Chris is great to work with. He handled all our questions well and Did a top notch job with…read moreexcellent craftsmanship and skill. We are very pleased and recommend him highly

In a word: Responsive! Chris and team were outstanding to work with. Very effective…read morecommunications. Clear and concise. Listened to what I wanted to accomplish and offered effective suggestions for how best to make it happen! Started the project with a group prayer not only for the project and his team but also for the health and welfare of my family! Not your typical start to a project. Chris and team worked effectively to demo an 800 sq ft deck and rebuild it along a similar footprint in a short 3 weeks. They took great care to treat the place like it was their own and left it cleaner than they found it! Highly recommend this group for great work at an honest price! Chris' dog Rambler was a gentle giant and onsite frequently during the project. He was sweet and friendly while constantly curious!

Shawn and crew met all our needs from an onsite walk through of what we wanted, an estimate and…read morescope of work, and spot on scheduling. These guys are great to work with! The deck turned out great! The guys are easy to work with and able to meet all requests made. If you need a deck I would call them! I will be using them for any future projects we have. Thanks guys!!! We love it!

From the owner: Floyd-s custom decks specialize in deck design, deck construction,deck repair,deck…read moreremodeling,railing installation, railing repair, fencing, gazebo, pergola

Thomas goes up and beyond to make sure your happy with the project. From Bid to finish, he was on…read moretask, easy to communicate with and on time. Has great ideas, able to envision what your concepts are and ensure you know what is about to happen next. Always willing to help and awe had a wonderful experience with Hopes and Dreams building our patio extension. Next project will be screening in this beauty !

Tom Shantie is a man of character and craftsmanship. We are so grateful to have found him! He has…read moredone two projects for us - and both are outstanding. He redid our son's room - adding special woodwork details that we wouldn't have considered that made all the difference! He then returned (on time) to do a major renovation of our primary bathroom. He was instrumental in helping with the design and scope to keep it all within our budget. Additionally, when other contractors failed - he picked up the slack and did exceptional work tiling around our tub. Tom finished the projects on time and on budget. Having worked with many contractors during my years flipping houses, I can't tell you how impressed I am with his work ethic and finished product.

We contracted with Hometown Decks for a Trex deck, along with metal privacy screens. The…read moreprofessionalism was exemplary, from the beginning of the project when Mike gave us our bid, to the conclusion of the deck work. Communication with their office exceded our expectations. We are extremely pleased.

This rating reflects the combination of quality and price: if you want solid, quality work at a…read morecompetitive price, I'm not sure you can do better than these guys. They completed a few different jobs for us: a deck resurface with Trex, added new deck railing, attached a pergola we had to the deck, and poured a separate stained/stamped concrete deck. They were helpful, flexible, and creative in thinking through options and dealing with obstacles. They bring a lot of experience and know-how and are great people to work with. Very happy overall.

We have a ground level wooden patio with a metal veranda that was in sore need of having the…read morefloorboards replaced. Initially, we planned to do the work ourselves. We bought/stained pressure treated lumber and did the demo work of pulling up the old porch. We soon discovered to our dismay that the underlying frame and columns holding up the veranda were varying degrees of rotted-out and needed to be replaced entirely. We wanted the job done right, and so we decided to find a contractor to work with. After doing some research on Yelp, I reached out to a handful of deck building specialists. Originally, Deck N Cable Railing wasn't even on my radar. Yelp has the function that if you click a button, it'll automatically duplicate your request and send it to an additional handful of businesses. I didn't even realize that I had accidentally done this. I'm so glad I did because Deck N Cable Railing was one of the businesses that Yelp sent my way. First off, they were very fast at responding to my request for info. They reached out, asked for a bit of additional information, and then offered to come out to give a free estimate in person within 24 hours. Juan Pena, the owner, arrived on time for the appointment. He listened attentively to our needs and evaluated the job that needed to be done quickly, efficiently, and thoroughly. He was sensitive to our desire to not let the lumber we had already bought/stained go to waste and made a plan to utilize it. He was also able to give us a quote on the spot which was really helpful. On the day of the installation, Juan arrived with his crew members, Jovial and Alejandro, to help get this situated for the job before he left for the day to attend to other projects. Jovial and Alejandro spoke limited English, but they used their smartphones and Google Translate to communicate with me when a question came up and so communication worked out just fine. Jovial and Alejandro were friendly, professional,and very hard workers. They were fast and fastidious and kept the job site neat. Juan had said that it may take up to two days to finish the job, but his crew were almost complete by the end of the first day. There was a minor issue with the frame visibly sticking out just a bit at one corner of the terminating edge of the porch. It wasn't a structural issue, more of a minor cosmetic issue, but I discussed the issue with Juan, and he immediately came up with a suitable solution to address my concerns. He joined Jovial and Alejandro on the morning of the second day of the installation to personally inspect their work. The job was finished within an hour or two on the second day. All in all, Juan and his team did an excellent job with the porch. It looks fantastic and feels exceptionally sturdy. We're very happy with the quality of the work, and we are looking forward to enjoying it for many years to come. We'd recommend Deck N Cable Railing without reservation based on the quality and efficiency of their work alone, but that's not the only reason you should consider giving them a call. Juan was very easy to work with. He's professional, responsive, friendly, and conscientious. He takes a lot of pride in his work and it's important to him that his clients are 100% satisfied with the work done. Moreover, his pricing is very reasonable. His quote for the job was by far the most reasonably and competitively priced bid. Finally, and this is a bit embarrassing, I accidentally overpaid for the job. I paid Juan in cash, handing him an envelope with cash, without realizing that I had miscounted it. Imagine my surprise when I got a call from Juan that evening (apologizing for calling so late!), to let me know that I overpaid him, and he wanted to schedule a time when it was convenient for me for him to stop by in person to return the amount I overpaid. That's integrity, folks. If, like me, Deck N Cable Railing isn't on your radar, they should be. Solid 5 stars.

