Serving Aptos, CA and surrounding areas
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In business since 2006
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"The job of new front garage door facing and new side garage door was done with care efficiency.. we recommend."
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Serving Aptos, CA and surrounding areas
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In business since 2003
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"Our large deck was sorely neglected - no maintenance in at least 8 years - and I worried it was beyond help or would be cost-prohibitive to rehabilitate. Rupert and Michael breathed new life into it! Rupert (company principle) is very responsive, and he was able to give a quick informal estimate based on some photos and I texted. This made it very easy to start working together right away. Now the deck looks beautiful, and they were able to stain our wooden deck furniture to match. Great makeover for our deck and lovely folks to work with!"
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Serving Aptos, CA and surrounding areas
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In business since 2009
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"Josh is fantastic - incredibly professional, punctual and hard working. He is a prefectionist and makes sure you are completely satisfied before finishing a job. I love the text updates during the day with photos of the work in progress. You can’t go wrong with Josh - I can’t recommend more. He has done everything for us from building a hot tub enclosure, to deck and gate repairs, to door installation and drainage work. Hire Josh - you won’t be disappointed."
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Serving Aptos, CA and surrounding areas
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In business since 2023
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Customers say: True professional
"Mauricio did an excellent job of clearing my very dirty brick patio, front steps, paths and driveway. He was efficient and the result is amazing. The bricks on the patio were black with moss growing on them. Now they look like new."
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Serving Aptos, CA and surrounding areas
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In business since 1922
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"They did not come out to our place for estimate. They just told me to submit pictures on their website, and they emailed me the estimate."
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Serving Aptos, CA and surrounding areas
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In business since 1974
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"So happy to have worked with Doug Hannan for our deck & stairs rebuild. He does amazing work, pays attention to detail, does things the right way, and is an honest guy. I couldn?t recommend him more for any construction/carpentry/rebuild/remodel work. I?ll definitely call him the next time we need some work done."
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Serving Aptos, CA and surrounding areas
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In business since 2018
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"We just completed a 4 month renovation with Ryan and his team and are thrilled with the result. We ended up redoing 3 bathrooms, our kitchen, laundry room, garage, fireplace, and some of the exterior siding - it was a big job! The team and the subcontractors who worked on our house were all very respectful and knowledgeable. We were around the house often they would drop what they were doing to help us unload supplies or fix something we were having an issue with. Ryan himself is very transparent and easy to communicate with. Not all the news we got during our renovation was great (we found some unexpected water damage) but you can trust that Ryan will be honest with you and work on options to get you back on track."
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Serving Aptos, CA and surrounding areas
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In business since 2006
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Customers say: True professional
"Jose and his crew did a great job on our new elevated porch. Job was done quickly and well"
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Serving Aptos, CA and surrounding areas
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In business since 2006
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Warranties offered
"Timely, tidy, willing to cooperate, happy with the result. Very happy!"
Serving Aptos, CA and surrounding areas
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In business since 2010
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Small jobs welcome
"Jonathan was great. Installed a pocket door for me. Would use him again."
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