The owner or a representative called and asked me what I needed done. He then basically told me…read morethat he would let me know when he was around my area......feels/felt like a brush off. Have never heard from him again, and at this point wouldn't work with them. In the meantime, I still need a bathroom made, and a bathroom extended. I guess he felt my money or project wasn't worth his time.

These guys are fabulous. They responded promptly to my request for contact (via Yelp), then came by…read moreright away and gave us a bid that was fair. It was a small job, but they didn't treat it (or us) like it was any less worthwhile than a bigger one. All three of the main guys are super nice, conscientious, communicative, and excellent at their work. If I could give them 10 stars, I would. Plus, they did what they said they would do when they promised. None of the typical problems with not showing up, not responding to questions, etc. I would hire them again in a minute. Simply the best contractors I have ever worked with.

We had Dan and Tare LLC paint the exterior of our house and overall it was a great experience and…read morefinal product. Starting with the bid, Dan provided a good breakdown of the costs, explained the reasoning behind his approach, and provided good information on his materials. When it came time for the actual work, our existing paint was in pretty rough shape and they spent the majority of the time prepping the exterior and cleaning everything up. After the final coat of paint was applied, the prep work really showed. Throughout the process, Dan was a great communicator, quickly answering questions via text and phone. And when we found a few areas that needed follow up a week or two later, he was quick to come by and fix them.

I recently called Dan to come do some drywall repair. What an absolute gentleman he was. Quoted me…read moreand started the job within days. He came in to redo work from someone I found on Thumbtack, will NEVER use it again. Dans work was impeccable. Clean and professional. I've actually called him back again to demo a closet and texture the walls.. Thanks Dan!

If I could give this company and contractor zero stars I would. He did work without a permit, did…read morenot hire a licensed plumber, and as a result caused serious damage to our property that he has been unwilling to take responsibility for.

Refresh Renovations did a GREAT job bringing our guest bedroom back from the dead. We had a pipe…read moreburst in mid-January, which flooded the downstairs guest bedroom AND the landing connecting the stairs leading up to the main floor. We didn't rush the repairs, because EVERYTHING had to dry out, thoroughly. By summer, we were able to start the recovery, researching and interviewing several companies including Refresh Renovations whose bid was on the lower end. It took about a month, from the initial wreckage removal to the last trim on the walls along the newly-restored and carpeted flooring. The insulation, drywalling, painting, and detailing were meticulously done. The different crews of workers were prompt, courteous, and thorough, and never left a mess behind. I kept thinking about that TV commercial for an interior refurbishing company, showing a badly flooded home that wound up looking "like it never even happened" when the recovery was complete. Refresh Renovations also has a follow-up program to check back in, over the next year, to see how their work has held up. I hope we never have another "mess-adventure" like this, but if we do, I'm calling Refresh Renovations, first thing! - Mary Lyon Lake Oswego

I can't say enough good things about Ben at Fine Hand, LLC. We had hired another contractor to do a…read moresmall remodel and after 9+ weeks of him putting us off he told us to hire someone else. I thought I would cry, I was so upset thinking that I would have to start the search all over again. So I called Shurway Building Supplies to ask if they could refer me to one of their professional customers. They suggested I call Ben at Fine Hand LLC and Ben was so nice to me! He was able to come look at our project and as luck would have it was able to start immediately. He showed up when he said he would, kept the project to budget and finished on time!!! He did a beautiful job. In fact, when he was done we asked him to come back and do another project!! Don't mess around trying to find someone, JUST CALL Ben at Fine Hand LLC!!!! We LOVE what he did for us!!! Sincerely, a VERY HAPPY CUSTOMER :)

Ben has done three projects for me now: a privacy fence, kitchen remodel, and replacing the carpet…read morein the family room with laminate flooring. He shows up as scheduled, his bid is reasonable, the workmanship is top quality. Plus he's a nice guy and lives in St. Johns. We have one more project scheduled and I have total confidence it will be excellent. I highly recommend Ben's company, Fine Hand LLC.

