Rob Morin

The issue is not the quality of the work done, but that only HALF of the work contracted for was actually completed.

I met Rob onsite, at which time he agreed to complete boarding for $1800 and tape/mud/finish for an additional $2500. He was EXACT about the number of boards required and the lengths to prevent joints and keep scrap to a minimum.

So, day 1 things start off a little rocky. He calls wanting screws. I said, sure, I'd drop some off (I have boxes of them, 5000 per box), although I assumed he'd cover originally, it's not worth even mentioning an item that is 1% of the total cost.

Day 3, what is the final day of boarding, he complains that NOTHING is straight in the basement framing (for reference, home built in 1960s), and that he picked up an extra 8 sheets of material. He has the bill. I write him a check for boarding and another for the extra 8 sheets (remember, 35 years experience and he gets his board count EXACT. I didn't bring this up). He complains that he wanted CASH for the board. But, he takes the check.

Day 4 (Thursday) I find out he's a no show from tenants living upstairs. I call him. He has a few errands he forgot about. Will be there tomorrow (Friday) and possible Saturday. I update tenants.

Friday afternoon, I am again informed he's a no show. I call. Call again. Nothing. Around 8 PM I get a text from the tenants saying he GAVE BACK THE KEY. What?

He doesn't call me (remember, I hired him, not the tenants upstairs). He doesn't answer my calls. I call from another number, and he made the choice Friday to just not do the work. That it's a professional choice.

Wouldn't a pro finish the entire job they were hired for? Wouldn't a pro stand by their word? Wouldn't a pro at the very least call and discuss? Would a pro avoid calls of others?

I'm not going to talk about the quality of the work (not the main focus), but rather that I consider the job 1/2 done. NOW I have to find a REAL pro that wants to complete work that was only 1/2 done by Rob.

Rob has worked on several of our projects. Our last one was taping and muddling of new drywall in our new kitchen. As we had popcorn/stipple on our lofted ceilings. He scrapped them to flat, rescrewed the entire ceiling, applied new mud and sanded to flat and then applied California Knockdown.
We have worked on several projects with Rob over the last several years, he has always proven to be extremely affordable, very approachable and reliable. Rob takes a lot of pride in his work. No matter the size of the job, small patch to whole house, he treats them all the same, as if it were in his own home.

Rob took the time to explain all the steps and time frame required to finish walls and ceiling I had prepared. In his quote he included all materials supplied so there were no surprises. He managed to salvage several difficult ceilings without having to either tear down or install new drywall. He was referred to me by my tiling contractor and took a lot of stress off me. The finished product took very little sanding, which made living in a construction site easy. The real proof of his great work was after the paint was applied and differing lighting (day,night, direct sunlight) showed extremely flat walls with crisp corners . Truly flat ceilings are the bane of any drywaller/mudder and Rob hit this one out of the park.