Watkins Tile Inc

This was a fantastic experience. I was very concerned, but he was professional and an excellent artisan. I choose difficult tile to work with, pebbles, that had to be cut into a borden and the floor. It is beautiful-beyond expectations.

He is really top of the line. I bought the wood from a person he suggested. With him and the wood it was almost $20,000. I paid him over $6,000. It was a lot of work so he really wasn't overpriced. There was a maximum amount of detail work. I could have probably gotten someone a little cheaper if I had shopped around but you get what you pay for and I couldn't have found anyone that would have done better work. I would use him again in a heartbeat.

Scott came highly recommended by my contractor for this project. He felt that Scott was the only one that he felt could do this level of work. I had to wait 2 or 3 weeks to fit Scott into the project and my schedule so that I could be there most of the time for any last minute changes. I bought the tile from Tampa Tile near St Pete/ Clearwater airport. They where very helpful and had a great display of patterns. I picked out one of the patterns in the display room and Scott ordered and picked up the tile. The original floor plan was for a 3 piece pattern of different sizes with a credit card width grout line. After laying out the 3 pieces Scott found that the grout line would have to be a 1/4 inch to make the 3 piece pattern work throughout. So we stopped and went with a 16" tile at a 45 degree angle and CC grout line. Tampa tile took back the other tile and refunded the difference. We had to make some changes to the original pattern in which we added and took some details away just to get the right look and not be left with a weird cut at the end. Scott was excellent with his decisions on what would look good and what wouldn't. A picture is worth a thousand words so I've included some detailed pictures. I know the contractor had a budget of $5000 for tile labor work and I was to buy the tile. I'm not sure what Scott actually charged the contractor. BEAUTIFUL JOB!!

We agreed to the quoted price for all the services. He was to call / bring by a sample of different flooring he could get at a better price. He had a different supplier he could use where we were using the local hardware store for the flooring purchase. He never showed up, called, or was heard from again. We ended up using another licensed contractor to do all but the door installation. We had a handy man to install the doors.

Scott and his crew did a really great job. They were timely, communicated well, and the job looks terrific! I could not be happier.