I contracted with McNearney Construction in 2007 and it has haunted me ever since. I had both of…read moremy bathrooms redone with tile and also my kitchen floor. First, in the main bathroom I had requested the small built out wall to be removed when the old tub and surround were taken out and tile put in - this was not done. I came home and it was partially tiled already, so I let that slide as it did look good. The bathroom came along fairly well upstairs then the basement bathroom was completed. The kitchen tile was to go in last and on another invoice. When the bathrooms were completed I had paid a deposit for the kitchen and the crew was onto another job. I inspected my bathrooms (he was not around when I got home from work to inspect them, so I did the walk around on my own) I noticed a couple of things right away that were wrong with the upstairs bathroom. The towel rack that was on the wall with an oak backing was not moved for the tile installation, it was instead tiled around (see photo). The shower head, knob and tub spout were all out of alignment. They slant to the side when looking up from the drain. The bathroom downstairs had a hole in the ceiling in the shower and the upstairs bathroom had part of the drywall ripped away when the old surround was taken out, and this was not fixed. I called him to ask about these items and he said he would come out and look at the spout issue. I stayed home to meet with him and we looked at the bathroom, he attempted to move the spout over a bit but I asked him how he can move this with the tile installed. he informed me that there was a beam behind where this was installed so he had no choice. I questioned him about this, stating couldn't you have moved the 2x4 so this would not be this way? he just sort of shrugged his shoulders and said he always puts them in along the pre-existing beam. I stated well now it looks funny, this is not right. We then looked at the towel rack and he said the towel rack was on the wall and in the way. I asked him why didn't you take it down the move it over the inch and a half for reinstallation so it didn't interfere with the tile. Now the tile is around the top of the wood and ruining the wood plus I cannot move it now. He stated "it was up and I didn't know how to take it down" to which I showed him the wood putty (pretty obvious already) covering the screws and that it is easy to remove. He also said he did not notice the sheetrock in that room or the hole in the shower ceiling downstairs. I was pretty aggravated over this and his "not giving a crap" attitude. After several weeks I had not heard from him about my kitchen floor and sent him a message. He stated he could do it and told me the cost. I reminded him that I had given him a deposit of 50% already on check number ---- and he should have been in touch with me about this to complete the job. He said he would come do it but needed the money up front, I told him no come do the job and I will pay when done and we can talk about these other issues you have not responded too. He sent his assistant out to do the floor and I told him I needed Charles to call me when done. During this installation I did not have enough tile, which I purchased based on how much square footage of coverage I would need. The cases I bought should have been more than enough but - they weren't and I could not order the same tile anymore. I had to get like tile but different enough that you could notice easily. The floor was put in and away they went, never to reach out to me about my issues. After several months I was having new cabinets installed and I was informed that my tile floor was not even close to level. That contractor showed me and of course I was pretty upset about this. I wrote a letter to McNearney explaining the issues - again - and how upset I was. I received no response. Several more months went by and I wrote again, no response. I did this over the course of a year and a half, during this time some of the tiles in the kitchen had cracked. I replaced the kitchen floor and was informed by the manager at CFM (contract furnishings mart) that the cement used on the ceramic tiles I had was not the right type of cement, eventually they all would have come up and broken due to this. They wanted the contractors name so they could put him on the do not use list. When the floor was taken up, we discovered that the hardy board was hardly screwed down as well, causing some unevenness in the flooring. I was not aware that you could go to a contractors board and lobby a complaint until after it had been 2 years. Had I known....... Anyway, I would not recommend this company to anyone.

