I like Paul because not only does he paint, he helps me pick colors. It's really important to find…read morea painter who will make sure the paint colors match and are the right colors for your house (inside and out). I picked colors that looked good on paper but when we tested then they were horrible. Paul gave me ideas that turned out to be so much better and since then he's painted 3 properties for me! I refer him to all my friends! Bonus - he does more than painting! He can fix other things too. He fixed a leak at my dad's house by putting in a french drain to make sure the water stopped coming in and damaging the foundation. I guess you call it waterproofing.

The general problem with contractors, is getting them to show up on time, if at all. Paul (owner)…read moreresponded in a timely manner and is a pleasure to deal with. His crew showed up on time every day and did a great professional job. They made sure I liked the colors, before continuing. The price was competitive. They gave me a choice of paint brands. Highly recommended!

I am marveled that Joe Reilly and his team finished not only on time but a WEEK AND A HALF EARLY,…read moreand stayed on budget! My husband is completely type A and anal attentive - Joe was able to respond right away every time proactively. He managed to keep the areas near our neighbors clean and kept good rapport with them as well through our 3 month renovation. There were extra touches (like having the shower glass door that can fold out fully to the wall) that we didn't ask for, but I am SO grateful for. Or the fact that they knew we were expecting twins and mentioned a hot, filtered water faucet at the sink to easily warm up bottles?! (Which I've already fallen in love with for my oatmeals and teas) All the subcontractors he used were professional and I felt comfortable with them whenever I dropped by. If the subcontractors did something wrong, Joe would fix it in a nanosecond. Our house is absolutely stunning, spacious, homey and I couldn't be happier. Thanks Joe and team! * Bonus, my husband and I agreed that the young Irish foreman was quite the looker.

After a few years of having Joe and his crews come out to our house with great results, the last…read moreproject--a full kitchen remodel--showed us he's decided to cut a lot of corners and has basically given up on supervision of his crews. In the past, we've had a great crew for other projects and we saw Joe around almost every day while the work was going on. We felt like he kept the quality of the work at a high level. With our kitchen remodel, Joe seemed nowhere to be found. We had to constantly monitor the crew, correcting blatant sloppiness of the work. As an example, we had to have a painter out 5 times to paint one wall before we finally got it correct. The electrical (done by Kevin, Joe's brother) was passed off to one of his workers. While we did a walk-through on what we needed before the wiring started, none of the information we gave Kevin was passed on to the guy actually doing the work. We had to repeat ourselves constantly to the the man doing the work. Once he had the right info, he did the work adequately, but there was still a lot of re-doing of work throughout the project that should have been common sense: Re-centering a dining room light; placing can lights in kitchen so they're not blocked by cabinets (!!); having to tell them to wire a light already installed in the backyard to the switches in the kitchen (had to tell them 7 times before it happened). The highlight of the whole electrical experience was texting Kevin about an item, then receiving a text (that he obviously thought he was sending to his worker) stating what a "f***ing pain" I was being for asking when he would do something--since he'd stated it would happen two days prior. Other basics had to be repeatedly followed-up on like sealing the front door they installed; getting the door stained and sealed correctly (still never got them to stain around the door knob correctly as they stained around the old lock hardware instead of the new stuff we bought. Was never sure why they didn't stain and seal the door BEFORE the hardware was installed to begin with.); trim around cabinets being installed straight; finishing panels on cabinets being cut straight and without jagged edges; installing cabinet door and drawer handles straight (!!); installing baseboards with some sealant and making them straight with the flooring. During the painting of the entire house interior, they STAPLED floor paper to the hardwood floors. It was 3 months before we think we got the final staple out of the floors. While the floors aren't new, they're not in horrible shape and we weren't replacing them. Staple holes are not an attractive addition to the decor. The painters also re-painted our deck (the one Joe built for us in 2010). Unfortunately, they only scraped the deck, but never power-washed it. The amount of debris and dust from the kitchen remodel on the deck was a lot. After they painted the deck, I had to clean out screws, nails, drywall bits and other debris from between the boards--all of it with sloppy deck paint on it. When I complained, their response was to put another coat on the deck. Less than 6 months later, a good deal of the paint is pealing up since there wasn't a clean base to adhere to. In addition to the painting, we requested Joe replace some boards that were rotting on the deck, as well as closing the back of the stairs for a soon-to-arrive puppy. (We realize this rotting happens living out by the ocean in the Outer Sunset--this is not a reflection of his 2010 build this long afterwards.) He said the boards were fine. Within 3 months after the project, we had to have someone come out to replace the very same boards as they were disintegrating, along with several stair boards. That was an addition $1,300 we had to pay for that. Several of the boards that he installed to close up the stairs are cracked and loose only 6 months later. Again, quality of work was never checked on by him. I think if it had, this type of thing wouldn't happen. I put the review to two stars because the past projects with Joe were great. This one, however, makes us unable to call him again for any project. It's unfortunate. We felt like we were in good hands going into the kitchen remodel. Afterwards, we just hope everything stays together.

