I own a rental property on the Southside of Chicago and was in desperate need to have a chain link…read morefence removed and hauled away from the property- in order to pass a home inspection. Anthony was dependable and prompt in returning my calls and emails to schedule service and complete project, while I was out of the country on vacation. In the end, Anthony Colletta did a great job and I would highly recommend his service. Thanks to Anthony, I passed the inspection and the house now has a new curb appeal.

So after this guy told me I was being "too pushy" because I questioned why my deck was not complete…read moreafter six weeks and walked off the job, I asked for my receipts for all the wood he bought. He ignored me. I posted a review on Yelp. I asked him AGAIN for my receipts. He then told me only if I take the review down - that I was a "complainer" and "a little crazy" for posting the conversation. Really!?!? What an ass! Then he said he "could have handled it better". But he still wanted me to take down the review. Obviously I did not take down the review and I still don't have my receipts!! But I have a beautiful new porch finished in less than 3 days by a real professional!

P-H-E-N-O-M-E-N-A-L !!! RELIABLE, HARDWORKING, KNOWLEDGEABLE, DEPENDABLE, and PROFESSIONAL…read more My husband and I were going to replace our floors with waterproof with vinyl plank, multi-width ourselves. When we discovered this project was way out of our league, Will was a lifesaver! The project consisted of removing ALL of the existing engineered flooring, baseboard, and quarter round. (3 bedrooms, dining room, living room, hallway, family room and one of the bathrooms). Then, to Install the vinyl plank I had previously bought. He made sure to install according to the manufacturer's directions, in order to preserve the 10 year warranty. -We had a budget. He gave us many options in order to stay within that budget. He gave us estimates for the entire project as a whole AND another estimate based on hourly rate. - My husband is a Veteran and receives 10% off at Home Depot. We were very happy when he gave us a list of items that was needed for the project from Home Depot. Suggestions like this helped in keeping costs down. Floor removal was very labor intensive due to previous owners faulty installation. Workers Lou and Demond worked very hard. Will answered any and all questions I had throughout the project (I did have a lot). He is very patient, kind and dependable. Will worked with us, as we lived in the house during construction (plus 4 dogs). The floors are breathtaking! Thanks so much for helping us through this massive project.

Will and his crew demoed an old deck and just put up a composite deck. They worked within the city/…read morezoning requirements and followed our architects design. Aaron especially did an outstanding job. Would highly recommend...

Work done: complete, head to toe kitchen remodel and painting of family room old wood paneling and…read moretrim. We are completely satisfied with all facets of T&C work from planning to execution to follow up and customer service. The price was fair, workmanship high quality, all workers courteous and accommodating. I highly recommend T&C for your next remodeling project. Family friend who is also a master carpenter found their work quite praiseworthy "everything looks great, great job."

We haven't had them over for a project for about 1-1/2 years, but they have been our go-to for…read moremultiple projects including a bathroom remodel, deck rebuild, basement build-in of a theater area, bedroom and bathroom, and handmade board-and-batten shutters. I cannot say enough good things about the quality of their work. Additionally, the secretary is very kind and easy to talk with. I can be a difficult client because I have trouble making decisions and can be blunt, but they took me in stride and made my home beautiful.

We recently had Northwest Remodeling install new kitchen cabinets in our home. We also had them put…read morein a new backsplash as well as new hardware for the cabinets. We are very pleased with the work they did. They hit their timeline for a start date and an ending date. They were also very clean at the end of each day so as to make our home still comfortable to live in. This is a family business and every family member that showed up was professional and hard-working. My husband and I would use them again in any future projects without a doubt.

We had an unfinished basement and Northwest Remodeling created a great living space for us! Omar…read moreand his team did great work and we have no complaints. They were professional, efficient and we were very satisfied with the quality of the work. Communication throughout the project was effective, and all our questions were answered timely. Whatever you need done, we highly recommend Northwest Remodeling.

