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Avatar for Premier Painting
Premier Painting
4.2(
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Serving Harlan, IA and surrounding areas

In business since 2008

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

"Beau did a fantastic job on my stucco — he did some repair work and painting. It looks brand new, and several neighbors have commented on how great it looks. I would definitely use him for any painting needs in the future, and will be recommmending him to others."
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Recommended by95%of homeowners
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Marathon Services Inc
4.3(
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Serving Harlan, IA and surrounding areas

In business since 1997

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

"The owner, Paul Stoural, was wonderful about communicating with me through phone calls and text messages.   Without him fighting USAA for our new roof for almost 2 years we would not have the roof today!   We had 2 roof estimators come out from USAA and both claimed no recent hail damage even though we had pictures of the hail .  Then Paul Stoural asked USAA for a civil engineer to come out and look at roof.     USAA said civil engineer said no need for roof.  Then Mr. Stoural said we might consider talking to retention department at USAA since we have been with them over 20 years.   My husband did that and within the week USAA had approved the new roof.   We had given USAA pictures of the golf ball size hail and they didn't care. The owner of Marathon, Paul Stoural,  has been in business for over 17 years in Bellevue. His workers all did a good job of sweeping up at the end of the day since I was concerned with nails getting in my car tires. A great roofing company and wonderful people to work with. The vinyl siding looks great too!"
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+4

Recommended by96%of homeowners
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MWC Construction
4.1(
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Serving Harlan, IA and surrounding areas

In business since 2005

Free estimates

Credit card accepted

"Everything went great. The job was affordable and finished quickly. The 2 man crew were clean, courteous, and did a great job. I will definitely be using MWC for future concrete work."
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Recommended by93%of homeowners
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Re-Bath of the Heartland
4.3(
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Serving Harlan, IA and surrounding areas

In business since 1979

Free estimates

Credit card accepted

"Got a quote from the company. So far contact has been great staying within there promise schedule. Starting next week very excited! I will give an update.. if your tired of contractors being to busy to contact you back or even after they have given you a quote but too busy to call back call rebath. They have a business that is organized."
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Recommended by94%of homeowners
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Top Notch Renovations Facebook
4.6(
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Serving Harlan, IA and surrounding areas

In business since 2014

Free estimates

Offers commercial services

"Amazing customer service and work! They remodeled my house from the floors to the roof. It was done in a timely manner and took less time then was estimated and just overall completely amazing I highly recommend using this company!"
Response time3 hrs
Response rate100%
Recommended by100%of homeowners
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One Stop Shop
5.0(
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Serving Harlan, IA and surrounding areas

In business since 2007

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

"My experience with One Stop Shop was impeccable. Fred was very professional, knew what he was doing, and was quick. Will be going through them for pest control in the future again."
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Recommended by100%of homeowners
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Jill Seidner Interior Design
3.5(
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Serving Harlan, IA and surrounding areas

In business since 2006

Credit card accepted

"They did a good job. She had to submit like a photo but my daughter had them work on the central are of the loft. The deal was for one room. She got a lot of good ideal from her and it was worth it for her. They were professional and I did not hear anything negative."
Recommended by55%of homeowners
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