R.A. Briggs & Company is a full service General Contractor, licensed by the Texas Residential Construction Commission, #19500. Since 1962, we have serviced select neighborhoods in the Houston area.
Business highlights
63 years of trusted experience
Services we offer
R.A. Briggs & Co., Inc. Contractors offers a variety of services to suit your every remodeling need. Whether you are in the market for a simple facelift of interior and exterior painting and some new countertops, or you want to completely remodel your entire house, we can help you every step of the way. We have a Kitchen and Bath Design Specialist on staff that can coordinate all the details and experienced crews that can get the job done in a professional manner. R.A. Briggs & Co., Inc. C
Description of Work: Briggs is fixing the toilet outflow pipe - extending it because we had wood floors installed and it now needs to be long enough to reach. They are doing a very good job repairing work that was not done correctly by our original contractor. We have already engaged them to do some additional drywall work.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$2,000
Katherine J.
02/2015
5.0
interior painters
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unknown
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
Nancy M.
08/2012
4.0
interior painters
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I would recommend them to others.
Description of Work: They did work for me in my house a long time ago, they painted and did sheet rock work.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
4.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
JOHN C.
05/2011
3.0
hardwood floor, remodeling, interior painters
 + 1 more
I had two jobs done that cost $100000 and their portion of it cost $75000. They did the job in two portions. They first did the left hand side of my house and then the right. I was very satisfied with their first job. They came back after a hiatus in a few months and they seemed like a different company. I would not recommend them based on my most recent experience with them. They were not timely. I had to only terminate them before the job was finished. I subcontracted and did some of the final work on my own because they had fallen so far behind.
Description of Work: I have used the services of R A Briggs Company four or five months ago. I did a renovation of my home and they did everything related to painting and hardwood floor covering. They also took off some walls and did interior reconstruction within my house.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
4.0
value
3.0
professionalism
3.0
responsiveness
2.0
punctuality
3.0
$75,000
Melinda M.
04/2011
5.0
doors
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They are always on time and clean up after themselves. They are able to work around my schedule and I work full time. They are wonderful to work with and that's why I keep using them. I've used them for interior and exterior work including remodeling a bathroom and kitchen. I plan on hiring them here in the new future for some more work.
Description of Work: I've used them for over ten years. This most recent time they replaced some doors in my house.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
Robert G.
01/2011
2.0
woodworking, home remodeling, house painters, interior painters
 + 2 more
The major issue was the quality of work. Individual components such as new countertops went well. The painting quality was terrible. We still have paint on windows in our upstairs bedrooms. Sloppy. Toward the end of the project we discovered a painting of our children had a large white drop of paint in the middle - $250 to get it cleaned. Hardware not removed from cabinets and painted over. Not what one would describe as a quality job. I t was the overall lack of attention to detail and sloppy painting that turned us off. Although we wish them no malice, we will not use them again.
Description of Work: Painted entire interior of house, significant amounts of exterior, remodeled 2 bathrooms with counters, painted kitchen and installed new kitchen counters.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
2.0
value
3.0
professionalism
2.0
responsiveness
3.0
punctuality
2.0
$20,000
Thomas H.
01/2011
5.0
house painters, interior painters
 + 0 more
They were clean and neat. I give them a call and have to wait. They are sometimes slow in responding. They took care of the stuff in the house and they clean up after themselves. They were average in punctuality. They were professional but they had some flaws. However, I will hire them again in the future.
Description of Work: I used R A Briggs Co for interior and exterior painting a year ago.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
4.0
responsiveness
3.0
punctuality
3.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$5,000
John B. W.
01/2011
5.0
remodeling, home remodeling, interior painters
 + 1 more
I have used them several times. They have done my bathrooms, my kitchen, and my dining rooms and have done some painting jobs. I have a great deal of confidence in them. I have recommended them to my friends. If they don’t get something right, they will make it right. The last time I used them, I spent $40000 on the job. It was a huge job. They do excellent painting work. I liked them because the interaction between the general contractor and the workers was excellent. They were responsive. I felt they had done some mistakes, but as soon as they saw them, they corrected the same. If something goes wrong, they will come and fix it or they will fix it immediately. They are expensive as compared to others, but I have had great experiences with them. They will take care of problems for you. I think you get what you pay for with them. They are not the cheapest contractors. I will use them again in the future.
Description of Work: I used R A Briggs Co., three years ago. They remodeled my kitchen, dining room, living room, bedrooms; etc.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$40,000
ANNETTE N.
08/2010
5.0
remodeling
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We haven't used them. He was very personable. We may get another bid from them. He was very professional and he has worked in our neighborhood a lot and has a good reputation.