I do NOT recommend Ron and his company R-Deco…read more OVERPRICED Ron provides quotes that are extremely overpriced, at about 2x the price of any other company. A recent example was for a siding replacement project where he quoted almost 2x the nearest 3 companies who were all licensed, insured, and bonded (more on that later) and over 2x the lowest priced company who was not. And this was on a project in an HOA that he'd been working on for over a decade, so his bid should have come in the lowest of all because he'd already done the work for numerous other homes/units. UNCOMMUNICATED SCOPE CHANGES For the two projects I received a quote from Ron, both had their scope so drastically modified from what was requested by me that the projects and their prices were incomparable to what was actually needed. On the first project I asked for one door and 1/4 of a window to be recaulked, and he came back with an extremely expensive quote that was actually for caulking basically the entire exterior of my home/unit. On the second project I asked for all the siding to my rooftop penthouse to be replaced and he came back with a quote for just 4 of 12 panels to be replaced, without ever mentioning the scope change, perhaps so he could have me blindly sign the contract thinking I was getting what I wanted at a reasonable price when I would really only get 1/3 of what I asked for. EXCESSIVE DEPOSIT Ron charges a 60% deposit at contract signing and 50% of the remainder a week before the project begins, essentially requiring he is paid 80% of the already 2x overpriced job 1 week before any work even begins. This leaves absolutely no negotiating power to the buyer as Ron has already made all his profit and can just walk away or do a terrible job as he pleases. This kind of deposit is also completely out of line with industry standard, where companies require deposits of 50% or less, not 80%. RELUCTANT TO PROVIDE CREDENTIALS Ron won't provide you with either his license (which he doesn't seem to actually have, later on that), his insurance, or his bond information upfront like any other legitimate contractor. He requires that you sign his contract before he will provide you any of this. That's like someone claiming they're an airplane pilot but requiring you to commit to flying with them and only offering to show you their "credentials" when you're already on the plane and the doors are locked. This is unacceptable and unprofessional. LICENSING NOT FOUND Perhaps the reason Ron doesn't provide his credentials like licensing is that he in fact is NOT licensed, at least certainly not as a roofing contractor per the IDFPR website, though he advertises these services. He also cannot be found in the Chicago contractor database, even though he wanted to perform such General Contractor and/or Electrical license requiring tasks like swapping out an electrical exterior GFCI outlet during my siding project. Apparently he has been working in my HOA for over a decade, with the only reason that I've found so far being that he's the only one that's offered as an option for work by the HOA and Owner's just go with him to avoid the hassle of finding someone else. Of the 5 Owners that I've talked to though, all have negative experiences with him, including for overpricing and bad/not complete work. I will be recommending my HOA never work with Ron and his company R-Deco again and I would recommend you avoid him and his company as well.

I can't say enough great things about Ron and his team at R-Deco Painting & Home Improvements. I…read morehave now worked with Ron and his team on remodeling 2 houses. They continue to deliver great results in unprecedented timing. I was on an incredibly tight schedule and Ron made all adjustments needed to make sure we hit the timeline and didn't sacrifice quality of work. I couldn't be happier with the result. They took down a wall and opened up my kitchen, installed all new cabinets and lighting, installed new flooring, put in a new staircase, re-did my laundry room, updated a bathroom, and many other smaller items throughout the house including putting in new toilets, re-staining hardwood floors, putting on new closet doors, etc. I would absolutely use R-Deco Painting & Home Improvements again!

If below 1 star was an option, I would select it. Subpar quality - lots of corners were cut so we…read moreare having to essentially pay again for real professionals to do the work. When we shared our concerns, Chad showed zero interest, took no accountability, and ultimately ghosted us. No integrity in their work or service orientation.

We are very happy that we choose Redstart Construction for our first floor renovation. We completed…read morethe project on time and with in our budget. As nervous as we where redstart did a fabulous job. The final product exceeded our expectations. Chad and his team are great to work with, communication was great between everyone. Our onsite manager Dan was wonderful and was there very step of the way. I highly recommend redstart construction if you are looking to have any type of remodeling completed. We are going to use them again for basement. Great company to work with.

Lifetime just completed my basement renovation December 2017. I am very pleased and plan on using…read morethem for more work around my house. Pros: Initial meeting was very professional. Marc provided an estimate the same day he reviewed the job. The team of workers were very professional as well. They typically showed up between 8:30-9:00 a.m. M-F and worked a full day to about 4:30 or 5:00 p.m. They really worked with me and around my schedule. Since I was usually working during the day the workers would call me during the day with any issues or questions and we would face time a lot during the design stage. Cons: Let me start by saying I am very pleased with my bathroom BUT it is not what I requested. For some reason there was some type of confusion as to what I wanted. I contracted for a full bathroom with bath tub, shower, and a linen closet. - The bathroom ended up getting designed with a walk in shower only. No tub. No linen closet. - Again it's lovely but not what I really wanted. I had major plumbing work that had to be completed. (Worst part of the project) The plumber worked maybe 4 or 5 days and left a big mess after each visit. I wasn't as concerned for the mess in the basement work area but they had to cut the walls on my main level to reach some pipes. They cut 3 separate walls on the main floor and left all kinds of mess for me to clean. Mud, dust etc. I would have appreciated if the plumber cleaned up after himself just like the carpenters and electrician did. They fixed the walls that were cut but only repainted the small portion of the wall where the cut out was made so of course the paint color does not really match the color that was there. I will have to end up re-painting the entire walls of each of those 3 rooms. I wasn't planning on doing that. I was told the job would take 7 weeks. It ended up taking 10 weeks. (not super bad) There were a few days (about 5) where I was told they would be there to work and then didn't show up for one reason or another. Also there was a little confusion about the flooring I wanted. I said I wanted either a stained floor to look like wood or some kind of tile that looked liked wood. - I ended up getting ceramic tile that looks like wood. - I ended up being charged extra for the tile I chose. I was never given a budget for the flooring and thought that my quote price would have included the flooring. I ended up being charged extra for my flooring choice which I didn't anticipate. I know things are never perfect when doing construction. The few cons were a bit annoying but not super major for me. Overall I think they did a great job and I plan on using them again.

