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"We contracted Do-Moore Home Improvements to completely rebuild a balcony that runs the entire width of our second story. The original structure, including the joists, had to be replaced. Kramer discussed the details with us thoroughly and paid close attention to what we wanted. He's a craftsman, and his work is excellent. He also left the jobsite very clean and free of debris. The new balcony is gorgeous! Kramer gave us a very reasonable price, and he was efficient, expert, and overall a pleasure to have working at our house. We'll be calling him for all our home renovations from now on!"

"We bought a roof maintainence package on Angie's list from Roofing USA. We were in the process of selling our house and the inspector had found some roof shingles that needed replacing and places that needed resealing in order for us to pass inspection. We needed to have this done immediately and Roofing USA was very responsive! They came and looked at the roof and we're back the next morning to complete everything on the inspector's list. The repairs cost more than the maintainence package because of the size of the roof and the extra things on the list, but it was well worth it and just all part of selling the house. ?
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"Philip and his son were prompt and did a great job. Thank You. I would recommend them for jobs on doors, etc."

"Wonderful, Ron came out an gave me a quote. Due to plans we had to put it off for a couple weeks. When the agreed date to replace the fence Ron called and started the next day, finished the second day Beautiful job. Very professional. I highly reccomend All Fence Company, Ron Rescino . He also Iron work. my next project for him!"

"People have actually asked me where I got the slate!  Both the driveway and the backyard look brilliant.  They showed up when they said they would, did the job in a timely manner and were incredibly professional.  From now on whenever I have any jobs in my house that need concrete I will not hesitate to contact them.
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I?ve been a homeowner in Santa Fe for over twenty years, and have hired a number of different painting contractors to work on my home.  Unfortunately, my experience with these painters has been disappointing and when I decided to have the exterior of my house painted this spring, I turned to Angie?s List to see what other companies were working in the area.  Number one among the painters listed was Paint the Town, with fifteen outstanding reviews and nary a negative comment.  I hired Paint the Town for my job, but my experience was so different from that of all these other reviewers I felt compelled to write this critique.

Paint the Town is a husband and wife team; they have no other employees.  They are very pleasant people but they are the least professional painters I have ever had the misfortune to hire.  I probably should have known better than to hire them when I found out they did not carry any insurance because no responsible contractor works without insurance.  Their failure to provide a written contract was another red flag.  It?s important to have the scope of the work clearly stated, as I learned as the project progressed.  No insurance, no real contract, everything they did was half-a****.

The bulk of the work in the painting of the exterior of my house is in painting over twenty french doors.  Many of the doors had some cracking in the wood which required filling with putty.  Paint the Town applied filler to the cracks but only did a cursory job of sanding the putty, leaving a raised, uneven surface.  I ended up sanding the filler, adding more filler, and then doing a final sanding before I considered the job completed and the surface ready for painting.  Yes, I was doing this myself, because Paint the Town thought their half-a**** job was adequate.  A proper contract could have clarified what constituted a properly prepared surface for painting.

Their failure to properly prep the doors simply shows low standards of workmanship.  Some of their other failures demonstrate a sheer lack of professionalism.  I had to tell them that they needed to open the doors to paint the entire surface of the door, they had done much of the work with the doors closed.  When an exterior door is closed, the edge of the door is covered by weather stripping.  You have to open the door to paint the exterior surface.  Again, they were doing a half-a**** job.  They did not wash and wipe down the surfaces of the doors and windows before painting, which left debris in the painted surface.  They did not seem to have any drop cloths.  How can you work as a professional painter without drop cloths?  As a result, there were (and still are) excessive amounts of paint dripped and spilled on my tile and flagstone.  Finally, I have to mention the doors they painted that were left with the bumpiest, most irregular surface I have ever seen in a paint job.  I think they must have been painted with a roller that had dried paint on it.  The craziest thing is, they were ok with it like that.  I had to insist that the doors be sanded and a fresh coat of paint applied.

Other problems included painting my double-hung windows so the windows were stuck open.  This was done on a Friday and they came back the following Tuesday.  There was a storm on that Friday night, and I had to go out in the rain with a putty knife to break the paint bead between the window and the frame so I could close the windows.  Similarly, the weatherstripping around the doors were painted into the door frames (I had told them I was replacing the weatherstripping, so they didn't have to mask it), and when I removed the weatherstripping in certain areas some paint pulled off the frame.  I had to insist that they touch up the places where bare wood had been exposed, and when I did they became belligerent. 

There's more, but I think I've written enough for now.  I want to point out that I actually hired these people for my job because of the great reviews on Angie?s List, even though they hadn't come in with the lowest bid.  They weren?t even the lowest bid, but I still hired them.  That's why I felt compelled to write this review, to add another perspective on the job performance of Paint the Town.  Caveat emptor.

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"I contracted Just Stucco to re-stucco my entire house after getting quotes from 4 places. It wasn't cheap, but the quotes from different companies were all in the same ballpark. This is the post-COVID reality. The owner/supervisor was very confident of his price and his company's craft -- there was no pressure sales tactics or mind games at all, which gave me confidence. Indeed, the work went exactly the way he described it would go, with no delay or any cause for anxiety on my part. Halfway through I asked him to also repaint my garage door and water drainage; they gave me a reasonable price for that, and the foreman even painted faded areas I didn't have time to ask him to do. Overall I was very satisfied. One always have to wait a bit to see how the new stucco withstand the New Mexico weather, but I don't anticipate problems. I strongly recommend "Just Stucco & Windows.""

"This was such a strange and frustrating experience. During the estimate, the team mentioned that they provided other services beyond roof/deck repair, and because they seemed so thorough about the original estimate, I showed them two other projects that we were ready to start work on. The team seemed genuinely interested and promised to get us a quote quickly. Quickly turned into a couple of weeks. We were frustrated but waited. When it finally came, we felt it was fairly priced but had some questions that I outlined in an email and asked for a call to discuss. No answer. I called and emailed several times and got radio silence. The gentlemen who put the quote together did call once and said he was handing it over to Dave the owner to hash it out, and that someone would call me. As a last resort, I called Heavon, (one of the other owners) who said she was driving and would call me back, and then never called me back. Note: We did not hire this team, but they did set us back about 3 weeks because they just never contacted us after the 2nd estimate. After 3 weeks we had to start with estimates all over again since we had already told the other companies that we had found someone to do the work."

"Carlos and his team did great work at a fair price. We know have a beautiful deck to enjoy for many years."

"Mr. Velarde is a true craftsman. He knows old buildings and how to fix them. I feel I can trust him in my home alone. I have hired him to do other projects and advanced him funds for materials. The only negative I have with Mr. Velarde is his being on a time schedule. If you are a "New York" type Mr. Velarde may not be the best match. But if you want a job done right I would recommend Mr. Velarde."