West Oakland Builders

Description of Work: professional but over priced for the work requesting

Description of Work: My husband and I decided to get our kitchen redone. i started by going to a big box store to plan our new kitchen. They measured the kitchen for cabinets and floor. We ordered the cabinets and floor and planned on having the store do the whole job. There were two walls in the kitchen that needed to be demo'd, and the store said they were not allowed to do that part, and we would have to hire a contractor. I called a bunch of contractors from Angie's list. I decided we would get three quotes. Jack called me back within a few hours of me leaving a message. He listened to what I wanted, asked me a few questions about what all we were getting done and said he would like to come see our kitchen. We asked Jack to quote just the walls, and also quote the whole job. He beat the store quote by about $3000! He ended up taking out the walls and ceiling soffits, taking out the cabinets and floor, sink, stove and dishwasher. He installed the cabinets, pergo floor, sink, induction stove, and the dishwasher. He did every single thing in the kitchen, including the counters and new pantry doors. He even put our additional cabinets into our other bathroom, keeping our old counter with the built in sink intact. He also did a huge chunk of our "honey do" list, including installing a cell phone roof antenna and a bunch of other stuff that I can't remember...now that the stuff has been done and not bugging me, it left my brain! Jack kept as much of our original parts as he could. It made his price lower than the other contractors and also is the original recycling! I liked that a LOT!

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Description of Work: Cement work. Mouse hunting and sealing exterior of house. Patch work from woodpeckers. Molding in the garage.

Description of Work: Whole house fan with roof vents and electrical. Front storm door installed. Small drywall patching performed.

Description of Work: We contracted to turn an unfinished area into a bathroom and bedroom. Walls were framed, insulation installed, plumbing completed, electrical completed, drywall, laminated flooring, and finish work, such as, wood trim, doors, light fixtures, and vanity.

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Description of Work: Our porch was pulling away from the roof. Jack and his workman Dale came out and propped up the foundation and redid the whole porch. New windows (anderson) 12 of them, a new wood floor, matched the siding to the rest of the house, and installed new lighting 6 can lights. Made the window ledges a little wider because he knew I liked to garden and put plants on the ledge. Inside tore out a window, put a fireplace in, Gas fireplace, I designed the tiles and dale installed them. We found a picture we loved for the mantel and he constructed it exactly as the picture. We had a bookself installed on each side of th e fireplace. Also had small windows installed on each side of the fireplace. Helped to install a 48" TV over the fireplace. Even worked with the geek squad when they were installing the sound system and the cords were hidden. Redid the speakers because we wanted them in a different place. Retiled our upstairs bathroom. Put waterproof material under the tile. A few of the subway tiles seemed cracked and he returned and fixed the problem. Also did some rewiring and put a sump pump in the basement. Then came back after Christmas and installed built in book cases in out back room. Also installed a hand rail on the stairs going up to make it safer to come down the stairs. Anything we wanted he did.

Description of Work: 225 sq ft family room addition with direct-vent ribbon-flame Montessan gas fireplace, sliding patio doors, double-height windows, all interior finishing including hardwood floors, Mitsubishi Mr. Slim split-ductless air conditioning/heating system for addition, cedar roof deck on top off addition with high-tech marine cable rails. Raising of roof to accommodate 6-foot patio door access to new roof deck and knocking down wall between two bedrooms to create new master bedroom with access to new deck and electrical work for all spaces. New pre-painted James Hardie siding for entire house, new WeatherShield windows for entire house, new asphalt roof for entire house, new outdoor lighting fixtures and electrical work, etc. All materials were included in cost.

Description of Work: THEY BUILT AN ADDITION ONTO MY HOME.