Vincent Abell Contracting Inc

Still happy 1.5 years after my bathroom renovation! Brad and his team remodeled my master bathroom and added built in cabinets in my bedroom. Everything still looks brand new and it is functioning exactly like I had requested. I will call Brad Abell the next time I have a home project.

Brad Abell and his team completed our project with professional finishes. We love our new bedroom and new deck. A year afterwards, inclement weather caused water damage in the bedroom. Domino effect damaged a small area in our basement ceiling too. Brad not only took care of the bedroom repairs, he dry walled and painted the basement ceiling too at no charge. We truly appreciate the professionalism of Vincent Abell Company.

Brad Abell is a true professional. We met three times as I do not live in the same town as the project. Once he gave me the proposal I met with the design team he recommended (Watts Design) and I was able to select all the appliances, flooring, plumbing fixtures, etc. The job was done in a timely manner and on the two occasions a change order was necessary, the project manager informed me right away so there were no surprises. I would highly recommend Vincent Abell Contracting for any type of remodeling job.

The company was very professional from the planning stages by the GM to the installation supervised at every stage by the owner.

Great! This is the third time we have used Vincent Abell Contracting for projects in our home. They also re-screened our porch and remodeled our master bathroom. We have been pleased each time. They are professional, courteous, and efficient. Their workmanship is top of the line. We sit in our new family room each night and are so happy with how it all turned out. We will definitely use them in the future.

Well done work according to the contract, timely.

These guys are the best! I am a happy repeat customer of Vincent Abell Contracting. Brad and his team deliver exceptional quality service and I am so pleased with their work. Terry, our project manager is responsive, knowledgeable and funny and he has helped me understand how everything works and comes together. I am two weeks into a bathroom remodel and it's going well - and all the work is exactly as Brad described it would be. Everyone is on time, professional and friendly and each person/subcontractor has done a beautiful job. Several years ago when I needed work on both my front and back porches, I cross-referenced Angie's List and the BBB to find a remodeler and Vincent Abell Contracting was the highest rated so I called them and the work they did was extremely well-done and high quality and all these years later the porches still look like new. When it came time to remodel my bathroom, I called Brad Abell again and I'm very happy I did. I highly recommend Vincent Abell Contracting and will use them again for my next projects.

From the get go, Brad Abell was great to deal with and very patient with my cluelessness. Terry, the job site manager, was great. I relied on their advice and knowledge and never once did they steer me wrong. The bones of the house were solid, but everything else was rebuilt or rehabbed. The redo took a little over a year, and we added on to the back of the house. Brad estimated the time frame accurately before we started. We were able to salvage much of the original pine trim and pocket doors. Their trim carpenter, Scott, was a true artist. I cannot tell now where the old trim is, the new blends in seamlessly. I have recommended them to friends, and when I needed to fix up some things in my previous house prior to renting it out, I hired them again for that. They are the best, totally reliable.

This review is just to describe my experience in dealing with this company. Unfortunately, they did not do any work for me, although I did try and wanted them to. The Good: I contacted them about a job I wanted done, and they quickly setup an appointment to come look at it. Brad showed up on the agreed upon day and he was on time, which is always a big plus. I found Brad to be very professional and personable. I also felt like the quote was a fair and reasonable price. The Bad: The communication stopped completely after I decided to move forward with the work. I’ve contacted Brad a handful of times over the past month (via email and phone) and he never once responded back to me. I did get a hold of him on the phone once, and he said he would send over a contract that morning, which he never did. Maybe they are just really busy or didn’t want the job. I would have been fine with whatever the reason was, but the complete lack of any response back was frustrating. Overall: I’m sure they do great work and all of the positive reviews attest to that. I just hope you have better luck than I did to actually get them to do it.

We could not be more pleased with the result

The work was of high quality, and the project manager stayed in close communication while overseeing the many different parts of the project. All of the workers were very skilled, incredibly professional, and just plain nice.