Bottom line....our job came out well. The road to get there was tenuous and slightly frustrating…read more Yeah...grab a coffee and sit back because this is going to take a while.... ;-) ** I'll preface this review by saying that we were first time remodelers. At least where we hired someone. Up to this point we've done a number of projects ourselves. Take that however you will....contractors will likely assume we were a pain in the tush, while other first timers may see this as helpful. Charles is a nice guy. Lots of stories that will leave you shaking your head. ;-) - He seems to have certain materials/items that he prefers to work with, that he's worked with in the past. You'll need to speak up if you want something other than what he'll automatically steer you toward. You should have a good idea of what you want when you talk to him. He doesn't provide a rendering of the project so you need to be able to picture it in your head or work with a designer who will provide that hard copy visual source for you. - Unfortunately, and I'm truly sorry for him for this, he had some personal issues arise at the start of our project. We tried to be patient and understanding, and I think he would agree with that. Those problems resulted in him hardly ever being on site. He has a friend/employee who is a really nice guy who works with him. After my spending a year looking at reviews, licensures and trying to find a contractor who does the work himself, it was frustrating that the friend (who we later learned has an engineering degree but isn't a licensed contractor) did a good portion of our work. Mixed feelings there as we were messing with the main structure/support point for our home. We were repeatedly told that Charles would be doing all of this work, when in fact he didn't. Again...personal problems that took him away. - Be sure to have a discussion about permits....and be sure to get them. - Communication wasn't stellar. A number of unanswered emails. At some point, about a week before completion, Charles said that he must have accidentally sent one of my emails to the trash because he'd just found a bunch of them in there. Hence the lack of communication. - After our house was torn apart and we were living in a bedroom, the problems hit and discussions were had that shouldn't have been...... Excuses given for why we should pay sooner than originally planned, etc....that kind of stuff...which made me more cautious than I should had to have been. Nothing illegal...just stressed me out and left me wondering if the job would get done. He was clearly stressed and under a lot of pressure in his personal life....again, an unfortunate situation. - As I said, the end result is very good thanks to the great cabinetmaker, electrician and plumber. Drywall and tile both had to have repair work done before we would sign off. The small amount Charles did was done well. - His payment schedule was in 1/4s...1/4 down, 1/4 at material selection, 1/4 at start, and 1/4 upon completion. A bit scary...but we did it. When the job was almost complete...we still needed the bar installed and the final inspection done...he asked for his final payment. We refused. The minute the final came back okay I transferred the money to his account. Done. To ask for payment before completion is absurd...especially as it was spelled out, "Balance due upon completion", on his contract. - The contract itself is pretty vague....be sure to sit down with it and spell out anything you want to have made more specific. We didn't have trouble with the contract...just wanted you to know that it's very very general. - When we signed on, Charles listened to what we wanted and did a good job of putting it into action. I believe he knows what he's doing and does it well. I think he's good at envisioning things and knows what the end goal will be. It would be great if he would give more updates and information to keep the homeowner informed....so they aren't twiddling their thumbs in a corner trying to figure out what the heck is/isn't happening with the job. Our experience, unfortunately, didn't go as smoothly as it could/should have and I didn't appreciate the work being done by someone else after we'd been told that Charles would be doing the work himself. Had he not had the personal situation then things would likely have gone better.

Jim did an amazing job on my driveway and patio! I think my driveway looks the best it ever has…read more Jim was very thoughtful and watched out for my plants. He said he didn't but I think he cleaned up some of the moss that would've been sprayed off of my pavers. That or it was obliterated. I will definitely call him again.

Jim, Cheryl, and Daniel did an amazing job readying our house to rent. We needed pressure washing,…read morea new deck rail, some painting, patching, hauling, landscape help... They did beautiful work that was timely and reasonably priced. No detail was left undone. Wonderful people; will work with them again!

HOLY COW. I've had to hire a lot of different contractors for problems on my house and Josh was…read morevery quickly one of the most detail-oriented and thoughtful guys who have come over. He spent soooo much time talking us through options just to give us an accurate estimate. I'm just happy to have been introduced to his company because now I don't have to go to anyone else and can have a trusted place to get everything done.

Josh took our 1978 kitchen that had dark cabinets and the original 70's butcher block formicia and…read moreturned it into a modern bright kitchen with maple shaker panel cabinets with soft close doors and drawers. Beautiful quartz counter top. Remove an old wood stove in the dinning room. Matching the roof patch Beautifully. Inside ceiling patch, you can't even tell it was there. Josh and his workers and subs were polite, clean and on time with completion of our kitchen. If we had the money, we would have the whole house remodeled by Josh. Thank you Josh!

Henry and his team did a great job repairing and renovating my leaning 100-year old garage. The…read moreprevious garage door was too wide causing the garage to slowly lean over. It was so bad that you could rock the structure back and forth. Henry rebuilt the garage door frame and added shear support around the building, then re-sided with Hardie board. He also replaced a door and window. He was very easy to communicate and schedule with. They worked on the project every business day from start to stop, without any unreasonable pauses or delays. I definitely got my money's worth as most days it was 3 people working a full shift. The total cost was only 3% over the cost estimate and that was for additional materials and labor to replace the rotten mud sills.

I have hired Gallagher Construction for 2 projects. The first project was after the ice storm of…read more2021. I had a tree come through the roof of my art studio which resulted in roof and structural damage and also damage to drywall and flooring. Henry and his crew just started in and removed debris and took care of business. The end result was amazing. This Fall, Henry and his crew built a fence and a stairway in my backyard. Henry not only does high quality construction, he also has a great design aesthetic and a keen eye for detail. The work he did for me on the fence is not only functional, it has a great look to it as well. I highly recommend Henry and Gallagher construction!