Matt at Harmony Restoration was fantastic! He scheduled everything through Google calendar, so you knew when things were happening. He was always on time, kind and able to communicate or explain the issues at hand. He got great craftspeople to work on our project and anything that wasn't up to our standard was corrected quickly and satisfactorily.
Here is our story...
We had water damage from a cracked water filter canister in our kitchen. The kitchen, dining area, hall and entry way were flooded. We had an insurance claim for this and had to do abatement for mold prevention in the wall first. Unfortunately, the abatement damaged our lower counters and we were told the entire kitchen had to be redone.
We spent a couple months getting quotes for a remodel and submitted these to insurance. After all that, our insurance wanted to send their guy to see about a restoration instead of a remodel. In walks Matt.
He went over everything with us, and we really liked him, better than all the other contractors we met (around six). But we couldn't see the sense in only restoring the lower cabinets to match the uppers from the 1960s that were in bad shape. So we asked for a bid to remodel and decided to go that route to make better use of the insurance settlement.
Matt pushed us to the front of the line for our cabinet demo and install and we started weeks earlier than expected. The entire project took a little over 2 months. We got custom wood cabinets, quartz counter tops, new back splash, new sink and faucet, retro pendant lights, a pop-up fan to keep our pass through open and custom finishes to make all our appliances fit perfectly.
It was a bit of a hassle as the insurance money had to go to our mortgage company's loss dept., but that is the other great thing about Matt. He takes care of all the photos and requirements for the mortgage and insurance to release the funds...such a stress reliever there and totally worth having someone who is savvy to all this.
We also wanted to keep the integrity of our mid-century home and we feel we got that. Although I picked out most of the materials and style, Matt doubled as my designer to give me feedback on my choices and guide me when I was making a mistake and he was usually right!
We are so happy with our new kitchen remodel! Matt is our guy for any of our home projects going forward! read more