Vincent Abell Contracting is an excellent company to work with. It coordinated the contributions of several fine local contractors, which resulted in very satisfying transformation of our bathroom. All the workers took their work seriously, shared information about the process, and were very courteous. I recommend Vincent Abell Contracting unconditionally.

Excellent work. Abell transformed our 90+ year-old bathroom.

Abell Contracting provided superior service and excellent workmanship. All contractors were timely, experienced and professional. The project manager was extremely organized, very knowledgeable and customer focused. I would use Abell Contracting again for any remodeling needs in the future.

The work they did was fantastic. Gorgeous hardwood floors, custom built-in bookshelves, a skylight, and a walk-in closet. We also had them arrange spray-foam insulation, keep some exposed brick and create an access panel for additional storage space. The work went on a bit longer than we anticipated, but that was partly because we added on some extras like the skylight and bookshelves. The crew that worked on the project was friendly and hard-working. Vincent personally was kind enough to look at a problem we had with a gutter on the outside of the house for no extra charge!! We would consider hiring them again.

Since I only have the one bathroom, the workers went to extra pains to ensure that it was usable after the first day of work. The finished bathroom looks wonderful. Everyone was pleasant and very professional. I wouldn't hesitate to have them work on future jobs.

Brad Abell and his project manager, Terry Drechsel, did an outstanding job on our major kitchen remodel (which removed one wall and opened up another). They were responsive to all our questions and concerns, returning phone calls and texts almost immediately. They were easy to work with and very respectful of our needs throughout the process. The time line (start date and end date) Brad gave us proved accurate and even his estimate was right on, so we had no surprise expenses tacked on at the end. They reassured us (and even made us laugh) through the demolition and subsequent rebuilding of our kitchen and, believe me, that was no easy job! The cabinet maker Brad recommended ( Toby Bourke Woodworking) did a masterful job. We could not be happier or more satisfied with our new, beautiful kitchen! (I found Vincent Abell Contracting through Angie's List. What a God-send!)

This is the fifth contract that I've had with the Abells. And, please note (and please read!) the very first review here on Angie's List for Abell Contracting, because I wrote it, and what I said then still goes; Abells are simply the best contractors I've ever seen in forty years. Their formula is to provide the customer with ALL the options, and then let the customer decide, without any 'steering' or pressure. But, more importantly, there is complete transparency; there's never any hidden costs that you suspect are really for bass boat payments instead of materials. The work itself is darn near exquisite, too. Abell's has a cadre of craftsmen that have been with them for a donkey's years, and take enough quiet pride in what they do that it's almost a shame to cover up framing that's nearly elegant, or electrical runs and junctions that could have come straight from a textbook. The only corners they cut are the ones specified in the blueprints. To paraphrase what I said in my first review, these people take care of their tools, and if you think that this is a silly thing to notice, then I suggest, with the greatest respect, that you are insane. The last point that I'd like to emphasize is that Abell's are respectful of the client's particular needs and even quirks. I'm quite aware that I can be a, ummmm, difficult client, but Abell's goes out of their way to be respectful of my peculiarities, such as being exactly on time every single day. And (I cannot stress this enough) when they did a complete kitchen overhaul for us a few years ago, they worked around my father-in-law who was wheelchair-bound. While it was time consuming and difficult, they always had a clean, safe path for him, and at the end of every work day left the work area immaculate, knowing that he would be cooking in it. Abell's have proven themselves over and over again to me; every time I hire them, they seem to think that they need to show me yet again that it's like the first time, and need to impress me. It's just how they do business.

He did not measure anything, and gave a ball park estimation of costs. He said he would provide a written estimate within a few days, and two weeks later, we are still waiting for our estimate. Obviously he is not interested in our business.

No contact from them at all. Even after all the wonderful top reviews. I guess they have all the work they want. I would have had several thousands worth for them...

