Gehman Design Remodeling

A positive experience! We entered into a contract with Gehman Design Remodeling after experiencing a flood in our “NEW” home. Dennis Gehman’s extensive construction knowledge and kind demeanor helped calm my fears about the process. Steve and his crew put our house back together better than before. They completed the work in 12 days, where as other Contractors quoted 5-6 weeks. They was never any downtime during the project due to all trades being in house. The tidiness and craftsmanship of the crew exceeded my expectations. We look forward to using Gehman for future remodeling projects!

I hired this company to create a new kitchen design. The company rep was very easy to work with and he did come up with a very good design for my kitchen. I was planning on hiring this company to complete the remodeling work, however; the price quoted for the work was well above my budget. I found another contractor who came up with a different acceptable design (no charge) and is able to complete the kitchen remodel work within my budgeted amount. Gehman has an excellent reputation for their design and workmanship. If my house was worth over $500K I would most likely have hired them to do the remodeling work.

Well designed plan, nicely presented, very professional. However, we decided to go with a contractor closer to our home

Dennis Gehman is an extremely professional person and I commend him for that. My issue is mostly with the price quoted to the do the work. Given the small condo kitchen I am working with, the quote seemed exorbitant.. I also did not like the fact that I was not provided electronic version of the cabinet measurements and was given just a paper printout of the drawings.

They were prompt. I have not gone back for the drawing and the presentation. But they came on time as scheduled. Couldn't say more about them. I am planning to go back to them the coming week to see the plans that they have done. But nothing is their fault because we had changes in our schedules. Everything they have done so far has been excellent. I have nothing great to say about them.

From the beginning meetings to the design and construction, the Gehman group was a pleasure to work with. Everyone that we dealt with was extremely professional. The team communicated with us and deadlines were met. We knew exactly what to expect in terms of work performed and they put in extra effort to be helpful to us. The work performed was outstanding. Workers were prompt and polite. My family felt comfortable having them in our home for approximately 8 weeks. They quickly responded to our questions and any problems we had were rapidly corrected. We would look forward to having more work performed by them in the future.

Gehman was very thorough, designed the kitchen then did all the work very carefully. They cleaned uop after themselves every day no real mess. Was a big job they did a great job!!

What we liked about them in particular, was that they were here every single day, no matter what the weather was, they guaranteed, once they started with us, they were going to stay with us every single day, and that was true, bad weather too. They started early spring, but it went into cold weather, it took several months. We liked their straightforwardness, their professional, their honesty, and everything about them. I would definitely go back to Gehman, if I had to have more remodeling done. They are not the cheapest, but they do beautiful work. They take pride in their work, and I think we got good value for what we paid. We lived in the house while they were doing the work. They accommodated us while they were working on it. When they were working on the downstairs, we stayed in one room upstairs, and when they started working on the 1st floor, we moved to the basement, and they gave us our privacy.

Got a quote from them about a year ago on a bathroom remodel. We have a townhouse and I guess he could see right away that the job wasn't huge. He would not even wait 10 minutes until my husband came home, he left and sent us an informal estimate (probably didn't think we were good for it) about 10K over every other quote. More $$ for less customer service. Didn't even consider them for the remodel.

We called Gehman as one of the contractors to price our full master bathroom remodel. The owner's son came out and spent a lot of time asking questions and listening to our ideas. I felt that he discussed the project with us until he had a clear understanding of what we wanted. We gave him our budget number of $30,000 and we were told that we could get the remodel we were hoping for around that number. Before we were brought in to hear the estimate, the salesman brought Mr Gehman over to make sure he was giving us the right numbers etc. We went in to look at materials and we spent a lot of time choosing things, discussing the materials etc. At that point, we were asked to give them an $1,800 retainer. We would normally not do this but again we thought that this was our contractor and we were all working within the stated budget so we did give them a check. A few days later, we were called in to go over the numbers and we were shocked to find that the budget number did not include such "extras" as a shower door, permits, painting, light fixtures and door handles etc etc. The materials included were also low priced as if our budget could not include even mid-quality materials. When we added up what the total would be for these "extras", our project was nearly $10,000 more than our budget number! Had this company told us that we couldn't get the remodel we all understood we were looking for in our stated price range, we would have said thank you and parted company pleasantly. However, the fact that they told us that only after giving them a non-refundable retainer was a bit unsettling. We own a small business and we understand that it costs money to court new clients but that is a part of doing business. Let's just say that whether this was a pricing mistake on their part or just bad business practices, it caused us to go elsewhere and, more importantly, caused us to caution friends, family and neighbors to steer clear of these people. I realize that this all happened quite some time ago. We are livid that we weren't given a refund on our $1,800 retainer as the quote was SO far off our budget. I realize that this all happened over a year ago. I have had this review written since it happened but didn't send because of a professional relationship with someone close to the Gehman family. However I really feel that people considering this company should be aware that their business practices may be a bit suspect and people should be careful before giving them such a large retainer. Most other companies are asking $250 - $500 as this retainer with the same budget. By the way, we got a stunning, professional remodel from another very reputable company for our original budget projection.

They were very expensive. I had to call them for the quote and I don’t think they were on time.

