I try to avoid writing very negative reviews but this one is deserved and I'm out $1500…read more In Summer of 2013 I purchased an Angie's List "Big Deal" from Green Castle for "four days of labor" for $1500 (35 hours). I intended to use it for sheetrock repair and patching throughout my house. Upon inspection of the job, they indicated it should not be a problem to complete the repairs in the alloted time. -The worker came on three different days for three to four hours at a time (according to my neighbors.) He arrived generally between 10 and 11 a.m. and left between 2 and 3 p.m. -After working for two partial days, he disappeared for 10 days. The next time he came back, he indicated his wife had been ill. I told him it was not a problem but to let me know if he wasn't coming on a particular day, which never happened. -After the second day he told me he didn't have a ladder or a way to transport one - even though he had been to the house and knew that the bulk of the repairs were around ceilings and door frames. I had to borrow one from my neighbor for him to use. If that fact had come up the first day, it would have been helpful. -One day upon leaving in the early afternoon, he texted and told me that his helper who used to work with him had gone into catering so it was taking longer for him to do the work alone. -On a day I expected him to arrive, he texted me and said that Home Depot was out of 2x2 sheetrock so he'd have to come back after he found some ... -The third time he came back was the week before Christmas. He indicated that he planned to return once his boss stopped putting him on other jobs. He never said anything about the 35 hours being used up. I called Henry the owner in the middle of last week and asked when they were going to finish the work. He acted surprised "He didn't finish???" Henry didn't say anything about the time being used up but that he would call the worker and find out what was up. I never heard back from him. My next two calls to Henry went to voice mail, and today I have received a text from the worker guy saying "Henry told me to text you and let you know that the 35 hours of work was done, anything else that needs to be done that's past the 35 hours cost extra" and "I was told once I hit 35 hours to stop what I am doing and leave" Apparently the fact that less than half of the project which was supposedly doable in 35 hours was completed was irrelevant. If, by some magical warp in time, he did spend 35 hours working at my house (he didn't) why did no one ever bring that fact up in response to my numerous calls, texts and e-mails between December and now? In fact, why did the worker guy indicate that he was planning to come back? Why won't the owner, Henry, return my phone calls or e-mails but instead has his employee text me that the work is done? It's clear that I am an unhappy customer and instead of finding out my side of the story, he's avoiding me. Is it acceptable that they did NOT do the top priority repairs (taping and floating the large areas of damage, and instead did the minor work (and that inconsistently)? I was very clear with Henry and the worker during the inspection that the big stuff was most important. In the end, NONE of those repairs were made.

I called Scott today to come out and take a look at a small job I need completed. He was very…read morefriendly and honest on the phone, saying he didn't think I needed a general contractor based on the job description (I have a small section of brick facade sliding off the outside of my home, which Scott said would be more appropriate for a mason), but he'd be happy to come by and take a look. He gave me a time estimate for when he thought he'd by, and then called to let me know he'd be over shortly -- so his communication and timeliness were very good at the outset. When he came to my home, he took a thorough look at the problem and gave me multiple suggestions for how to tackle it for the lowest cost -- none of which involved paying him to do it. It was definitely refreshing to have a contractor looking at a problem for a potential client with the best interest of the client in mind. While he was over, we also discussed some other projects my wife and I have been thinking about, and he gave us some very good advice there as well, and did not try to sell us on his services. The only selling he did was to leave us his card. Finally, about 10 minutes after he'd left, he called back from his car with a suggestion for how to talk about the sliding brick issue with the builder of our home and possible recourse we might have. The only reason I give Scott 4 stars instead of 5 is that we never had him do any actual work for us, though that will change, as we will definitely be calling him back if we are in need of a general contractor in the future.

