I approached Yafa about painting and patching two bedrooms, replacing a door to one of the bedrooms, installing a closet door, and installing a vanity and mirrors in our main bathroom. The painting and patching went smoothly. The door installation appeared to be fine to my layman's eyes, except the contractors she sent over did not reinstall the door lock they removed from the old door. I mentioned this to her, but knowing how to install a door lock (I've done it many times in the past), I didn't think it would be an issue to do it myself and said nothing more of it. The vanity was a troublesome experience. We had a large mirror that covered the whole wall where the vanity was installed. This mirror was removed per our request and was to be replaced with two smaller mirrors. At this point, the wall behind this large mirror was left full of glue and in a severely unfinished state. Once again, being a layman in this industry, I assumed this would all be handled later as part of the plan (after all, who would request a mirror be removed and two hung on a glue-laden/unfinished wall?). The vanity itself was ultimately installed incorrectly (the backsplash that came with the vanity was installed too close to the back of the sink, resulting in the sink's stoppers from being able to be pulled up. The contractors showed me this after they installed it, and in retrospect, I should have been more forceful about accepting such work, but the bulk of it had been done, and so I decided to simply eat it and not complain. At this point, a bit disappointed, but ultimately happy with the rest of the work, I anticipated the final phase, hanging the mirrors and finishing the wall. Except, that's not what Yafa had in mind. Apparently, her job was done. She explained, even though we had had a clear discussion about hanging the mirrors that came with the vanity, that such work was not part of the contract. Her "contract", by the way, was a simple email stating in no clear terms what she was going to do - so this should have been my first red flag. It was definitely my own mistake for not requiring all of this in much clearer terms - her verbal agreement (which I'm sure she'll dispute here) was not honored. Regardless, she and her men left our bathroom in an unrentable state (photos attached), with two mirrors unhung, the wall unfinished and in a worse state than before she started. However, I am a VERY patient man, and ultimately I just sucked it up (after all, I didn't get our verbal agreement about the mirrors in writing, so I had myself partly to blame, too!). So I was forced to hire another contractor to finish the job at an additional expense I had not planned to make. So a couple months passed, busy with work, I finally got around to installing that door lock I mentioned earlier. Upon installing it, I closed the door and...it didn't close. Specifically, the door lock didn't latch closed. Why? Because the hole that had been drilled into the door by Yafa's men was not measured properly and had been drilled too high. The door would not even stay closed, the pressure from the latch pushed it back open. Disappointed and frustrated I had to deal with Juniper Construction again, I begrudgingly texted Yafa with a photo of the issue and respectfully requested she fix it. She responded, [sic]"Hi David I'm out of town until January 5 when I'm back I will definitely come check it out and fix it in the meantime have happy new year" "Great!" I thought. It had been a few months since she had done the work, but I had simply not gotten around to adding that door lock and therefore had not seen that an issue existed until then. Thankfully she had seemed willing to stand by her work. I was wrong. I waited and waited, two months passed, she never got back to me. I should have reached out sooner, but being a busy man and hating to be "the pest" I waited. I finally reached out again and asked her when she would be able to send someone out. She responded, [sic]"Hello it's Passover for me I will be able in two weeks". Great, so I waited two weeks - set a reminder, and two weeks later I reached out again. This time, she asked what needed to be done. I reminded her of our prior texts, and she began pushing back. She said I was at fault for installing the lock her men failed to install, and that I installed it improperly (without inspecting it herself) and it was therefore my fault. I explained if she liked, I'd uninstall the lock (thereby restoring the door to exactly how her men left it) so she could fix her mistake and she refused. She even suggested I was lying about the whole thing and attempting to have her fix MY mistakes. My only mistake was hiring Juniper Construction! So now I am here, writing to warn all who do business with Juniper Construction - look elsewhere. If you insist on using them, get every detail written down, and don't let her leave without everything being 100% complete. read more

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We did our kitchen remodel project with Juniper Construction. When we started the research we were super nervous, but Yafa was very honest about the cost and timing. We felt comfortable with the way she explained everything to us. The team was responsive and professional. The process was smooth from start to finish. Extremely customer oriented. I am very pleased with the new kitchen. I will definitely recommend Yafa to our friends. read more

These guys did a wonderful job with our kitchen. We had to replace all the cabinets abd counter tops. We also upgraded the plumbing and electricity. They took care of everything, materials and installation. It was a better than expected experience to do the project with them. Definitely recommended. read more

