Lowery Custom Carpentry

John is a wonderful, honest contractor. The work he did is very good. We had new screens installed (using the ScreenEze system) on a porch built by a previous owner - every single opening (10 of them) was of a slightly different size. He also installed 2 new screen doors, 2 new ceiling fans, and fixed a leak in the porch roof that cropped up just before he started the job. He also helped me create a new cat door (in one of the screen openings) that opened into a new outdoor cat pen for my indoor cat who wants some access to the outside.

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The contractor gave me an estimate on July 25, 2015 to replace some rotted wood around the front door and make some repairs above the door frame for $500.00. He said he would put me on his schedule for September and that he would come by and do the work and that I did not have to be home. After most of the month of September had passed by, I emailed him on September 27th to see what happened. He said "my schedule is pushed back some, sorry for the inconvenience!" Two more weeks passed by, no work has been done, no word from the contractor. I emailed him again on October 13th and told him that I had received a notice from the HOA about needed repairs to the door frame. I asked him if he was going to be able to do the work we had discussed. His response on October 14 was "Yes. I am running behind because of jobs running long. I can leave you a written contract for the work we agreed to. You can show the HOA this contract and that will help. Your next on my list after this current job". It is now November 25th, six weeks later. I have not heard from him, he did not drop the contract by and no work has been performed. He did nothing but put me off for months making me think he had every intention of doing the work and now we are into the cold weather and the work has not been done. I stuck with him all these months because of his reviews, and in hind sight, I don't think he ever intended on doing the work. I guess you can't believe everything you read.

It was really a pleasure to work with John. He is largely a one-man operation with occasional helpers - when you hire John, you get John, not some random subcontractor. I really liked that. I contracted with him to install solid bamboo hardwood floors over a very poor subfloor. He used every trick in the book to get the subfloor where it needed to be for a quality installation and it came out significantly better than I could have hoped. He did such a good job I added a lot of work to the contract and had him do basically all that was left of the renovation. He is very precise and detail oriented, clearly taking pride in his work. His prices were very reasonable (about $50/hr) and he made coordinating the work very easy. My 60+ year old house threw any number of curve balls and he used ingenuity and creativity to work through each challenge, often going above-and-beyond with no additional charges. Just one example: the pre-hung exterior door I bought and asked him to install stuck terribly as it fit too tight...John disassembled the relevant part of the threshold and custom made me a beautiful replacement in his wood shop that fit perfectly. I'm a tough client and John is someone I plan to use for all my carpentry work in the future.

We were extremely pleased from start to finish with John Lowery's professionalism, honesty, responsiveness, attention to detail and skill. John was supremely interested in ensuring he understood our vision for the space and provided multiple options for us to consider when decision points came up during the project. Because of our schedules, we knew we wouldn't be able to present during most of the time John was working in the home, so it was important to us to be able to establish a significant level of trust quickly and John didn't let us down. Each day the home was locked up tight and space cleaned as best as possible. In retrospect, we wish we had asked for plastic sheeting to be hung between the work area and other rooms to minimize dust that permeated the home, but it's dissipated now. John works alone, and was clean about his workspace and efficient...planning the project so that the least amount of disruption to our lives resulted. For example, while the drywall mud was drying, he would install more flooring. John and we communicated a lot by phone and text during the project, so we were able to keep abreast of the project during the day, and answer questions/clarify design issues pretty much on a moment's notice because of John's flexibility and willingness to work with us remotely. Finally, he had a good design sense and we appreciated his input on some of the design decisions that came up during the project. Also, the price was fair and John finished the project on time and on budget so we will absolutely contact this company again for quotes on future projects. He gets our highest recommendation and we're not super easy to please.

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The whole job went smoothly. John is the most exceptional workman/contractor I have met. He is very skilled, methodical, thrifty and not only not intrusive but nice to have around. He looks to save money and used materials that we had left behind from other jobs. He is also neat and always watches his wake. We have already asked him to come back and repair another problem caused by sub-standard work. Thank you John!

He did an outstanding job. He even repaired other pieces of rotting wood. He could have suggested new steps, but rather said I could get by with the frame I had.

This is the second job John has done for me. He is extremely easy to work with. Very laid back and calm. Shows up on time and gets a lot done quickly. My electrician liked his drywall job so much he called me to get John's contact info to give to someone he is doing a job for. The job was not complex but John suggested improvements that we incorporated - like replacing one of the existing garage doors with a wall with a regular door in it. He also easily worked around the kind of little issues that always come up when you are working with an existing structure. Awkward exposed plumbing, working around my dust collector duct work (I use the garage as a wood shop). I don't always need a carpenter but when I do, I call John.

John did a great job. The door no longer sticks and the new lockset works great.

John came out and estimated the cost of replacing the window and 5'x9' section of siding (and whatever damage was behind it) and the clouded plate glass window. We agreed on an approximate date (several months out - I wasn't in a hurry so that was fine). He removed the siding and found no hidden damage, measured the window and ordered the replacement window. I didn't take long for the window to come in. He came out and installed the window and replaced the siding and trim and painted the exterior and interior trim in a day. Excellent job. Very nice guy. He also came in under the estimate.

They came out and said they'd call us back and give us an estimate. They never did. We contacted them on email and they never came back with anything.

Excellent craftsmanship from start to finish. Highly recommended!

John is great to work with. He made sure we were totally satisfied. He candidly provides the pos and cons of various different approaches. His craftsmanship is top-notch. We have many gotten many compliments on the fine results of the work. We have scheduled additional work with him because we are so pleased, and we can trust him to do the right thing.

Lowery Custom Carpentry was extremely courteous, thoughtful, wanted my ideas, and kept making sure I was pleased. He did a super job.

John evaluated the work needed to be done and gave me an estimate. He did the initial work at his shop and them returned to install the finished steps. The final bill was less than the estimate.

John showed up exactly on time as he said he would. I was off that day and became his "helper" as Crown Moulding installation generally requires two people. We spent the first two hours generally getting organized, setting up staging equipment and moulding, measuring and marking things behind the walls (Studs, pipes, vertical HVAC ducts, etc), selecting which lengths of wood to use where, and in what order, etc. Then we quickly got to work installing the base of the Crown all around the room, doing this until sometime after lunch. Then we tackled the crown and finally finished the room around 4:00 PM, at which point John did a great job cleaning up. John is a very personable carpenter, and easy to work with. He's open to suggestions, and offers his own great insight.

John does good work and is reliable and punctual. He works with Dan on occasion and both are well mannered, well spoken and have good work and personal ethics which are of the highest standards. The estimates are always close to what they predict and I never fell as though I have been "taken to the cleaners". John's business has gotten bigger and I hope he doesn't lose the qualities which have placed in in demand as a consequence of his success.