BRIK-ART

Very well. Craig was busy but kept in touch regularly to let me know when he and his team would be available. Job was completed in one day to our satisfaction. Looks great! Craig checked in on the day of work and after it was complete to make sure it was done well.

I probably wouldn't recommend them. They did an adequate job as I was on them the whole time. The job turned out fine, it was a lot of trouble throughout the thing. For someone else, they may do a good job. It was laborious because they were unorganized. It turned out fine. I know a lot about construction, so I was able to help throughout. The project ended up okay. There were some problems at the end, but we let it go.

That guy was very talented. I ended up not going with him. He was very nice. His bid was very reasonable. I ended up using another provider. No charge for the estimate. I ended up going with a different stone. Different, and collaborating with someone else. It worked out better.

I had great experience with them. They were great.

EXCELLENT! After two contractor turn-downs (too busy to take our work), one way-over-priced quote, and two proposal no-shows, we were DELIGHTED with the responsiveness of Brik-Art's owner/president, Craig Beardsley, AND with his proposal for our job! My husband & I LOVED working with Craig & his entire crew, especially the crew supervisor, Charlie. With a job this size and varied, it was inevitable that clarifications & changes would be necessary along the way, and things went well every time. We really came to appreciate Craig's & Charlie's experience & expertise, as both made EXCELLENT suggestions to help us realize our vision for the project (including paver style selection), and the results drew compliments from both neighbors and passers-by! Hiccups were few and were handled efficiently. The crew arrived punctually every morning and immediately set to work - and worked hard all day. Charlie integrated the masonry work with my husband installing a drip system in the new planters, and with our wrought iron contractor for installation of a new driveway gate and front & back porch hand railings. Craig either came by the site or called almost every day. They were all pleasant, friendly & respectful, and cleaned up after each day's work. We were SO pleased with Brik-Art's work that another project soon took shape shortly thereafter - in fact, the Brik-Art crew is now working with us on another wall/fence replacement and planter for the back yard! I should mention that we believe we're "partners" with our contractors, and owe them our respect & attention as the job progresses - and that this is critical to the overall success of the job. At least one of us is always on site to answer questions or clarify details/instructions. We're a retired aerospace engineer & aerospace subcontract manager, and carefully wrote up our "job spec" - and STILL had much to re-consider & clarify as we went along. We appreciate the crew's labor in the hot S. Cal. sun, and provided a cooler full of cold drinks, and a shady place for the crew to have lunch.

EXCELLENT! After two contractor turn-downs (too busy to take our work), one way-over-priced quote, and two proposal no-shows, we were DELIGHTED with the responsiveness of Brik-Art's owner/president, Craig Beardsley, AND with his proposal for our job! My husband & I LOVED working with Craig & his entire crew, especially the crew supervisor, Charlie. With a job this size and varied, it was inevitable that clarifications & changes would be necessary along the way, and things went well every time. We really came to appreciate Craig's & Charlie's experience & expertise, as both made EXCELLENT suggestions to help us realize our vision for the project (including paver style selection), and the results drew compliments from both neighbors and passers-by! Hiccups were few and were handled efficiently. The crew arrived punctually every morning and immediately set to work - and worked hard all day. Charlie integrated the masonry work with my husband installing a drip system in the new planters, and with our wrought iron contractor for installation of a new driveway gate and front & back porch hand railings. Craig either came by the site or called almost every day. They were all pleasant, friendly & respectful, and cleaned up after each day's work. We were SO pleased with Brik-Art's work that another project soon took shape shortly thereafter - in fact, the Brik-Art crew is now working with us on another wall/fence replacement and planter for the back yard! I should mention that we believe we're "partners" with our contractors, and owe them our respect & attention as the job progresses - and that this is critical to the overall success of the job. At least one of us is always on site to answer questions or clarify details/instructions. We're a retired aerospace engineer & aerospace subcontract manager, and carefully wrote up our "job spec" - and STILL had much to re-consider & clarify as we went along. We appreciate the crew's labor in the hot S. Cal. sun, and provided a cooler full of cold drinks, and a shady place for the crew to have lunch.

