Just some parting info:

Excellent home repair man: "Carter's Home Repair and Maintenance"
				(408) 259-3485
	reasonable rates, easy to work with, honest. Real pleased
with the odd jobs I had him do to get my house ready for sale.
Example: I had a broken pane in then window of my front door. RoadRunner(?)
glass quoted $80 and no responsibility if the rest of the wooden door
broke during the repair (it has 9 lites). Lee Carter repaired it for about
$35, fixed the wood trim, and painted it. Anyway, he did lots of other stuff
and my wife and I are pleased.

Painting: some rambling thoughts:

El Gato - very expensive, slick quick talking salesman does the estimating.
		Dave Shepperd was pleased with the work they did on his house.
		Exteriors only.

Home Sweet Home - almost as expensive. Slow to return calls. The owner does
	the estimating, and talks a good line. Was my second choice. Also
	does interiors.

Mollo's Painting - About half the price for exterior. Same price as
		HSH for interior.
	Did okay work, but nothing fabulous (I had to dig my own trench
around the house so shifting dirt doesn't show old paint color, Gato and 
HSH would have done that for me, etc)

	Gato and HSH seem to use union painters, which may be what affects
their price. Final quality may to be sensitive to the particular crew the 
company sends out.

	Pat McCarthy just had his house painted. When he's less busy,
see him for his ideas.

	Thank you and good bye.

		G
		 R