Called these people. The young lady who answered the phone was great! She answered all my questions…read moreextremely professional... Then I met MARK! He appeared extremely professional, came into the unit to give estimate with a clipboard. Asked me what I wanted and then it went all downhill. It was quite an extensive amount of work that needed to be done. He immediately starting questioning my funding in front of the seller. It got so bad I had to say, We can discuss your financial concerns, but the seller doesn't need to be privy to this level of my business. We leave out and he seems ok again, just wanted to be sure I could get the funding. I'm like no problem can you put the bid in tonight. He says ok. I call him the next morning because the bid hasn't been submitted and he is like Oh I was really busy yesterday. Ill TRY to get to it by the end of the day. Again he did not, After a week goes by. I ask do you want this job... He says to be honest I would have passed if I knew it was all this work that needed to be done. At that point I was done. We no longer need to communicate. Worse experience EVER!!!

Jim Gracia and his whole team were such a pleasure to work with. Jim is so professional and thinks…read moreof everything. He has remodeled a ton of kitchens, so he foresees most issues before they arise. He had a great relationship with our kitchen designer (Kitchen Design Partners - Nancy Jacobson), so the entire process was painless and often didn't require much effort on my part. Jim is also creative - he came up with the perfect solution to fix a weird nook that resulted from some demolition work. Jim was very quick to respond to any questions, and always made me aware of the work schedule. Jim's estimate broke everything down nicely allowing us to see how much some extra work would cost so that my wife and I could decide to move forward with some projects and forego others that were outside our budget. But most importantly everything looks amazing. The picture says more than I ever could. I will definitely work with Jim again in the future for any remodeling needs.

Update 7/18/23: B quality, D service and A+ (premium) pricing. We were given several promises and…read more"no, problem, we can do that" sort of talk, and later on as the project went on and invoices were paid (we always paid on time), some of those promises were magically no longer possible. We paid on time, always, but timelines by Jim were not kept. I do not mean timelines related to supply chain issues or them being busy....we totally understood that. What I mean is that he would say he would call/text at a certain day or time and we would never hear back. Sometimes it would take a MONTH to hear (no joke), it would take a MONTH to get an invoice. It took from June to November to address our punch list which just took 1.5 days of actual work on site. Most of the work was great and good quality, and they clean up after themselves well every day. However, some of the subcontractors would lean materials against newly painted walls and they did leave pizza boxes lying around and fast food containers at times when they left for the day. As the project came to a close, the response time was longer and longer. There's no excuse for it, but I think I would use them again as the work is good, as long as you are very patient when you don't hear back as promised. Also, we had our cabinets repainted and the subcontractor had to touch them up after we noticed several unpainted areas. Since the project we have also noticed that they did not move the refrigerator to paint the walls next to the refrigerator and you can see if you stand in front of the refrigerator the old paint color next to the new paint color on the wall. I will have to have someone to come in and fix that. Additionally, the tiles in the bathroom were installed with bubbles in the caulk. They did fix that. Jim also told me they could not remove the rust from the door hinges on the doors of the bathrooms without taking the doors off the hinges, and that it would be a huge undertaking. Since then, we've had the building superintendent take a look, and he was able to remove the rest from the door hinges in a couple of hours without removing the doors. Cost me $150. Easy. ***UPDATE: I would not use this company again. Jim told me point blank at the initial meeting they could move a thermostat from the middle of a wall (eye sore) to the corner so I could have a cleaner look. This was something I expressed wanted and was told it was no problem. After the contracts are signed, and after invoice after invoice was paid on time, I would bring up the thermostat being moved, and it was always pushed to the side in the conversation. Eventually, I was told by Jim that it would be too expensive to do and far too difficult. In the end, the thermostat stayed in the same location and they replaced it with a new thermostat of their choosing. The thermostat they chose and installed has poor reviews online. The thermostat has not been giving accurate readings since April and we reached out to some HVAC companies about coming by to check it out. Three companies came and all said our HVAC system was fine, but the new thermostat Jim installed was faulty and was the problem. There was no way for us to get an accurate reading. I texted Jim the situation and told him that the HVAC company we trusted and we have used before was on site and was willing to install a new thermostat including labor for $300. He texted me back saying that he was at a sporting event in WI and would call me as soon as he could. In my text, I asked him how he would like me to proceed, and if I should have the new thermostat installed since the HVAC guy was already here and if they would reimburse me or if they wanted to come by and replace it later. I never heard back from Jim, ever. Not a peep. So unprofessional. I have passed along his information to 3 designers as I'm in the industry. This is not how you treat customers. The HVAC company came back days later and installed a new thermostat - now everything is fine. I paid for this out of pocket. Still, nothing from Jim.