The front stoop (right in front of the door) on my front porch had sunk so that, when it rained, water pooled right in front of the door. Craig's crew demolished the old stoop, bought used bricks that matched the ones on the porch, rebuilt the stoop and cleaned up everything perfectly---all in one day. It looks better than new!

Everything went smoothly, from the creation of a great design to installation and clean up. The entire team was a delight to work with and everything was completed on time.

My experience with Craig Beardsley (Brik~Art) and his crew was a positive experience from beginning to end. Craig was very knowledgable and creative in helping me to use what I had to work with. He was able to transform our existing 1950's block retaining walls from unsightly to "like new." He also repaired the house exterior stucco imperfections before we had the house re-painted. I was very pleased with the outcome. Craig was very detailed in all aspects of our project and kept communication open throughout the job. His crew was prompt and timely in completing the job. I would definitely recommend Brik-Art and use them for future projects!

this was the second job we had Craig and his team do. After a great deal of thought, my husband and I decided to replace an existing brick wall that was not done properly with another brick wall (as opposed to wood or some other material) . We are glad we did. the wall was done right with the required footing (the old wall was not) and joined into the section of existing wall . the price was reasonable and the work completed in good time. It looks great and will be there for many years to come.

I hired Craig two times on my home build. He was kind and courteous. He was willing to work within my budget. His guys were very nice and respectful. The end result was exactly what I wanted. I will hire him again.

Excellent. Craig and his team are very knowledable, honest, skilled, reliable, reasonable pricing, and a delight to work with. This is the 3rd job Brik Art have done for me. They also repaired a brick wall (that another Angies List contractor caused to collapse), and they rebuilt an outer brick wall of my home before that. I would definitely hire them again, and I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending them 100%!

While prepping our home for sale, we desperately needed to improve the "curb appeal". The front facade of our traditional home is made of brick ,so a brick walkway made perfect sense. However, seeing that this was going to be the focal point of the home and knowing that project needed a true artist to match the old brick to the new, we had to be very careful to hire the right people that shared our vision. I used Angie's List to weed out the rookies and was left with 3 companies. All 3 came to the house with bids but only one showed up with ideas... Thank you Brik-Art ! ! ! Craig and his team worked hard to create an 80 foot walkway that meandered beautifully through our front yard. Even better , they took the time to match the color of the new and old brick - not an easy task. I encourage you (the reader) to take a look at the house (514 Monte Vista Rd, Arcadia) for your self. Bonus = Craig and his team were on time and on budget.... one less thing to worry about when you have 6 or 7 other projects going while trying to sell your home. Can not thank you guys enough!

The front of the house was bricked up. Due to termites some of the siding had to be taken off. That left about 3 feet of stucco that needed to be taken care of. I needed to decide if I wanted to do the rest of the siding with brick. He said he could do the brick as well as fax art work. He came with the contract and had the picture with the fax art work. When he came with contract and had pictures of his fax art work. I saw a picture of his work and said that wasn?t what I wanted. I showed him the picture one more time and he said that he had it already and knew how to do it. He sent his men over to finish placing brick work. The next day he brought the materials to do the work. He was teaching he helpers how to do the work. I went inside for a little while came back out and the helpers were working on the art work. Craig turned to me and told me that I needed to keep an eye on them to make sure they are doing what I wanted. I went back inside for a while longer and then came back out and they were all working on something different and it looks horrible. I called the company and they responded to me that they are masons not artists. I then called Craig and he said that he knows how to do it. I asked him for addresses of his work he wouldn?t provide any but would send me a board to show me that he could do it. Once I got the example and it was a picture of the fireplace he initially showed me that I told him that I didn?t want it the first place. I was finally able to find someone that can do the work for me and the new guy told me that he thought I did it and made the possess worse.

Craig is very easy to work with, gave us lots of choices as to how to proceed and estimates for all possible choices. The work was done on time, on budget and looks great. will definitely use Brikart again.

They left the area clean and neat. It took them three days to complete it.

Punctual, professional and courteous. Did more than do the work, suggested interesting options.