Juniper Construction - Final stage of the project - General Contractors Near Me

We recently moved back to our place in Ladera Ranch after spending the last 15 years or so moving with the military. We had a contract for a flooring installation (with a tight deadline), but decided we wanted to change the kitchen before the flooring was installed. In hindsight, our expectations were very high considering the timeline for the work to be completed, our budget, and the state of things with COVID. We looked around for a contractor who could accommodate our tight timeline. We put the word out on Yelp, and Yafa from Juniper Construction called us within minutes. She met with us soon after and long story short, our kitchen demo and renovation was done well within one month of our being back in the place. Yafa was great; she has great style and vision for projects, large or small. She was very present during the entire process and orchestrated the quick turn-around with ease and professionalism. Every one of her specialists was professional and an expert in their field. I can't say enough good about Yafa and her crew. We went over budget ONLY because we saw how great everything looked and we immediately booked Juniper Construction to re-do our fire place and add cabinets to an odd nook we had in our living room. We're so happy with the look and the quality of work! I highly recommend Juniper Construction Pictures below - the only thing missing is the base boards which are on their way (from our flooring person). read more

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FYI: Their license is suspended and they have multiple violations (call the Contractor's State Licensing Board). Yafa is NOT a licensed contractor and is very limited in her knowledge. The license is under someone else's name, James Ray Stinnett. She hires these goons that do all the work poorly, she is rarely onsite to supervise, and to make sure that the work is done correctly. At almost every phase of the project, her workers had to return to fix what they didn't do correctly. On August 20, 2020, I hired Yafa and Juniper Construction to begin work on my commercial space. Before we started framing for new offices, Yafa asked me if wood framing was ok. The city building department said absolutely not and if my contractor had any experience with commercial spaces, they would know that only metal framing was allowed. Yafa was just trying to cut her costs by getting away with wood framing and this should have been my first warning that she had no clue what she was doing. After the 1st phase of framing for new offices, the city inspector gave several corrections. New office walls being built were mounted to window frames, and not the actual structure. The inspector was pretty surprised that anyone would build in such an unsafe manner. Juniper had to come back to reattached to the actual structure and then I saw why they didn't do that in the first place. It required more metal framing in order to attach to our high 20ft ceilings and they were simply trying to find the cheapest way to do it. After framing was complete, the city inspector came back for a second inspection. Yafa was a NO-SHOW! DOORS: I had some wooden doors and needed to add offices, which requires more doors. I ordered 8 additional doors to match the ones that I currently had. She texted me a photo of the wooden doors she was going to purchase and I approved. Rather than purchasing those doors that I approved of, she purchased and installed completely different doors (see my photos). I don't know if she thought I wouldn't notice. I was shocked. Her explanation was that the wooden doors were too expensive for her to buy and would cut into her costs, so instead, she just tried to convince me that the white doors were better. Very insulting that she would just get completely different doors than the ones I ordered, paid for and approved of. Also, look at the workmanship on the doors and the framing. Again, they had to come back again to repair. She is never there to supervise and make sure it's done right. ANOTHER NO-SHOW: For a 3rd inspection, she was a no-show, AGAIN. When we did our FINAL INSPECTION, I demanded she come and wait with me there until the inspector showed up. It was a very awkward hour. CARPET: Anyone with any logic will tell you that if carpet is involved in any construction job, it goes in at the very end. Why install perfectly good carpet when there is still painting, patching and constructions to be done. Not Yafa and Juniper Construction. They installed carpet in the middle of the project because she said her carpet guy wasn't available later on. Again, just another way for her to save money. And of course, the carpet was completely damaged and the carpet guy had to return to clean it. T-BAR CEILING: They didn't even install the T-bar ceiling, all the way to the windows, leaving a gap of about 8 inches wide. This gap defeats the purpose of even having a ceiling because sound just goes right through it as if no ceiling exists. She finally agreed to send someone over to correct the job. That was a Sunday morning at 8AM. No one showed up until I called her furious and then she sent someone an hour later. I shouldn't have even have gone through a second round of this. CEILING DAMAGE: While installing the T-bar ceiling, her workers poked holes throughout my perfectly good existing ceiling. When I sent her a photo of this, her response was that my painter would have to come and patch and paint (I didn't hire her for painting). I was appalled and threatened legal action if she didn't come repair my ceiling to the condition it was in before her goons touched it. She finally sent someone and they patched it with what literally looks like play-doh. Didn't smooth it out, bubbling everywhere and didn't paint it to match the color. I sent her photos and no response for over a month. I was fed up and filed ad complaint with the California Contractors State Licensing Board. THE STATE LICENSING BOARD: They first issued a violation because she charged me 10% of the job as a deposit. The max is 10% of $1,000, whichever is less. They also tried to mediate between us and she offered me $300. The lowest quote I received from a licensed painter was $3,410. $300 would pay for a few gallons of paint. Because I wouldn't settle for the $300, they sent me a letter to take it to Small Claims Court, which I did. SMALL CLAIMS COURT: I won the judgement. Waiting for payment now. Buyer beware! read more

She has done a terrible job for my office where we can't close the door properly. And she kept on false promising us to come back and double check on the lock, but then she went back on her promise. This lady came to my house, walked pass me while I opened the door for her without saying hi, came straight in the house with her 10" heels just simply because I'm not the owner (my boyfriend is). Showed up whenever she wanted to with very short notice (5-10 minutes). Dry wall are full of patches. Stay away. read more

