When owner Fernando Lang came to our new house in Walnut Creek for an estimate on refinishing my kitchen cabinets, I was immediately struck by his keen observations and the littlest details that I hadn't noticed myself. I received several other estimates that were quite high, because they all wanted to refinish the entire kitchen even though the upper cabinets were in good shape. Fernando was the only one confident enough to refinish only the lower cabinets and drawers to match the existing stain from the upper cabinets, which made his estimate much more reasonable. Not only did he refinish them perfectly, but he also replaced all the hinges with the new soft-close version. Drawers and cabinet doors that did not close evenly or smoothly are now perfectly aligned. My wife and I couldn't be happier, especially since it was done at less than half the cost of other estimates.
Very important to me was that he always answered his phone, or called back quickly, kept us up-to-date on progress, and was always true to his word on keeping his appointment times, and job completion date. On a side note, I was also impressed with how very careful he was about our hardwood floors by laying down blankets for his path through our house to the kitchen.
During the job, he found that one of the large wood panels at our kitchen island was very loose, so he even repaired that at no additional charge. On top of all that, he gave us a house-warming gift! What contractor does THAT!? Amazing. If you need any refinishing of furniture, cabinets, doors, antiques, then this is your guy. He knows his stuff, and is very personable. I would highly recommend him to everyone. And yes, it's a nice bonus that his workshop is so conveniently situated directly opposite Costco!
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