We contacted Abell Contracting around September 2014 to get a estimate of what was needed for a home remodel. He was very knowledgeable and with the scope of our renovation referred us to an architect. This was the best thing that could have happened to us! The architect was able to assist not me and my wife in designing a home that we both could live in. Once we got the prints, it was easy for Abell contracting to give us an accurate quote on the renovation and my wife and I felt very comfortable with allowing Abell to do the work. To date, Abell has been on the job for about 2 weeks and I couldn't be more proud of the guys performing the work and the care that they take in cleaning everyday they leave the site. All of the trades have been nice to work with and this was one of my priorities knowing there would be a lot of people around my family during this time. As the job progresses, I will add more but I couldn't ask for a better experience.

After reading many reviews on Angie's List, we decided to contact Abell Contracting to come give us an estimate on a complete Master Bath Remodel. Brad Abell called me back with in a day of my leaving a message. We picked a date and time for him to come to our home and take a look at our project. This is where it gets sour for us. First, upon our conversation to discuss the project I told him exactly what we were wanting. That included describing a complete gut and tear down of the existing Master and new hardwood floors through out the entire first floor of our home. Not once in this conversation did he mention needing a designer or the $300 it would cost us to have someone draw up the plans, so we proceeded to have him come out to our home to give an estimate. Once he arrived, I again, while standing in the Master Bath with him, went through everything we were looking to accomplish with this project. He stood there quiet almost the entire time and again never said a word about a designer or $300 fee. I have a hard time understanding why if we needed a designer in the first place, wasn't she with him at the appointment? Also, for someone in this line of work (for as long as he says he's been doing this) I have a hard time believing that he had absolutely no idea what the project we wanted to do would cost (an estimate.) That was the whole reason we had him come to our home in the first place!! It wasn't until after I asked him questions and he side stepped them that I realized this guy was trying to be shady. He waited until the very end of the appointment to tell me "he couldn't help me until I had his designer come and draw up plans." I found this response to be completely unprofessional and a HUGE waste of my time. I was VERY frustrated after he left our home. I didn't expect him to give me a price on the spot, however I didn't feel as though he was genuine in his attitude and how he handled us. He could have mentioned the way his company does estimates and how they operate BEFORE waiting until he's in my home. I do have to say that he did offer to "reimburse us the designers fee" if we chose his business to do the job. If we didn't decide to use them we ate the $300 fee. He then tried to spin that and say we could give the plans/designs to another builder/contractor for them to use. I found this irritating because if I'm paying $300 for someone to do the job-I'm going to have them do the work. However in this case I don't trust Abell Contracting as far as I can throw. Communication is key in business and people don't like to feel as though they are being taken advantage of or doing business with someone who has trouble communicating even the simplest things about a job. ****This is a rebuttal to Brad Abell"s response to my review of his company. My review of your company was VERY accurate. I don't trust you or the way you do business. You ARE SHADY and to prove it-you had someone call Angie's list and pose as me to have my review removed from your page!!! Who does that? My review was spot on. In fact in our phone conversation (the one where you asked me to change my rating) you told me you agreed with everything I had written. Now you try and cut my character because you are upset? REALLY? Let me say, you sir are the one with issues. I spent time describing the scope of our job to you on the phone. You were in my house for more than 10 minutes, where I again described the job, and you waited till THE END of the appointment to tell me about the fee's. What customer wouldn't think that was a shady move on your part? You got a bad rating because of the way YOU CHOSE to conduct yourself and do business. The rating was ABSOLUTELY accurate in my opinion and was written so others wouldn't experience the same frustrations dealing with you as I did. Heather

The gentleman that came to look at my space and give an estimate was very nice and professional. However, he quoted a much higher price for the job than 4 other contractors. This may have been due to his opinion about how to correctly remove a load bearing wall and the support needed. We ended up with a 16foot beam and no additional footings added to basement, after getting an engineer's assessment. This business has wonderful reviews and I'm sure would have done a nice job for us, but we went with a lower estimate.

They did an overall excellent job! Kept us well informed and employed skilled, hard working sub-contractors. It took a little longer than we expected, though it was partly due to the weather and the time it took to find matching stone.

They did excellent work from day one to the finish. They worked tirelessly in all kinds of weather and were meticulous-sturdy framing, trim work, painting, electrical, down to final scuff marks repaired. I can't day enough good things about this company.