The Shameless Plug Series

With school starting, it's that time of year again. Time for my shameless plugs series. This one is for a housepainter with heart.

Most people have had experiences with the contractor from hell who has a meltdown in the middle of a job and walks off leaving exposed wires and holes in the walls. But Robert of Robert's Quality Painting isn't of that ilk.

Somehow a DSL repairman fixed a neighbor's DSL line but turned off his electricity in his fuse box and leaving this poor man in the dark. It was a matter of locating the fuse box inside the unit and flicking a switch, which was beyond both of us.

Although he was busy helping his girlfriend a few doors down, Robert, owner of Robert's Quality Painting dropped what he was doing to help out. As a contractor he said that he has to know a little of everything. Using my flashlight, we went into the unit, he found the fuse box and flicked the switch and nothing. Knowing that it was a matter of finding the main circuit breaker in the garage and flicking the switch, we went to look for it.

As luck would have it, it was inside a locked room and the one who had the key wasn't home. I began talking about an extension cord, so he went volunteered to loan me one of his. This from someone I had only waved to in passing. I promised to return it, he have me his card and drove off.

Once in his girlfriend's unit, I began to survey his work. The walls looked like something out of a magazine with not an uneven line anywhere.

Finding an honest and caring contractor is like finding a winning lottery ticket. Once you do, you want to be careful and keep it.

He can be reached via his email at rqpn1@yahoo.com