Go elsewhere! This guy knows nothing about sandblasting and…read moreis a very unknowledgeable businessman! He arrived at the project late because he forgot a ladder. He actually asked me if the homeowners had one on site he could use. Really? Who uses homeowners tools? After he got on site and set everything up, his rig broke down and he said he needed to rent a compressor. He showed up 3 hours later and said his rig was fixed but it was too late in the day to start so would be back the next day. Came back and he still needed to use the compressor he rented so apparently his rig was NOT fixed. Lie #1 He said it would only take one day. Lie #2 His worker proceeded to work on the first part outside and then move inside around lunchtime, at which he moved his hoses from the outside of the house through to the middle of the house and through 2 doorways. I returned from my lunch finding a complete mess inside the house at which he made up a story that I told him the areas were getting demoed. Lie # 3 (This also set off a fire alarm because he did not cover exposed smoke detectors) The interesting part here is that he brought "help" by which I mean one guy who did all the work. Michael sat in his truck for 9 hours while one guy did the work. He then asked for payment in full or if he had to come back the next day would be another $2200. There are many other things I could get into but this is already too long. This guy is a scam artist and I would simply suggest, if you are looking to hire this guy, DON'T! I hired another sandblast company that told me that this guy was amateur at best and I wasted $5k

Michael gave me a bid to strip the paint off of two fireplaces in different properties that I own…read more I wanted to use sandblasting because I wanted an environmentally friendly and gentle process. the dustless system advertised on his website sounded like what I needed. When Michael arrived at my home, he said that on my fireplace, he was going to start with a chemical stripper to remove the top layers of paint before sandblasting. He proceeded to paint my entire fireplace with standard Jasco paint stripper. The layers of paint became gooey and melted everywhere. I asked how he was going to clean the inside of the fireplace, and he said that blasting the inside of the fireplace or stripping it was not included in his bid. While the chemical stripper was on my fireplace at one property, he went to the other property, which is a historic home more than 100 years old, currently under construction and unoccupied. He did not protect the area or mask it in any way, and he blasted the fireplace so hard that all of the mortar came out between the bricks, and now the texture of the bricks is extremely rough. He tried to tell me that there was never any mortar between the bricks. Seriously? I am going to have to hire somebody to re-mortar the entire fireplace and probably try to smooth the raw brick, so it resembles what it was originally (softer bricks). The living room in that property is now covered with fine sand, which was not vacuumed up. He did bring a standard shop vac, but I did not see any sort of HEPA system as advertised. His process is definitely NOT dustless. I am currently also doing plaster restoration, and I know what the state of the art HEPA vacuums look like, and Michael does not have one or if he has one he did not bring it to either of the job sites. He also asked me for additional money to complete the job because he said it was taking him much longer than he had anticipated, and he would need to send workers for another full day of work. I pointed out that the second fireplace took him far less time than he had budgeted for. Around 6pm he told me that he was done for the day, and he left open buckets of caustic chemicals in my living room, and did not clean up the job site at all before he left. He and his worker tracked melted paint all over my concrete front steps which I'm going to have to try to clean off, he broke one of the pots on my front porch and a branch off of my orange tree, and did not mention any of these damages to me. He said that he would return the next day if he was able to or the next business day at the latest. He also said that he was going to cover the fireplace itself with a layer of plastic to help with the smell, which he did not do. This was very disturbing because my house was filled with toxic fumes in 80° weather. I was unable to run my air conditioning or fan because it was spreading the fumes throughout the entire home. The next day he texted me to say that he did not want to send his workers the next business day and that the earliest he could come back to finish was SIX DAYS after my original appointment (with open buckets of chemicals sitting in the living room of the small home that I am occupying, and a layer of chemical stripper sitting on my 90 year old fireplace). I told him this would not work for me, and he wanted to be paid full for the first historic building fireplace, which he has ruined, and half of the fireplace that he left, covered with gooey toxic chemicals. He did not protect the inside of my fireplace so I do have melted paint and paint splatter all over my gas, log set and the inside of my fireplace. I will have to replace all of the material inside the fireplace, clean the fire box, and I am now also concerned about running my gas fireplace because there is melted paint on some of the pipes. I have been restoring homes for 25 years and I have rarely had an experience as poor as this one. It's OK to make mistakes but it's important to fix them as well. Michael seems to have no pride in doing a good job or leaving the customer satisfied. I will definitely never contact him again for his services. I probably should not even have paid as much as I did considering the way he left both of the job sites but I will consider it a lesson learned and try to warn others that he is not a good choice for their project.

