Needed multiple home improvement jobs tackled. Came out quickly, did excellent work at a fair…read moreprice. Highly recommended.

Having licensed workers. No master or journeymen on the job. Plumbers have no certification, don't…read moreunderstand plumbing terminology and Swiss cheese work. Extremely poor quality. Yes ed plumbing and had multiple leaks

They re-routed my furnace condensate pipe to my house's pipes last year. Originally the pipe was…read moredirected to the back of the house, making it freeze it winter. The price was right, and the work was done expertly. They created minimum-sized holes, and it was easy to patch up. They arrived on time, no issues. I would use them again.

We contacted 4 remodeling companies before choosing Old Bay Remodeling, After my wife's almost an…read moreyearlong research to find materials and selections to complete the kitchen, we decided to get bids from Angie's list. Old Bay came in highly recommended with a 4.7 star rating. We got other bids from contractors 4.5 stars and above. We had a contractor who showed up on TV who bid the job at 4 times the price of Old Bay and we had contractors who my wife called 'Chuck in the truck' contractors who bid my kitchen at 30% cheaper than Old Bay. The big name contractor came with his pamphlet, tried to push his branded materials on us - "You can only choose backsplash from this pamphlet" they said. We had to wait 10 weeks to get started they said. They will give us warranties on materials for 10 years, but we have to pay for labor, would something go wrong. The estimate was a 10 pages long with 9 pages of their marketing bullshit and one page of the actual estimate. Also wanted me to pay for design before they even gave me any drawings - not even rough drawings with the estimate. The Chick in the truck - unlicensed guy with his helper in a truck, said he can start tomorrow. We can purchase any materials and he will put it in. He gave us a labor only bid literally handwritten on a notepad piece of paper. I was pretty sure after the work is complete, I would never see him again. Then comes Old Bay Remodeling and Bill Keeling. Licenses and Insurance checked out. Reasonable 5 weeks delays to start the job. Detailed drawings and sketches with a 3d rendering of how things would look at the end. The process took about 5 days with some edits. But we were able to sign a well written contract, 3 pages long. But no marketing bullshit or content. 3 pages of how the work will be done, what is included, not included and what ifs. We went with them mainly because of Bill the sales guys and Sara the designer. The construction started and there were some hiccups, but mostly all right. The job was completed with a 2 day delay - I'll give them a pass on that. Trash was left outside for couple days, and I had to call the office to get it removed. But the actual kitchen looks great!

Ended up Really Beautiful and surprisingly fast, but I got stressed all along the way - Not really…read moreOld Bay Remodeling's fault, but I get stressed out for silly things and feels much better when things are completed. 1. Materials!!! - After the Job was sold, I was contacted by the office saying they do it a bit differently from other contractors. They purchase all materials up front. As a customer, you get the option to have it delivered on your yard or into their warehouse. The idea was this way, they do not have to stop for buying materials. I did a little research and quickly understood the materials and shipments were delayed and is causing a lot of disruption in the construction industry. Well - it is a good idea to have everything before we start work. I was right and wrong. Old Bay moved in record pace to get a 550 sqft addition completed in 7 weeks. But I lot my 1/2 acre backyard to materials - lumber, nails, siding, roofing materials for 2 months. The lawn was damaged from materials being on the grass for too long. Old Bay agreed to come back and reseed the lawn, so I'll give it a pass on that. There were literally 150 bags of concrete lying outside in 2 storms and I lost my sleep. Ended up that it was covered and protected properly. But I got so stressed out! If anyone is reading this, ask them to store materials in their warehouse and bring it when required. 2. Installers - Old bay had the same crew do the job from start to finish. They only had electric, ac and plumbing guys do their separate jobs. Apart from that - starting at demo, digging, pavers, carpentry, roof, windows, even painting done by the same 4 guys. I don't know how they did it, but they pulled it off. In my line of work, I do the same thing and become an expert at it. I was stressed out again and I hired a third party home inspector to make sure everything was done correctly. Very surprised the inspector also mentioned this is very unusual, but the job quality was up highly recommended. Howard County inspector was also surprised by the pace of things. He has inspected other work from Old Bay and said he has seen them drop off tons of materials in the yard before. 3. Rough Start and Payments - Not sure if this is a problem to anyone else, but we had to pay for all out materials up front. Old Bay promptly delivered the materials to our house and it came from a bunch of vendors. But paying all materials up front on a huge project like this runs into tens of thousands of dollars. Old Bay also sent many people to look at the job - there was an engineer, multiple plumbers, electricians etc. I guess they got many bids from their sub contractors. But I was not a big fan of 10 people visiting my house during the pandemic - They all had masks etc, but just too many people in the house. I called the office about this and I was told they do all the work in the beginning and when they get going, they will move fast. Another reason for me to stress out in the beginning, but was happy at the end. 4. Communication - It was very hard to reach the office and the project manager. Maybe I ask too many questions - I don't know. But when the job started, I would receive 2 calls every week from the office. Would casually check in, give me a run down of what is going to happen next week, ask if I had any questions etc. That was very helpful. It would be very nice to get these calls before the job starts. I am submitting this review so that the people can understand what is good and bad about this contractor.

Siddiq and his crew are very thorough and did a great job at redoing the basement dry wall from…read morewater leak work.

Had the best experience with Siddiq! We really think his worked helped us to sell my former home…read morefor over asking. Siddiq's pricing was competitive, c​ommunication was really great. ​He was great at helping us prioritize what to do (& not do) to prep for selling the house. And when we had unfortunate issues with a subcontractor, Siddiq stepped in to connect us to somebody else (over a weekend!) that we ended up really really liking. One of the big parts was updating the electrical system, & it passed city inspection the first go around. His team did an excellent job with minor repairs & painting to make the inside & outside ready for sale. We have already recommended him to 2 friends who also had great experiences with him. We would absolutely bring him in for future work.

I can't say enough good things about my experience with Dewar GC! My landlord hired them to remodel…read moremy new office space and it looks BEAUTIFUL. They did really top notch work, were super communicative throughout the process, and got most things done sooner than expected. Jon is great to work with and his team-- Adrian, Matt, & Juan-- did a great job. They also worked nights and weekends to speed things along and get us open quickly. Jon took so much time with me and was very flexible and patient. They definitely are raising the bar for contractors everywhere. Also, my dad is a contractor a few states away and came to visit when the work was starting. He was impressed and trusted Jon and he's not easily won over so that says a lot. If you're looking for a team that can do a top notch job in a really professional manner, you'll find that in Dewar.

I initially considered using this company to build out my garage because of their great reviews…read more When I first met Jon everything seemed great... However, the communication was terrible from the start. I could hardly get any responses or updates, which was very frustrating. To make matters worse, after I literally chased him down... they quoted me an outrageous amount of $78,000 for the project, while two other companies quoted me under $17,000 for the same work. Needless to say, I decided to go with a different contractor. I hope they improve their communication and pricing in the future. Or maybe for some reason he just didn't want to work with me.