Trim Wood & Preston Fine Woodworking

All repairs were done with highest quality. This business definitely knows what they are doing.

Excellent. Karl is very creative in problem-solving, extremely neat and organized, thorough, punctual, and has a great attention to detail. His work is top notch, and he seems to be able to do pretty much anything from routine stuff to high quality woodworking. He is also a lot of fun to have around.

The trellis has 17 individual wood parts, plus four spacer blocks and a lot of galvanized fasteners. The original had four custom-cut 8-foot cedar posts plus three clear fir 6x6 blocks, eight pieces of 2x6, and four pieces of 2x8 standard-size lumber, all trimmed and dadoed. I let Karl talk me onto cedar instead of fir, but he did NOT tell me that he would have to cut the boards from bulk cedar stock. Milling the 2x6 and 2x8 board was very expensive; Karl charged me for 17 hours labor! Because he did the work, I paid him. But I complained strenuously about his failure to tell me that switching from fir to cedar eliminated the possibility of using standard lumber-yard sizes (or did it??). I believe he knew he was taking advantage of me. I would have given Karl an A for quality but for the fact that the cedar he selected was not completely clear. Two of the finished components have visible knots. There were no knots in the original fir that I chose myself. After he delivered the parts, I built the trellis myself without his help.

It didn't go anywhere as the provider was not responsive and didn't provide a quote or estimated time to perform the work.

Contacted Karl at end of October to provide an estimate to replace a warped window sill. Karl visited the house on 11/10 and was very knowledgeable. He asked when did I need the job done, mentioned that it might be a week or so before he could start, and I replied that after Thanksgiving would be fine to start but definitely need completed before Christmas. He provided a verbal quote of $400 and a promise to follow-up later in the week with a written estimate for signature. On 11/19, Karl e-mailed to say that he hadn't forgotten about me, things were busy and that he would get the paperwork over early the following week. Still hadn't received the paperwork so on 11/30 I e-mailed Karl for the paperwork and to schedule the job before Christmas as discussed. It is now 1/7/16 and no further communication from Karl. The experience was a major inconvenience and waste of time that I would have preferred using differently; such as working with someone reliable and trustworthy.

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He is a great guy with a keen eye for detail! Easy to work with, creative and an all around winner! We couldn't say enough good things about Karl and the work that he does.

A guest accidentally grabbed a wooden spindle in a stair banister and broke it. Karl picked up the broken spindle and took it to his shop for repairs. A couple of days later he arrived to replace the fixed spindle. Karl has a $300 minimum and the spindle work fell under the minimum. So he brought with him a can of stain and touched up some nicks and dings on the bannister. He also fixed a stripped screw on a decorative door handle. He arrived on time for all appointments.

Karl did a fine job installing our kitchen cabinets and refinishing our hardwood floors. Not perfect, but as good as one will likely find, especially for the price he gave us. We initially hired Karl to install our kitchen cabinets. We had asked for estimates from Karl and a couple of other contractors both for installing the cabinets and building a pony wall in the kitchen (against which a short run of the cabinets would sit against). Karl was the lowest estimate for the cabinet installation. Based on the estimates we received for building the pony wall, including Karl?s, we decided to do that job ourselves. Karl came out promptly to do the work when the cabinets arrived, but the modifications required for some of the cabinets made his work slower than expected. We used a refrigerator wall cabinet as the base cabinet for our farmhouse sink, which required Karl to add a base with a toe-kick to the bottom of the cabinet. In addition, the actual refrigerator-wall cabinet (i.e., the one to be put above the refrigerator) had to be ?built out? using the refrigerator wall panels to make it flush with the front of our refrigerator. Although we had earlier sent Karl the cabinet plans from the manufacturer, I don?t believe he had accounted for this additional work when he gave us his quote. This fact was evidenced by a fair amount of complaining from him. Accordingly, I became worried that Karl might feel compelled to rush through the rest of the job in order not to lose money on the deal. I expressed my concern to Karl and told him that we would be willing to pay more than the original quote in order to compensate him for the unexpected work. In the end, the cabinets turned out quite well. The front of the cabinets are flush, and the cabinets themselves all plumb and square. Karl also aligned the cabinet doors and drawers so that they would open and close properly. In addition, Karl fixed a couple of my mistakes. First, I had failed to account for the toe-kick on the main line of cabinets when measuring the hardwood floors, so there ended up being about an inch or so of exposed subflooring in front the toe-kick. Karl suggested that if we were willing to pay for the work, he would have his floor guy pre-stain and cut some additional boards to fill in the crack. Given that the alternative would have been to re-do the entire floor, we agreed. Second, I inaccurately measured a soffit that runs across the center of our kitchen ceiling, the result being that one of our wall cabinets would not fit next to the soffit as planned. Karl installed the cabinet beneath the soffit and used filler to effectively mask what would otherwise be an obvious error. We later decided to have Karl refinish the hardwood floors in our kitchen and family room. We made the decision after Karl came to the house to look at the cabinets and gave us a quote for doing the floors. After giving us a quote, he even offered to replace some of the flooring for no additional charge. The floors, which were in bad shape, turned out exceptionally well. Scott, the guy that Karl subcontracts to do the floors, had planned to do almost all of the work before the cabinets were installed, saving only the last coat of finish until after the cabinets were in. The pre-cabinet work on the floors was done promptly and looked good to us except for the fact that the floors looked shiny in some areas but not others. But Scott called us later and told us he wasn?t satisfied with the results, so he came back after the cabinets were installed to sand, stain, and finish the floors again?no extra charge. The floors now look like new. There were, of course, some minor issues. First, Karl split the wood in several of the cabinets when installing the screws that join adjacent cabinets. Second, he installed two of the countertop supports on the back of our island upside down. This mistake might have been understandably overlooked but for the fact that he had to measure and cut trim pieces to put beneath the supports, which would have revealed the disparity in the lengths of the supports. Third, he didn?t cut holes in the sink cabinet for the dishwasher water lines, a task that would have required minimal time for him, but which required significant time for me to accomplish with my limited tools. I brought these issues up with Karl and, needless to say, he has a different view of these matters. But altogether Karl did solid work for a reasonable price. In the end, he asked us for $800 more than the original quote, split between $500 for the additional floor work and $300 for the additional cabinet work. In truth, I thought $300 was probably less than he deserved for the time he spent working on the sink cabinet and the refrigerator cabinet. All said, I would readily hire Karl again for future projects.