I had a small section of my deck that that I wanted to replace (13 -16 boards). I had 2 photos of…read morethe area. They replied back saying that the whole deck needs to be replaced. That's a bunch of crap. They don't know what the rest of my deck looks like. They never bothered to come out and look at it. This rest of my deck is in good condition because it's covered and out of the elements. The area of the deck I want repaired is uncovered and exposed to the elements. This company is a joke and all they want to do is upsell you. Beware of this company!

New 2-story deck missed the mark across code, Trex guidelines, and aesthetics. Poor planning. Won't…read moremake it right. We lost 5 figures on a 2-man crew that lacks longevity with owner. Hire inspectors before paying final invoice. FYI "Custom Deck and Fence Austin" also has poor reviews on multiple sites noting owner Todd Louis Ratajik of "Good Day Baked Energy Snacks" (Forfeited Existence). Sites now name "Cesar" as owner. Negative reviews disappeared. AFFD has pending lawsuits with Travis County Courts. Unknown AFFD subcontractor alarmingly used my name and address in another client's lawsuit wtf! Standard: Visual consistency. AFFD: Mismatched railing. Todd's words: "It's the same railing but pinched." (A contractor's FB review notes lack of materials to properly complete jobs.) Std: Concrete pad supports stairs. AFFD: Stair stringers hover in air, failing to land on concrete. Todd blatantly texted that stringers would step out (not down) from deck. I refuted the abnormality. Top step was cut off; stringers don't reach concrete. Instead of extending pad or redoing stringers, an ugly post was set. Std: Stairs treads w/o gaps. No overhangs. AFFD: Stringer cuts forgot stairs' fascia; treads weren't 11+". Gaps added to meet code, so stair noses are 1.25+", ie trip hazards. FYI Use rise-to-run guidelines. Std: 42" deck railings. 34-38" stair railings ABOVE boards. AFFD: 44" deck railings. Didn't supply 34" stair railings; boards grossly notched to lower height, which start at 44"! Std: Posts sit on existing FINISHED concrete pads. (LOL) AFFD: Post had no contact with pad (after removing makeshift shams to hide the blunder) ie ZERO deck weight on ground. Todd asked if this was okay [to not deal with]. Post not corrected at start. Rough concrete poured atop pad to meet post. Ew. Std: 16" oc MAX joist spacing (Trex specs). AFFD: 7 of 13 spacings are 16+". No blocking. Add 1 or 2 joists = ~15.5" or 14" spacings. Todd said his ways are "affordable" and "economical". Eek. Best: Competitor contracts: "12-in joist spacings", "blocking", "glulam beam". Std: Trex Cocktail Rail Kit (full-width support, hidden fasteners). AFFD: 5.5" wavy floor boards nailed to 1" rail. Visible screws, rough shavings, corner gaps, no support eg 2x4s to flatten board. No countersunk screws and putty to hide nails. Std: Professional aesthetics. AFFD: Not spraying railing cuts = RUST. No continuity in stairs fascia to meet deck edge. Silver bolts on black railings. Posts unequal distance from deck edges. Cedar's shorter lifespan requires staining / maintenance is inferior to Trex's composite fascia. Std: Disclosure of unforeseen issues. Protocols. Loyal crews. AFFD: Crew wasted a day plotting makeshift repairs after causing roof damage. Licensed roofer was furious about erroneously-cut flashing. Roofers returned after crew again made damaging cuts where told not to. Zero acknowledgement from Todd. AFFD: Crew noted holes in house's ceiling after removing joist nails. No repairmen references. Not-our-problem mentality. AFFD: 15+ days by 2 tired guys: the hire + his actual neighbor. Ditto to reviewer compelled to supervise. Days start late, end after 7pm. My neighbors had 5 deck builders who left by 6pm still jolly. AFFD: Non-recyclables in recycling bin. Concrete and stinky liquid in trash bin. Cigarette butts, nails, and construction debris across yard. AFFD: Crew won't tell owner about gray areas and errors in judgments. One unsure if he'd get paid wth. Std: Professionalism. AFFD: No final walkthroughs. Owner ignores items in emails. Condescending; when I climbed a ladder re an issue (that I called a roofer to fix), Todd muttered that I was "an inspector, eh". Instead of talking measurements, Todd's retort was "I'm the owner of a deck company", as if titles alone grant proficiency. Labor is hired out, crew turnover is high. Workmanship depends on whoever is outsourced, who aren't deck builders so much as guys who "have built decks before". Expect no corrections on what Todd Ratajik deems as "good enough".