Very responsive and helpful

After getting three quotes for the work, Craig's bid was the lowest by a large margin. This made us a little nervous but based on his Angie's List reputation we were comfortable with giving him the work. We could not have been more pleased. Craig matched the existing brick nearly perfectly and worked with us to set the slope of the wall to our liking. The work was done promptly and professionally, he even brokered a deal on repairing a portion of our neighbors drive next to the wall that had been damaged by a root from a large tree on our property where we split the cost for that work. He was very easy to work with, we would highly recommend him for any masonry work.

Easy to work with, professional. job done as promised - no complaints... i would recommend to others without hesitation

Everyone at Brik-Art was wonderful about every detail -- from the initial discussions (great input about aesthetics and creative details) through every last moment of cleanup. We were very particular about wanting vintage brick, and having minimal old paint or mortar on the bricks. They helped us in sourcing and acquiring bricks from a 1930s Pasadena house that was being razed, then they were very creative in the laborious process of removing the excess paint/mortar. The installation went smoothly and quickly, and the team was very professional. I highly recommend Craig and his fantastic team!

We called BrikArt, Craig Beardsley, for an estimate on our small job. The owner responded in a timely manner, made an appointment to visit our property and was on time for the appointment. His bid was reasonable given two other estimates we requested. He was articulate, gave specific details of how the job would unfold and answered our questions in an informed manner. We asked him to do fabricate the wall which was completed on time, with no mess to pick up after. The work was first rate.

The job went great. I was tricky matching new brickwork with old existing brick work and they did a great job. The owner has strong artistic eye for what will look good, and he keeps a permanent crew of skilled workers, so you don't have to worry about workmen who are pulled off the street for the day working on your house. The owner checks on the job site frequently and makes sure the customer is happy. I was impressed by their responsiveness to phone calls, timeliness of showing up and completing the job, and the quality of work. They were a pleasure to work with and I give this company my strongest recommendation. All my neighbors are impressed with how good my house looks now from the outside. Calling Brik-Art was a very good move.

Brik-Art had done some great rock wall repair work for us several years ago, so when we needed to have a long crack and several smaller cracks in our sloping front concrete driveway repaired, I called Craig. He responded very promptly. I really didn't want to replace the driveway. Craig had a very good solution for us to cut the concrete along the cracks and add pavers. But considering the Crescenta rock walls in our front yard, he gave much thought on how to carry the rock theme rather than adding yet another element. He found the perfect solution with flat rocks very similar to the ones we had in our walls. The result is very artistic and I had to tell him that I just loved the look. And of course it fixed the problem of the cracks. His work force is punctual, very hard-working, and leaves the work area completely clean after the work is done. Craig is on the scene at all times to address any questions as they might come up. I have already recommended him to many of my family, friends and co-workers and will continue to do so. I recommend Brik-Art unconditionally.

Everything was fine. Lots of nice ideas and advice at our meeting in my yard reinforced what I already new and added some value as well. Never actually emailed me the sketch/estimate he was supposed to however. I guess he wasn't interested or maybe he got the idea I wouldn't go for the price. If so, he could be right. Or maybe he only does much larger or expensive jobs and my flight of steps didn't qualify. I supposed I'll never know, but no great harm done. I'll just try something else. The information which goes into this review is quite sparse as 3 of the 5 criteria are not applicable. Update after 5/4/14 Brik-Art response asking for another replay: Hi Craig. Thank you for all your good efforts. Other than my notes saying the meeting was just a shade tad earlier (4/21) everything jives here. The situation on your end is well explained and all appears accurate. I just got tired of marking it forward on my calendar repeatedly and I finally gave up hope so I could move on. Then Angie's prompted me to review so I did one. The only available higher grade I could have given you would have been an "A". Obviously, that's not the situation here. The B is charitable enough and I'm sorry you interpret any non-A as drastically negative. The individual scored criteria were also very reasonable and I rounded a D and a B to a B as well. Other than deleting the feedback, I can't envision a way to do better. If you absolutely demand perfect scores, you really do have to be just that .. perfect. You did fine given the difficult circumstances you describe. Perfect No. (btw I really like insistence on perfection in a contractor, it's the very best trait I can think of. Being easy going is also high up on my list, you're not there yet on that one).