I asked Mike to check out something that was flagged by a home inspector. There was some time…read morepressure because the house was on the market. Mike got to the house in 48 hours and inspected the supports, etc., and said everything was fine. The issue was that previous workers -- perhaps many years ago -- had simply left in place a couple of temporary supports. He didn't look for work to do to create a big bill. He charged me just $75 for the house call.

Mike was great. He helped us negotiate with insurance, secured pricing before the cedar tariff…read moreincreased prices and got the job done quickly. Thanks.

I had so many issues with Josh Harrison that I can't even possibly list them all but here is a top…read morefew. I hired Josh Harrison in January to work on my 83 year old fathers house. He wanted half upfront in labor plus money for materials because he said he's been screwed too many times. That was a red flag for me so I told him we would find another contractor but he was persistent and he said he would start for a 1/3 down for labor cost. He was referred by my Realtor so I thought he would be a good hire. I scheduled the dumpster to be at the house the day josh told me he was starting. He said he was starting work 1/23/2019. He showed up 1/25/2019 only to pickup his check and didn't show up till 1/28/2019 to start work. That was 5 days I was paying for an empty dumpster. He spent the next 25 days showing up a few hours here and a few hours there. He was to remove drywall 2' from the floor on 5 wall (due to water damage) and a closet. Total he was charging me was $2,200.00. 25 days later and only the drywall is removed and only 1 wall has been drywalled and patched (one coat of mud). Should have taken a professional about 3 days to complete. After the drywall was taken down from the closet he told me there was $20,000 worth of damage to the back of the house due to very serious mold issue, that the house would need to be jacked up and that if OSHA found out they were going to shut me down (he must have thought I was a special kind of stupid) I told him I can't justify spending that much on my dads house, I was going to call the bank and give the house back to them. I told josh to just finish the drywall, which was total to the 2,200.00 I had given him. He agreed to finish. So I called my realtor and told her what I was doing. She suggested I get other opinion before calling the bank. I got three other estimates. It was 1,600.00 to fix the back of the house, it wasn't mold it was carpenter ants. Took two professional guys 1/2 a day and no jacks where required. While I was getting other estimates, Josh (who hadn't shown up all week to finish his drywall work that he says he would finish) shows up during one of my estimates. He gets pissed, packs his things and walks out of the job. I tried to work with josh to get him to come back and finish his work but after I found broken decking thrown on the side of the house, deck gate was ripped off it's hinges (he did this right in front of me) and a drywall screw that had punctured the plumbing, I was done. He punctured the plumbing with a drywall screw and didn't tell us. He walked out of the job without telling us the plumbing was damaged. This could have led to the basement completely flooding again causing 1000's in damage Thankfully I had a plumber come out and he discovered it and repaired the damage (at my expense). I asked him to return some of the money I gave him but he refused. I filed a police report and crystal lake police contacted him, he told the crystal lake police that he finished 2,200.00 worth of work. So basically he's claimed he was due $2,200.00 with no written estimate or even sending me a detailed receipt of what I paid for. I estimate he did about 450.00 worth of work. So he delayed my project by a month, did very little work and took $2,200.00 of my 83 year old fathers money. And caused unnecessary damage to my dads house. Even after getting the police involved he was still completely smug and didn't care about the damage or walking out of an unfinished job.

The owner Josh and his team came out and did and excellent job and went above and beyond what was…read moreexpected and asked for. The paint job we had done turned out great.

Sterling is a company that acts as an advocate for the home owner…read more Let's face it insurance companies don't want to pay out on claims. As homeowners we don't know how to deal with them and they take advantage of us. I worked with Sterling exteriors. The rep came out circled the hail damage and came out and walked through the damage with the inspector. He acted as my advocate and I ended up getting new siding and gutters. They just finished the work this week and it looks great. With no out of pocket cost and the rep actually added trim and a few other items on their own. The rep you deal with makes a difference. I worked with Mike O'Brien at 847-703-0299. He was great. Mike kept me updated the whole way through the process. My experience with Mike was exceptional.

I had Sterling Exteriors out to quote on some soffit work that I needed done. They came in…read moremid-September but told me to wait until the end of October to book anything because it would be less expensive. So I waited until the end of October and called. I was told that they were already closing down for the winter but that they had a guy that they worked with who would honor their quotes and do the work. They came back, did a quote, and took pictures to share with their guy. A few days later their referral came out and measured everything. Sterling Exteriors then confirmed what day their guy was going to be coming out. I arranged the financing on my own and had them back out to sign the paperwork and give the the deposit check. When I was giving the deposit check I was told that at that very moment, their guy was out buying the supplies. We were all ready to do. 10 minutes later Sterling Exteriors called back and said that there guy wasn't going to be able to do it because of "a number of issues, but mainly manpower". So they had provided pictures to their guy, confirmed the start date, were in the process of purchasing the required materials, and had a signed work order and deposit. And all of a sudden the guy who was all ready to go couldn't do it. So I said that Sterling needed to do it themselves, but was told no, they were closed for the year and that there was nothing that could be done. It's plainly obvious that Sterling Exteriors under quoted the work and that neither their referral nor Sterling Exteriors themselves would honor the pricing I was given, and that I was being given the run around as to the reason why. When I confronted Sterling Exteriors about this they stopped replying altogether. Very shady business that won't honor their own pricing even after the contract was signed.

Quoted for fence. A hour into the job he upped the price by over 350 Agreed to pay it. Fence is…read morewider than concrete supports and structure. Said he'd be back to collect rubbish left in driveway next day. Rang him. Agreed to collect yesterday. Still there.

So this guy and his assistant show up at my home and tell me that the roof on my business has…read moresustained hail damage. I am skeptical, what hailstorm? what roof damage. Well it turns out he was right. He was instrumental in documenting the claim and dealing with the insurance company. Not only that but he did a great job on the roof. Danny Santos, good man, good work

My daughter found Alex and referred him to us for an interior house painting project. The job…read moreincluded painting the ceilings and walls in three bedrooms, changing all the window trim from black to white, and repainting the basement ceiling, walls, closet door, and the inside of the shelves from black to white. The project was completed in three and a half days, exactly as outlined in the contract agreement. The quality of the painting work was very good, and we are happy with the results. The only issue was that one item was accidentally left out of the contract. However, once I pointed it out to Alex, he immediately agreed to take care of it. Overall, we had a positive experience and appreciated his willingness to make things right.

Alex m painting. Is the best company of quality.reponsible.good comunication and clean very good my…read morewife and i will hired again.

We got a reasonable quote that said it was for 30 days. Within a week, we decided to book them, but…read morethey informed us that they had a typo in the contract. It went from 14,200 to 21, 600. I do not see how this could be a typo since they are not even similar. They are not honest people.

We are thankful for the care you took for us as your customer. Alliance take pride in their product…read moreand work, and it shows. We could not be more pleased with the job.