FROHMILLER CONSTRUCTION INC

Nate of Frohmiller's was a pleasure to work with. The two carpenters he sent to work on the house were very hard working, showed up on time, clearly knew what they were doing, worked well as a team, were easy to talk with, had helpful suggestions, coped with the inevitable challenges that always come up with any project, language was appropriate, and did not talk on their cell phones... ever. We would not hesitate in having Frohmiller do work for us in the future.

If you want zero headaches and quality work from a reliable, trustworthy contractor, hire Chuck Frohmiller. He is experienced, professional, reliable, reasonably priced, and does excellent work. We bought a circa 1890 home with a leaky basement, no insulation, and badly in need of many upgrades and repairs. We talked to several contractors, none of whom made us comfortable, but once we met Chuck, we knew we were in good hands. He's been in business for a long time, knows what he's doing and how to treat a customer. Today we have a fully insulated home with all new windows, a dry basement (even after recent downpours), a remodeled kitchen (with granite countertops and ceramic tile floor) and a newly created living area that was once a closed-off, dark dining room. Frohmiller Construction also built us a master bedroom suite and remodeled a large portion of the second floor. Our home's exterior was repainted in colors exactly matched to a local home I had admired. Chuck believes in 100 percent customer satisfaction. When we had a clogged bathroom sink during the process, he would not rest until it was fixed, even coming over on Saturday morning without being asked. Chuck listens and respects what the customer wants, but he also takes care of every little thing, which is why we had a 100 percent stress-free home renovation. I didn't think that was possible. You can't go wrong with Frohmiller Construction.

9-18: My wife and I met with Nate at their building in Bath. We explained that we wanted to get estimates on fixing archways in our house (drywall work and door installation) as well as installing new flooring in the kitchen and our living room. We were also interested in having our largest rooms painted. From there, he asked to come by the house at 9:30 on the following Monday to see it first hand. 9-22: I had to call at 9:45 to see if he was still coming. I think we were forgotten. He made it to the house right around 10:30 and checked out what we wanted. There were no problems, and Nate seemed to know right off what he was going to do. He said he'd get back to us within a few days with estimates. 10-6 (two weeks later): After trying a few times, I was able to reach Nate at the office to ask if he had any updates. He said no, but give him just a few days and he promised an estimate. 10-13: It's been another week, making three total. No calls. No emails (checked my spam, junk and email archives). No unsolicited follow-up of any kind. In the meantime, I had another contractor come in on 10-6. He gave me quotes on the spot, and yesterday we began making plans to begin work. That process took less than a week. All in all, a frustrating experience. I'm a very patient man, but at this point, I am done making phone calls, and we're moving on. It makes no sense for me to continually call and ask a business when they'd like to take my money. Possibly the jobs weren't large enough to pursue... but I think the first phone call, meeting, or even house visit would have been a good place to say and quot;you know, we just don't have time for this, I'd have to refer you to __________and quot;. Instead, it was a waste of our time. To be fair, Nate did mention that he had lost some workers, and I can sympathize with that. But all these time frames were given to us with that in mind. I would gladly edit this review if we were given reasons for the problems, but I'd currently advise my friends and family in the area to look elsewhere.

.The work was done efficiently and in a very professional manner. We had used them in the past for another significant project and always find them to be responsive and their work to be of high quality. We would not hesitate to use them on any appropriate project in the future.

The construction went very well, the owner came out during and after the work was finished. Installers were very friendly, kept us in the loop and cleaned up before they left each day.

They fixed the pipe and shower fixture. It took a week to get them in to do the repair and then they did not finish the cleanup/painting, so I did that myself instead of waiting for them to get back to me. The pipe fix and the fixture repair was nicely done.

Our basement flooded, and our insurance company told us to work with a contractor to get an estimate to replace everything exactly as-is. Since the basement was 1970s style, we were hoping to upgrade a little bit (carpeting instead of linoleum, drywall instead of paneling, insulation in the rim joists). Mike at Frohmiller worked with our insurance company and with us to get everything done that we needed and wanted, while fitting it all within the insurance company's budget. I appreciated that he patiently followed up with us when we lagged in making decisions, and he fit us into their schedule quickly. The carpenters and carpet installer were pleasant and kept things neat at the end of every day. They even hung up a plastic door so that dust wouldn't migrate upstairs. When done, everything got cleaned up (including some extra stuff from when we demoed the water damage ourselves). Our basement was finished in only a week or two.

I feel confident that all of my concerns will be addressed immediately and work will be completed as promised. We have had bad experiences in the past in Maine, so this experience has been great so far!

The price was reasonable and the quality was excellent. I am happy with their services and I would hire them again.

We had a short window to complete this job and it was done in 5 weeks. There was virtually no down time, the cabinets were ordered well in advance so were ready when we were. I have hired this contractor since this time for smaller jobs- they are fast and reliable. I had a tree go through my roof in a storm, called them that morning and a crew was here immediately, patched it as soon as the tree was removed and then subsequntly handled the re-roofing. Again, a great job.

We look forward to moving along on our project.

They came promptly and made their proposal. Their price was less than somebody else I had checked with. They did the work on time. They were very professional, good, and clean. The bill was exactly what they had estimated. They probably should have charged me an extra two or three hundred dollars, but they stuck with their estimate. The quality and timing was very good.