Description of Work: We got an estimate from R A Briggs Company to do some construction work.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
Robert U.
07/2010
5.0
house painters, interior painters
 + 0 more
They are excellent.
Description of Work: R A Briggs Co painted the exterior and interior of the house for me about two years ago.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
Diane R.
06/2010
4.0
ceramic tile, house painters
 + 0 more
As I said above, I did not get the work done.
Description of Work: I got a bid from them to do some outside iron stairs, tile and stucco repair. They were very prompt coming and submitting the bid, and he was very frank about being a contractor, not the person doing the job. Nevertheless, the stairs were bid at about $6500, not including the tile for the steps and landing. It took my breath away and I just couldn't see paying that much without checking around. I finally got the stairs done very well for $4000. So I have nothing bad to say about them except that the price was WAY high. They also gave me a price for some inside tile and new tracks for a couple of mirrored sliding closet doors---- maybe I am unrealistic about a reasonable price, but anyway.....
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
value
1.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Hugh R.
06/2010
4.0
remodeling, wallpaper removal, home remodeling, interior painters
 + 2 more
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Description of Work: Mr. Briggs showed up promptly to review our proposed projects and seemed very knowledgeable. However, it took over a month to actually receive an estimate and I hired someone else in the meantime.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
3.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
CLAUDE H R.
05/2010
5.0
woodworking, interior painters
 + 0 more
They are excellent company to work with! The workers were timely and professional. They did exactly what they said they would do. I would highly recommend them!
Description of Work: Briggs did some general repair on my home including painting and small remodeling.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
Allison P.
04/2010
5.0
remodeling
 + -1 more
Ken Briggs visited me twice over a one year period to bid on remodeling two bathrooms. He is charming and very professional. I especially like that he included costs for materials as well as labor (estimated on the high end) to give me a good feel for the overall cost of the project. R.A. Briggs had recently completed a huge remodeling project for a friend who was very pleased with their service and results. I'm a champagne taste on a beer budget kind of person, and R.A. Briggs is definitely the champagne remodeler - first class from all I've heard. Their prices, while not unreasonable for first rate work, were just too high for my beer budget.
Description of Work: Bid on remodeling two bathrooms.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
3.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
Richard S.
05/2009
5.0
remodeling
 + -1 more
They are very personable, clean, efficient, and knowledgeable.
Description of Work: I have used RA Briggs Co. for remodeling in my house. There was some damage to the hardwood floors in my kitchen and they had come out and conducted a test 2 hours ago. They took the faucets off my bathroom but the damage was in the kitchen. They finally made a little hole in the wall and identified the problem.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
CARL H.
11/2008
3.0
remodeling
 + -1 more
Quote was in line with others. The quote was more detailed which led us to believe that the workmanship would also be detailed oriented. We made it clear from the very beginning that my wife and I both work so we would have to make arrangements to let them into the house. With other contractors we have used, this usually meant that a project manager held the key to our house and let the crew in at various times. Initially the work went well. Counter removal was neat and done in a timely fashion. Fitting of new counter was excellent. Then e had difficulty to get them to return to complete plumbing, woodwork replacement and painting. After pointing out that there was only 1/2 day available for them to get this work done, they did return. But I felt that the molding replacement was not of craftsman quality and they did not have time to complete the painting so we agreed to drop this and we would do this ourselves. The great difficulties getting this small project completed has discouraged us from using them in the future.
Description of Work: Replaced counter in a wet bar with granite. Replaced sink and faucet.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
3.0
value
3.0
professionalism
4.0
responsiveness
3.0
punctuality
2.0
$3,300
ANN M.
10/2008
5.0
house painters, interior painters
 + 0 more
They gave me a very detailed bid. They did a very good job as far as I can tell. They were prompt and flexible as far as scheduling. They were very clean and they put plastic down in their work area.
Description of Work: They came to my home and painted a lot of trim on the outside of my house, put in an exhaust fan in the bathroom and painted the ceiling.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$3,300
Richard S.
09/2008
5.0
remodeling
 + -1 more
It went really well. They were very professional and reliable in their work. They were very responsive. When things did not go well they were very good at coming to a compromise. I felt that they were expensive, but I felt that they were very trustworthy.
Description of Work: They came to my house and they moved a wall, replaced sheetrock, painted, refinished the floors, replaced the rotted out wood under the house, replaced the columns on the porch, re-did the electricity in the kitchen for new lights, tile work, and they also installed granite countertops.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$50,000
DONNA J.
07/2008
5.0
woodworking
 + -1 more
He is very honest, and has always performed great work. I will continue to use them for anything I need.
