Jamison Home Svc LLC

They left everything in perfect shape, including painting any spots that needed it.They did a great job. I would definitely use them again.

I thought they did a great job with the service they provided. I was surprise with how clean the provider was and very pleased with that. The project was very complicated and they were very well informed on the subject. I'm very satisfied with the job and I would recommend him to anyone in the future. He really gave me some very good advice.

Great! My initial appointment had to be rescheduled due to a snowstorm. Their next appointment was a full week later but when they heard I was without heat because my new heater wasn't working due to a downdraft issue in my chimney, they came out to inspect it and cleared the obstruction enough to get the heater working!! They scheduled the relining for 2 days later and came out, performed all the work quickly and efficiently. They cleaned up afterward. I really appreciated Jamie's in-depth knowledge and advice in addition to their professionalism. Price seemed pretty comparable with other rates I'd received. Overall very happy.

The estimator was very professional and informative.

They are very good. They were neat, clean, polite, courteous, showed up and got it done fast.

Don't use A step in time but use Jamison Home services instead!!!!!

Although I did not go with their proposal, I was impressed by their timely response, friendly and professional demeanor. They came out to give an estimate, explained their remedy for my problem and submitted an estimate on email, followed by a hardcopy of the proposal. The office manager and estimator were congenial and pleasant to work with.

Our home is composed of "salmon" brick, which is a relatively soft brick. When we bought our home in September 2011, there was some significant brick deterioration (spalling) and missing mortar in various places on our home's exterior. Our second floor fireplace was also in pretty bad shape. Lou Feiertag and Eddie Arocho, from Jamison Masonry, performed the necessary repair work for us at our home. They did a great job. The repairs were completed skillfully. At our request, they tinted mortar so that it closely matches the existing mortar on our historic home. The replacement bricks are also a good match. Thus the repairs and new brickwork blend in nicely. The work required about 4 days to complete. Masonry work can only be performed in good weather, and Lou always called promptly to let us know if bad weather conditions necessitated a change to their work schedule. Lou and Eddie were very courteous and helpful. They told us about steps we can take to extend the life of our existing brick. We plan to call on Jamison again next spring to have a weatherproofing treatment applied to our exterior brick walls. We also appreciate that Jamison worked with us to take advantage of a University of Pennsylvania program that helps UPenn faculty and staff cover the costs of certain home repairs. Jamison promptly sent UPenn all of the necessary information (licensing, insurance, etc) and were patient about the time needed to process payment through this UPenn system. Thank you!

I called Jamison to come out and give us an estimate on exterior basement waterproofing. The estimator, David Ratamen responed quickly and came out to the house the next day. He told me he wanted to bring out some of their commercial guys to look at the situation and to get the best solution. I agreed. A week later I received the below email: Good Morning Mr. Hughes, Just wanted to touch base and let you know we haven?t forgotten about you. I?ve been working on ideas with our commercial estimators And pricing out the most reasonable solution. I should have something to you by the end of the week. Thank you for your patience, Dave Rantanen Jamison Basement Waterproofing Another week went by and I didn't receive anything from Jamison. I sent Dave another email on Nov. 28th asking about the estimate. Dave responed: I?ve actually gathered all the info I need and will be putting your estimate together. You should have it in your Hands in the next day or so. Thanks for your patience. Dave I sent another email on December 6th and received no response. Maybe the job was too small. I don't know- whatever the situation, they should have responed with an estimate. I bring this to Angie's list because if this is how they do estimates then think what their reliability is in doing a job for you!

Jamison was great and very responsive before, during and after the appointment.

Great experience. Would definitely recommend them for masonry and foundation work. Yes - we also used this company to clean our wood burning stove that was installed in our chimney. Also a good experience! The workers were prompt and clean. They were also good about telling us about the overall condition of the wood stove. Overall, just a nice company to work with

next time I am in need of any masonary work, I wouldn't think of going anywhere else.

Mike from Jamison gave us what I feel as the most honest appraisal of the work we needed to have done (based on 3 other contractors coming to the house to take a look). It took a little time to get a start date fixed for the project, but to be fair, we'd just had an earthquake, hurricane, and torrential rain storms. The were swamped.Jamison's crew were courteous, professional, and true craftsmen. They did a wonderful job re-pointing brick, and completely redoing the stucco on the back of our row-home. They finished the job in the estimated time, and stayed within their budget.Highly recommended

The price was reasonable, I just don't have the money right now. They were fine. It took a little over a week to get the estimate after they came out but it took them a little while to come out for the estimate. It's a little unfair because they were bogged down from the hurricane. It was slow to get a quote but they also had a lot of people to get back to. They were completely punctual. I will use them when I have the money for the work. So far they've been professional and courteous.

