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10 MAY 2011<br />
Yo u r Ca p e Ho m e<br />
COOKIE’S PAINTING<br />
Christine hoChKeppel/<strong>Cape</strong> CoD times<br />
David Cook, owner of Cookie’s Painting, sands down old paint at a historical house called Grey Ghost on Shore<br />
Road in Chatham. Cook is expanding into property management for clients who head south for the winter.<br />
Help with home<br />
maintenance<br />
By Katharine Dalton<br />
After 28 years in the painting<br />
business, David Cook is planning<br />
to expand into property<br />
management. He hopes to<br />
develop services for about<br />
25 customers, people who seek warmer<br />
climates in the winter months. He would<br />
check the houses for leaks, break-ins.<br />
“It’s in line with the work that I do now,”<br />
he says. “I take care of their property by<br />
painting their houses, fixing up their interiors.”<br />
David Cook is an ambitious man. In<br />
addition to interior and exterior painting,<br />
Cookie’s Painting crew provides pressure<br />
washing and carpentry repair work,<br />
including replacement of rotted wood,<br />
attic vents, decks and<br />
windows.<br />
He employs 10<br />
men full time, including<br />
two foremen and<br />
two experienced<br />
carpenters. “I have a<br />
very good crew,” he<br />
says. “They’re very<br />
polite. They’re good<br />
guys. They’ve been<br />
with me for a while.”<br />
David oversees all the work himself.<br />
“Throughout the spring and summer<br />
David had a<br />
special housewashing<br />
machine made<br />
for him by a<br />
company in<br />
Tennessee.<br />
we do all the exterior work,” he says. “We<br />
do a complete sanding of the house. We<br />
remove the old paint, do a full prime<br />
with two coats of finish, do all the trim,<br />
deck replacements and window replacements.<br />
We do window cleaning as well.<br />
Basically, we can do just about anything<br />
the homeowner needs to have done. I do<br />
sub some work out when I do big roofs.”<br />
Cookie’s Painting is insured, licensed<br />
and is a Better Business Bureau accredited<br />
business. “I have a triple-A-plus rating<br />
with the BBB,” David says, “and it’s been<br />
that way for years.”<br />
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