They were quick fast and responsive. Their quality of workmanship has been spot on. Me and my…read morehusband already remodel our whole kitchen including granite counter top, which looks as amazing as it does on their website. We will be calling them soon so we can redo our master bathroom!

Stopped at Newline to see about installation of a skylight. Talked to an architect who said they…read morecould do this. He came to our house, took measurements and said he would call with a drawing and an estimate in a week. No call after two weeks so called him back. He said he still needed to get more information to give us a quote and would call us soon. After another three weeks we stopped at the store. He was not there but talked to a women who was very apologetic and said she would talk to him and have him call. Two weeks later we still have not heard from them. What an awful way to treat a perspective customer. They may do good work but we will never know.

I have lived in a small home in Mt. Greenwood for 12 years. Finally able to update this…read morefixer-upper, I took my remodeling ideas to three widely used local contractors for pricing. Resil Home Improvements was the best priced and came with good recommendations. I took a chance on them and couldn't be happier. They did what they said they were going to do, when they said they were going to do it. They were professional and cleaned up after themselves after each day. Living through construction is hard so this is important. They offered financing options which I needed. They have a show room on 111th and Kedzie making it convenient for me to see samples. Pinterest was also wonderful for paint ideas and other details. My whole first floor was updated and is absolutely beautiful. I look forward to working with them next year when I tackle the outside. I feel obliged to share this wonderful outcome with you. If you have any type of home-improvement coming up, I strongly recommend you get three prices and include Resil in the bidding. They will not let you down. Thanks to my construction team Dave, Mike, Patrick, and Bartek. I'm so happy!

Tried and Tested... Resil Home Improvements Is the Real…read moreDeal! This review does not greet you during the honeymoon phase of a beautiful home renovation. In fact, the Resil Team completed a full reconfiguration of our kitchen just ahead of Thanksgiving 2023. My wife and I set out to inventory local contractors for multiple home Improvements. Spring of 2023, we attended the Oak Lawn Home and Garden Show to speak with professionals in the industry. The team over at Resil were one of many vendors present for home and/or property construction. We left the event with a host of companies to choose from. We learned very quickly that contractors lose enthusiasm and interest when you actually do your homework prior to a major project. We chose Resil. The owner Mike, and his team were clear experts of this industry. We decided to start with the kitchen instead of our three bathrooms. From start to finish, the entire Resil Crew maintained a professionalism that was greatly appreciated. They arrived as scheduled and worked in rotation according to their particular craft and expertise. In closing, One Year Later, our reconfigured kitchen has hosted 2023 and 2024, Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners; and it's still beautiful and functional! We gained a ton of storage space, our college and high school kids have enjoyed entertaining friends, but most importantly, my wife still raves about how our kitchen allows her to face our family and guest when preparing meals! We've shared Resil Home Improvements with neighbors and friends because their carpentry reflects their character. We're planning our next projects with Resil!

Adrian is a craftsman. The work is neither fast or cheap. What hw produces is an extraordinary,…read morefinished product. Provide him with high-quality materials and time and he can recreate a bathroom work of art. The only downside is that he needed 3 weeks. The results were worth the wait. The company is a one-man operation. He does everything including copper plumbing, electrical, cement boards for the shower, and painting. The final product is gorgeous! Thanks Adrian.

I normally don't write about the majority of contractors that I have hired. But when someone does…read moreexceptional work, then, they should be acknowledged for their great workmanship. Initially I didn't know who to hire? Most contractors sound the same, even if you read most of their reviews. What caught my eye with Scirenco Remodeling is the reviews that he received. They all talked about a kindhearted person who follows you from through the purchasing phase of a bathroom project to completion. I thought to myself well may be there is something to this person besides having an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau. So I called him, and sure enough he met me at the tile store and guided me through the initial phase. Of course I did my research beforehand to have an idea of what I wanted in a final product. He advised me on the smaller details that a normal person, not in the business, would otherwise think of. He made the first phase as seamless as possible. We then scheduled a week that would work out for the both of us. It was definitely a plus that he and his assistant Fred were both not afraid of dogs because I have two and they are both big and look intimidating. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with my dogs!?! Fred said "As long as they don't bite me, then, they don't bother me." Of course I didn't let my dogs roam while they were working because I, the responsible dog owner, watched over them in a different part of the house. I always supervised my dogs and created barriers from the work area. Well upon completion I was more than happy with the fact that their work exceeded my expectations. The washroom he renovated is small, yet by the time he was done with it, it felt larger and more airy. So if you are in the market for a bathroom remodeling job, then, I can without hesitation highly recommend Scirenco Remodeling. He and Fred are genuinely very nice people that put 100% of themselves into their work because they are perfectionists. There were never awkward moments of them being in my house. As a matter a fact, its been a week since they completed the project and I kind of miss the small talk with them.

Contacted Relentless Carpentry through a referral. Needed to bathroom vanities hung. Sent them the…read moredesign and the owner emailed me an estimate of $350. They arrived exactly on time with three people. Were able to removed the old vanities and hang the new ones in two hours. Was surprised how fast they were. I also asked them if they could drill holes for the fixtures because it wasn't done by company we ordered from. They did so without hesitation. The work was great, everyone was polite and friendly. There price was as quoted, which I feel was really good, since the company we ordered from said they would do the same work for $800!

Our kitchen update project went great. Great quality work. We had our countertops and backsplash…read morereplaced. Very reasonable price and done exactly the way we wanted

Highly knowledgeable and skilled staff. I didn't realize all of the factors that come into play…read moreand they clearly explained the whole process to me.

