Student Works Painting West

I will never use or recommend Student Works again. I had 2 decks stained by them August 2007 in Fort McMurray, Alberta for $4076 this included the stain(General Paint)and supplies. By July 2009 the horizontal surfaces had peeled excessively. After many phone calls to the Alberta rep.and the Vancouver main branch I got nothing but excuses and I was told that there is no warranty for decks. I had to prep and restain both decks again at my own expense. I am not impressed.

They missed the framing around windows and we couldn't open windows as a result of the paint (windows were stuck). The paint applied to balcony started coming after only a year, and although the crew were nice, they we're not very professional. They would work for three days here and there, but took four months to complete a job that should've been complete in a couple weeks.

We were told the house would take two days to complete. It actually took almost two months to complete. The first day they worked they did a horrible job and spent the majority of the other days just fixing that. Twice they spilled paint all over the road in front of our house. Twice they went to continue painting the house only to find they had the wrong color paint. They oversprayed paint onto the ceiling of our carport then tried to deny it was from them (it was the same color paint as the house!!). Everytime they would come back to finish it off they would leave spots behind that needed to be fixed. They asked us for payment before the project was done to cover their payroll and this was after two weeks of no one showing up to finish the job! It was one big hassle from the beginning. They would constantly drop by unannounced, once right in the middle of a family BBQ and then expect us to make time to go over everything with them. I would NEVER use this company again and I would NEVER recommend them to anyone. DO NOT HIRE!

no prep work done- contract stated pressure wash, scrape, sand, fill, caulk, puddy. Did not wipe off dust. My husband & I spent a full day doing majority of the prep work. The crew in a hurry to get to the next job scheduled 2 days to paint 1 1/2 storey home. Missed areas, only 1 coat of paint on some areas of the house, paint all over the yard, on the carpet, windows were not cut in, paint on soffits & facia - a real mess! When I hired this contractor I was assured that I would get a professional job done - NOT! Painting is 99% prep work & balance is the painting which any fool can do. I have pictures to show what kind of job they do.