First meeting for a quote she completely no-showed, we called to reschedule. Second meeting she texted 10min before meeting to cancel. Third time I texted to confirm, she confirmed, but for 30 min later than originally scheduled. She looked at the project, took no measurements and gave us a price range of 14-18k , probably not more than 20k (huge range!) And refused to provide any type of real quote unless we signed on contract with her. At best she has very poor time management, at worst shady business practices. read more

This review is written a year after Juniper Constructions completed the work. We contracted Yafa and her team to build a laundry room upstairs. She had to install new taps, route the water pipes from the adjacent bathroom, create a drainage, dryer vent, and drywall/enclose the new laundry room. She did great work initially. The work was completed on time, as per the agreed budget, and it looked to be of great quality. However, one month later, the water drainage system was not working properly, the water pipes that they routed were malfunctioning (in the bathroom, hot water comes out of both hot and cold faucets), and the door they installed was falling over. Tried contacting her multiple times over the past year. She would initially reply that she will come over to check the problem out but never did. I contracted her company due to her stellar Yelp reviews but her work did not even last six months before falling apart. Very disappointed. read more

Called for second job. Like always Yafa did a great job!!! Countertop came out beautiful. Thank you read more

Hired Juniper to do a home improvement job doing a wall fill for an open doorway. Yafa was the very first contractor to respond and was very professional and helpful. All of her pricing was very upfront and she was willing to work within my budget which we really appreciated. She also went above and beyond in the services provided. The work was done very efficiently and quickly and we absolutely love how it turned out! Couldn't have been an easier experience. read more

I'm a first-time homeowner. Yafa (the owner of Juniper Construction) was very communicative, patient, and kind with me. She explained all the details very well to me. She was also very accommodating to my tight schedule. During the remodeling/construction period, I wasn't living at the place yet. She sent me pictures everyday with updates. I really appreciate her help, and would definitely recommend her. read more

Yafa and her team were fast and efficient. I needed some repairs done to satisfy a home buyer's request for repairs and they were able to get everything done within two days. They patched and repaired drywall, fixed a broken door frame and their licensed plumber was able to do water heater work. Highly recommended, thanks again Yafa! read more

Yafa helped me about a year and half ago to build out my business. She did an absolutely amazing job. During the time I worked with her, she was a pleasure to work with. I waited to write the review to see that the work stood the test of some time and it most definitely has. Yafa and her team did an outstanding job building out my business and she kept to the schedule. I highly recommend Yafa. read more

Yafa did a fantastic job of helping me (someone new at interior design) at helping find a nice design for my bathroom and within a budget. Highly recommend. Found this place through the thumbtack app read more

Home remodeling and improvement is always difficult territory. You want it done right and for a reasonable price. We worried about finding someone who would make our vision possible. Yafa made all of our worries and fears disappear. She is an incredible businesswoman with great knowledge of what needs to be done, not only on the construction side, but also on the design side. She was able to start our project earlier than expected and finish before the deadline. We had multiple projects we wanted to complete, it made sense to go with a contractor so we did not have to deal with multiple workers/people getting in each others way. Everything ran smoothly through Yafa's direction. She was patient, kind, and extremely knowledgeable about what needed to get done and how it needed to be done. We had new flooring put in, recessed lighting put into the living room and rec room, fireplace tore out and redone, new shelving and cabinets installed in the living room and rec room. We also had a washer/dryer moved from one location to another. If we need future work done to our house, I would hire Yafa back in a heartbeat. Hands down, best decision in hiring Yafa for our home improvement project. read more

I needed An immediate renovation for my kitchen, with no hesitation yafa was there and ready to help. Thankfully my kitchen renovation came out perfect. I would do more projects with her for my house in the future. I would recommend yafa for you hour construction!! read more

Juniper updated our kitchen cabinets and countertops, and did a fabulous job in a relatively short amount of time and within budget. That alone is virtually unheard of in the remodeling world. I really appreciated working with Yafa. She is detail oriented, friendly and really cares about the project every step of the way. I would highly recommend her to anyone looking to remodel their kitchen. read more

We purchased a home in Huntington Beach California and spent 6 months remodeling and redecorating. Yafa and her workers were my go to company for almost everyone. From cabinets, Ceasar Stone counters, installation of new refrigerator and side pullout spice rack, remodeled upper kitchenette and fireplace and several other projects. I highly recommend using Juniper Construction for most any home improvement jobs you might be in need of. Yafa is easy to work with and very polite and dependable. read more

I joined Yelp just to write this review. Yafa at Juniper construction saved me! After having to fire my other contractor for a kitchen remodel, a friend recommended Yafa. She came to my house on a weekend and work got started two days later. Coming in half way through a job she was able to complete the remodel quicker and for less money than I had planed on spending. She is professional, competent and a pleasure to work with. read more