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"Chris did an excellent job on a number of different tasks requiring an electrician's expertise; from installing new exterior lights to repairing faulty switches and replacing duplex outlets."

"The salesman missed the first appointment scheduled for 10:00 April 23 - received call from officie at 9:10 He had emergency.scheduled next appointment for April 28 at 10:00 and salesman showed  20 minutes late. He got stuck in traffic.
Salesman was very honest about the deal I had purchased the 6 landscaping lights for $649. I could take the deal but I would be calling again to add additional lights. His ideas were right on and what type of lights and where to put them. The job was scheduled for May 6 and it would take 2 days. They called to say they could come out earlier and they did and installed all of the lights in a day and a half. The lights look great and one of the lights went out just a few weeks ago and I called and they were out the next day. There is a 5 year warranty on the lights.
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"Contractor arrived earlier than scheduled and got straight to work.  Unfortunately the problem with the light involved more complex electrical work than I had thought so it was not fixed.  However, he did fix the problem I was having with the faulty lighting in the ceiling fans from my original request - I was using the wrong light-bulbs.  Go figure!
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"I've been doing this job myself every 4-5 years, but it's a ton of work. This time I wanted to hire it out and switch products to something more durable than the oil stain I've been using. The house has been well-maintained, but was due. Marshall Painter is old school, and very experienced. He's been a log home builder for many years and knows his stuff. He came out very quickly to look at the job, gave me a quote on the spot and said he could start within a week or so. We talked about products, and he recommended one he'd been using for years with good results. A second company I called didn't bother to come out and look at the house, they simply had me send pictures, then quoted an obscenely high price - 3x what Marshall was asking. They were going to treat the house very aggressively, with a heavy power wash, followed by sanding the entire house. They even had a line item on the quote charging for travel time, and warned that if my well wasn't up to keeping their power washers busy I would have to pay for a water truck at $600 or more per day. To add insult to injury they warned me it could be as much as three weeks before they got time to quote the job, and 3-4 months before they could start work. In contrast, Marshall is a fan of being as gentle as possible when cleaning a log house. He's got products and processes that work for him and takes a cautious approach. I realized that some heavier stripping might be necessary on some of the less-weathered sides of the house, and it was. I introduced Marshall to a stripper that I had used before with great results, and we negotiated an increase in price for the extra effort to strip three sides of the house. I'm a handy guy, and having done it several times I know what it takes to do this job. I'm very picky, and tend to over-think things sometimes. On top of that I'm used to doing things myself, not hiring contractors. This all probably makes me a bit of a challenge for contractors. I ask a lot of questions, I agonize over decisions, and I want to understand the details. I make a decent living, but $8000 is a lot of money to me, and I wanted to spend it wisely. Marshall was patient with all my questions, and made a consistent effort to make sure I understood every step of the process, why they did it the way they did, and the range of possible outcomes. I wouldn't call Marshall old, but he's not a young man. He didn't do any of the work personally, though he has done it all in his younger days. He was on site every day, usually several times, to ensure his subs were paying attention to the details and make sure they had the materials they needed. He's not picking guys up off the corner either - he's worked with the same subs for many years, and they clearly work well together and respect each other. Marshall has high standards and his subs clearly do too - they obviously take pride in their work. They were very careful to mask off the large surfaces and even the little details like the doorbell and the outdoor faucets. The crew who applied the first coat of stain left quite a bit of trash and debris around the site when they left, which was disappointing. But when Marshall showed up the next morning, the first words out of his mouth were an apology. He said he was disappointed because they knew he expected better, and he would have a word with them. And before knocking on the door he'd already made a trip around the house picking up trash. He couldn't have handled it better. I'm very pleased with the end result, and the whole experience I will definitely hire GALH again. I have some interior painting that needs to be done, and they do that too. Not to mention decks and just about anything else you can imagine. Great American Log Homes doesn't have a fancy web site, a secretary, or a marketing department. What they do have is an owner who is detail-oriented, experienced, and truly cares about delivering a quality job and making his customers happy, and surrounds himself with like-minded people to ensure that it happens."

"He was not able to fix the light fixture, but he took it down so that I could take it to a lamp shop.  He changed the outlet, which didn't need to be fixed necessarily and placed the boxes in upside dow.  The dimming controls works opposite. When the light increases, the dim switch slides down instead of up. Simple things, that could have been done the correct way.
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Irby Electrical Solutions, LLC is committed to excellence in every aspect of our business. We uphold a standard of integrity bound by fairness, honesty, and personal responsibility. Our distinction is the quality of service we bring to our customers. Accurate knowledge of our trade combined with ability is what makes us true professionals. Above all, we are watchful of the interests of our customers and make their concerns the basis of our business.\n

"They showed up towards the end of the time window.  They were quick and did everything I needed them to.  They gave me a couple of recommendations for work that could be done to perfect my electrical system with a quoted price but they did not pressure me to have it done.
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"These folks were great. They made some recommendations to improve things like my lighting design which really worked out great. They completed the project early and did superior work. I would hire them again in a New York minute."

"We had always imagined building a screened porch off the south side of our house  for when the mosquitoes get bad in Arlington - basically after about June 1 - and last fall my wife saw an ad for a free estimate, so we invited Deckorators over to give us the pitch. Jon Parsons came over and sketched out how it would look and gave us what we thought was a pretty reasonable price based on the fact that they wanted to get better established in Arlington and to keep the flow of work going through a slow part of the season.
The project started slowly. The initial planning took place in October with the understanding that they would commence work in November. The DC area weather wasn't having any of it, however, and they got very backed up into the holidays. Communication might have been a little better about what the plan was, but we weren't really losing any time on our new porch between Thanksgiving and the end of the year. So we were good to sit tight.
Two carpenters showed up in mid-January and started digging the footings for the porch.  The project took about 7 weeks, but as anyone living around here knows, this was not a great winter to be working outside and they lost a bunch of days to rain, slow, sleet, freezing rain, and just plain brutal cold. 
The carpenter in charge of the project was very talented.  I've done enough building to know when someone is making sure they get it right. Ronald was that guy. They were efficient but not hurried and put in days as long as the weather would permit. They appeared to be assigned solely to our project.  Even the Arlington building inspector complimented their work.
We are kind of ecstatic about both the porch and deck.  I'm sitting out here as I write this. We got an excellent product at a value price. We're talking about the next project and how we generate the cash for it. Based on this experience, we would be very excited to deal with Jon and his crew again.

UPDATE: Alas, it was a little too good to be true. They left something unresolved that is as much annoying as anything else. In order to get the deck in, they had to move the outdoor faucet around the corner of the house. I discussed with the crew chief, and he said they would put a trap door in the flooring to allow access. Well, either they forgot about it entirely or blew it off. There is a faucet there but I cannot get to it, so we have no outdoor water. I brought it to Jon Parsons's attention just about the time I was writing this review and he said he would "get right on it" and would perhaps extend the faucet to the edge of the porch. I should have held the review until it was done because once the review ran, Jon lost all interest in resolving the issue. I contacted him by email twice more with no resulting action. The fact that I'm about to pay for this myself just p***** me off because it was something on which we had a clear verbal agreement. That Deckorators decided was no longer important to them once they got their positive review speaks badly for their character and integrity."