburgh. It's not that his work is so bad, but he grossly misrepresented his estimate, and sent us a bill that was nearly twice his original price. We wanted two rooms painted (floor,ceiling & trim, no closets), one of which needed to have the wallpaper stripped. Paul Bauer's estimate: $80 per room painting $50 per room to strip wallpaper $ for paint & materials So I figured, OK that's probably about $250. We received a bill for $500!! When I asked Bauers to break it down he said that to paint each room was $130 ($80 is only for the finish coat! - another $50 for the primer), patching and plastering was $80 per room. I asked why patch & plaster wasn't in the original estimate, and he said, "Oh I thought you knew that was extra". Right. I'm still arguing with the guy about his bill, but if you want to save your time and money, DON'T hire this guy, the job wasn't that good, anyway. Rich Quadrel :::::::::::::: paint/5 :::::::::::::: To: joanne.beckman@SEI.CMU.EDU Subject: painter rec Date: Mon, 12 Aug 91 10:38:35 -0400 From: Keith_Gremban@IUS5.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU I had my second story trim done last year and was very happy with the work. The painter was Carl Mackiewicz, the husband of one of our staff members. Call (412) 322-7714. The name of his company is Interior Creations (finger patty@ius5). kdg :::::::::::::: paint/6 :::::::::::::: Date: Mon, 12 Aug 91 10:55:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Jon Michael Fincham To: Joanne.Beckman@sei.cmu.edu Subject: Re: Painter (Dis)Recommendations Cc: Jon Michael Fincham In case you manage to contact the good doctor, please DO NOT take his confident opinions about Robert Poston seriously. The person whgo recommended this guy on bovik also sent me personal mail telling me how great Poston was. That clearly was not the case. We contracted Poston in July '89 to paint our home. This was to scrape and burn the old paint off and put 2 finish coats on. He had a self-tauted "many years" experience, so we could count on his estimate. Well... to make a long story short, by July '90, the job was about 20% complete (not bad huh?). He also managed to get extra $$$ out of us to "make payroll" (long before July '90, by the way...we really aren't total suckers). After a couple of court sessions, we now have a $3000.00 judgement against Poston which we will probably never be able to collect on. Please Beware. --Jon :::::::::::::: paint/7 :::::::::::::: Date: Mon, 12 Aug 91 11:45:27 -0400 (EDT) From: "Deborah A. Hardy" To: Joanne.Beckman@sei.cmu.edu Subject: Re: Painter Recommendations Cc: Hi Joanne -- My brother might be interested in the job -- he's moonlighting as a painter to make some extra money, but he used to do it for a living a few years ago. He's very good and very thorough and very reasonably priced. If you're interested, his number is 795-5447. Deb