I hired Jon Cottrell to remodel out kitchen and bathroom, and generally the work was superb. Jon…read moredesigned up a phenomenal living space that changed a very blocky, closed Cape kitchen into an open and airy place. The carpentry was well crafted and his crews were excellent; we thoroughly loved the work he did.
We liked the work they did so much that we hired Cottrell Brothers to build an addition between the house and garage. That structure is proving to be incredible and perfect for what we needed. Jon and his crews were able to incorporate changes and adjustments to the builds. Kudos to Jon and Joe Silva, his electrical contractor! We also began the process of adding solar to our home during the construction of the addition. Joe and his team stepped up and worked with the solar company's electrician to install the correct cabling for the garage solar panels into the addition well before the solar was slated to go up! This enabled all of that to be hidden once the interior finish was completed. And for the record, the solar is running great! Thank's Joe and Jude! You went well above and beyond!
Regrettably, there was one major CON from our overall experience, and why this is not a 5-star review. On the first project, the plumber and the crew of Richard Souza (Lic# MP001946) were very arrogant, incredibly shoddy, overall very sloppy and their lack of professional workmanship ended up costing me a great deal of money to fix the problems they caused as a result. He also never showed up when he was supposed to; always some other emergency somewhere else. I was just flabbergast on how clueless the Souza team was on things like "how water flows". Installing our tub, Rick disconnected a water line and just let the water drain out... under the floor... and through the newly replaced ceiling below. Just... clueless. Jon had to have his plastering crew replace that ceiling a second time. Finally, I had to hire another plumbing outfit to address the damage this crew caused to a septic pump in our basement. During THOSE repairs, THAT plumbing crew discovered a number of pipes that the Souza crew never correctly installed that would have led to catastrophic failures had they not been caught. To Jon's credit, for most of the plumbing trim work, he was able to obtain other journeymen to move it along to completion. We do NOT trust the work Sousa did, and it's been a over a year since all the walls have been sealed. We will, at some point down the road, be having all of that plumbing readdressed and replaced if necessary.
