Serving Vernon Hills, IL and surrounding areas
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Super Service Award Winner
In business since 2016
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Emergency services offered
"JK rebuilt my patio which had a complicated design. They handled it beautifully in a very timely manner!"
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Serving Vernon Hills, IL and surrounding areas
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In business since 2001
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Warranties offered
"True professional craftsman. Honest, trustworthy and flexible scheduler. Rebuilt main home staircase. Confronted surprise issues with his years of experience and skills. Impressive mobile carpentry shop. Please feel free to use us as a reference."
Serving Vernon Hills, IL and surrounding areas
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In business since 2015
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Warranties offered
"Jeremy was excellent throughout the entire process, from our initial design meeting through completion of the job. After our basement remodel was finished, I hired Jeremy again to build a deck for our home. Again, excellent job and done in a quick and timely manner. I d hire Jeremy for any home improvement projects, excellent work."
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Serving Vernon Hills, IL and surrounding areas
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In business since 1997
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Customers say: True professional
"We love our new master bath. Greg had great design ideas and went shopping with us to get the fixtures and tile for reasonable prices. Wojchech is very skilled and pleasant. The job was completed in the length of time Greg quoted. I would highly recommend them."
Serving Vernon Hills, IL and surrounding areas
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In business since 2000
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Small jobs welcome
"They were great, especially working with my indecision on plants. I have gotten many compliments on my new garden! Very hard workers."
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Serving Vernon Hills, IL and surrounding areas
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In business since 2019
Free estimates
Offers commercial services
"I am very happy with their work. I would hire them again."
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Serving Vernon Hills, IL and surrounding areas
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In business since 1999
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Emergency services offered
"They are my regular guys. I got them off Angie's List and they are great. It's an ongoing contract and they come bi weekly in the summer. They are not great at returning phone calls, but they do everything you ask. It always gets done. I would tell people to use them. Don't expect a lot of phone calls. What sticks out to me is that it's gardening, so basically everything looks neat, clean, they don't trample on things, it's just attention to detail. They could return phone calls better. They also provide a snow service and I asked them about it and I had some questions because I was interested, but they never got back to me to answer my questions, so I never used their snow service. Once you set them up, they do a wonderful job."
Serving Vernon Hills, IL and surrounding areas
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In business since 1987
Free estimates
Offers commercial services
"David Bus is very professional and did a fine job designing and documenting our project."
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Serving Vernon Hills, IL and surrounding areas
Approved
Super Service Award Winner
In business since 1974
Free estimates
Warranties offered
"Fantastic customer service and creativity in design"
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Serving Vernon Hills, IL and surrounding areas
Approved
In business since 2016
Free estimates
Warranties offered
"They listen to everything you are looking for and makes sure he does a great design for your project. They do great work."
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