From my first contact with him, Adam was professional and responsive. He made a site visit to the house, we reviewed the work I wanted to have done, we discussed the different ways it could be done, and he forwarded me his bid estimate to do the work shortly after he had been to the house. After reviewing his bid, and that of another person whom I had also asked to submit a bid, I decided to go with Adam. I made this decision because of Adam's manifest professionalism, and his overall manner both when he had been on-site and in our e-mail communication in follow-up to that site visit. Throughout this pre-work period he was courteous, consistent with his follow-through, and clear and direct in his communication. <br /> Once he was on-site to do the work, it became clear to both of us that there were aspects to the work which were not as straightforward as both of us had anticipated. We discussed these things openly, agreed an approach to addressing them, and Adam set about executing the work in a slightly different way than he had originally anticipated. He made point to keep me briefed every step of the way as he progressed with the work and was always happy and ready to discuss with me questions which occurred to me as the work went forward. He asked me to review the work as he went along, and to advise him if there was anything about it which I found unsatisfactory. There wasn't. He said often, and I believed him when he said it, that it was important to him that I be pleased with the quality of the work. <br /> I'm one of those people who don't really like having maintenance or contracting people in my home space. I always dread the thought of having my routine upended and disrupted to accommodate the needs of people who need to come in and do work inside the house that lasts more than an hour or two. Adam was in and out of the house consistently for a period of over three days, but he was the least intrusive and disruptive presence I could possibly imagine. It seemed important to him that as much as it were possible for it to be so, he would do his work and I could go about my own business with next to no inconvenience. I really welcomed this approach of his, and it is of a piece with the consideration he showed throughout all of my interaction with him. <br /> The two aggregate floor surfaces now look great, better even than I had allowed myself to hope they would look after the work had been done, and, too, as an additional bonus, I now have first-hand experience of someone solid I can call on when other things inevitably will need to be done around the house. Probably like many people on Angie's list, I have had some very unpleasant experiences with handymen and/or contractors in the past; my experience with Adam, and Ron Can Do It, was the exact opposite. <br />