It was great! He was on time. (Actually early, which was awesome!) And it went very smoothly. Offered to install the fire alarm while he was here because he noticed that I had taken our old one down. He was very personable and tolerant of our five year old who was constantly asking him questions. He was a pleasure to have in the house. The fans worked out really well and the upstairs is much cooler. We will definitely have him back.

He was awesome. He was excellent. He was very honest and did say, this may cost more than I can stand. He gave suggestions. We spend 20 minutes talking to him. He was terrific. If we had $35,000 we would have hired him. He gave a detail description of what he would do. He didn’t do the final quote, but we did get other quotes. His price wasn’t outrageous. He is very knowledgeable with products and things on how one can save money, in addressing problem and using recycled materials.

He came, did the work well and left everything better than when he arrived...I'd use him again.

The project went very well. Karl and his assistant arrived on time and performed the work within the first day. The job was extended because I had to obtain some additional material. We did not discover the need for the additional until the bannister was nearly complete. Obtaining the material took approximately 1 week, and Karl was very flexible about returning for a very short time to finish the bannister. The wallboard patch task was performed very well, especially the matching of the existing wall paper. My wife and I would hire Karl again for virtually any project of any scale.

Karl was fantastic and responsive from start to finish. The work was well done and we were completely satisfied.

Karl reviewed a number of options with us given the problems we wanted to correct, and then performed the work in a timely manner, with an attention to detail, and for the estimated cost. I have recommended him to friends.

It only took him two days to complete the work.. We highly recommend him.

He did a fine job. He actually had samples of trim. The bid was way, way outside our budget.

I liked this guy. The work was pretty low-key. I took the door to him, and he just glued the door together.

The quality of his work is good but the final bill ended up being more than twice what he quoted me. He would disappear for hours at a time to buy materials and would still charge me for those hours. He also installed a microwave in my kitchen. That job took 9 hours when most people I know can take only 2 hours to do such a job. I kept asking him for a bill he wouldn't give it to me. When he finally gave me the bill, it ended up being over $2,000 instead of the $800 that he quoted me in the first place. I would understand a little bit of a bump in price overtime but the fact that it ended up being more than twice the price is a bit much. He's been refusing to talk to me about it. He also had issues with showing up on time.

Trim Wood/ Preston Fine Woodworking did an awesome job and they were great. Everything was fantastic and Carl, the person that did the work was great from start to finish. The estimate was accurate and the work was very good.

Karl promptly responded to my request for an estimat, was willing to share his ideas and listen to my feedback regarding scope and budget, and was honest about the projected date he could do the work given his schedule was booked out for some time. Once he was available, he tried to work around my schedule, performed the work within budget, and was very attentive to clean-up, including leaving plastic down on carpet so I could then complete my own part of the project. He was very friendly and helpful throughout the project, and we talked about future projects to undertake in the future.

Karl was very responsive to our request to install some custom cabinets we had ordered.He installed the cabinets and did the crown molding and trim.The job came out great.He is now doing some general handyman work for us, like installing ceiling fans, hanging towel hooks, running some HDMI and speaker wire, etc.... Karl is professional and courteous. We'll continue to use him for many projects on our home.