ABE-Remodeling Co

Their choice of materials and surfaces for the remodeling project was excellent. The remodeled bathroom looked much cleaner and more modern after their work was done, and their charge of $5000 for all of this work was very reasonable. I was also very satisfied with their painting, which was sharp and clean-looking. For all of their jobs, ABE Remodeling prepared clear bids, explained what the work would involve, and never went over budget. They arrived for work on time, as scheduled, and worked quickly. Finally, when they left they carefully cleaned up the work sites. I plan to keep using their services in the future for remodeling and home improvement and enthusiastically recommend them.

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The estimate and starting and majority of the project went great. He arrived when he said he would and left when he had agreed to leave. Issues all related to his subcontractors. The electrical folks worked late into the evening and did not arrive and depart at planned times, but they did good overall, but we now have a breaker that must of been linked into existing upstairs circuit that now trips from time to time and never did in the past. The drywall subcontractors where the worst part of the job. It seemed like the majority of the crew it was their first time to ever drywall, we have a number of screws that we can see thru the finished product and some very weird angles that an experienced crew would of done much differently. Towards the end of the project Abe got started on another job and he was in a hurry to finish us off, I have spent many hours on final touch up painting and details that I feel he should of done. If your looking for low price and can handle B grade work go for it, but if you want A+ results and finish I would look elsewhere, it will likely cost you much more. He was one of the few who actually talked about the permit process and got everything done to code. He only ended up charging me slightly more than estimated due to minor modifications to electrical plan and for installing wet bar - the extras were on the high end. I have called and emailed him about doing additional work and his estimates have been sky high, so not sure if his intent was to do a job on the low end in hopes we would use him again for the many other projects we have had done - but we are overall happy with the basement.

The work went very well. His bid was accurate and he did not go over his quoted price for the jobs that were initially contracted. When I decided that some extra work was needed (ex. pressure-washing the outside of the house) he charged extra, as I expected, but his charges were very reasonable. The work was also finished on schedule. Since I had a month or so to get the work done there was no great time pressure. But despite this Mr. Diaz worked on the house steadily and did not get distracted by other jobs. When he needed to bring a sub-contractor (the electrician) he asked for three bids and gave me the choice of which man to hire. He called me regularly to report on progress and also sent me e-mail messages whenever he could not reach me by phone. He was very dependable and conscientious, and I will certainly hire him again if I have any new jobs.

ABE Remodel completed my basement renovation in about 4 weeks at a reasonable price. After a bad experience with BMS Renovators, my 1st contractor, ABE Remodel completed the demolition after getting both the building and electrical permits within 3 days of contract signing. My project was very complex and entailed total gutting, major plumbing and electrical work, including installation of a new circuit box, new water heater, and working around the sump pump. The workers were experienced, professional, and diligent ? giving me the time of their arrival each day and working full days, sometimes 9 to 10 hours a day, including weekends when necessary. The company was particularly helpful in suggesting creative ways to optimize my space and enhance my original design. The work was so good that it passed inspection at both the interim and final stages. Even the inspector was impressed with the completed project as he had done both inspections. I?m extremely pleased with the final product and would recommend ABE Remodel, and have to 2 of my friends, for any project.

After frustrating experiences with a couple of the more well-established remodeling businesses, I contacted Mr. Diaz, who owns a small, independent remodeling business. I was initially reluctant, because of the lack of a long-established track record, but a close friend who had employed him couldn't say enough good things about his business and convinced me it was worth a shot. He agreed to meet me on very short notice and was willing to meet after business hours, which was a big help, as I was having a tough time getting away from the office during working hours. He came on a Wednesday evening to look over the townhouse and discuss the scope of the project. He called back later that night to provide a rough estimate and by the next day e-mailed me a proposed scope of work and confirmed the price (with the caveat that the selection of materials could increase the price slightly). I knew, based on my dealings with other remodeling companies that the price he quoted me was reasonable. I contacted a few additional references -all of whom were glowing in their review -- and by Friday, we'd made the decision to hire Abe Remodeling. We signed the contract on Saturday and they started work on the following Monday. The project went extremely well. Mr. Diaz was extremely reliable, very forthcoming and very responsive. He has a great customer-friendly, business phillosophy. When he gives you his word on something he stands by it. I found that he didn't always read and respond to e-mails on a regular basis, but he was very responsive to phone calles. Whenever I had questions, if I called him and didn't reach him directly, he always called me back very quickly. He was very patient with all my questions and humored my ocassional angst. He has a good eye for design and is happy to make decisions about what materials to use, if you are willing to delegate those decisions to him, but he wants his customers to be pleased and will accomodate their preferences. If he ran into something that increased the cost, he was very good about alerting me and ensuring he had my approval before proceeding, and in the end, as he had promised, the cost was only slightly above the original estimate. We only ran into one hitch, which is that there was a miscommunication between him and the supplier on the cabinet specs, which meant that not all the cabinets were delivered on schedule. He notified me immediately and was very forthright about accepting his share of the responsibility. I was afraid that this problem would delay the projected completion date, but in the end, he managed to pull it off, finishing everything on schedule. We were extremely pleased with the way the work came out, and Mr. Diaz made the process as painless as humanly possible. Indeed it was a pleasure working with him and I would definitely use him again for future home repair/remodeling work.