Great work, professional team and amazing result. Tony and his guys were able to get this done on a…read moretight schedule for a very competitive price. They did everything start to finish, and I couldn't be happier with the results. They squeezed me in because they did my neighbors house the day before and they were able to remove a fence and use the same route in to my yard. That saved me a ton of hassles. I would definitely recommend these guys to anyone planning on adding to their home.

Bad workmanship by AB Cement. Be warned. After they made a major miscalculation and caused damage…read morethat had to be repaired, not happy with the final product. Does not look good and collects pools of water. I regret doing business with them. I highly recommend looking elsewhere. -

Jorge and his team were laser focused in delivering a solution that I was satisfied with at the…read moreend. During the process of finishing my landscaping needs, Jorge was able to accommodate to changes that I needed last minute. I'd recommend them for sure. I'll most likely be using them for future projects as well.

I contracted Jorge for an over $4000 job and had MANY issues with Jorge. Beware!…read more Prior to contracting Jorge, I was very unfortunate to miss the following preparation steps: 1. ENJOY THE WORST POSSIBLE RESULTS Check the pictures of the final results of the contractor's sodding work. Make sure you want the same. When Jorge did the sodding in February the sod looked dead (cause most likely it was). Jorge assured me it is "hibernated" and will recover shortly. Obviously, it never happened and, two months later, most of the grass is just as dead as it was at the moment of sodding (see the pics). It's remarkable that Jorge calls it a good work! 2. PREPARE TO GET DAMAGED AND WORK INCOMPLETE He was resodding my front yard. He didn't finish his job, left garbage and damaged the front yard appearance of my neighbor's property so I got a reasonable complaint from the neighbor demanding me to fix it. Quoting my neighbor: "The landscape crew that re-sodded your front yard left a strip of plowed up soil/mud between your property and mine. It looks terrible, for both properties." On my request to finish the job and fix the damage, Jorge stated that he "miscalculated" the costs and now wouldn't fix the damage without extra payment of $400. (See the snapshot) Unfortunataly, I have already paid Jorge in full by that time since he pressed me a lot asking to be considerate and enable him to pay his people. GET READY TO BE PRESSED FOR FULL PRE-PAYMENT Further, he ignored my messages and only agreed to do it after multiple calls and messages and after I promised to remove a negative review. 3. GET READY TO SEE UNEXPLAINED CHARGES ON THE ESTIMATE Jorge added items on the estimate that were just meant to increase the bill without discussion and explanation. Thus, I got $300 "Overhead" added to the estimate (see the picture). He "clarified" it was added because my project was bigger than usual. Note, he didn't provide any discount because the project was big. On the opposite he tried to charge me more! 4. PREPARE TO GET THINGS SUDDENLY BROKEN AND TO BE CHARGED TO FIX THEM I had an incident when my irrigation very unexpectaedly got pipes broken in 3 different places and 3 sprinklers suddently got broken ONE WEEK (!) following the irrigation fix by Jorge. Since the rest of the landscaping project depended on the irrigation I was forced to get it repaired immediately. The circumstances in which the above got broken were very strange and unlikely. 5. PREPARE TO BE CHARGE EXCEEDINGLY IF THE CONTRACTOR IDENTIFIES YOU BADLY NEED THE PROJECT DONE To fix the broken irrigation pipes (that unexpectedly got broken one week after being fixed by Jorge) he orignally tried to charge me $450 per pipe. So, $1350 to repair 3 small plastic pipes (see pic.). 6. GET READY TO THE ESTIMAES TO GET INCREASED ~X3 TIMES BECAUSE OF "MISTAKES" In my understanding, Jorge is trying to take advantage of the situation to bill you to the max and his quote are also rapidly increasing. So, for example, in the above incident, he first quoted me $450. Then, he notified me of a "quoting mistake" demanding $1350 probably taking advantage that I wasn't present fisically on the spot and that the project was urgent. 7. GET READY TO NEGOTIATE OR BE OVERCHARGED and paying ~3 times more. Now, when I told him I wasn't able to pay this much he retracted back to $550. 8. TAX EVASION Jorge apparently tried to avade taxation on his income. Thus he is urging you to pay him in cash or in personal checks. Since Jorge demanded it, I paid him in personal checks and he never provided a receipt. 9. PREPARE FOR COMPLAINTS FROM YOUR NEIGHBORS Jorge left garbage on the neighbors lawn and the bricks uncollected (see the pictures). (I can also provide snapshots of messages from my contractor). Jorge only agreed to collect the garbage after multiple calls and messages and lots of time spent on my part. Even then, his original proposal was to leave the garbage sacks uncollected for over a week on neighbors lawn

sergio did an excellent job repairing spots and chips in my marble countertops. i woukd definitely…read moreuse him again.

These guys are efficient, on-time and pay attention to detail. Every team from sales, demo,…read moremeasuring and installation were professional, courteous and did an amazing job.

