Avery & Sons Home Improvement

My mother always told me if I couldn't say anything good about someone, then don't say anything.

My husband and I inherited my father's house after he passed away and we need to have some repairs done to it so we can have it listed on the market to sell. We wanted to get several different estimates (which we have every right to do). My husband contacted a total of 4 different people from Angie's List and set up appointments spaced approximately an hour apart so that I could be over at the house the best part of 1 day to meet with them and go over what all needed to be done. Apparently, there was some miscommunication between Mr. Keith Avery and my husband about the time of his appointment. My husband told me that Mr. Avery was supposed to meet me at 1:30, so when it got to be around 1:45 and I did not see or hear from him, I got on the phone and called and told Mr. Avery who I was and that my husband had talked to him the day before and that I was supposed to meet with him at 1:30. Mr. Avery said that he told my husband to tell me that and quot;Iand quot; was supposed to call him when I was headed over to the house and he would see when he could meet me there. Anyway, he said that he could meet me at the house in about an hour or an hour and a half. Well, I was in the process of finishing up with another very nice man from Angie's List when Mr. Keith Avery arrived and knocked on the door. I asked if he was Mr. Avery when I opened the door and he said and quot;yesand quot;. Since I still needed a few minutes to close out my appointment with the man that I was talking with, I very politely apologized to Mr. Avery and asked if he could give me just a few minutes, and he immediately spun around with his back to me, started walking off and GRUFFLY said, and quot; NO, I DON'T DO THATand quot;. Well, needless to say his behavior and response left me and quot; stunnedand quot; for a few minutes. I felt like I had been slapped in the face. I just said, and quot;thank youand quot; and closed the door. I think what happened, is when Mr. Avery pulled up to the house, he saw the other man's truck that had his business name on the door and realized he had some competition. He was already mad before he got to the door. There was absolutely no reason for him to be so rude. It made me realize that I was glad to have seen this side of him before I chose him to do any work for us. I definitely would NEVER use his services - EVER because of his attitude !!!!

The son came out, measured the length of the columns and gave me quote. I will say, he did tell me I was given the wrong dia. cap and base. When I called to set up an appt, we agreed upon a time twice, but he never showed. I finally ended up doing the job myself and saved money.

Mr. Keith Avery and I got off to a rocky start. I had concerns about what I saw early in the process, which I called him about and documented with photos. He felt I was challenging him and became very defensive. No contractor should never speak to a client the way he spoke to me. In the end he promised the work would be A+ quality. That's all I wanted, the same level of quality I had perceived from the other reveiws. The 2nd day I was a lot happier with what I saw. I gave them their space to work and we didn't talk again until the job was done. It looks good now, overall. The painter did an excellent job. I had hoped for better cleanup of the site, however. There was debris left on the roof and scraped paint and lots of nails and small screws in the yard (I had to buy a large magnet bar and quot;sweeperand quot; to clean them up). I was told the rain would clean off the roof, but I feel it should have been swept off. When Mr. Avery and I spoke again, we were on better terms.

Mr. Keith Avery came to my house at my request for an estimate. He was friendly and professional. He pointed out some areas that were potential trouble areas and indicated how he would repair them to prevent the problems in the future. He and his works were prompt, polite, and professional. They completed the work in a timely matter and to my satisfaction. I would use Mr. Avery and his business associates again.

They were great. The outside of our house looks great and the reworked cabinets fit right in with the rest of the kitchen. Keith was able to a quick estimates and they we able to accommodate my schedule for the kitchen remodel. They were pleasant workers to have around and were not intrusive.

I was approached by a contractor canvassing the neighborhood after a hailstorm for possible roof damage. With my insurance his estimate would have cost me about $5000 out of pocket. I had called Avery and Sons separately about replacing rotting columns on the front porch. During his inspection he told me he also replaced roofs and asked if I would like an estimate for that, too. His estimate was much lower and he showed me he was going to use the same materials and would be more responsive if anything was not to my liking. I went with Avery and Sons for price and responsiveness. Mr Avery was pleasant to work with, flexible to my schedule and had a great roofing crew. We actually enjoyed having them around. They cleaned up meticulously each day, were polite, and left the yard spotless after the job. We are very pleased with the quality of the work, the color of the new roof, and (perhaps best of all) the price which was almost exactly what the insurance paid. I have never had a roof replaced before, but I cannot imagine a more positive experience. I would highly recommend Avery and Sons for roofing work. The original reason for my call was to replace old columns. Mr Avery worked with us to select very similar looking fiberglass replacement columns which will never rot. They look as good or better than the original and they even matched the paint exactly.

The repairs that Mr. Avery did was on a house I was preparing to put up for sale. There were multiple things that needed repair and each was addressed to my satisfaction.

Keith and crew did a very good and neat job. He was flexible in dealing with changes that we requested as the project went along. It turned out to be everything we expected. We plan to use him again in the future for any other repair work.

