You get what you pay for. I'm not usually up for cliched phrases, but this one really holds true…read morefor anything in the home remodeling sphere. Yes, I whined (to myself and to my husband) about the cost of custom cabinets and granite at C&G Direct, but I'm super happy with the quality of the product that showed up at my doorstep a few weeks back. The rep we worked with, Anna, was on point from start to finish. She was quick to answer questions, helped us design a counter and cabinet structure that would work best for our daughters' bathroom and followed up with our contractor when one cabinet door arrived less than stellar. Their showroom is quite lovely and you can get a nice picture of what your potential kitchen/bath will look like when all is said and done. Yes, we paid extra for our white cabs, but the quality is there, it looks awesome with the new counters, and said cabinets were crafted just a few states over. #worthit

I've been thinking of remodeling my kitchen for at least 10 years. The process started by sitting…read moredown at Lowe's with one of their kitchen designers and getting a free layout and cabinet estimate. Over the next 10 years I took that Lowe's layout to no less than a dozen cabinet companies to get their pricing. The pricing always came in around $10,000+ (except for one importer who sold cheap, rather than good cabinets in a limited number of styles and colors. None of which we liked.) Then a month ago, driving north on Gary avenue in Carol Stream I just happened to spot this place and thought I'd try again to price out the Lowe's design because we were now ready to do something. I went into the place and immediately started walking around. I didn't wait for a sales person because I wasn't sure if I'd like the place and didn't want some fast-talking salesman to start accosting me for my business. I'd looked for a few minutes before I was approached by Jim, a pleasant older gentleman. He was nice so I told him what I was looking for and we casually discussed a few options. I told him I had the Lowe's kitchen design and he said he'd be happy to price it out with the cabinets I liked (he didn't want to see their pricing). I emailed him the design minus the prices and he came back with some design drawings. We talked some more over email and I asked him to stop by my house to see my kitchen. He did and we had a great conversation and we got ideas for other ways to do the kitchen. After looking at the kitchen, Jim put together everything we liked, added in the monthly manufacturer promotions, and ended up THOUSANDS less than any other quality cabinet place. So today we visited the showroom to go over every part of the cabinet order before putting down a deposit. After all was said and done, even after we added many pullout drawers, did some upgrading and getting some trim pieces (not on the original Lowe's design), he beat my 10 year old barebones Lowe's kitchen design price by over $1,500! I can't recommend Jim and this place strongly enough. (I'll let you know if things don't go smoothly once we receive the cabinets.)

Scott Schwarz did a great job on a stone project on the front of our house…read more He presented options, kept my budget in mind and completed the job in a timely fashion. I called other stone masons to look at the project but was very impressed with Scott's professionalism and recommendations. I highly recommend Schwarz construction.

Steve was so helpful. We were using thin brick on our home and were concerned about the application…read moreto assure it would last for years and years. Though we had a fixed bid with a general contractor who was installing the brick, Steve came out to consult with our contractor to assure the installation was correct. He made many recommendations and helped us order the right backer boards, mortar and materials. He did all of this without a charge for his time and in the end the job was perfect. I can't say enough about S.S. Schwarz as they gave us peace of mind at a very critical time in our 6 month project. He was professional, patient, responsive and thorough. Work with Steve!

Excellent contractor for any size job. Jake and, his dad Ed and crew have done several jobs for…read moreme...painting, drywall patching, etc. Today they installed a very tricky large replacement bay window on second story. Execution was perfect, window was ordered to specs and installed in one day. Replacement trim was carefully thought out, primed and ready to paint. This project was bid correctly and cost exactly as promised. These guys are very detail oriented, keep job-site neat and cleanup immaculate. Reiner Construction is not least expensive but quality of workmanship is worth it, no surprises and highly dependable. Thank you Jake...Ed and Erik. Well done!

From day one Jake / Ed and their crew were professional courteous and honest. Even though I…read moreprovided blue prints to them Jake insisted on coming out to the property to look at the scope of the project so that he could give me the best estimate of the time cost and resources the job would require. Weather was not on our side throughout the project but his crew labored on, despite the sometimes horrible conditions the crew was always polite and in good spirits. Despite the delays caused by mother nature and the extra time the job took because of them the price of the job didn't change. Daily Jake explained to me what was going on, showed me the progress and explained to me what they were doing and why, I was happy they didn't cut corners and made an extra effort to give me the best work / product possible. They were also extremely conservative with materials, making sure to minimize waste and thus minimize cost, something I haven't seen from contractors I've worked with in the past. In the end I felt like Reiner Construction built my home like they were building it for one of their own family members, the quality, attention to detail and experience was unmatched. I would recommend them to anyone, and will definitely be hiring them again in the spring for my next project their work and work ethic is completely inline with their pricing, they weren't the cheapest bid I got on the job, but I am certain I would not have gotten the quality and peace of mind had I not gone with them. You get what you pay for, and in this case I couldn't be happier.

Excellent work. Refinished adjacent wood to match perfectly. Spend the extra for dust collection,…read morethere was hardly any dust. Thank you Family Flooring America.

I recently had my floors completed with Family Flooring America and they were spectacular! Ann was…read moreexcellent to work with and I have already recommended her to several friends for their future projects. She has excellent communication follow up and really helped us to get what we were looking for in a floor. Ann has tons of experience to share and definitely worth the drive to their show room. If you have the opportunity to pick the install team, I can't recommend Angel enough! He was our install lead and did above and beyond in my opinion for an install. He ensured the team did top notch clean up every night and put as much of the house back to normal each night to ensure it was livable. Angel even mocked up suggestions for us to pick for transitions and had excellent ideas from his 20 years of experience. Overall, I would highly recommend this company and will only work with them moving forward for flooring needs.

