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"For the 20 years we have been in our house, we used The Kitchen Master for our kitchen, our master bathroom, our hall bathroom and the best **** mud room you will ever see. Jennifer is an extraordinary designer and Ted is a perfectionist who will make sure his team delivers top notch work. For our first project, the kitchen, we ordered the cabinets through The Kitchen Master but had our own contractor install them. Big mistake! A few years later when Ted came to the house for the next project, he was so disappointed with how my contractor hung the kitchen cabinets that he fixed them for me. I’ve never used anyone else since. We haven’t had a major project in about 5 years but when I decided to sell my house, I needed a few things fixed to make everything look great. Some water damage below the sink had warped that cabinet, a toe kick was beyond a simple touch-up, and then I broke a glass pane in one of the kitchen cabinets 2 weeks before showings were to start. Ted and his team hopped right on it when I called. They didn’t have to do that. My work wasn’t going to be a big money maker and I’m moving out of state so there isn’t the promise of a lot of work in my next house. But none of that mattered. Ted and his team made me feel like they always make me feel - like my project was the most important one in the world."

"The auto transport service provided by United Freight of America is an A+++ organization! I reserved the covered auto transport truck and boy, is that truck fancy! It has lifts that raise and lower to load your vehicle inside, to keep it clear from the elements. I needed them to transport my deceased brother's vehicle to me in Texas- that car is my heart now as my brother cherished it so! I needed a quality company- one that I could trust and most of all, rely on to get the vehicle to me in pristine condition. They did just that! And, I don't want to forget the Driver as well as he could not have been more professional. I HIGHLY recommend this auto transport company. I don't know that I have seen a classier auto transport company. Call them :-)"

"I received an elevator kit and assembled it myself. The instructions were OUTSTANDING! Clear, concise, comprehensive. Hired someone to cut the hole in the garage attic floor and installed it myself."

"Design Your Basement is an amazing service that's helping us finish our basement, so that our family can enjoy our entire house. The design process was fast and seamless. The team at Design Your Basement provides great customer service and helped us identify design opportunities that we never would have thought to include.Not long after contacting Design Your Basement, the professionals were there to measure our basement. In no time at all, they had design ready for our review, which was based on our feedback. We enjoyed our design presentation meeting and it was easy to make the changes we wanted from the initial draft design.In addition, the 3D walk-through made it easy to envision how the basement will look before anything was done. Contractors from Design Your Basement are now helping us with framing and consulting with us on DIY portions of the project. We strongly recommend Design Your Basement."

".They showed when they said they would and cleaned everything up.  It looks good.  I think they provide their customers with thicker/stronger boards to sit on while in the shelter.  I also think the shelters should come at least 5.5 to 6 feet tall.  Most families have at least one family member or friend that is over 5 feet tall.  If we have to stay in it for a hour to several hours, we need to be able to stand up.  They were careful with the equipment and quick.  I recommend you look for any cracks in your garage around where they will be installing the shelter and driveway, so if you see any cracks once they are finished you can have them fix it.  I also recommend that you tell your neighbors that you will be having a shelter installed and ask if they can move their vehicles out of the street.  Ground Zero has a very long trailer they pull their equipment on and they need room to turn around on/in the street.
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"Stephen was right on it when I called. Due to storm damage, he did a preliminary lookaround to determine whether I needed a tarp on a temporary basis. He was very patient in helping me appeal and win my insurance company's original assessment. Stephen's bid was considerably less than another bid I had done. He was quick to schedule a work date. His crew got the job done in one long day. They were all polite, didn't leave a mess and the roof looks great."

"After receiving bids from 4 vendors, we went with Griffitts Construction because (a) they promised completion by end of October, and (b) we were very happy with their previous work to replace several windows.

 Turns out that Griffitts subcontracts its roofs, and while the end product looks OK, it was not a good experience.  Griffitts itself is wonderful to work with, and was very good about sending both subcontractors back to fix the problems and complete the work. However, this project dragged on forever.  I have never had a relatively basic project have so many problems.  I signed the contract on October 5th and it included a statement that the work would be done in October.  Well, the project did not get started until the last week of October and all the beautiful weather in October was over.  The rains started.  The roof and gutters did not get completed until the 3rd week in November, and I am amazed I did not have a stroke from being so upset about all the problems. 

A few of the events in no particular order:
-My wife got a flat from backing over debris left in our drive
-The subcontractor roofers ripped up the front yard when they apparently backed a vehicle up close to the house when the ground was wet and got stuck.
-The roofers dropped debris from an upper roof to my porch roof, which was not being re-roofed, damaging that roof while shoveling off the debris that had been dropped upon it.
-The roofers filled the porch roof gutters with nails and debris and did not clean them out.
-The roofers installed ridge vents without cutting the ridge, requiring them to come back on a weekend to take off the ridge vent, cut the roof, and re-install the ridge vent.
-When confronted with the above, rather than being apologetic, the subcontractor was belligerent and complained about lost time.
-When installing step flashing along a second story outside wall (rake), the roofer splintered and broke the existing siding at the bottom and left it that way rather than making a clean cut with a circular saw.  He said nothing to me about it, and I discovered it later, doing the best I could to re-stain the broken edges. 
-The roofer tore the old roof off before a weekend rainstorm and we had two leaks that needed repair.
-The subcontractor gutter installer installed every downspout (10 of them) incorrectly, so that the downspouts dumped water on the ground instead of tying the downspouts into the existing ground tiles (that the old gutters had been tied into). This is after I asked for them to call if any questions arose.  The gutter subcontractor was at least cordial, and eventually tied the gutters into the ground tiles.

In sum,,the folks at Griffitts  responded to each of my complaints, but the problems that arose should not have occurred at all.  If they were to use a different subcontractor, or do the work in-house, I would use them again simply because I had such a good experience the first time for windows. "

"I would like to update my review, after the experience I had with Trim a Seal I received a call from Zac. he was very helpful when I explained the situation and worked with me for the next couple of weeks to come into a conclusion that was satisfactory for both of us. Now I declined the service but they made sure I was fully refunded and he gave me his guarantee that when I choose to have the work done(I will call three people for a quote and told him after my experience with him I will choose Trim a Seal for a quote in the future) He assured me that he will work personally with me to make sure I am fully satisfied and I appreciate all that he did to assist me with this situation so I will be calling them again when I want another quote."