It did not go well at first, but I must commend this company for standing behind its work. The crew that they sent out at first did not do a good job. Although they were very nice, they came unprepared without they necessary materials, did not allow enough time to do the job properly and wasted some of the time they had by going to pick up supplies. Consequently, the job was done very poorly. When I complained, the supervisor came out to evaluate and agreed to do the wall over again. He sent a different crew. This crew knew what they were doing, removed the wall and started over and did it right. They did an excellent job. I think it is very commendable to stand behind the reputation of your company and admit when a job did not go well and do it over. I would use them again for this reason.

Requested a quote but this provider never got back to us.

It was very easy from start to finish.

Mario, the man who came to give us the estimate and discussed with us the work to be done, kept in touch very very respectably! I called with several questions about the actual work his crew would do, and he never failed to return my call in a timely manner and discuss with me my concerns. The only issue I had was that it took about 8 weeks to get the work started when he told me it would take about 2-3 weeks. I'm not very upset, though, because the issue was not very urgent (the chimney was well-lined by the previous owners, the stucco just looked horrible). The crew who came to do the work was polite, informative, punctual, and easy to talk with. At my request, the photographed the work they'd done so that I could sort of inspect it, since I wasn't going to be climbing on my roof to look at it in-person! I also asked them a few questions about other masonry-related work that eventually needs to be done on our house, and they were very willing to educate me; I really respect that.

Jamison personnel were polite and friendly when I called for an estimate for a basement waterproofing/water management system. Their estimator, Mark, was prompt and professional. He was thorough and understandable in his analysis and recommendations, and provided an estimate, which was slightly less than another company who had provided an estimate. It was a very difficult decision, and ultimately I selected the competitor, mostly because that competitor had such a large number of favorable reviews on Angie's List, compared to the number Jamison had. I called Jamison to tell them that the job had been awarded to someone else. They were understanding and friendly and even thanked me for making the call to tell them they didn't get the job. I wish I could have hired both companies. Even though I have no basis to review Jamison's work, based on the absolute professionalism of the staff I encountered, I would encourage others to consider them when selecting a contractor.

I contacted this company to install a chase cover over a chimney in January of 2011 and provided a description of the situation along with contact numbers and emails for myself and, although access to the house was not required, contact numbers for the tenants. Jamison scheduled to do the installation February 15 of 2011 under their proposal # # 10-RES-654 since I had told them it was very important that this be installed before the Spring rains, later delayed to February 23 by them. Mario Galli, their service manager was the person who I spoke to and who responded. As part of that conversation I explained that this was a temporary measure and that I didn't want to do a very extensive repair due to the probability that the heater and its chimney will shortly become obsolete. On the 23rd I got an email from Mr. Galli that they couldn't do the work because after all this time they had no idea of what the chimney looked like and now that they had viewed it they needed additional materials at a higher price. I agreed to this and they rescheduled this. This was they rescheduled twice more due to them being too busy due to storms while my house underwent deterioration. In June with the job still not done I phoned and another visit was scheduled. Despite them having all my contact info, a delay of ten days went by after which I received a snotty letter explaining that they needed to instead of installing the chimney chase cover, completely install a liner for the entire chimney at a price 6 times higher - a proposal, incidentally, that they had previously supplied me and which I had previously not only rejected but informed them why that expenditure of resources was inappropriate for this temporary measure. I phoned the company very upset and was told I should speak to Mr. Jamison himself, was put to his voicemail, and left a message with no response. I later left a second message also with no response. I have since ordered the chimney cover for $200 less than Jamison quoted me a price for, and am told that installation is an easy, ten minute job.

This company was one of two who made recommendations and quotes. While the cause assessment and dollar amounts were very close, curative method recommendations made by the gentleman from Jamison appeared to be much more accurate and reliable based on the information available at the time. Neither company ended up doing work in the end. I decided to go through the season in order to be sure the determination of cause was accurate. After another major storm and further investigation, an alternative cause was determined to be at fault and a much different direction being taken to establish a cure. However, had the additional storm information supported the first finding, I would have gone with Jamison.

When the work was done I had a couple of questions on the cracking and masonry work and they came back out and went over everything so they were definitely responsive. From the initial estimate they actually did more painting in other areas I didn't expect to be done. They did a couple of stone walls and some block work. It was great block. I think they will be working on my neighbor's house in the next couple of weeks.

This went so good that I am going to fininsh the drain to the back where I still get a little water. This will ensure that I no longer have to mop up after we get 4+ inches of rain within an hour. This would never flood the basement but since the front is so good I decided it's worth it to have a dry basement. My front has been dry these last 2 years. Many of my neighbors are still using their portable pumps. I am so lucky to be able to be free of that problem. So far I am very pleased.

They showed up on time, and gave me a good estimate. The price was little higher than what I initially expected, but it was in the same ballpark as other bids I received.

Mario, and his crew did a great job, from start to finish.