The job over-all was excellent. The crew arrived on the 7th and finished on the 9th. They worked full days from 7:30 am to about 5pm. A reroofing job is messy to say the least. We were very concerned with nails in the back yard due to the close proximity of our pool to the house. Kenny's crew put tarps down to reduce the mess in the grass and to help keep the nails and other debris from the yard. The job went smooth and thank God there was no rain during the three days. They removed the old shingles, re-felted and applied the ice and rain barrier as contracted. The crew was professional and did not ask for anything. As far as mess goes I thought they did a great job keeping it to a minimum. They removed debris daily and use a magnete on the ground when complete. Kenny was attentive and always responded immediately to any questions or concerns throughout the entire job. After the roofing was complete, Kenny came with a final cleanup crew on the 10th. He personally inspected the roof and the grounds and ensured I was happy with the job. Once again they were fast, Clean and professional.The roof looks great and I'm looking forward to many years of worry free rainy days and nights.As stated above I dealt with Kenny Avery exclusively. I highly recommend Avery and Sons and will use them again

When I hired Kenny, he told me that they were extremely busy and they would not get to the job for a couple of weeks. This was cosmetic work so time was not an issue. As promised, they came out to do the job a couple of weeks later. They repaired the wood, inspected the roof area above the problem and repaired torn shingles that were the cause of the problem. The job looks great.Fast, clean and professional.I Highly recommend Avery and Sons, and will be using them again.

.I prefer to get quotes via email and they were relatively ok with correspondence via this medium but we got the quotes and timing set-up via email and phone calls. The work was done as promised and in the time they had estimated. They had a reasonable price and the work done was quite good.

In September of 2011, there was a very intense hail storm at our house with golf-ball sized hail. It damaged our roof at the time, but we didn't realize it until later in the year, when there was a roof leak around the chimney. Our homeowners insurance covered the roof replacement, and we wanted to use someone who was local to our neighborhood. I called Avery and Sons for an estimate, and Keith Avery was very prompt. He helped us out prior to the work being done, by sealing the leak around the chimney, and then refunded the very nominal charge for doing that, when we signed on to get the roof replacement with him. The roofing work was done in a few days in January 2012, although it took about 6 weeks to get it scheduled. Keith supervised the crew doing the work and inspected the final job. The new roof looks terrific and made our house look so much better overall. The crew was very careful to clean up the debris in the yard and picked up any stray roofing nails with a magnet roller. We haven't found any loose ones! This was a big job, and we only had a few days with all of the roofing material and debris to deal with in the front yard. No problems with the roof since then either. They paid a lot of attention to detail work on the roof. I would definitely recommend them for roofing.

Excellent. I was very happy with the work!

I've used them before for another roof. They are excellent.

Based on the reviews I expected more from this company.

I was very very impressed. I decided to go with someone else, but I am going to keep their information for other small jobs that come up because they were very impressive. I didn't spend any money on the estimate. They just totally impressed me with their knowledge of what needed to be done and things of that nature. They impressed me with their knowledge and they impressed me overall of what needed to be done. It was a very close call. We used somebody at my church because they knew them. It was like a referral type deal. It was very close. It was tough deciding which one to go with. On a scale of 10, Avery and Sons were 9.9. What stood out about them was their knowledge, their expertise, and overall everything. They were so close to being chosen.

They were very professional and helpful. They did a great job explaining how they'd handle the project. Their price was reasonable.

They were very prompt in even coming to give me an estimate. The only downside was they said they were going to come and they were 3 1/2 hours late. They didn't call to let me know that they were going to be late. Once they came, they did an excellent job. After they left I found a little water leak and they came back the next day to fix it. They were good workers and they were very nice and cooperative. I would use them again.

Work was scheduled for week of Nov 14th, however, estimate for amount of work to be done seemed very reasonable. However, this contractor does not seem to follow up when delayed by weather or other obligations. I called him at least three times and was given estimated starting date, but he does not show up or call to reschedule. As a result I will contact another person to do the work.

Went really well. Arrived on time, worked around our schedule. It's great these days to find someone who does good work at fair price. Very trustworthy.

They did a great job, were very fast, knowledgeable, personable and did it all at a price close to $1000 less than the next closest estimate.

The work began with dismantling the chimney box. The workmen had to endure a very steep roof, but were not in any way hampered by that. They were considerate enough to show me and my wife, Nancy, the old chimney box parts and explained the new developments the have come in the industry. At the same time those workmen were working on the chimeny box, another crew, including Mr. Avery were busy removing the rotten fence posts and replacing them with new posts cememted to assure stability. Mr. Avery explained that the posts would need a couple of days for the cement to harden before the sections would be placed back in the fence. The work on the garage ceiling was next. Mr. Avery's empolyee explained his work and showed us the renewed ceiling and the need to wait 24 hours before painting the area. The last work was on the Utility building. Two of mr. Avery's employees quickly but efficiently tore away the corner lumber and replaced it. They, then, installed the outerwall skirts and completed the job by re-painting their work with paint that exactly matched the Utility building's green color. The job completed, Mr. Avery's crew removed all the construction debris.

Simply put, A+++!!! Let's face it, no one wants to read those really looooong reports! But I cannot say enough good things about Avery and Sons. They showed up on time, all the workers were polite and professional, and they did a great job! If you are looking for trustworthy, dependable, hard working people then Avery and Sons is the contractor for you!!! I would definitely use them again and would recommend them to anyone!!

They were timely. The quote was professional and you get an actual itemized quote, it's not just a piece of paper. Most of all they seemed fair, they were pretty straight shooters, in construction that's important.