They were meticulous and prompt. They don’t sub anything out; they use all their own workmen. They do really nice work.

I think they were fairly priced for my area, but I think it was on the high end. They do good quality work, we did have some creation issues, and they resolved them without too much problem. Most of the time it was done over the phone, and email. Once in a while, I would go to their office for meetings, they were on time.

We needed advice, but none was offered by the rep, even when we asked for it. It took a couple of weeks to receive an estimate which was incomplete, but it seemed too high, even for an upscale company like Gehman. We had the impression that they were not interested in our project. We chose another contractor and spent $70,000 on our kitchen and master bath.

They were exceedingly professional. They did ask a number of questions before the date of the work, and requested photos be emailed for many of the job requests. This enabled them to arrange to have all the materials and to work efficiently, accomplishing all of my needs within a brief time frame. They had a minimum charge of about $400 at that time, and they did a good bit of work very efficiently for that price. I would highly recommend them, and would definitely call them again.

The construction team arrived on time, the job went exceptionally well, and the work area was always left clean & organized. The Installer was highly skilled in all necessary areas, bringing any surprises due to specific matters caused by the existing utility installation, and/or settling of our home, etc, to our attention. Recommended corrective changes were clearly explained, reasonably priced, and professionally executed. The job was completed very close to the quoted schedule, considering the selected change orders. We are completely satisfied, and would certainly consider this firm should we have additional projects.

It went very well. They have done excellent work for us more than once. We definitely would use them again.

We had an old tiled master shower replaced with a new insert. We are very pleased with the quality of the product and work done. Even though their estimate was higher that the others we had gotten, we feel the final product was well worth it. The salesman, Elijah, was knowledgeable and courteous. He answered all our questions and returned our calls quickly. The installer, Jeremy, was prompt and was a skilled, neat craftsman. We would definitely use them again and would recommend them to others.

In the fall of 2011, we contacted several construction firms to build a room in our attic. Gehman came in with a low bid, based on their opinion that we would not have to add a dormer to fit the township code. That turned out not to be the case. After our initial disappointment that their lack of knowledge concerning the township code caused the room to cost thousands more than their bid, we decided to go forward with their firm. We went back and forth on the design stage for months, but this was time well spent in the long run. There were minimal surprises when the design became a room. When construction finally began, their staff showed up on time, worked through the day and cleaned up every day before leaving. We were informed along the way about the progress of the room and became friendly with the staff, especially Steve. At each step, when township staff came to approve the work, their craftsmanship was clear, there were no problems with the work, everything was according to code or exceeded code requirements. We had some disagreement over the heating and air conditioning, but their recommendation (a separate unit for the space) turned out to be better than the initial plan (tying into existing heating and air conditioning). The final work was better than we expected. We are pleased and would recommend them to others.

The company representative, the son of the owner, seemed eager to do the work and we quickly signed a contract for the design services after having gotten 3 bids. The one from Gehman was low. However, they were not well informed concerning local building codes and we were not able to proceed as originally planned due to local codes. The project ended up costing an additional $10,000, which was more in line with the other bids. It took longer than expected to get the designs completed. We had not had any residential construction done before, so perhaps our expectations were unrealistic. Final design took 3 and a half months on a project that should only take 3 months to build. Phone calls were returned via email, which was problematic since we do not access the computer daily. There were several problems with communication causing delays to designs (misplacement of design features such as walls and doors). Now that the final contract has been signed, construction should begin in a month.

if I had to choose whether I like a designer or the guys that are in my house for 3 1/2 months, I would choose the guys. So, do go with Gehman because they guarantee their work and their employees have an excellent work ethic. Don't allow them to assign their designer Tammie to you if it's important for you to have input into your design or you're tearing down walls & ceilings & you need the measurements to be exact. She just isn't there yet, although she thinks she is!

I haven’t worked with them yet. They came over and we worked on the pricing. It’s a fairly large project and I’m waiting to understand where my financial situation is because the market has gone crazy since then. The whole thing is on hold, but I’m going to work with them. I was open to the project and wanted to get an estimate of what I was talking about so that they could do what they wanted to and when they could, I went to visit their offices and I was super impressed. The whole thing is very good and I will work with them. I’m not talking to anybody else at the moment. I liked their professionalism, their offices and the people that work for the guy. They were very good, very diligent and had a very neat operation. They were very clean. He had some great things. He got back to me very fast with his estimates. He was fast in letting me know what I should do and what he thought he could do. Overall, it was a very positive experience.

The experience was positive. They came out and took measurements and gave us an estimate. They spent about an hour here and gave me lot of time and listened to what we wanted and gave us feedback. They did follow up with the quote in a timely manner, which the other companies did not. Their responsiveness was excellent but I give them a slightly lower rating on professionalism because he didn't have a measuring tape with him. We are gathering a few quotes and haven't had any work done yet. We have had a couple of contractors come out and take a look at the work to be done.

The gentleman was very honest and very polite. He was sorry that he couldn't help us with what we needed. His company wasn't big enough. My husband really liked him. We would absolutely consider them in the future.

They are very flexible and easy to work with. Also, their craftsmanship is wonderful!