From my first communication with Austin's Finest Fence & Deck, I had a very good feeling about…read moretheir service. I can now confidently say that my initial feelings were right. Cesar gave me the best bid of the three companies I had contacted. He came by and listened carefully to what I wanted to be done. His bid was complete and very thorough, including three options for the fence work to be done. They did a superb job and left our backyard in spotless condition. After the work was completed, he came by to verify and make sure we were happy with the service. We are very glad we worked with them and will certainly use them again for other fence and deck needs that might arise in the future.

Merlin and his team were awesome. Fast, great job, easy to work with and a great fence!! Several…read moreneighbors have commented. Highly recommend!

Merlin and his team SAVED THE DAY! I got about 6 or 7 quotes for my deck back in April. Landmark…read moreFence was one of them. Unfortunately, I ended up going with a different contractor who quickly proved he didn't know what he was doing. After I decided to end that relationship, I immediately called Landmark and one other company back who had given me quotes previously. The other company couldn't find the time to get someone to come out for a re-estimate and then did not return my calls. Merlin was extremely responsive and came to give me another estimate to check out what had already been done. He originally told me mid-July and at this point it was mid to late May. Everyone was booked through July at this point, so I was willing to wait. Merlin ended up starting earlier than planned around the end of June but then I had an issue with my composite boards with Home Depot where they had to reorder my boards and wait another week. Merlin was extremely understanding and worked around the Home Depot mistake. As soon as my boards arrived, they immediately picked them up at Home Depot and finished the job within the next 1-2 days and ended on a Holiday - July 4th. They are a hard working, trustworthy, and professional team and did an absolutely outstanding job! I would definitely use them again for any fence or decking needs. I'm so glad I found them!

We had Oscar and his two sons from A1 Contracting Service build our deck at one end of our pool…read more We had contacted a few other people to come out to give us a quote, but no one ever showed up. Oscar's work is top notch, he saw our vision and it turned out awesome! He is very knowledgeable, uses quality materials and was able to answer all of our questions. They finished the job in less than 3 days and were very respectful of our property. If you're looking for someone to improve your yard, don't hesitate to call A1 Contracting Service for your projects. You won't be disappointed!

Oscar built a large deck in our backyard and did a great job. The process was quick and we got…read moreexactly what we wanted. I felt the price was fair. Communication was terrific. This was our first time working with a contractor and it was a great experience. Highly recommend.

I couldn't be happier with the custom deck Completely Decked Out built for my backyard! From the…read morevery beginning, they listened closely to my ideas and worked with me to design something truly unique that fits my space and style perfectly (They designed a single deck connecting the backyards of my duplex together with a gate in the middle). The craftsmanship is outstanding, and every detail--from the layout to the materials--was handled with care and professionalism. The team was respectful, communicative, and always on time. They made the entire process smooth and stress-free. Now I have a beautiful outdoor space that feels like an extension of my home. I highly recommend them to anyone looking for a personalized, high-quality deck!

Great service from start to finish. I needed a post in my fence replaced and Completely Decked Out…read morewas the only business to respond with an estimate based on my provided picture. It eliminated a step and made the process quicker. The work completed was excellent and I'll be coming back to them for anything regarding my fence in the future.