Working with Smarter Remodeling enabled us to get the kitchen remodel we needed and love. We did not want to gut and start over but resurface and update our existing kitchen. Fabian & Agata and their team at Smarter Remodeling was very helpful and worked with us to achieve a refinished and beautiful kitchen! Once we shared the preferences of our finished look, they advised and planned with us the best choices and materials and coordinated all the needed team members from demo, plumbing, electrical, countertops, flooring and painting and all the work happened from start to finish within 2 weeks. We are pleased with the outcome and look forward to working with Smarter Remodeling on future projects as well. Sincerely, Tim & Melissa Miller read more

Working with Smarter Remodeling enabled us to get the kitchen remodel we needed and love. We did not want to gut and start over but resurface and update our existing kitchen. Fabian & Agata and their team at Smarter Remodeling was very helpful and worked with us to achieve a refinished and beautiful kitchen! Once we shared the preferences of our finished look, they advised and planned with us the best choices and materials and coordinated all the needed team members from demo, plumbing, electrical, countertops, flooring and painting and all the work happened from start to finish within 2 weeks. We are pleased with the outcome and look forward to working with Smarter Remodeling on future projects as well. Sincerely, Tim & Melissa Miller read more

Smarter Remodeling is without a doubt the best contracting company not just in Jacksonville, but in all of Florida. Ranging from their top tier customer service from Fabian, all the way to the quality of the remodeling. If you have any need for a remodel in your house whether you're doing a kitchen expansion, second floor addition, or completely redo your garage, look no further and go with Fabian Videla at Smarter Remodeling read more

Let me start by saying that Fabian is fantastic. Unfortunately, his company has taken on a life of its own. The few reputable employees he had, have left. We hired Smarter Remodeling for a $150K+ home improvement project. It took them over 18 months to "complete" the project and whenever we brought up our issues of things being done incorrectly, we were told that it was speculative. From day one, there have been issues...huge issues. Thank goodness my husband was here to babysit the project managers because things would be far worse if he wasn't...& the PMs Smarter Remodeling provided are a joke. The contractors have left our premises, the project incomplete and half-assed. They failed the city's inspection and walked away. We are now stuck with paying more money to complete the project in order to pass inspection, not to mention, we have to look at the crap work they provided every day for as long as we live in this house. Definitely find a different company for your home improvement needs. read more

I just purchased my first home and the only one I could afford needed a LOT of renovation. The price of the home was so low, I could actually afford it, but then I knew it was going to need tens of thousands in renovation just to make it livable. It had no walls, no floors, and the bathroom pretty much looked like someone was murdered in it. I was reaching out to contractors in Jacksonville and had a few come over and check things out. None of the contractors were able to give me what I needed - they all took a look at the house and wanted to play on how bad it looked aesthetically, even though I understood the bones were there - it just needed drywall and flooring. Most of the contractors who came over wanted to take my tiny, cheap house and put in an $80,000 kitchen (I didn't even pay $80,000 for the house). I ran across Smarter Remodeling on Google so gave them a call. If I had to describe them in 1 word - I would say "Professional". I told them what I needed, the guys came out and said okay - we can give you what you need. They were honest and didnt beat around the bush or play games. It met my budget and they werent trying to upsell me at every turn. I didnt have 1 issue with them "finding new problems". All of the things you worry about with contractors. The best thing was the turn around time. Once things were agreed on - it was a job where they had to re-plumb the whole house, fix electric, drywall the whole house, new HVAC, flooring etc. They got onsite the day we agreed on it.. they were onsite every single day following a very good project plan, and they banged out the work FAST. So fast I couldn't believe it. Every week the house looked completely different. These guys are super professional - if you arent in their way and you let them get in there and do the work, they will get in there and get it done. It isn't 1 guy operation, who says he has a crew, but really might not have a crew... and maybe they show up or maybe they dont show up. They will show up, everyday, on time - it will be all hands on deck for whatever job is being done that day. They have project managers to manage even the small jobs, to make sure they're efficient. So overall - they worked with my scope, my budget, they didnt play any games, they were very polite and professional, and they got a job that another contractor would have taken 5-6 months for (if not longer) - done in 2.5 months. For a job like this with so many different jobs to do, to have no negative issues with a contractor is pretty amazing. I would absolutely recommend them to anyone who has any size job, and is worried about trustworthy contractors. They will be honest with you about what you can get for your budget and they're definitely not going to do a no show, or not complete the work. read more

STAY AWAY AT ALL COSTS: We hired Fabian Videla and his company Smarter Remodeling to remodel our house. We paid Fabian Videla $190,000 in total renovation costs. Smarter Remodeling installed our front door system backwards and now it has failed. We paid Fabian Videla $18,315.00 for this front door system. He came out to our house twice to view the incorrectly installed door. We also had the door manufacturer's rep come inspect the door. The rep said the door was incorrectly installed and gave us a quote to fix it. We gave this quote to Fabian Videla and asked him to call the rep if he had any questions. Fabian Videla said that he would fix the issue but he never did. We have been trying to get resolution for one year. Fabian Videla will not return our calls and is totally non-responsive. He does not stand behind his work. We have filed a complaint against Smarter Remodeling with the Florida Attorney General's office and the Better Business Bureau. We will now proceed to file suit and try to recover our lost money in court. read more

We are very satisfied with the addition Smarter Remodeling did for us. They were very upfront about the cost and every step of the process. All employees we had working on our house were vey professional and we wouldn't hesitate to use them again! They even did a courtesy regrouting years later when we had some hairline cracks due to settling. read more