Dustin and his crew at Marks Builders renovated my house last year. In short, they did a fantastic…read morejob, were honest, upfront, left things clean, and were there from start to finish without any notable delays. I have recommended Marks Builders to many of my family and friends, and they've all had great things to say too.  Read on if you want the whole story! I had a leak in a wall between two bathrooms, above the kitchen.  Just to set the scene, my wife was pregnant and we had a baby due 3 weeks after the start of the construction.  My kitchen had a dropped ceiling and was original to the 1970s house.  Dustin worked with State Farm (my insurance carrier) to bring the adjuster's repair estimate up to a par. He and his team worked with us to order cabinets early (we were getting custom cabinets so they had a long lead time), then they gutted the kitchen and bathroom, raising the ceiling to 8' (reworking the HVAC, plumbing, and electrical lines in the process).  They pulled up all of the tile in the downstairs while we were out of the house (and in the hospital having the baby).  We asked for a few days at home without construction when we came home, to which they agreed. They worked hard to make sure that the house was ready for cabinets when they would be delivered. The cabinets were delivered without issue and installed the same week, with the trim taking longer than any other single step because they wanted it to look just right - and it paid off! The finishing touches make all the difference! The granite crew came in and did their thing. Like all of Dustin's sub-contractors, they were on time, professional, and courteous. They did their work well, quickly, and cleanly. We opted for granite counters and granite backsplashes, with different edge finishes in different places, corners, etc. to work around. They did it all well. Our kitchen looks fantastic, even a year and a half later. Through the whole 2-month process, Dustin's crew was on-site 4-6 days/week, except when we asked for the break. We made a lot of changes midway through, and Dustin didn't nickel and dime on the little things (moving an outlet, changing from a 2 gang to a 4 gang plug, etc). He was happy to work with my attention to detail (which can frustrate most people I know) and he did it with a smile - his attention to detail was similar. His crew was always fun to have around, and I never once worried about them being in the home, whether I was there or not. They worked hard to make sure we felt safe with them in the house at the start of Covid. All said, I strongly recommend Marks Builders. They're honest, smart, hard-working, and fun people who care about the work they produce and their customers' experience.

I can't say enough good things about Dustin at Marks Builders. I recently had a horrible experience…read morewith a previous contractor who abandoned my bathroom remodel mid way through and left me with a mess. It still needed to be completed, so I asked around for a reliable, trustworthy contractor and a neighbor highly recommended Dustin. I even went to their home to checkout his work, and was impressed. He was professional and forthcoming from our very first meeting and that was my experience throughout the process. My bathroom looks amazing now and he finished on time with excellence. Dustin's team turned my nightmare into a great experience. I would hire him again in a second!

For a couple years I'd been watching our backyard privacy fence gradually decay. Posts began to…read morebreak at ground level, nails began to pop out of the gray rotting boards...well, you get the picture. Oh, and greenbelt creatures could easily crawl underneath the fence; it was time. Just by chance, I ran into a neighbor walking her dog who mentioned getting their fence replaced and how happy she was with Austin Fence and Deck. Not only that, Mike across the street had them do his, too. I was sold. I'd been dreading researching fence replacement companies in Austin only to worry that I'd never know if I'd pay too much and wind up with a poor job. However... My experience with Austin Fence and Deck, Aus Tex, was great. David, who developed the quote through his onsite visit, was very professional. He thought of things I'd never have recognized or considered and was very thorough about what the whole process would entail. He developed a quote which I felt was very reasonable considering the scope and left me with the confidence in Aus Tex that I needed to move forward. Aus Tex has a removal and prep team and then an installation team. The whole project only took two days. George and his son Anthony were the removal and prep team. The day they came to our house it was going to be 100 degrees. In short order they started removing sections of fence and hauling them uphill from our back yard to the front which had to be close to 250 feet. Then they began the process of digging the new holes for the steel posts with an air hammer. Our area is solid limestone. And then they mixed their cement in a wheelbarrow setting them all for the installation team. Mind you, it's almost 100 degrees by then. George and Anthony did a great great job and by 3 pm they had loaded all the old fence on their truck and were off to yet another job. The following day, the "Chicago and PT Team" as they are fondly known arrived in the afternoon. Again, another 100+ degree day, and they quickly began measuring, cutting steel posts to size and prepping the 123 foot L-shaped install for the wood. They worked tirelessly through the heat to make sure they installed the cedar boards across the contour of our back lot looked perfect. They even made sure that the corner where our fence met our neighbor's chain link fence was perfectly adjoined so that the feral pigs living in our greenbelt couldn't begin to squeak through. This was important in that our neighbor had spent thousands to keep the feral pigs from destroying his front yard again. Everyone from Aus Tex was both friendly and professional. They did great work in my estimation and I would highly recommend them to anyone who needs their privacy fence replaced. You won't have to worry about whether or not they know what they are doing. There in and out, fast and do excellent work.