We are thrilled with the results of the project with Dunros construction for the kitchen and…read morebathroom in our 1931 Mediterranean revival home in The Sunset. We undertook a complete re-design of the bathroom, and rebuild of the kitchen going from gas to induction. Pat and his crew proved to be exceptional craftsmen who were consistently punctual, polite, clean, and communicative as we lived in our home while they did the work. On top of this the quality of the carpentry, cabinet install, plumbing, tile, electrical, and painting is all outstanding. Predictably for a house of this age, the project revealed several unexpected challenges. When these issues arose, Pat provided clear explanations of our choices and their consequences, allowing us to move forward with confidence. In addition to our stunning new spaces, the process allowed us to address hidden leaks, HVAC problems, and an electrical panel upgrade, ultimately leaving our home with much stronger infrastructure. In addition Pat and his team were super flexible and accommodating as we added in some additional work along the way. The entire project stayed within the time frame outlined in the proposal, even with the unexpected additional work. Pat is a super nice guy, be cool with him and you'll be delighted with the results. Our space has truly been transformed.

We recently completed a kitchen remodel and part of a house renovation with Dunros construction…read more Firstly, I want to say it's hard to find a contractor. We asked for several estimates and even that was difficult, as everyone had a different idea of what was even possible. But Pat from Dunros really stood out as someone who was polite, realistic, and flexible. We have only wonderful things to say about the experience. He was always creative in his solutions to our tricky kitchen/dining room renovation, which included removing a load-bearing wall. He managed to install beams below the floor that weren't there (as they should have been according to a previous renovation plan) when we opened up the floor. His team was always on time and courteous, and talking to the subcontractors (plumber, electrician, floor installation) you quickly understood they had been working together for years and had a great relationship. Pat is trustworthy and so is his team. He was very good about staying in budget and managing the twists and turns that come with any project. Another thing: our cabinet dealer was terrible, and Pat did everything to work around the problems and delays we had as a result of that bad choice. When we couldn't get replacement parts from the cabinet manufacturer in time, Pat managed to make the parts out of what we had and a lot of hard work. All this was so appreciated because we don't know what we would have done otherwise. I also want to say that Pat is a real perfectionist -- even more than we are, and it's our home he was working on! He always strived to make everything perfect, and a couple of times we had to tell him that we can't see the minor imperfection he noticed and tasked himself with fixing. Pricing was always fair and invoiced clearly. In some cases the amount ended up less than the estimate, which I have never seen before working with contractors.

We have been clients of CDR Construction since the late 1980's…read more Excellent work, and Charles Durhan really listens and provides useful feedback. He's pleasant and easy going, which makes the jobs enjoyable. We also appreciate reliable timetables for job completion. If there was a snag, we were notified quickly. The work was accomplished with skill, and I am very proud of my new yard, new custom fish tank, and plaster repair. Previous jobs include painting our whole house in a special kind of stucco paint that does not need to be replaced for many years, as well as wood replacement.

I really like these guys. Colm is a great guy. I contacted Colm to work with his company…read more Brought his entire crew in and was very professional. It seemed as though they had been working together for years and that is definitely a bonus. We decided not to do the remodel with CDR (personal financial reasons), but would recommend Colm to anyone. In fact, I've already sent a couple people I've met his way. Things that I liked were that he always showed up on time for the appointments (this isn't common among contractors) and was straight forward with costs and didn't sugar coat it. Although we didn't work together, I would say that CDR is an upstanding company and I typically don't give 5 stars to someone I haven't worked with, so the best I can do is 4, but CDR definitely deserves a 5.

Cardea did a large remodel for us last fall-full kitchen renovation, two bathrooms plus master…read morebathroom, new floors and windows. They came recommended by a friend who had work done by them years ago. The crew did a great job keeping us updated as to progress and answering all our questions by email and text on a group chat with my wife, our designer and the architect. Our project manager sent us detailed emails confirming finish and design and letting us know if any materials were delayed and suggesting alternate options when some of our selections weren't looking like they'd be ready in time to meet our move-in date. We got several bids before the project and Cardea's was the only one that had real detail and showed line by line the estimated costs. Since we have an older house of course we had some surprises when we opened up the walls, but options and costs on how to address them and things like our uneven floors were explained to us laymen. Ultimately we were able to move back into our place on time which was very important to us.