Plamada Flooring transformed our whole first floor! They refinished and stained our hardwood…read morefloors, installed new baseboards and door/window trim, and built a stunning custom wood staircase railing that truly feels like a designer feature. Adrian's craftsmanship and attention to detail were exceptional with his guidance to handle our design ideas. Tim, Arturo and Ion were professional and meticulous from start to finish. They cared about getting everything right, and it shows in the finished product. We are already getting lots of compliments on our upgrades, and we are so happy with the results. We highly recommend Plamada Flooring to anyone looking for quality workmanship and a company that genuinely takes pride in what they do.

Need new hardwood flooring? THIS is the company to go with! Adrian was super quick at responding to…read moremy initial email. Set up an appointment within a couple of days to come check out the house and give a price. Started the project about 5 days later, and was completely done 6 days later! Everything turned out beautifully! He and his workers were at our house bright and early every single day. Even worked on a Sunday. If I ever need flooring again, I'm definitely going with Plamada. Project: second floor of our bungalow

We've gone through many contracts and although most were decent, I wouldn't go out of my way to…read morerecommend them to friends or family, but I TOTALLY would and do recommend Up Keep to everyone. They have done a lot of work for us and they do clean quality work and are super reliable! Them being sooo nice is an added bonus. They are always honest and don't do extra work that isn't needed. Don't think twice, hire Robert and his team!

I hired upkeep to completely renovate my flooring and add wainscoting to the living room walls. I…read morefully trusted in Robert's team to do the job and I continuously paid every time there was a change of bill. I never questioned materials or cost until the end I asked for an itemized bill for materials used and they became very defensive and told me in all their years of work they have never had to prove their purchases. During the project, once they instilled the floors in the kitchen, when I went to check it was very uneven. I could feel a massive area that dipped and I knew this was going to be an issue long term. Robert insisted that they would not redo this area and that this is just common with condo buildings. The flooring in my kitchen cracked not even a month into living there. My living room space has multiple scratches and holes everywhere. This is not normal for spending over $14,000 on flooring and labor. Moving on to wainscotting. When we agreed they would do the walls, he told me painting would be included and he would go over it twice. His team painted the walls for the first time and I Hated the color it was so yellow when everything was finished. I called and kindly asked him if he could go over it with a paint that we BOUGHT completely. He said yes. Kindly I thought we understood that we would not be charged since they had to go over it a second time anyway! AND WE BOUGHT the material of paint. But instead he blindly billed me another $600 without ever clarifying. Lastly, his team ripped off all my closet doors to get flooring into the closets. They did not take into account or gave a shit that they completely ripped open the holes in my ceiling to the point where all my closet doors have been hanging on by a thread all year after their project and now has come down and I need to find a way to re drill holes in different areas to get new doors up. The project from start to finish was a complete scam. The customer service was piss poor. I'm truly disappointed. Being a young girl in Chicago planning for my wedding trusting a company to remodel my room and dishing out OVER $20,000 that I wasn't expecting all for me to have to piss out more money to fix everything that went wrong is so disheartening.

We used LSM to do two fireplaces in our house, one in our bedroom and one large one in our family…read moreroom. Larry (the owner) was so easy to work with and did a fantastic job on both fireplaces. Larry warned us that the job on our family room fireplace was going to be a big project that would be quite messy. On the first day of the project, Larry spent a long time putting floor to ceiling tarps up and covering our newly refinished hardwood floors to minimize damage/dust. We have hired countless amounts of contractors and Larry was the most considerate as far as treating our home with respect. His crew was professional and incredibly knowledgeable about what they were doing. We would hire LSM Masonry again in a heartbeat.

Larry did a small tuck pointing project for me. The price was very reasonable. He is going to tuck…read morepoint my stone foundation later this summer. He does chimney rebuilding work too. Larry is someone you need to keep in mind the next time you have any kind of masonry project.

Mike just recently finished a major project in my house, during which he gutted my entire family…read moreroom. I had high expectations for this project, but he quickly exceeded those, offering up ideas for color and design. The project was done in a timely manner, and my family room is now the most stunning room in my house. Highly recommend.

If we'd have known our bathroom remodel was going to turn out like it did, we'd have done it…read moreourselves. After having spent over a month in our "new" bathroom, all we can see are the mistakes and items left unfinished. Very early on concerns were raised about the poor installation job done on our tile and we were assured it would be remedied once it was grouted. We knew that would not be true and it was not. After all, how was grouting a bad installation job going to fix it? it isn't, it's just going to make it more permanent. When the installers ran short on our custom ordered tile, we were assured that even though it was going to be installed wrong, the tile seam in the shower corner would be matched up and that we wouldn't notice that it was installed incorrectly. It does not match up and it is very obvious it was installed incorrectly. In fact, it is the most common question asked: "Why did you have them do your new tile wrong? Wasn't it custom ordered?" The installation company came out to look and agreed to "fix" a few issues, but both Mike and the owner commented that we shouldn't look closer. We already had and we knew the tile installation job was chock-full of mistakes we will never unsee. Even the installer that was sent to "fix" the few items out of many, commented that he didn't know why they installed it like they did - confirming it was a bad installation all along. We hired what we thought was a professional to remodel our bathroom including new tile. We waited 10 weeks for custom-order tile only to have it installed very poorly and nobody willing to admit that it was a bad installation job or take responsibility. We're not the only ones that have noticed it. We've had plenty of comments like, "Why is the tile like that?", "Oh, did you do the tile yourself?", or "Did you have it installed like that so it looks old?" Nope, just got duped into paying for a poor installation job. And that's just the tile. To put it as kindly as possible, all-in-all this has been nothing short of a nightmare.