Description of Work: I have been using him for 25 years for everything, most recently he put new wood in my atrium in my home.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
J M.
10/2007
5.0
house painters
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Due to the fact that rain was leaking through a couple of windows, the project manager scheduled the work sooner than originally anticipated. Just the power washing made an amazing difference. Although they gave me 4 paint samples from which to choose, I was not given a sample on a board to get a good idea and only the painter who did not speak good English was there to take my selection. The color, while close, wasn't the perfect choice as it looks different on the eaves than it did on the small sample at eye level and the painter didn't have the knowledge to tell me what might have been a better choice. The bid was complete and the two workers were diligent. The company seems very busy with the result of very light supervision which may impact their operations more than individual results.
Description of Work: Power washed 2 story house for 1st time in 20 years including drive, patio and walk. They painted all exterior wood and metal. They also caulked the top of some leaking windows and repaired squirrel damage to the soffit. (The bid included 1150 for the power washing.)
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
4.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$5,900
Michael S.
09/2006
5.0
interior painters
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Excellent job. Crew of three worked over three days to repair and prepare the surfaces, then paint them with two coats. Very clean, very careful, very professional.
Description of Work: Painted one bedroom and hallway. Also painted moldings & trim.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$3,000
12/2005
5.0
remodeling
 + -1 more
We were so happy with the way their painting job went that we re-hired them for more work. The outside spotlights, and all the electrical connections were done in one morning. The lights make it much easier when we come home after dark. We also desperately needed the new toilets. Everyone involved was very polite, and professional about the work. Both projects were finished in one working day.
Description of Work: R.A. Briggs installed outdoor lights on the house, and garage. They also put in two new toilets.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,500
12/2005
5.0
home remodeling
 + -1 more
I had this company come out several times to do various jobs after I saw the work that they did on my first project. They finished the work in just three days with no problems. The employees did quality work and were done quickly with great expertise.
Description of Work: R A Briggs Memorial remodeled our kitchen during a home improvement project.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$10,000
12/2005
5.0
house painters, interior painters
 + 0 more
We had been looking for a company to paint the entire house for a while. We heard about Briggs by word of mouth. Everything we heard was positive, so we hired them. They did an excellent job of it too. There were no paint marks past the trim, which seems to be a standard mistake. There were several painters working at once. This made the job much faster, and it only took one and a half days to finish. Everything was cleaned after the job was done.
Description of Work: R.A. Briggs painted both the interior, and exterior of our house.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$4,500
GARY M.
11/2004
2.0
wallpaper removal, interior painters
 + 0 more
THEY HAD REMOVED A TOILET WHILE DOING THE WORK AND PUT IT BACK WITHOUT THE SEAL, WHEN I CALLED TO ASK THEM WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT. HE SAID THAT HIS WORKERS WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO DO THAT TYPE OF WORK. HE SAID THAT HE WOULD LOOK INTO IT, BUT WE NEVER HEARD BACK FROM HIM. THE PAINT IS STARTING TO YELLOW AND SHOW DISCOLORATION. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE PAINT STORE THAT CARRIES THIS TYPE OF PAINT, THEY SAID THAT THE PAINT HAD BEEN THINNED.
Description of Work: INTERIOR PAINTING (2 BATHROOMS AND A BEDROOM) INCLUDING REMOVAL OF WALL PAPER AND DRY WALL REPAIR.
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Service Categories
Interior Painting,
General Remodeling,
Exterior Painting,
Kitchen and Bath Remodeling,
Finished Carpentry and Woodworking,
Doors,
Hardwood Flooring Sales and Installation,
Electrical,
Ceramic Tile,
Wallpaper Removal,
Roofing,
Lighting
FAQ
R A BRIGGS CO is currently rated 4.3 overall out of 5.
Monday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
R A BRIGGS CO accepts the following forms of payment: Check,Discover,MasterCard,Visa
Yes, R A BRIGGS CO offers free project estimates.
Yes, R A BRIGGS CO offers eco-friendly accreditations.
No, R A BRIGGS CO does not offer a senior discount.
No, R A BRIGGS CO does not offer emergency services.
No, R A BRIGGS CO does not offer warranties.
R A BRIGGS CO offers the following services: R.A. Briggs & Co., Inc. Contractors offers a variety of services to suit your every remodeling need. Whether you are in the market for a simple facelift of interior and exterior painting and some new countertops, or you want to completely remodel your entire house, we can help you every step of the way. We have a Kitchen and Bath Design Specialist on staff that can coordinate all the details and experienced crews that can get the job done in a professional manner. R.A. Briggs & Co., Inc. C