[Chat] Painter

[echalmers at mindspring.com]

Christine, I do not know. You'll have to call and ask him.

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>From: Christine Gray <langwidge at erols.com>
>Sent: May 18, 2006 5:52 PM
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>Subject: Re: [Chat] Painter
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>Emily, does he paint exteriors?
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>Christine Gray 
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>Subject: [Chat] Painter
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>Jack Denning, the painter who has been working on my house, will be looking
>for more work in the coming weeks. His number is 410-499-8170. He has done a
>good job painting my walls and has been very reasonable--$25/hour (including
>some Benjamin Moore paint). Jack has one very important virtue: he is 100
>percent trustworthy, so you can have him in your house when you are not
>there without worrying. He also appears to treat women decently, unlike many
>of the male contractors I have met. And he is very tidy--he moves all the
>furniture, covers it up, and then cleans up and replaces things. 
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>He has just started working on his own, and I have found that by telling him
>exactly what I want him to do, I get better results. For instance, I was not
>happy with the first patch he did, so I told him exactly how I wanted holes
>patched, and he followed these instructions. The patches now look good. I
>also did not let him scrape any woodwork, in part because it's such an
>expensive task and in part because he refuses to wear a respirator, which he
>says does not go with his beard. Really.
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>I would rate him B+ on prep and A- on actual painting. Oh yes--he also does
>some faux finishes.
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