Manuel Sedano Painting Solutions

Did a decent job painting– that is the good part.
Pricing unusual. Awful cleaning job.
His workers painted a two-​story building in a week for $ 2700. Lots of hours and the pricing seemed fair so I asked him to paint the deck.
One man spent 10 hours on the deck and charged $ 775.
That is $ 77.50 an hour.
Manuel made some money off of that deck (read– ripped me off) .
When Manuel came to get his money and he checked on the final job completion, he didn’t tap close or pick up the three cans of opened paint with dried paint-​filled rollers inside of them either. I paid for those paint and rollers. I won’t be touching up anytime soon– not so smart of me to buy extra paint– since it was wasted. There were also cigarette butts and plastic Pepsi bottles for me to clean up.
He left many boxes of awning packaging from another project at my house. Just what I need– trash from another job. A month and a half later I can now start my recycling bin anew instead of junking up my front yard with awning boxes. I don’t even have awnings.
My metal staircases are also peeling so I can see the previous color painted under them.
Surprise–
Almost a month after finishing the job I find 3 guys are in my backyard. Two I don’t recognize. Luckily I finally recognized one since they didn’t speak English for me to ask them why they were in my backyard.
I had sent Manuel an email a week earlier expressing my dismay to which he did not reply. Apparently they had left a ladder, which I didn’t know, since my father has stuff in my backyard also. They didn’t bring enough ties to tie them down as I caught one guy taking my ties. Not only do they leave a ladder in my yard, but they don’t even knock on my door to let me know they are going into my back yard then try to take my ties and just for good measure– one pisses in my garden.
Next time I will not be so understanding of getting someone their money before I have walked through it with them. Their financial emergency– to be paid before completion– is not my emergency, I’ve learned.
Also why do people just show up on my doorstep without phoning ahead? Manuel did that for payment and for me getting supplies. Some of us really like to plan our day ahead of time instead of have it disrupted by people with poor planning skills for things that need to be done immediately.

Saved by Jesus, sheetrocked by Israel
Rolled by Poncho, detailed by Ishmael
Liars, heathens and cheats! We have had some pretty rotten luck with painters in the past 6 months and wasted a lot of money on people who told us that they knew what they were doing. The problem with painters is that when they do NOT know what they are doing, they can send you back to the beginning of time. Back to whence time began. All the way back to Adam and Eve. REALLY. Anyway, that is what it felt like. Five painters from different companies came into our house and blasphemed our balustrade, must have been drunk when they cut-​in our trim, made a mess of patches around new light fixtures and switch plates, did NOT know how to patch, tape and float, or texture. Texturing is an ART and I currently believe in my saviour, Jesus. His texturing is heavenly and he knows how to blend it in with the existing wall.
Manuel Sedano came into our home and fixed his eyes on our disco ball. He said he would like to purchase a disco ball for his wife’s disco birthday bash. She loves to dance and he was throwing a huge party in their garage. The guy who shows up to give us a paint estimate wants our DISCO BALL? I immediately liked him. We were happy to take a reduction on our paint job for him to own our disco ball… but could a man so fun and bold be any good at painting?
He has several crews and he has spent a few years training all of his guys. He has trained them well and when someone needs touch-​ups, he does not believe in the spotted tiger approach. You know, where someone leaves polka-​dots on your walls because they do not paint any more than just that one spot. He likes to hit the wall with a roller and he said it does not take any longer.
Jesus and Israel came first to repair our walls. Their sheetrock repair was thorough and perfect — masters of tape and float. Their texturing was spot-​on. Juan came for 2 days and painted and caulked. Poncho and Ishmael came next to paint, cut-​in and detail.
Manuel showed up for the first meeting and later he would check up on the guys for quality control. Our list of 5 items grew and grew. We loaded furniture into and out of our freshly painted front door and it needed «touch-​ups,» well, it needed to be repainted entirely. In the beginning he charged us by the job and in the end we were paying hourly. His rates were fair (not the lowest on the block, but we had already experienced setbacks from choosing people who did not know what they were doing and charged accordingly) and his work was excellent (excellent as in thorough, straight, and correct.) We did have some mix-​ups about what time he would send a guy over… and a couple times they arrived a couple hours late, but usually on time. Quality is worth waiting for… eternal salvation is worth every penny.
So, why would I «give up» my new saviour, to you, my unknown Unilocal friend? What kind of Judas Iscariot am I? Why share??? The power of prayer, paint, and disco balls, I guess. Cuz I am praying he will stay in business for many, many years. I am praying you will treat him right. I am praying he and his wife will enjoy many, many more birthdays under our disco ball in their garage.
I have been saved.