The Stock Group

I should have listened to the reviews. Chris strung me along for weeks, telling me he would get me a quote, it’s coming, he’ll get there this week, no, next week, tomorrow for sure, etc. three weeks later, I did my weekly call in (I don’t think that’s calling too much), didn’t pick up, never returned my call.
How does he stay in business?

Like others, I find he talks a good game and then fails to deliver.
I hired Chris to paint my house and he subcontracted it out — nightmare! They failed to properly prep before painting, and then primed over chipped and peeling paint and dirt!
He fired the subcontractors and brought in someone else to finish. Promised he would not paint immediately before and after rain and then did anyways. Promised a 5 year guarantee on his work. Paint immediately began bubbling and chipping — called him back to fix — he looked at, said he would take care of it and then I never heard from him again. One windowsill he repaired was never painted at all!
He also started a project on my porch and disappeared leaving one column jacked up on a wood block– not the look I was going for. Now he is trying to sell overpriced salvage in my neighborhood but everytime I go by his shop, Philadelphia Savage, he’s «unavailable» even though I see his truck on the block. Save your money! Wish I had!

We had worked with Stock Group in the past and had a good experience. However, this fall we had him come to give us an estimate for repair work and a possible kitchen retrofit. He made a big point to say that it is easy to get work if you just return a call. So we expected much from him. After six weeks of hearing nothing, we got a hold of Chris and he promised a quote within a week. We heard nothing. So much for the promise of a response!

The work Chris does personally is satisfactory. The people who work for him are hit or miss. His painters were terrible, did a poor job. Do not hire him for painting! Often we didn’t know when Chris or staff were going to show up, iwe’d wake up in the morning and go, «oh, I wonder if the contractors are coming today?» Also, the job took way longer than estimated. At the end in particular, he became uncommunicative with us. I wouldn’t recommend unless you had a small job that Chris could handle personally. I agree with a former poster that he gives a good presentation, and then doesn’t deliver as expected.

Does a pretty poor job and scheduling is nearly impossible. Tends to sing a loud song that never delivers on