We have owned several properties in San Francisco over the past 30 years, and began working with…read moreJustin and Cardea Building as far back as 2008 on home renovations. Justin and his crew's attention to detail is bar none. You are really getting an aesthetic eye as well as a custom builder, and we were so pleased with the final outcome of our first remodel that we have recommended Cardea to many friends since. Not only have we had the good fortune to work with Justin again on subsequent projects, but it is always a relief to know we are in knowledgeable hands, whether it is troubleshooting issues, design input, or timeline transparency, Justin goes above and beyond, and it shows in the final product.

Josh is a great salesman and my confidence was never higher in his team's work than when he was…read morearound. At the end of the day, I am really happy with the quality of 90% of the work, which is why I'm giving 4 stars. I think underlying Covid-related problems caused most of the grief in our 2021 kitchen remodel: supply chain issues & illnesses causing delays that chain-reacted to stretch a 3-month timeline to 6 months, plus Josh's workload was double of normal with the same number of subs because all his 2020 jobs had been paused and came back ready to resume earlier than expected. I was accordingly understanding, but I still felt like we often got deprioritized as clients-- maybe because I wasn't calling to yell at him, like I overheard once. I almost tried to pitch my project management services to help him manage! We also had a stickler inspector who asked us to expand the scope of the initial project beyond what we budgeted or that Josh wanted to make time for (to rewire the rest of the house vs. just the kitchen). Despite (or because of) these external problems, Josh struggled with managing our expectations/communications. He knew we were first-time renovators who don't know when to ask questions vs. wait to see how it turns out. I am also a project manager in another field, so I love context and details. He seemed defensive and frustrated with us at times despite us trying to be as patient as we could be. I'm sure we weren't perfect clients, but we were trying to be really easygoing about it. Quality-wise: I love just about everything but the paint, which was sloppy in many places and in some cases peeled less than a year later (I suspect it wasn't sanded/prepped properly). I was also disappointed in the visual execution of the plumbing (it works fine), which Josh told me would not be plumbed on the exterior of the house, but was anyway. Plumbers also forgot to add an exterior water spigot but after the 3rd reminder, I gave up. The "construction cleaners" Josh hired to wrap did an okay first-pass on the dust and small debris, but it wasn't really livable until I did my own second pass, then hired another cleaner to do a third-pass deep clean. We also made the classic first-timer mistake of sending the final check before the last punch-list was ever complete. For a few months Josh kept saying "oh yeah I'll be by to take care of that next week" until we gave up and DIY'd a few finishing details and got rid of stuff the crew left behind. None of it was too complicated and it doesn't kill us to practice these skills: quarter round moulding for one wall of the floor, a couple gaps to close between cabinet and wall, capping the old sink pipe, caulking the sink fixtures, and paint touchups throughout. I hope I *never* need to do this extensive of a remodel again (at least not while I'm living in the guest room downstairs!). But if I do, because of the overall quality I would give Josh the benefit of the doubt on those extenuating circumstances.

Although we move forward with a different contractor, Josh provided competitive and quick quotes…read more He was helpful, knowledgeable, and personable; wouldn't hesitate to hire for future projects.

Andres was responsive and very thorough. His pricing was very good and we are very pleased with the…read moreresults. Highly recommend!

As a Real Estate Broker and Property Manager, we are constantly looking for vendors capable for…read moredelivering 4 things: 1. a great job, 2. on time delivery 3. competitive prices, 4.detailed, accurate invoicing. Geeky Greek name aside.... we love the responsiveness and the quality... its make us want to write poetry and sing....

Just heard that Gilberto had started a GC company so wanted to write a review on the work he's…read moredone. Gilberto is a talented reliable professional who can handle a variety of projects with thoughtful consideration and situational awareness. I have used him for many jobs in the past and it's always been a positive experience. Everything is discussed upfront and confirmed with you before and during the job, so there are no surprises at the end. For one job, we wanted to smooth out a big drop in the the entrance to our parking lot that people kept tripping over without having to close the parking lot. He poured half the concrete one day and did the other half the next week once the first half had dried. He and his team also helped with directing people in and out of the lot while doing the work. Pricing is very reasonable. Compared to big corporate outfits, in my opinion Gilberto will do a better job at a better price with better service.

Gilberto was amazing - quoted me through Yelp, came in to do an emergency patching and painting on…read morea damaged wall, and was fast, efficient and charged a reasonable price. I look forward to him helping me with other projects around my home!