rob and team are fantastic and are easy to work with. Rob is a pro and a perfectionist and go the extra mile to ensure the task gets done right. his price is reasonable and worth every penny. he is also reliable and shows up on time as promised. in a world where contractors can be flaky, rob blows away the competition and is the very best. he has our highest endorsement. note, even though his residency is in modesto, we are based in danville and he services our area / contra costa and beyond. read more

Hired Robert for a large flooring project in Los Altos... 20"x 20" porcelain tile on the diagonal 2500sf...He physically worked and Managed two other crews also on the project Result; straight lines and flat tile..good craftsmanship Hardworking , punctual, honestly, is what your going to get from this guy No altercations, attitude, negativity In fact it was a pleasure working with Robert. Might be a long haul for you but would love to have you back for additional projects!!! read more

We hired A&J Carpentry last June (2015) to remodel our Master Bathroom and Kitchen of the house we were planning to move into along with my wife's parents. His estimated timing (2 months to be completed) was good and his rate was close to what we had for our budget so we went with him as well as he WAS a 'friend of a friend'referral. The project started off great...pictures of the demo being emailed to us while we were on vacation and then all of the demo work being done by the time we returned on July 9th. It looked promising! The job started to drag on, meanwhile we had been cutting him (Robert Gil, owner of A&J) checks whenever he asked for "more money to pay his guys"....unfortunately "his guys" were rarely there. I know because I would drive by the house on a daily basis. He would continuously say "oh, there is a lot of behind the scenes work that is being done". We ultimately had to move in to the house on Sept. 19 to force the issue because work had come to a stand-still! We informed him of our move in date to which he acknowledged "it will be done by then....It was not even close! People, we did not even have HOT water or a functioning kitchen and Master Bathroom until OCTOBER 16!! This guy actually was combative and abusive with the way he talked to us, his CLIENTS!!! This man would promise things (dates, sub contractors showing up, other fixes that he would do, etc.), and when they did not happen or no one showed up, his response was the same EVERY TIME...."I never said that...I would never say that!" ...or "90% of the delays are out of my control!". I mean it's really unbelievable what this person was thinking was acceptable. So here we were at the end of September, down to the FINAL installment (10% of total project cost and this was a $50K budget), having NO running hot water, a non-functioning kitchen and non-functioning Master Bathroom (oh I forgot to mention that We have a 7 year old and now 18 month old daughters)! I mean this guy had the audacity to claim he had a right to the final payment, to which I CONTINUALLY (to deaf ears it would seem) reminded him that "No you do not....not until this project is completed, inspected and PASSED. It was unbeivable that he was even trying to argue that he had a right to this $$$ when on his contract it states "IT IS ILLEGAL FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO ACCEPT PAYMENT FOR WORK THAT IS INCOMPLETE....." .....to which HE replied "oh that's JUST general contract MUMBO JUMBO." I kid you not folks. I kid you not!! There are so many instances on this project that would amaze you like most of his sub contractors having to redo things over again because THEY said that "Robert didn't tell us that" or "Robert told us to do it this way". AND on the flip side, the Robert would tell us "my contractors don't like to work for you because there's always changes." Seriously, I cannot make this up. Who tells their clients this?! He also had the nerve during one of our arguments, to tell me that I "know nothing about managing people"! This guy has no ideal who I am and what my background is! Oh and BTW, I've managed a full-time employees for over 10 years, LOL. It's mind boggling because we had detailed plans drawn out for both the Master Bath and the Kitchen which included precise measurements and indication for all light fixtures, etc....also all of our cabinets for the kitchen were ordered from IKEA and DELIVERED from them in TWO Days! They sat untouched in the Living Room for at least TWO MONTHS untouched! ...he agreed to replace the Marble countertop in the Master Bathroom because it did not match the backsplash they installed the week before....so we get home and his tile guys (from Fresno!) are out cutting the marble, BUT the are cutting a backsplash piece to replace the backsplash and NOT the countertop!! So I call him and I end up having to yell at this guy at the top of my voice just to get a word in edgewise because he just continues to talk and doesn't let you talk! He seriously told me that "hey it's Saturday and I'm officially closed and don't even have to talked to you....I'm off today"! To which I replied, "I would like to be off today too, but I'm working on my own job and on top of that doing your job too because your guys are not doing what they are supposed to!!" So we got shafted with the countertop that he said he was going to replace but did not. Shall I go on?' After that Saturday verbal phone altercation, we had him sign (in front of a third party) an addendum which basically gave him the option of taking his tools out of the garage that day and not get the final $ payment OR he had one week to finish everything that was still left to do....he chose to finish. At that point he was just trying to get things done...the WORST tiling job in the kitchen AND bath backsplashes you can imagine! He did it himself! The icing on the cake is that his cleaning folks scratched up ALL of our hardwood floors! We have been forced to take things to the next level. read more

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Rob does excellent work. Meticulous attention to detail. Friendly and easy to work with. Not sure what happened with Mike and Ariel (see Yelp reviews). It's too bad they had such a bad experience. I'd definitely give Rob another job, if we were looking for a contractor. We've always been happy to work with him, and very satisfied with his high quality workmanship. He is honest and sincere. Couldn't imagine him ever ripping anyone off. Rob's a quality guy. Highly recommend. read more

