Ricore Painting

Rich did the painting for our upstairs neighbor — did a great job, so we decided to hire him. He came out and gave us an estimate, which was very reasonable and was very professional. When we called to schedule the job, he came out with the contract, we gave him the $ 700 deposit he required and said he’d start the the work 2 days later. We had high hopes since we’d already seen his work and gotten a good reference for him.
Well, the day he was supposed to show up, he called and said his truck broke down and would follow up with us later in the day. We waited all day long, with no word from him. For the next FOUR DAYS, we left numerous messages and received no calls back. We waited and wondered whether he’d actually do the job, but gave him the benefit of the doubt… stuff happens, right?
After we finally reached someone related to him, we got a call back from Rich immediately with the promise to show up the next day and the excuse that his phone wasn’t working… hey…go to TMobile and get a NEW ONE… The day he was supposed to show up, he called and said he had to look at a wallpaper problem with another customer but he’d be there in an hour… so we waited again… and whaddya know, no call for the rest of the day…
Well, long story short — he never showed up or called, but we did get our deposit back after we had to call his relative AGAIN. I was hoping for cash or a money order, which we actually got. We were very lucky…
I’ll NEVER recommend Ricore Painting to anyone — if Rich can get his act together, he may make it in life. What a disappointment! We also figure that Ricore Painting is bogus because the number we tried at first was only an answering machine, but was disconnected the last time we tried it. No address except Niles, IL on the contract.
So one star — he showed up twice but didn’t come through.