This is a lengthy review, but to understand how good Home Remedy and Mike Crigler is, you need to understand the self induced complications and additions I made during the course of the job, which was still completed during my 2 week time frame.
After seeing all the reviews on Angies List and in the Houston area, I decided on Home Remedy for some work on my house. The only thing that had been painted in my house in 20 years was the walls. The job started as a repair of the numerous visible sheetrock seams along with painting the ceilings. We were to replace all the down and gimble lights in my house with the LED retrofit fixtures (45), install 4 new complicated ceiling fixtures, move a vent, remove a few down lights, close up all ceiling holes, replace an exterior door, repair, restain & seal my front door, close up and paint an old dog door, repair 3 sets of french doors and repair numerous interior doors, all that wouldn?t close or open as the case may be. The humidity in the summer is such that my french doors could not be opened and/ or closed without without fear of never getting the door closed again! We had a contract for $8,300 for the interior work & repairs, and $2,200 for the LED retro refit of all the down lights (45). My requirement was that this work be completed in 2 weeks.
A couple of days before we started, I realized that with the implied chaos of painting all the ceilings, I should go ahead and paint all of the woodwork trim, crown molding & doors as well. I asked Mike how much and could it still be done within the 2 week time frame. Answer was $3,800 & yes. I considered this a fair price considering the amount of woodwork & doors to be painted. As the work proceeded in the first week, I realized my 6 sets of plantation shutters were also desperately in need of paint and they did that as well ($750). Then I realized my hall needed repair & paint. They did that too. ($350)
My point is, I kept throwing things at them, some of them pretty darn big things. The painters worked thru the weekend, and everything was done, remarkably still within my 2 week time frame. I would also like to add that the painters showed up at 8:00 am and did not leave until 6:00 pm. I?ve been involved in a lot of office tower construction over the years, and I?ve certainly never seen sub-contractors work like that unless there was a lot of overtime involved.
The result is my house looks brand new, and the new ceiling fixtures are perfectly placed. There were a few missteps along the way, but that is always the case in construction. It is always chaos during the process as you are boxing and moving everything you you have sitting out from one place to the other, then having to wash things before putting them back when the job its complete. My house is a 2,300 sq.ft. 60 year old ranch house that was updated 20 years ago by previous owners. I?ve lived here 15 years, and I now feel like I live in a new house! I love every thing thats been done, and I highly, highly recommend Home Remedy & Mike Crigler.
Description of work:
Repair & paint 2,300 sq.ft. of ceiling, all woodwork & trim including all window shutters, new back door installed, front door restained & sealed, all inside & outside closet & doors that wouldn't close or open repaired, hallway patched & painted. read more