JLM Painting

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• By Adrienne S.

  March 3, 2020

  Exterior Paint, Door Staining

  $4,000

  Working with JLM painting was the worst contractor experience I have had in two years of remodeling/building.

  I hired JLM to paint the exterior of a brand new garage (brand new, unblemished siding) as well as stain a garage door, a set of French doors and two exterior doors for my house. The entire job was supposed to be $4k.
  Garage issues: Jeremy’s crew used a thick nap roller, rushed the job on a hot day, and slapped such a thick coat of paint on the new siding that it wound up looking like an orange peel texture had been applied. Jeremy acknowledged some of the issues but fought me on others, agreeing to have one of his guys sand down roughly 1/3 of the garage to prep for repaint.

  About halfway through the sanding process, on a weekend I was home working, the stained garage door collapsed because his crew hadn’t properly supported the weight, balancing a 250 lb garage door on thin pieces of door jamb. The fall took two chunks of the door that cannot be completely fixed. One of Jeremy’s guys tried to accuse me of denting the door, which was impossible because it had been completely in the control/possession of Jeremy’s stain person.

  As we looked further at the other doors, we also realized what a rushed and poor stain job his stain person had done. There were blotches in multiple spots from resting the not yet dry stained door on rags (could not be removed). There was dirt, debris, and paint brush pieces sealed into the stain (also impossible to remove).

  At the end of the day I wound up paying $1000 since JLM refunded me 50% of my deposit.
  However, I would up having to pay another painter $4000 to finish the sanding and paint the exterior. I also had to pay $850 per door ($3,400 total) to have then restored and as well of the debris and paint brush pieces removed.

  Altogether the misadventure with Jeremy cost me $8,400 when to hire someone capable from the beginning would have been around $6,000. The doors still have issues and will never be completely fixed.

  If you want quality and willingness to take responsibility for mistakes, I would steer clear of JLM painting.

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• By Patti C.

  September 30, 2019

  Exterior 2 story house painting

  $5,500

  441 Garfield Dr, Petaluma. JLM painting (Jeremey Martin) just completed our 2 story exterior house painting in 4 days. This included power washing, scraping old paint and caulking in addition to the painting. They did an excellent job. The crew led by Sean, were professional, trustworthy and hardworking. They came on time and put in a full days work. We are very happy with the results and would highly recommend this company for interior or exterior work!