S & R General Construction

Rafael, Surley and their team were an absolute pleasure to work with - hands down the only contractors we will ever work with. They were punctual every single day, to include on Thanksgiving, and worked throughout the day to ensure they stayed on track. They were professional and incredibly respectful of our home - cleaning and dusting daily. The quality of their work and attention to detail was exceptional. We couldn’t have been more pleased with the way in which they worked and the finished product.

Rafael's team was always excellent, professional, reasonable pricing, and always work done is followed up as needed until we are completely satisfied about all details. Rafael always provides excellent advice on how to do jobs well and less expensively. No surprises and very easy to work with.

Always excellent, professional, reasonable pricing, and always work done is followed up as needed until we are completely satisfied about all details. Provides excellent advice on how to do jobs less expensively. No surprises.

My wife and I are expecting and wanted to redo our bathroom and expanded it's size ahead of her due date. We reached out to three different general contractors, S&R being one of them. S&R emailed us a proposal within 3 days while the second contractor took a week and the third contractor submitted their bid three weeks later and construction was already underway with S&R. S&R was the most reasonable bid with one of the three bids being way out of the ballpark. We were very impressed with how well they protected our house and our belongings and they were very concerned about containing dust especially due to my wife being pregnant at the time. I'm sure that the project would have been completed in the original time frame had we not requested so many change orders, which they handled with ease. Even with all the change orders, the project was completed in a very reasonable amount of time. The final project is absolutely stunning. I have recommended them to both friends and family and all have been happy. We plan on using them in the future when we're ready to redo our kitchen.

They had good recommendations on colors and design elements and everything turned out nice and well built. Prompt, efficient, cleaned up well after work was done each day. I would highly recommend them for home renovations, painting, and other general home construction.

Surley delivered a high quality product on time, was meeting my schedule. He made suggestions that significantly reduced the cost of the job. The finished product was exactly what I wanted. The installation team was equally efficient and professional.

Surley is a perfectionist, he does outstanding work and is very professional. We are always delighted with all of his work. We trust Surley implicitly and know we are always getting top notch and talented work done.

It was great! S & R General Construction came on time and were very responsive. One of the owners, Rafael, worked with me and helped with design ideas including tile choices. I would use them again!

Rafael Gamez, the general contractor, is absolutely first-rate. Personable, reliable, reasonable, professional regarding all types of home remodeling, repair, roofing, and interior and exterior painting for our small 100+ yr. old Georgetown house.  <br /> Rafael formerly operated under the name of his brother, Omar Construction (also rated separately in 2012). <br /> His team is extremely professional and timely. They show up promptly, even work nights and weekends to finish jobs on time. <br /> Overall our new kitchen, using IKEA cabinets, required extensive demo work and careful refitting, customization of cabinets, crown molding, trim, etc.  It's a masterpiece, admired by family, friends, neighbors. <br /> And it was done for MUCH less than IKEA's own installers quoted for the job. <br /> Subsequently, facing slow leaking, seepage in walls at exterior rear corner of house--from basement to roof--we had Rafael repair and resurface our roof, repoint all exterior brick work where leaking was observed, waterproof and repaint entire house and front trim. When this work failed to stop water seepage, Rafael removed interior plaster, repaired and repointed interior brick walls where seepage was still observed, plastered with waterproof cements, replastered and repainted interior walls.  He was tireless and meticulous in following up to measure moisture content of walls and ensure all seepage was stopped--ultimately solving a problem that had plagued previous owners of the house for decades and which no other contractor had been able to solve. <br /> We also had Rafael's team install attic access folding stairway and insulate and install flooring in our attic crawl space. <br /> His team also built custom cabinets to match our IKEA kitchen for our washer dryer, a job that, due to age and tight spaces of our old house, proved more difficult than planned.  Rafael had his craftsmen return several times to get the job done right, tireless until we were completely satisfied with the result. Regardless of extra time required, he honored his original price. <br /> All jobs, plus other odds and ends, were done extremely well and at reasonable prices over a period of several years. He has good men who he treats well and who like working for him. They always seal off working areas and clean up after every day's work and at the end of any job.  His sister also provides total housecleaning services when required after particularly dirty or dusty jobs. <br /> He has done major total home remodeling, completely gutting interiors, building additions, etc., for other clients in Washington, DC and suburban Virginia and Maryland. <br />