My daughter had a friend of hers come out to fix a hole in one of my walls. After meeting him and observing his work, I was impressed with how well he handled himself and how good of a job he had done. I mentioned to him that I wanted to remodel my kitchen and he gave me his bosses (Robert Gil's) business card. I contacted Mr. Gil and he came over to discuss a kitchen remodel with me. After thinking about the remodel job, I decided to wait until next year because it would interfere with my work schedule this year. I maintained what I thought was a "friendship" with Mr. Gil, which led me to hire him to put up a new fence for me. I told him that I wanted a strong fence built that would last and provide more privacy. One of my neighbors mentioned that he knew a fence company that would charge $17.00 a foot to install a cedar fence. Mr. Gil informed me that cedar is crappy wood and for what I want, I should go with Redwood and that he could provide that for $20.00 a foot. I agreed and was excited to have a good quality fence that would not only look great but last..... But that is not what I got!!! First, the men working for Mr. Gil were unprofessional and seemed to have lacked the basic skills to install and build a fence. One of the men even had a hard time arriving to work because he didn't have gas money to get here. After a few days, Mr. Gil was fighting with one of the workers and he ended up leaving the job without returning. Mr. Gil seems to have issues with keeping good workers, as the young man who came to fix my wall was no longer employed by him either. The "professional" crew that Mr. Gil claims to have.... Was nonexistent!! I am under the belief that it takes two to three days to put up a fence, but in this case it took a few days just to do the frame work. After that the boards did start to go up... What I thought was redwood ended up being cedar boards, which are of poor quality. There were huge spaces between boards; nails were shot in without any kind of thought, the nails ended up sticking out on the other side of the fence, some nails were twisted, double shot, some of the boards weren't even connected. To say the least I was not impressed with the consistency of the nails or there placement. Once all was done, I didn't even know where to begin to fix the nightmare!!! My neighbors ended up complaining to Mr. Gil about the fence because of the spacing in the boards and Mr. Gil blamed it on the boards shrinking. Also, he didn't build the front side fence the same height as the rest of the fence, which left my neighbors whole side house open to the street. Mr. Gil though the best solution to this problem was to add an additional top piece to the fence. This addition is already hanging over and looks ridiculous. I was so upset and embarrassed that I hired Mr. Gil and trusted him to do what he had promised to do. I am now in the process of finding a responsible company to rectify the mess that he has made here. I only hope my poor decision to do business with Mr. Gil didn't cause my neighbors too much stress and inconvenience. I did learn a lot about dealing with a contractor and will not ever let this happen to me again... On the bright side, I found out how bad Mr. Gil's work is before I agreed to have him touch my kitchen!!! read more

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Seeing the good this company does for people restores my faith in humanity! There are still good people in this world & Harinder is one of them. He is very kind hearted man. Genuinely cares about the people of the community. Thank your kindness & for giving back to this community over and over. Keep up the good work Inderjit Toor. R Santiago Keyes Ca read more

This Company was selected by my neighbor to just put up a new fence. Easy, right? Well the removal of the old fence and the construction of the new was done by absolute amateurs with limited supervision I was leaving town for a week and could not be there. When I got home the fence had over 100 nails that missed the main beams and were sticking through over an inch. High, low and on top. The cement around the posts was left 4 inches too shallow and below the surface of the existing cement driveway. That was finally fixed after repeated complaints. The fence boards were placed at random spacing distances, not up against each other. Some were 3/4 inch apart. When I mentioned that, Robert the owner said it was from the wood shrinking......in one day. How do you deal with someone that ignorant. The only way to fix this was to rip the top boards off and redo all the boards. He refused. The worst was the final 6 feet going to my metal posted gate. It was 2 feet shorter than the rest of the fence! My whole side RV section and kitchen window was in plain view of a main cross street. He refused to replace that section the correct way. He just built a long box section to make it higher. My neighbor payed the entire amount before I returned home, so there was little I could do but take photos of the monstrosity, and plan out how to fix some of it. This was the worst workmanship anyone could possibly imagine. I would not let this company put a rope swing on my tree! Just a mess! Oh....I paid top dollar for this mess........$920 for my 1/2 for an 80 foot section! I read more

Rob and his team did a great job painting our house. He took the time to listen to what our concerns were and offered his professional opinion on how to proceed. He assisted in helping us pick our color based on colors in the neighborhood and we love it! He connected us with great individuals who replaced our gutters and fixed our garage door. He was reliable, consistent, professional, and finished on schedule. Price was reasonable and the job was certainly worth the cost. My husband and I would certainly endorse him for any work you would need. read more

I hired Robert to paint the ceiling of my office and some areas around three doors damaged by wheel chairs as well as replacing a shelf under the kitchen sink. The painting was completed as scheduled except they missed one door and got paint on the office carpet. The kitchen job was never done. I called Robert several times. He said he would get to it but never committed to a date. Finally I told him that that the job had to be completed by May 1 2017. He said OK. I left several messages on his phone as the date approached but he did not return any of them. From this experience I can only conclude that Robert's word is no good. I should have checked Yelp before I hired him. read more

Robert helped us with a couple of project plans for our kitchen and stayed within our budget. I am looking forward to working with them and will update our review after the project is complete. He has been very flexible and professional, giving us options and being very honest about cost and timelines. read more

this guy will rip you off!! do not trust this company!!! He will just continue to ask you for more money!!