In all seriousness, I think for stuff like this, one needs a referral versus picking someone out simply based on price or without knowing anything. Maybe nina, you should post “does anyone have a recommendation for a painter” on this thread…

Hired help on craigslist scares the living crap out of me. You could have a serial killer, serial rapist, child predatory, pervert, yada yada yada and not even know it.

As a rule of thumb, if I buy or sell anything on craigslist, it’s done in a public setting with lots of people nearby or I bring someone along with me…

I would never ever invite someone from craigslist into my home to buy/sell something, let alone hire someone from craigslist to come into my home and stay to do some work…

The time consuming part of painting a room is doing all the prep. So maybe you can just get a friend or two to help you with the prep.. preferably someone who is really anal retentive that will do a good job. That’s why friends always ask me to help them paint. I’m totally anal about it.