Great Paint Job

Richard and his team did a great job resurfacing the interior of our home and painting it for a very reasonable price. unfortunately it looks like he’s out of business now.

Oh, can I just say this contractor sucks? Is that allowed? We’re grown-​ups, right?
I am very inexperienced hiring contractors. I wish I’d shopped around before spending a ton of money on this guy. He had good references (who I didn’t call, stoopid me), and he was on time for the estimate. We discussed colors and paint types and he seemed to know what he was talking about. I lined up the paint, but I had ideas on how I wanted it done. He and his crew (who should have been supervised) showed up without me knowing, while I was at work, and I came home completely surprised that they’d started working without me even knowing about it. They did an okay job, but not «great», and my next door neighbor actually hired one of the workers from my house on the side, and he did a nice job by himself for far less money than I paid. God, I resent that.
I learned an expensive lesson — get multiple estimates and copiously check references!