A+++, EXCELLENT company to work with…read more EVERAND came to fix the kitchen sink cabinet floorboard as needed from H20 damage. He set appt. promptly then to our home. He replaced old wood with new piece of sanded wood as sealed etc. EVERAND is the owner. He is so professional, knowledgeable and very kind. My husband just passed away to heaven, and usually gets the maintenance projects done in our home. Not now. I needed a great company to help quick. I prayed to have the best repair company help me and found EVERAND'S COMPANY ON YELP with fantastic reviews. I can add to the 5-star reviews because ET's HOME REPAIR & RENOVATION is above and beyond, I am so happy and have peace of mind now. Honest people who help when in need and Christian. The website and how this company is set up is amazing. You get very good customer service. I told Everand, I am impressed from the 1st phone call to detailed emails with pictures of work to be done. This company keeps you posted. Bryan emailed with updates as well. I must let others know how thorough these gentlemen are with their A+++ repair work. NICK came out to get some more work done with painting the wood board etc. and taking old caulking off my master bathroom shower unit then redoing with new caulking. It looks brand new. NICK is so professional, polite and knowledgeable with all his work. I like this company very much and will make sure to use them again and again when needed. VERY THOUGHTFUL MEN and helped me so much through these repair projects. I am very grateful for their expertise as knowledge. The price was very good, and both are very clean/courteous workers. Thank you so much EVERAND and NICK Blessings always Sarah, Bobby above in heaven & our puppy Coco, wagging her tail

Spoke to Everend in May and after some time was told in July we'd have a quote shortly…read more Near the middle of August I followed up, no response. Now close to end of August and still crickets. I'd much rather have someone not come over and waste our, and their, time to go through the whole explanation only to never follow up.

Should be zero stars! Absolutely the worst contractor I've ever dealt with; thank goodness they…read morenever actually did work for us. Terrible customer service, lied about what was going on, just overall a waste of time and beyond unprofessional. Avoid at all costs.

I requested quote and they were very responsive. I requested service from them and considering them…read moreas my potential Remodeling contractor. They are quite reasonable.

I had quite possibly one of the most perplexing experiences ever with this company. Our family had…read morea new kitchen sink and faucet we wanted to install in the kitchen. The job would require cutting the laminate countertop by about an inch or two on the sides. We also needed to replace the wood in the cabinet below due to warping from various drips and spills (the home is 16 years old). We put the job out to three contractors, Republic Renovations being one that came highly recommended. Without coming over to look at the job or even discuss it on the phone, Bryan asked a couple questions via email and then sent over a bid. His wasn't the cheapest, but having done many remodeling projects myself I felt like it was fair. Fast forward a couple weeks while we picked up a new faucet, I reach back out to Republic Renovations to let him know we were ready to move forward. I explained that the new sink has a single drain (the old one has two) so we'd need to rough out new PVC to go from the disposal to the wall. I also reminded him of the full scope of the project, including the wood on the bottom. We get a new bid back from him with about a 70% increase in total project cost. Again, I take a fair minded approach to it, sign his contract, and we schedule a date for a week out. Less than 24 hours before our scheduled work, Bryan sends me an email saying he won't be able to make our appointment. Fine, I ask when we can reschedule. His response, "I'm not the man for the job. I do apologize." Really? When prompted why he even took the bid and discussed the project with us for well over 3 weeks, his response was simply, "Your frustrations are understood, apologies again and for any confusion!" So word of caution here. Don't bank on this guy following through with your job. Other than the slow start procuring our faucet, there's no clear reason why this guy flaked less than 24 hours before the day he requested to do the work. We've been more than fair with his original bid and questionable increase in cost, we even opted to have him do it on a Saturday at his request. The lack of professionalism here is pretty astounding. Update: so his response is about not having a plumber. Wish he would have told me about that before he scheduled the appointment, and that explanation would have been nice via email when he cancelled. Again, folks, buyer beware.

Believe the reviews. Bryan and Republic are thorough, honest, reliable, highly skilled, and they…read morewere always on time. We appreciated the detailed estimate and realistic timeline we were given. Republic did an excellent job putting our bathroom and garage back together after these rooms faced water damage. The finished product now looks better than the original. We'd absolutely work with Bryan again and recommend him to anyone looking for a top notch contractor in Austin.

This is a Great Company,they go beyond what you could ever ask for…read more We have had several projects done with them from putting a wall up in our house and replacing our wood with hardiplank when we first bought our house,to remodeling our Master Bathroom,to our latest project closing in our garage and making it a private office with a beautiful fireplace. Thanks John,Steven, and Damian

We initially contacted Like Father Like Son requesting an estimate to build a covered deck around…read moreour existing concrete patio slab. We requested a few estimates actually, we were interested in how much it we would save by laying the decking boards ourselves, and how much it would be if we skipped the roof. They were quick to reply with a detailed estimate for all of the variations we asked for. We ended up having them only do the deck framing and they did a fantastic job! I appreciated the fact that they cleaned up their work area every day before they left, never leaving a mess when they were done. I was particularly impressed with the effort that they took to answer all the questions I had while they worked, even making a point to give me various tips and details that would be helpful when I went to lay the decking boards later. Their advice was invaluable! I have the strong impression that they care about both the quality of their work and reputation and were invested in the final product being as good as possible even though I wasn't paying them to do the entire job. We will definitely use them again if the need arises. Highly recommended!

