Don’s Ceilings & Walls

I somehow didn’t read everyone’s reviews before hiring Don to scrape my ceilings, and I wish I had. Don gave me his quote over the phone, saying it would cost between $ 1,800 and $ 2,000, depending on the layout of my house. He also asked me to look at the different texture options on his website for options. I imagined he and I would talk about my final decisions when he arrived to do my ceilings, but instead, his contractors arrived and just said «Don said it’s going to cost $ 2,000 and that we’re doing the orange peel texture.» This was frustrating because I had decided on a different texture, and I resented that Don told me a price range but then told his contractors to charge the highest price in that range. They didn’t speak english well, so it was hard to negotiate. They just kept saying «Don said $ 2,000, Don said orange peel…» So I went with it, and I was pleased that they were done so quickly… but they made a big mess on my carpet and left a lot of plaster drips around my front yard. The texture also goes down about an inch from the ceiling on a couple walls, which looks unprofessional. Then, about a week later, part of the ceiling they’d texturized started to fall off. A few other spots started to bubble. Thankfully, when I called Don and told him, he came back to the house himself and fixed the bad spots in half an hour. I was grateful for that, but the rest of the experience was pretty bad. Like many others have pointed out, his website says he has an A+ rating with the BBB but he actually has a C rating, which sounds about right.

This review is to all of the other reviewers and to anyone who has had a bad experience with this man and business.
Pls contact Robert Decker. I’m suing Don due to bad work and harassment. My goal is to let the due process decide if this man should stay in business or not.
My cell 714−955−1143

Eek! Methinks not. I was very excited to have Don’s Ceiling and Walls remove the popcorn and install recessed lighting even though he didn’t want to come to my house to do a pre inspection because «if I did inspections on every house I wouldn’t be able to get the work done» Hesitantly I looked past this. The company website said they have an A+ rating with the BBB and they carry workmans comp. I gave Don my credit card as he requested for the $ 200.00 deposit. I think you all know where this is going. A few days before the job I decided to look up his business license and BBB rating just to cover my tail. The BBB rating is C and he doesn’t have workers comp insurance. Those are the facts. Then I checked the opinions on the Unilocal reviews. i’m sorry I had to cancel the job with such short notice. It was a $ 200.00 lesson that could have been worse.

They removed the popcorn ceiling and textured it pretty quick, one day turn around and well priced, but I guess you get what you pay for. At first everything looked good, but when my painter and I started work all the defects started coming to light, they even damaged parts of my condo that were high up and hard to notice. The lace texture looks like crap, the recessed lighting wasnt done correctly one of the light within a day stopped working. I have tried to call the owner Don several times and he keeps giving me the runaround saying that he is going to stop by soon. They are quick to call you to get your business and charge your credit card, but slow to resolve problems after the fact. DO NOT USE THIS CO.

We hired donsceilings & walls to remove our popcorn ceilings and install recessed lighting, they finish the job in one day with virtually no Mess. very professional and courteous staff. and their prices were reasonable.

I just used Don’s Ceilings this weekend and I’ve been compelled to leave a review as I was extremely skeptical when I read the current low rating reviews on Unilocal.We went into our house project backwards and tore out our flooring and wanted to put hardwood in this weekend but on Friday we made a last minute decision to do the ceilings first. I went online and called up places for quotes and Don’s was the only place that gave a decent quote and could commit to coming in the next day. After putting my deposit down I went on Unilocal to read the reviews and was extremely concerned about the quality I would be receiving. However, due to our time crunch, and need for the project to be completed in 24hrs, we took a leap of faith and I am posting this review first thing Monday because we are beyond happy with the results. True to his word his guys came in at 9am Saturday and completed the entire project by 5pm– just as promised. There were no hidden charges, no communication issues, and come 5pm there was no mess and all the popcorn ceilings were gone. In addition, we had recessed lighting and two ceiling fans put in and after we installed our fans i’m ecstatic to say that the wiring was done correctly. Overall I would have to say they are dependable and reliable and I had a hassle-​free experience.

I hired Don ‘s Ceilings and Walls to take out the acoustic and put in recessed lights at my mother’s house. The job that was done came out beautiful and as they advertise there was no mess when complete. My mother and I really enjoyed talking to the team as they were nice and professional. We highly recommend this company !!