Sadly, I no longer recommend this business. Erik used to be professional and focused but he is…read morenothing like that now. He is late. Will break things and not let you know. He left the last job on which he was supposed to fix some blinds that he hung lop sided. They looked great except the mechanism that raises and lowers them no longer works on one side. It is a fight to get it up or down. Erik left without saying a word about it and won't return to correct his error. I guess I should have checked it out with all the mistakes he's made lately. I had his help with a recent move and he did not follow directions well at all. He didn't put the cat drinking water fountain in the car like he had been asked to. Instead he put it in his truck and broke the main ceramic dish. Then he didn't tell us about it until I texted him two days later when I couldn't locate it to set it up. If he had been a professional and let us know we could've ordered a replacement immediately. He helped pack a room for me but ended up making the unpacking so much more difficult because he added the numbers 1 and 2 to the boxes. Those were my numbers for boxes to be opened immediately. Because he added them to another 15 boxes I ended up with a huge stack that had to be unpacked in order to get to the ones that really did need to be unpacked immediately. He was supposed to set up the TV but didn't have the connection cables and didn't ask me for them. So I ended up doing it myself early the next day before Comcast came out. He set up a portable air conditioner without the drain hose which caused some stuff to get wet. I've had someone else fix this. Erik strung us out for hours and completely bailed on one occasion.

I recently had a 2-fer job for Erik: an antique furniture pick-up in So San Francisco and a…read morefurniture donation drop-off in San Rafael. When I called Erik to inquire about this, I was impressed with how he started to brainstorm the best ways to pull this off. When I met him for the delivery of the antique piece, I was more impressed with his creativity and thoughtfulness in how best to carefully get this into my home without damaging it. He's an excellent communicator and very easy to work with.

Fast response time. These guys worked fast and got 8 layers of paint off of masonry. The pictures…read morespeak for themselves. Reasonable prices. Very respectful and just all around awesome guys. Highly recommend!

Sandblasted a 1960 Chevy C10 Truck. Pierre walked me through their process and explained in detail…read morewhat to expect. Very kind and willing to answer any questions I had. He was able to schedule me in within a couple days. I love that they are mobile and come to your house! I highly recommend this company!!

I hope I reviewed Dustin's perfect fix of our pool gate kick plate and then the following year, the…read moregate lock strike plate. If not, he did a wonderful and beautiful job. Such a pro. Today I took Dustin the neck rod out of my sister's beloved stuffed giraffe. A child had hung on the giraff's neck and broken the joint. Dustin welded a sleeve onto the neck rod and it fit over the broken stub inside the neck as if it were made for it. Perfect fix again. Thanks, Dustin! p.s. I live in Santa Rosa and drove to Fairfield for this. That's how much I trust Dustin's work and ingenuity. Seriously, anything to do with metal, this guy knows his stuff.

They are great! Very responsive and detailed. They measure and do site fabrication once…read moregating/fencing is prepared. They have completed 3 successful projects for me related to iron gates and fencing.

Wonderful experience with Giovacchini Construction from start to finish. We purchased a home with a…read moregreat deal of termite and water damage within the crawlspace and subfloor. Jesus and the team were communicative, always on-time, clean, courteous, and knowledgable. They were also always open to me adding in a few more jobs while they were working on the house (thank you!). Would hire Giovacchini in the future for any construction needs. (Also shout out to Jenny!)

Our experience was excellent and exceptional working with GIOVACCHINI Construction on our Brace &…read moreBolt earthquake retrofit. They took care of every aspect of the project with outstanding communication, best pricing, efficient processing from estimate to obtaining permit, completion of work and final inspection. Nothing could have been better. Everyone at this company was competent, friendly, and easy to work with. Outstanding experience

everyone needs a Larry in their life! I'm recently widowed and he has fixed so many things in my…read morehouse. Hung my tv on a brink wall, re wired and installed 8 ceiling lights, installed a recirculating valve in my hot water heater, added grab bars in bathrooms, installed new locks in all my doors, replaced my screen doo and fixed the slider. i don't think there is anything he can't do and if there is he googles it and reads up about the project. always gets back to me and lets me k ow when he can start.

I asked Larry if he could build a bed frame that I bought online, he was able to fit me in his…read moreschedule on my next day off so it was convenient for me. I helped Larry assemble it, he has a very funny personality; I actually had fun working with him! I will for sure call him again if I ever need anything.

Had Mike come by for several projects around our house. He was prompt, an effective communicator,…read moreand did a great job across the board!

The timing was fortuitous; he was leaving a job not too far from my home and was able to be here in…read more15 minutes. He repaired a sticking sliding door and asked if there was anything else that needed to be repaired. A rattling kitchen vent fan that had been that way for too many years is now silent and venting perfectly, thanks to Mike. He's so good at what he does that I've already recommended him to friends, which says alot!

The team at Good Riddance Hauling was great…read more * It was very easy to schedule the drop off and pick up * They came exactly within the narrow 1 hour window they promised * They give clear instructions about what can (and cannot) go in the dumpster. *There were no hidden fees. Cleaning out a garage and shed and other storage areas is a big bore, but being able to confidently place it in a dumpster and know that it will magically disappear is "priceless". Supporting a local business that supports you with exactly what you need is always a pleasure, and that was the case with Good Riddance Hauling.

Simon and his entire team are not only extremely professional but ultimately have the best pricing…read moreanywhere. They work well on setting up times that fit into your schedule and always on time. Only hauling company I use for any of my needs and highly recommend to anyone needing any hauling services from the smallest to big jobs, Good riddance does the job!