Honestly, 5-star isn't sufficient. Working with Joseph was absolutely the best experience I've ever…read morehad with a home renovation vendor and I've worked with dozens of them. Ever. Seriously. I had met with 6 other potential deck installers before Joseph and none of them came close to offering what Joseph offered in terms of craftsmanship, creativity, attention to detail, and thankfully, affordable pricing. Joseph and his crew of 3 went above-and-beyond for our project: a total tear down and complete replacement of our aging, structurally unsafe 2-story backyard deck of about 1200 sq. feet that was neglected for years by the former owner. We didn't simply want to recreate the old deck with new material; instead, we wanted to be bold and design an unique, one-of-a-kind deck, but within our budget. That's hard to pull off, but Joseph was able to do it. Despite losing a few days here and there due to rain and delays on material, Joseph & Co. were able to finish everything in about 2 months. I'm very hands-on with my home renovation projects. So Joseph and I spent dozens of hours scoping out this project, discussing pricing and materials, and project managing the project each day. Joseph always made the time to answer my (numerous) questions and he drove to my home dozens of times to check on his crew's work and speak with me. (He lives about an hour away.) Joseph is such a brilliant, knowledgeable, friendly, trustworthy, and conscientious man who truly is passionate about his craft. He constantly came up with creative solutions to develop what I consider a very original deck, from the configuration he came up with to lay down 3 different sizes and 3 different colors of Timbertech deck boards, to installing thin cabling for our railing, to installing a lighting system for the railings and upper deck that perfectly illuminates every inch of both floors at night. He's also a perfectionist like I am. If something was slightly off, he'd work to get it perfect. Since this post is getting long. I'll end with commending his crew of 3 who worked their butts off for us every day. They were professional and thoughtful every step of the way. Whenever we had a nitpick, they would patiently address our concern. Please see photos below of the superb work Joseph & Co. did! Our guests complement us every time they come over and step out onto the deck.

I can't say enough about this company. Joseph rescued a deck build that I had started with another…read morebuilder who wanted to make changes to my design to the point that I was not going to be happy with the finished product at all. I had wanted a deck since I bought the house in 2004 and had spent the previous year processing and designing exactly what I wanted. Joseph came and corrected the unwanted changes and completed the deck to my specifications, discussing each detail along the way and assuring that I was happy with the results. All the men who worked for him were pleasant and patient with my daily questions. I am one of those who would rather be outdoors any day. I now have a deck that I think is the BEST room in the house!! I would readily do business with Joseph and his company again.

Edgar installed vinyl planks in our master bathroom, changed the faucet valves and installed new…read morefaucets, and installed a new toilet. He did an excellent job start to finish. He is very curtious, responds promptly to messages and is punctual. We ran into several issues with our old plumbing and he knew exactly what to do, went to the store, got what we needed and fixed it. His charges were very reasonable. We will definitely be using him again to do the rest of our floors. Highly recommend!

For some reason yelp is not showing my initial post for Ryan Thurman and 3:12 Custom Exteriors. DO…read moreNOT hire this business. Met at Home & Garden show (reported this to them as well). Paid $5k to start, $5k for outdoor kitchen pieces (still haven't received $1.4k fridge, and then asked for another $7.5k after frame & gas work ($7.5k held for end). Work started in June 25, as of 13 Sept got lawyer involved. After initial post he reached out for explanation which was approved and he didn't contact when he said. I was told he has issues with multiple businesses and some folks have reached out to complain directly to me. Now with continuing work we are finding tons of mistakes and having to hire folks to fix it.

DO NOT USE 3:12 Custom Exteriors!! Does not respond to…read moreemails, texts, or phone calls in a timely manner. No follow through on submitting documents required to Building Permit Department. Ryan does not know what he is doing regarding adding a patio cover and never came except to receive half of the contract cost which I am demanding he return. No work has been done since May 8, 2025 when contract and initial payment signed. Now September 17, 2025.