Dan Maka came by due to a request for some interior remodeling work. It included removing a window…read moreand door in a room and related exterior stairs. While here, he pointed out that they could do repairs on cedar siding, including painting the siding. Rough estimate while onsite was $10 to $12K for the exterior work. A few weeks later I got an estimate typed into an email for ~$12K. There were some inaccuracies in the work he wrote up, including no mention at all of removing one staircase and rebuilding a 2nd exterior staircase. How does something like this get overlooked? I wrote back with some questions, such as does the price include the work on the stairs, what is the warranty for the work, estimated timeframe for completion and questions about the painting subcontractor he plans to use. These are reasonable questions and there are a lot of poor quality, sloppy painters out there, so he should be comfortable answering them. Dan has since disappeared. Since then I talked with siding contractors who told me it's not a good idea to try and replace random cedar siding boards that are warped and brittle. This is because boards adjacent to them can get cracked in the process. Dan talks about having been in the construction industry for 30 years. He told me his background is actually as a plumbing He shouldn't have bothered to come over in the first place if he and doesn't have the knowledge about the work he wants to propose. I think Maka is more about doing Kitchens and Baths remodeling. That's different than doing repairs that relate to a home's construction. And it's interesting that he disappeared when I asked him about warranty and subcontractor information. For all I know, the subcontractor could have bad reviews. But he didn't even give me their name. And why doesn't Dan want to warranty his work? Another thing to be aware of is when first calling Maka, Brian, who works in the office, told me for $199 they'll do computerized design of the project, basically something similar to blueprints. He said you can have that even if you don't hire them to do the work. I brought this up to Dan when he first came over and he said "the $199 is my fee for coming over, I wasn't getting paid before I started charging that." So, two different stories on the $199. So, Dan got paid $199 for coming over and disappearing without providing a thorough estimate. I feel ripped off. Consider Smardbuild.

I was looking for backsplash tile for my kitchen and the people there are very helpful. I was able…read moreto find some tile and they did a great job getting me what I needed. My kitchen looks great.

After myself and a good friend that is a designer picked out tiles somewhere else we gave the…read moreinformation to New Look to do the ordering. They still charged a huge commission even though they did nothing but write up the order. Unfortunately in our situation we were forced to use them, never again. As an added bonus we have a lot of very expensive leftover unused tile.

Gabriel and his team gave me the bathroom of my dreams. This is the best contractor in Chicago.read more

I recently had an old porch scrapped and a new one rebuilt. Gabe came out, took measurements and…read moreprovided recommendations to making the back porch 2" wider and 2" longer. He provided a contract via email. Once a contract was signed, he communicated a date to build the stairs and finished the job in a day. He also removed the old stairs and trashed it himself.

In short I would NOT recommend Chicago Decorative Concrete. Chris came out and I showed him the…read morefloor in the office NEXT door and asked if they could do the same. A simple concrete overlay with minimal natural texture. Here is what transpired next. Floor #1- Day one none of the equipment was working (grinder and vacuum). the job was to be 3.5 days and already would be 2 days over due. The 1st floor had lots of "fan" pattern texture. Clearly Chris had not told Jake and the team what I wanted. 20ft away was a whole office with what I was wanting. ** Not listening to customer wants/needs Floor #2- Jake was nice and agreed with Chris to redo the floor using a different material. This batch was "bad" and was overstock from another job. Fair enough, they have to buy minimum amounts. They agreed to redo it a third time. ** Poor material management. Floor #3- Floor was better but had HUGE swirl marks and major color contrast issues in 3-4 areas. Basically the whole floor was grey and in 4 spots there was dark grey swirls and drips. At this point I was fine to let it go. Not what I really wanted, but was willing to move on. ** Was not honest about what they can actually do. The breaking point issue was with the clear top coat. Jake and crew put down the clear coat and I paid the remainder thinking all would be ok. Jake agreed on a discounted price as the job took weeks to finish instead of the agreed upon 3-4 days. ** DO NOT pay until the final coat is FULLY DRY! However, the top coat dried with white spots and roller marks all over. I called/text to tell them how it dried and that it did not look like anything we agreed upon. In short, after another couple of weeks going back and forth they said I had to pay the FULL amount if I wanted them to come back out and redo the top coat as per our agreement. ** At the end of the day they DO NOT CARE about their customers if the cost of THEIR mistakes are too high. My time and inconvenience was of no concern. Crappy Co. Crappy materials and just a bad Co. to deal with.

I could not be happier with having these guys do work on my unit. I will explain exactly what…read morehappened and why! In the midst of redoing my kitchen on top of about 8-month old hardwood floors there was a pretty massive flood in my condo. About 1000 feet of wood needed to be ripped up leaving an exposed rough, uneven, nail filled concrete sub-floor. I was faced with either getting new wood floors or something else- I went polished concrete. I solicited a few quotes, but ultimately went with CDC due to Chris and his honesty about the job from the start. Their price was fair, they seemed better in my mind- I was right. On time they came in, their crew performed the work quickly. They helped me carry last things off my floor to prep it (not in contract scope) and explained a detailed timeline and what I could expect. Noise, dust, accidental spatter were assumed on my part. Sure, there was dust from concrete grinding, but how could there not be? Anyway- within less than one week from a hellish debacle and not knowing how it would turn out I love my floors. They look great- I have no complaints thus far after a few weeks. The finish looks good, and the attention to detail (they had to pour under cabinets and up to carpeted stairs and to many closet entrances) was superior. Jake (the foreman) ran a tight ship and had his guys cleaning up every aspect of community (condo halls) property after the whole gig was completed. In all, the price was fair. The guys were great. The timeline was on point. The floors look great. I would use them again, I would refer them to anyone, if anyone has a question for me please feel free to reach out and ask. Thank you Chicago Decorative Concrete.