Earthwise Painting and Contracting

RUN don’t walk from this company and Kelli Canning. Will fool you with his charm and apparent knowledge and then take your money and provide nothing but subpar work, excuses for being late on the work, and then ask you for more money.

As like so many others we lost a lot of money, had to find others to complete the work and have most of a thing that were half finished redone (the carpenters built a closet that a hanger wouldn’t even fit in!!)

This is a company you DO NOT want to trust with a penny!!! Find someone else.

Took off with a down payment, did nothing, many lies, excuses, why he couldn't do the job...yadayada.

Basically a thief. That's all...steer clear!

I would not recommend this company at all. We have a court date next week. His workmanship was very poor. He was unreliable and made many excuses for not showing up when he said he would. He had no clue how to install kitchen counter tops so I had to hire another company to redo the mess Kellie made.. He owed me money and I had to hound him for it, he gave me a chq that bounced I then threatened him with the police he then E transferred me the money. How he can sell himself as an experienced contractor is a joke . I’m extremely disappointed in Kellie. I’m one old lady that won’t be taken advantage of and look forward to my lawyer presenting in front of a judge next week. How Kellie can look himself in the mirror knowing what he does is sickening. Don’t fall for the nice guy act with this guy !!!! I had trusted him with quit a bit of work in my home and I wish I’d never hired him as I had to hire other companies to come in and mop up his mess.

Beware!!!! We put 50% deposit down to hold the contractor to a start date per his request. He started a week later and 3.5 months later the bathroom remained unfinished. $19,700 paid and we had a demo'd bathroom with some electrical and plumbing moved (at a value of about $5-7k) and then work stopped. 2 weeks went by with not updates on next steps. A tiler threatened to put a lien on our house because contractor was not paying him. Have since learned that electrician has not been paid and they may put a lien on our house as well. We have canceled the contract and will go to small claims. In the mean time we have to pay additional funds to finish the project.

The worst part is that this was the only bathroom in our house with a shower and bathtub. We have two small children and have had to burden friends to use their facilities and use the local rec centre to shower for over 3 months. We have asked the contractor to return a certain amount of money and he is refusing. The job was for a single bathroom and was supposed to be complete within 30 days and it has been 3 times that amount of time.

Do not hire this company! He painted our house inside and that was ok but it is clear the contractor (Kelli) has no idea what he's doing when it comes to renovation work and managing money.

Terrible people- untrustworthy and take your money- do not hire them. Contact me if you’d like more information.

We had most of the interior of our house painted by Earthwise Painting. We found Kelli and the rest of the painting crew consistently positive, cheerful and courteous. Kelli went out of his way to ensure we had daily, clear, two way communication. Kelli and the crew were very focused throughout on ensuring that everything was being done to our satisfaction and that we would be happy with the completed work. Kelli was flexible, working around our family schedule. The painting was precise, with straight edges and even coverage. Furniture and other items were moved carefully when needed. We had a couple of problem areas in the house but Kelli found solutions and did beautiful repairs to those areas. The work was completed in less than the original estimated time. The overall experience working with Kelli and his crew was very positive. We are going to have them back to paint the exterior of our house as soon as scheduling allows. We would not hesitate to recommend Earthwise Painting to anyone looking for excellent painting work done by a professional crew.

Be careful of glowing reviews on a business's website as they have the control over cherry picking which reviews get posted on there,  thus they are only good ones. 

Not impressed with this company. I was asked to pay a 50% deposit just to secure the job which meant I was paying for services not yet rendered, as the job required no materials. They showed up three weeks later to do the work and instead of showing with the two man crew I was promised,  the contractor arrived with one guy that he had hired off the street a few days prior,  a person with absolutely no experience. The contractor gave him a brief verbal tutorial then left,  leaving the inexperienced one to do the job.  The hired help only lasted about an hour and a half, then he too left as he (quote) "had a headache". This was someone I had been expected to pay $65 per hour. 

It went on to be another 5 weeks of no communications,  ignored messages,  repeatedly being stood up for arranged meetings,  and repeated requests from me to have my deposit returned, which were also equally ignored. Anger,  frustration and disappointment were what my money bought me. Two months after hiring this company,  the project looked exactly as the day I called them. 

This is proof that anyone can make a website,  but business integrity is either an inherent part of you, or it isn't.