annabanana
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Anyone have a good one they can recommend? Need some work done in the house. Potentially converting a tandem garage into a room and some other work. Thanks in advance.
ps9 said:I would still recommend Kelvin (see above), he did some work for my sister in law and they seemed satisfied. It was a much bigger job than mine: garage expansion, flooring, walls, exterior stucco/paint.
Why hire a general contractor for those things? Get a company that does hardwood flooring to take the carpet out and put down the hardwood flooring, a painter to handle the painting, and a handyman for the minor kitchen alternations.Cling said:I am also in the same situation right now! Need to remove carpet and put down new hardwood floor, minor kitchen cabinet alteration, and some painting. Please let me know how did the remodeling go and if you hired Mr. Lee?
Can anyone recommend more general contractors? Thanks![]()
annabanana said:Anyone have a good one they can recommend? Need some work done in the house. Potentially converting a tandem garage into a room and some other work. Thanks in advance.
Cling said:I am also in the same situation right now! Need to remove carpet and put down new hardwood floor, minor kitchen cabinet alteration, and some painting. Please let me know how did the remodeling go and if you hired Mr. Lee?
Can anyone recommend more general contractors? Thanks![]()
RibEye said:Cling said:I am also in the same situation right now! Need to remove carpet and put down new hardwood floor, minor kitchen cabinet alteration, and some painting. Please let me know how did the remodeling go and if you hired Mr. Lee?
Can anyone recommend more general contractors? Thanks![]()
Cling,
We are in week 3 of our renovation and we did hire Kelvin. He and his crew are renovating the bathrooms, kitchen and family room, painting the interior (including skimcoating a number of walls) and doing some minor electrical work. We are also replacing our flooring but are hiring other companies to do that work (Carpets-4-U for carpet and Venetian Flooring for hardwood). I am not sure what you intend to do with your kitchen cabinets, but if you are considering refacing them, all of the contractors that we interviewed advised us that refacing is very labor-intensive and would cost just as much, if not more, than getting new cabinetry.
Thus far, we've been happy that we hired Kelvin. He seems very honest and hardworking, and communication (via e-mail, phone or text messaging) has been great. However, before we give him too strong of a recommendation, we'll see how we like the final product.
furioussugar said:We went with IKEA cabinets when we remodeled. They turned out great. Quality is excellent. We did a lot of drawers and wanted soft close on they all. IKEA's upcharge for soft close is less than $5. One cabinet builder we spoke with wanted $85 a drawer! As long as you can find a door style you like- they are the way to go. One other caveat is that their box (cabinet) sizes are limited, but if you are tearing out and replacing them- you can usually work around that. We used a "designer" type individual who created a detailed floor plan and supply list. He knew how to add some interesting custom features that are not shown in the IKEA catalog (ie. we wanted a wider pull out trash bin-- he showed us how to modify a drawer system and add an upper cabinet door). He charges $350 for his service- $500 if he comes out and measures, etc. When IKEA shut down their designer center a few years back, some of those employees went independant. I heard that IKEA reinstated their design service now- but I'm not sure what they charge.
The only drawback we found is that some contractors refuse to install IKEA cabinets-- but there are enough independant guys around that you won't have any issue finding someone if you choose to go that route.