San Jose Framing Basement Walls

Working with Milan was fantastic. He was knowledgeable and helpful, and did wonderful work. He was also respectful and friendly, and pleasure to have around our house for three months. We worked well together, with us ordering supplies and coordinating with him to pick up. He does all his own work, subcontracting out only a few key pieces, which we really liked. We have referred him to friends and continue to recommend him highly, and are fully planning to work with him again on a project we're planning in the near future.

My wife and I hired crow and his assistant at Time and Material at 2 different times for a total of about 6 weeks for our basement remodel. We would work on the weekends and when he was away as a cost saving measure. He never had a problem working around our schedule and budget. At one point we were even working side by side. Crow was easy to work with and incredibly helpful, talking us through the details as well as lending us advice and even tools for our part of the project. He was always punctual, professional and in good spirits. The work he did was very high quality and always passed inspection on the first try. He made it a priority to fully understand our vision and stick out goals as well as offering useful design ideas and workarounds for things that would not have worked out as we had envisioned. They worked quickly with a normal amount of unexpected hold ups (a day lost due to existing gas leaks in main line). He has an artistic background and a great eye for design as well as a craftsman's skill. He worked up to the point of dry walling the entire room and framing the new doors and we did the rest. The only criticism I could give is that as we went to do the final trim we found slightly off-level and off-square framing which caused us some difficulty. Though it is near impossible to get it perfect in that 1920's basement and, to be honest, he had to pull down and reframe much of the framing WE had done to meet code, so I don't fault him for doing it quickly. Also, although Crow is VERY affordable, he spent a good amount of time at the hardware store, buying things on a daily as opposed to a weekly basis. I was not there to oversee him, but I make this guess based on the number of receipts I would get with his weekly invoice (one time 11 in one week). You might find you can get an even better value if you can do some preliminary shopping yourself. Overall he was a great deal and great to work with. I would hire him again and recommend him to anyone for almost any home improvement project. He is busy, so expect to know the exact start date and project time to get him on the books.

The two new windows were to completely update the look of the front of my house. My house had a 5 foot high brick veneer wall with high set windows and a brick walled entry which while private, was completely unwelcoming. I tore down all of the brick and the windows Jeff installed are centered on the wall and very welcoming This construction project was extensive since other than the existing window headers, all new framing was needed. Jeff's team removed two windows high up on my wall, all wood paneling and working with a fully open framed wall they created two new window frames centered on my wall. They did a perfect alignment job. Everything is level and centered. They insulated the wall, used plywood, wired and stucco finished the entire wall leaving a scratch coat to the measurements I specified for the future installation of stone veneer. Inside, they sheet rocked openings, and textured the wall. They installed redwood trim on the outside matching all trim on all of my windows, set the nails and filled the nail holes and either restuccod or applied sealant making the trim ready for paint. Jeff's team even took on fixing stucco work under one of my old windows left by a previous contractor. His team was very professional and easy to communicate with. They arrived by 9 and worked until 5 every day. They would have started earlier, but I am a bit far from their office. Jeff himself was very accommodating. Explained all of my options, and pulled the permit for me. Inside, they sealed off their work area to avoid extensive dust inside my house and covered carpets. They also did a really good job of cleaning up each day.