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"I DO NOT recommend Jaime o’Linn or Style in Tile for these reasons: 1. When tiling a wet area like a tub/shower they do not use the proper waterproof paper for the job. They use exterior stucco paper/lathe instead of waterproof paper made for tiling. I found this out because I hired Style in Tile to tile my tub surround in my hall bathroom. They started the job and got to the point where they installed the waterproof paper, lathe, and started applying the cement but at that point I got into a disagreement with one of the tile worker. I asked him to cover up my bathroom’s wall cabinet with plastic or paper so it wouldn’t get any cement on it. The worker said no he wouldn’t do it because ‘he wasn’t working in that area’. Also this same worker had used subpar wood to build up my wall in order to install the lathe paper. He dismantled the large box that my tile supplier shipped my tiles in. this ‘wood’ is very weak. It’s one step up from cardboard and made just for shipping items, not for a construction project. You cannot buy this kind of wood at home depot. It’s like .75 inch thick plywood with airgaps between the layers of wood. It is not solid wood. This worker was too lazy to go to the home depot and get proper wood for the job. So I wasn’t happy with the quality of work and attitude of this installer so i contacted Jaime about these issues and told him I wanted a different crew for my job. He said ok but that I would need to pay for the 1 day of work his crew did and that it would take a few weeks before his other crew could start working on my job. I waited the few weeks and contacted Jaime to see when his ‘other crew’ would continue my job. He said there was delays at the other job which meant a few more weeks delays for my job. At this point I couldn’t wait any longer and contacted other tile companies to get quotes and complete my bathroom. When the other tile companies came and saw the type of lathe paper used on my bathroom, they explained to me that this is the wrong type for the job and that if they simply tiled over jaime’s shoddy work that they couldn’t give a warranty on the work. They recommended that I remove everything that Jaime’s installers did and install the correct waterproof paper and lathe. This new tile company thought I hired some unlicensed handyman to install my tile because they said no licensed tile installer would ever use exterior stucco paper/lathe to tile a bathroom. I decided to follow the new tile contractor’s advice because I didn’t want to have issues down the road. So basically I paid Jaime to install incorrect paper/lathe and paid the new contractor to remove it and install the correct paper/lathe. I told Jaime what the new contactor told me but he doesn’t believe it, so I’m sure he is still installing incorrect waterproofing materials to this day. I think he does it this way to save time and money because you install exterior stucco paper/lathe in one step, whereas the proper materials requires two steps, 1) install waterproof paper 2) install metal lathe. 2. Prior to the job described above I had Jaime tile my master bathroom. Jaime did complete that job for me but it took days longer than what he originally estimated and he got very irritated about and gave me a bad, unprofessional attitude about it. He complained that ‘I was costing him money’. I should have taken this as a bad sign and not hired him for my master bathroom project a couple years later but I gave him the benefit of the doubt and gave him another shot. I regret ever hiring him in the first place because now I have a master bathroom that has incorrect waterproof paper installed under my marble tile and the only way to correct it is to demolish it and re-do it. It’s like a ticking time bomb in the back of my mind. I hope it doesn’t develop a leak and cause a mold problem inside my walls."

"They did excellent tile work. I was very happy with the job"

"We have hired Prado's Construction for work on our building. Josue Jr and Josue Sr are excellent to work with and complete the jobs with excellence. They are capable of doing a wide range of projects. If you need anything done around your home give them a call!"

"I inherited a home that needed quite a bit of repair including 2 bathrooms, a new roof and a foundation retrofit. As this home is to remain in our family I wanted a contractor that would treat it with care. I couldn't be happier that we found MVP Remodeling online as from start to finish our project manager Joseph not only made sure we were pleased but that we could still remain in the house during renovations. Our projects finished sooner than expected and we will use MVP remodeling for all our projects moving forward. Our landscaping is next!"

"We did kitchen and bath remodel. They recommended moving the kitchen sink to better utilize the space. It costs a little bit more but well worth it. It's so much more organized now and even have a space for pantry. We really like the backsplash. They also did quartz countertop for us. Their communication is good and top-notch quality, very professional. They upgraded the kitchen faucet to touchless; it is amazing. It looks so modern and up to date."

"I asked Juan to install Zellige tile backsplash in my kitchen. Immediately after starting, he increased the quote from $900 to $1300, for no clear reason. I paid him $650 up front. In one small area, he wanted to install the tile over the old plaster but I asked him to put hardibacker in instead, for which he added an extra $200. He then spent a week trying to convince me that the edges of my Zellige could not be finished with small pieces of mitered tile (as recommended in the installation guide). He wanted to use Schluter strips. After doing some research, I said there was no reason it couldn't be done, so he agreed to do it but increased the quote by $400. I had got someone else to install the hardibacker in the small area, so I asked him to provide a new quote, without the $200 he added for this task. He refused and said he would only take $100 off. When I insisted, he walked away with $650 in his pocket, having only completed the removal of the existing tile. Not recommended."