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Beautiful job.

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Reliable. Professional. Punctual. Expert Craftsman. Upon purchase of a home built in 1961, we peeled back the sculpted wall-to-wall carpets to find that the carpet pad was stuck randomly in tiny chunks, all over the 1 inch wide pine flooring. Near the door and the fireplace were pet urine stains from years ago. All 1500 sq ft of hardwood floors needed refinishing. Since Homewood Hardwood offers a low odor finish, and Johnny Homewood was so polite and professional, with a fair estimate, the work was begun. All of the old carpet & padding were then pulled, bundled and removed immediately by Johnny. After removing what must have seemed like 3 million carpet staples, he sanded, double sanded, and sometimes triple-sanded in the pet urine spots, careful not to damage the integrity of the wood floor. In the kitchen, Johnny Homewood moved the stove, took out the old vinyl flooring and removed a layer of sub-flooring in order to lay down new wood floors. He removed the old vinyl and sub- floor from the premises. He then perfectly matched the stain of the new pine kitchen floor to the 50 year old floors that he re-finished and re-stained in the rest of the house. The floors that had no pet damage, but had carpet padding stuck to them, were extremely beautiful once refinished, stained, and finished by John. During the week of his refinishing, Johnny kept me updated on his progress, and was present when I went to the house to see the final completion. John Homewood arrived early for every scheduled appointment. I was very satisfied. Even after he was paid, when I called and asked if he would return to the house to put the closet doors back on their tracks, he kindly did so that day. I found out that John enjoys the process of a project: working through the steps of cleaning, sanding, staining, and adding finish, with the final goal of getting it to meet his perfectionism. I consider John Homewood to be very professional, reliable, trustworthy, and a true craftsman.

Johnny did an amazing job refinishing the floors of our newly purchased Rosewood home. He also fashioned a new threshold between the floors and the bathroom and at the kitchen. Very reasonable, professional, clean, timely. Really knows his floors. Also, low VOC so no odor and safe for my son. I would recommend him strongly to anyone who every needed work done on hardwood floors -- the expert.

I had planned to be out of town the week the project was to have been completed. I returned on the 3rd day to repack and leave again the following day. During my absence, he installed the new prefinished hardwood on top of the particle board and existing old hardwood in the foyer and great room without doing any demolition whatsoever. He did this without my knowledge or approval despite the fact he had my cell phone and could have contacted me if he wanted to change the installation proposal. Furthermore he cut door jambs throughout the first floor plus a mahogany front door in order to accept the newly elevated floor. Now I have two options; either tear out the new hardwood and start over completely, replacing all interior doors and front door, and rebuilding all door jambs or continue laying new hardwood over particle board and old hardwood. I was so upset I told him to come and remove his tools which he did promptly. I wanted him out of the house immediately and only asked for a $1000 refund, which he also paid promptly. At that time however, I had not discovered the cut door jambs and doors and was under the impression I still had the option of just tearing out the newly installed hardwood and starting over. Now I realize the cost to demolish everything, rebuild door jambs and replace doors would be prohibitive. Because of this, I should have demanded a complete refund of the $4000. February 2012 I submitted a complaint to the SC Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation January 24, 2011. Two LLR Residential Builders Commission investigators conducted an inspection of Mr. Homewood's work in my home on June 8, 2011 and submitted their findings to the Builders Commission. The Commission found Mr. Homewood in violation of SC Code of Laws 40-59-110 and 40-1-110(a) (1976, as amended) and also found that he "engaged in misconduct by engaging in substandard work". Mr. Homewood signed a Consent Agreement 11/8/2011 admitting to these allegations and agreed to the following sanctions: 1) Respondent's license shall be publicly reprimanded. 2) Respondent's residential builder's license RBS.52466 is suspended for Twelve (12) months, and Respondent shall pay a civil penalty of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2500.00); HOWEVER, said suspension and civil penalty are immediately stayed upon the following conditions: a. Respondent shall pay a civil penalty of One Thousand Dollars ($1000.00) to the Commission within Thirty (30) days of the effective date of service for this Agreement. Said civil penalty is not deemed paid until received in full by the Commission. 3). Respondent acknowledges that he has the right to a hearing and to be represented by counsel in this matter, and freely, knowingly and voluntarily waives such rights by entering into this Consent Agreement. Respondent understands and agrees that by entering into this Consent Agreement, he voluntarily relinquishes any right to judicial review of Commission's action(s) which may be taken concerning any related matters. 4) Respondent understands and agrees that if this Consent Agreement is approved, it shall become a public document under the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act 30-4-10 to -165. Mr. Homewood apparently paid his civil penalty before the thirty day deadline expired. The findings of the impartial South Carolina LLR Residential Builders Commission speak for themselves and can be found on their website under 'Disciplinary Information' at : www.LLR.state.sc.us/pol/residentialbuilders . No matter how Mr. Homewood portrays himself, he is not the victim in this project.

Johnny did an excellent job. We have a large upstairs and the job took about two weeks. He worked steadily every day and was never late. He carefully explained what he was doing, answered all our questions, and was always cheerful, pleasant, and professional. We agreed on the price before he started work and the price did not change. The new floor is beautiful. We highly recommend Johnny and will definitely call him ourselves in the future if we have future flooring needs.

He was very professional and gave us a reasonable estimate. He was very knowledgeable. He was very responsive and punctual.

Easy to contact. Extremely professional. Very helpful with recommendations. EXTREMELY excellent workmanship.