I own/run a small house painting company. My business was slow so I subcontracted a job for Sharper Impressions. They find the jobs and bid them, then hire painters to do them. Their take is 50% of the bid. Of the other 50% I paid for materials and labor, and the balance would be mine. Outrageous, but I needed work, so I signed their contract and took on a job.

I bought materials for the job on their accounts. The contract stated I would be using Sherwin Williams (a high quality product that I use exclusively) paint, but they said they had switched to Porter paint (an inferior product). Because of this I had to use 16 extra gallons of paint (at $23.00 a gallon), I also had to pay extra in labor because of the extra time it took to triple (!!!) coat the house, but I stuck with it and finished the job.

When I got paid, I was shorted $246.35. This was in addition the the extra I had to pay for the above mentioned paint and labor. It takes a week to get their checks, and in the meantime I had started another job for them. When I called them about the shortage, they said they would make it up at the end of the current job. They did not. And they will not return my calls.

Since then (about 2 weeks) I have spoken to one other subcontractor that was also shorted over $300.00. I have also discovered that they advertise using Manor Hall Timless Lifetime paint (a good product) and are in actuallity using lower end Manor Hall (inferior product). This is flat out false advertising.

So, to sum it up, Sharper Impressions is not only shorting their subcontractors, but misleading their customers.

Salesman presented the job well. On the other hand the crew that showed up were not the type of people I prefer on my property, you know foul language tattoos from head to toe that type. There were several problems throughout the project. It has been 18 months since the job was completed and my house is peeling all over. When I called them to get the painting corrected they explained that the warranty would not cover the problem. Since then I had to pay another contractor to repaint the house. Spend your hard earned money elsewhere unless you want to pay twice.

They send out a salesperson who says they will be doing the job. Then, after you sign, they send out an un-screened sub-contractor to do the work. They are not professional. They are a rip-off. Stay away! There are too many honest companies out there. Companies that WILL back up their work.

Look around on the web. I am not the only one that was scammed. They only use subcontractors. They do not live up to their word. Their work is not professional. They rip off their subs and their customers. Type in sharper impressions rip off and see what comes up. I wish I had seen this before I dealt with them.

Well the whole thing starts out with a salesperson showing up at your door. He promises you whatever you want to hear. He says that he will be painting your house. He makes you feel warm and fuzzy. HE SELLS YOU. Then the fun begins. Now that you signed up the circus comes into town. Four hispanic fellows that spoke NO English now are at my door. They have no clue about what my salesperson and I talked about. There is NO WAY that they were legal. Now they start on the house and I don't think they had any clue what they were doing. I asked them to leave before it was too late. They did not put TSp in the power wash as promised. They tried to paint before the house was dry. They didn't tarp everything off as promised. They did not scrape the paint that was flaking. They were going to paint right over it. They did not caulk as I was promised. Now I am going to hire a professional painter. I wish I had checked Sharper Impressions Painting out on the internet before I signed up. I am not the only person that has had a problem with them. I do not recommend that you sign up with this company. I feel like I was tricked. STAY AWAY.