J W King Remodeling Inc

John King did a terrific job on the master bath remodel. The quality of his work is top notch -- he is a great problem solver (v. important when you are remodeling because you never know what you will find after demo'ing space in a 100 year old house); his carpentry work is superb -- very precise and detail focused; drywalling was excellent; and his subs are fabulous! He was very easy to work with - professional, timely and kept a super neat workspace. He was always looking for ways to ensure that the quality of the work met the highest standards. Ours was not a straight forward job and he managed it with humor and great competence. We also appreciated the excellent and transparent communications.

We contracted John to build an addition onto our 150 year-old house and to build a new detached garage. The work included three separate excavations and foundations and also included gutting and renovating an old kitchen. Prior to bringing John onboard, we worked with an architect to design all of the new construction and renovated space. Our architect had worked with John a number of times before so we thought we'd give him a shot at our job. John was easy to work with. His quote was detailed and allowed for us to make changes to better fit our budget. He was helpful with questions we had, like which materials were included and which we had to be responsible for (e.g. electrical, plumbing, insulation). Once we signed the paperwork, John quickly got things moving with the building permit and lining up subs, e.g. masons, and material deliveries. Throughout the project, there was steady progress nearly every day. We were never left wondering if someone was going to show up or not. John was good about communicating schedule updates. He brought in a helper when there was heavy work to do, like framing or installing windows and doors. Other times he worked solo, such as when doing interior trim work. He brought in subs (masons, roofers, drywallers) when it made sense to do so. He also handled a lot of the coordination of trades we were responsible for arranging, such as the sprayfoamers. He kept the work site clean and picked up at the end of each work day. It was a pleasure to see the detail in the work John did, particularly in two respects. First, he was very precise and paid close attention to dimensional accuracy. Things were square and plumb, and the fit of components like doors, windows, and especially trim work, were exceptional. Secondly, he built things strong! Where the building plans left room for interpretation, and where weird situations revealed themselves (not uncommon when marrying new construction to really old houses), John developed solutions that were clearly never going to fail and would last a lifetime. It was apparent that his approach to work was to build in quality and not take shortcuts that could compromise the end result for the customer. The lasting impression we have from working with John is he does very high quality work. He is straightforward to work with and he works very hard. He doesn't do things on the cheap and you get what you pay for with him. He's reliable and a pleasure to work with. We recommend him highly.