Do not recommend this company! Highly unprofessional, poor workmanship, poor attitude!!! My ceilings have cracks in them and he is trying to argue that I didn’t read the fine print and I should’ve expected this. He told me to fix it my self. I regret ever giving this guy a dime! I am reporting him to the BBB. STAY AWAY FROM THIS CONTRACTOR!

I would give Don’s Ceilings & Walls Zero Stars but that is not available. I got 2 other Estimates and Don was my 3^rd. When I called him he told me he would give me a great deal because 2 of his Jobs had just cancelled and he had his guys standing around and would need to pay them anyway. I asked him for the price over the phone and it seemed fair so I hired him. His son showed up around 11 AM and around 3 PM 2 other workers showed up. I was getting worried because the job was to put Texture on 5 Rooms where I had Wallpaper removed. Alot of Taping Off needed to be done. Around 5 PM, Don showed up. They sprayed the Rooms, pulled off the Plastic and Tape and left a little after 8 PM. I walked around the house and noticed the Texture was a lot heavier than my other walls and I specifically asked him to do a «light texture» like my other walls. The Texture smell was horrible. We opened the windows and turned on all of our ceiling fans. In the morning I noticed Texture had been sprayed on my furniture in my Master Bedroom which wasn’t even in the room where they were spraying. One of the workers got a large blob of Texture on one of my Throw Blankets. There were large blobs of Texture on the walls in every room. The Texture made the Rooms smell really bad. They missed spraying Texture under a Desk in my Kitchen and in another area. When I sent Don a Text, he told me my Painter could take care of it. It’s been 8 days and my house still smells from the Texture… it smells like vomit. I sent Don another Text and asked him how long it would smell so bad… he told me it would go away after it is painted. They left me with a horrible mess. Sticky tape on all the mirrors in the bathrooms! Drywall Texture on the wood floor. I get the feeling that Don could care less about what they forgot to do, the way the work turned out or the fact that I have lived with a bad smell for 8 days. He got his money and he is down the road. I would not recommend hiring Don for any type of work. I didn’t get a great deal… I got a smelly mess!

I hired Don & his crew to work on my ceiling & the 4 recessed lights like his ad said, and he also they were certified electricians so I had them install an outlet in the wall for a mounted Flat Screen TV.
Let me first start by saying he fit me in on a Saturday & did my entire house in 1 day which was great. However, I would not say it was on the up & up. He told me that since they would be working on a Saturday I would have to pay with Cash so I did. I needed to get my house down before I could move in so I didn’t want to make a big deal of it so I agreed and got the cash he needed. The ceiling and lights he installed were done very well and I am happy with it.
As for the electrical part of the job, the 1 outlet they installed did not work. There was no power going to it. It cost me $ 100 to install an outlet, which did not work, and he confirmed with me the electrician didn’t even check it after installing it. I figured I was safe since I was dealing with a certified electrician but I was wrong. When I called him to come out and fix it, he told me it would take 2 weeks to get someone out to look at it and fix it. That upset me and I let him know, but his words were «I can’t find any record of working on your home so I am not liable to fix anything.» When I reminded he I paid cash, which he distributed to his crew right in front of me, he said well you paid for cash and have no receipt so you have no warranty.
When I had another electrician come out and look at the work they did, he wanted to report them because the wiring work to the light switches was incorrect and he fixed it for my safety.
When we were speaking on the phone he continued to upset me to the point of where I was using foul language and he hung up on me. He called back and said he wasn’t going to be yelled at while he was shopping in the grocery store.
He is very full of himself, rude to the customer & if he has already received money from you he is basically done. Old customers don’t generate him money & that is all he cares about. I would not recommend him.
If you use him, do it just for ceiling work otherwise I think you will be just as upset as I am.

I hired Don’s to re-​texture my ceilings and put in recessed lighting. They were on time, professional, courteous, and did an amazing job! They left the house clean and the work quality was very good! I would highly recommend them! Awesome Job, awesome company, you will not be sorry you used them!

I hired Don’s to re-​texture my ceilings and put in recessed lighting. They were on time, professional, courteous, and did an amazing job! They left the house clean and the work quality was very good! I would highly recommend them!

Very unsatisfied with the work and follow-​up. I wish I would have read the reviews on other sites before hiring this comany.