Great customer service. Very responsive. Provides estimates quickly. I recommend them if you are…read morelooking for an honest deck builder who cares about the customer's experience and provides craftsmanship quality design and buildouts.

Rafael and his crew did a fantastic job with my porch privacy fence!…read moreI sent him a photo and they built an exact replica! Super happy!

We needed about 100 feet of 8 foot fence replacement with metal posts. Rafa gave us by far the best…read morequote out of all the fence companies we talked to. He also was able to complete the job in just one day (whereas other companies said they would need multiple days). Very easy to contact, and showed up punctually on the day of the installation.

We had a great experience with NF. Initial consultation: got here on time and very friendly. We…read morehad three homes that we had him build, one on each side and gave us a great deal. One was privacy, on front, ours was iron on front and it's about an acre the had to fence off on 3 sides with chain link & the other neighbor only had the posts put in because our ground apparently is not made of dirt, just rock and unlike us, that neighbor has some great carpentry skills. We also had several stone columns. The masonry guys came on the date scheduled & on time. We were amazed at how quickly they went up. Employees were very nice & gave us our privacy. No slacking off. Very respectful. It was near the holidays so it took a little while before the front went up. went But they also had to order additional parts for a change our neighbor made. They came earlier than scheduled. Those employees were also great. Never saw them even turn to look at our home as they walked back and forth through the back (our many windows have no curtains). They came on time, never saw them slack off. I don't think I even saw them leave for lunch. When they were done for the day, they cleaned up. The foreman even noticed some materials we didn't order that would help keep the fence from moving around. So it was ordered & they installed same day. Not only that, the only winter day we had in texas happened to be the last day they had to finish. He asked if they coukd work on sunday & we said of course. But he told us they might wait until winter was over, on Monday. But the next day on Sunday, when it was crazy cold, they showed up and by the end of the day they were done! Foreman came to ask if it was all good. And then they left on their merry way. Our emails with questions were answered promptly and usually the same day. The fence looked great. A couple weeks later, maybe earlier, we received another email to check in on us & find out if there was anything that we needed. Highly recommend.

I'm writing this review for my overall experience dealing with Northwest Fence & Iron and not for…read morethe finished product. Everything went fairly smoothly up until the day of the installation of my iron fence surrounding my home. A few days prior to the scheduled installation, I asked the representative if there would be someone supervising the installation who speaks fluent English. He said there wouldn't be anyone supervising because his wife was scheduled to go into labor on that day. He reassured me there would be no issues and the workers would know EXACTLY what they needed to do. I reiterated to him how important it is they install the iron fence low enough to prevent my dog from digging a hole escaping. I reluctantly agreed to proceed with the installation based on his reassurances. The day of the installation, the workers showed up at my door and the first thing one of the workers did was hand me a cell ph and someone with Northwest told me, "Can you tell them where to install the fence" I told him I already went over all this with my rep and I do not feel confident communicating with workers who do not speak English. I ended the call and immediately called the rep and told him that someone needs to get down here and communicate everything we had already went over. The rep came down and told the workers where to install everything. I asked him who I should contact at the office if there is a problem and reminded him what he told me about the workers knowing exactly what they need to do. He responded by saying, "I thought it wasn't an issue to you that they don't speak English?" This was NOT what I stated and told him I only agreed to allow the installation to proceed because of his reassurance they would not need any additional guidance during the installation. Sure enough, after they got started prepping the ground and installing the fence, the gate was being installed too high, leaving a large gap at the bottom, and I tried to communicate this with the workers with no luck. I told the workers to stop completely and, at this point, I was really starting to lose my patience. I immediately called the Northwest office and told them the fence was being installed too high from the ground and how they needed to send someone over immediately or I would be sending the workers away for the day. They sent someone down about 30 minutes later and he communicated with the workers, the proper way to install the fence. I asked the supervisor to stick around to ensure there were no more issues. They 'completed' the installation and they had forgotten to attach adhesive to the caps on the fence posts as well as failing to install the latch on the side gate. They had to return two separate times, requiring me to take time out of my day to be here, to complete the gate lock installation and attach the caps properly. I also started finding pieces of sharp metal in my lawn they failed to clean up which posed a major safety hazard for our family and dog. All of this nonsense could have been avoided if the representative assigned to my project would have scheduled the installation at a time when he could have been present to supervise and inspect the work being done by the subcontractors they hired...

Contacted Jim for a smallish backyard job. He showed up and measured, had a quote in my inbox that…read moreevening. His crew showed up on time and finished early and it turned out looking even better than I'd imagined. These guys are trustworthy, prompt, and efficient. No surprises or disappointments. Will for sure call him the next time I need some stone work done.

We have worked with Jim a couple of times on big projects. He is very reliable and honest. His work…read moreis excellent.