I originally hired Rob to put in woodwork throughout the house. He began working for me at the beginning of January and all the work will wrap up this week. He had his son with him most days. He was recommended to me by my electrician. I had a disastrous experience with another contractor that was supposed to remodel the bathroom and do some other work on the house. Rob is a general contractor, so he took over the bathroom as well as fixing the wall in the dining room when I stopped working with the other contractor. The woodwork was putting in baseboards in a majority of the house, adding door frames to match the originals, paneling on one dining room wall to match the original, and paneling in the hallway to match the original. The house is from 1910 and had additions added to it, so it was tricky to install the baseboards as the walls were not flat. They did a beautiful job and had to do a bunch of extra work to get the baseboards to lay flat against the wall. The put new baseboards in two of the bedrooms, a small piece in the third bedroom, most of the hallway (only two sections of original wood remained), the living room and the back wall in the dining room. The wall in the dining room was very difficult. It was incredibly uneven and it took them awhile to get the wall flat. The wall had been changed at least two times over the years and whoever had done the changes did a bad job. They salvaged some original paneling from that wall as well, so it saved me a few bucks. The original wood was fir, so that runs $20-$25 per foot and there were 4 panels that were 6' tall. The paneling looks stunning now. Once it is stained (I'm doing that myself with the help of friends and family), it will be hard to tell the difference between the new and the old. Rob recommended a local company (Pederson and Arnold) to do the milling as we had to bring in samples of the original wood to get the pieces custom milled to match. It was a good recommendation and I am very happy with the results. The hallway also has paneling, but it was not as tall as the dining room. They used some of the wood we found hidden behind drywall to fill in the pieces.They also replaced several door frames to match the original frames. This included a custom milled piece that was on the top of the door. After I fired the other contractor, Rob was able to step in and do my bathroom. I am floored with how amazing it looks. It is exactly what I wanted. The old bathroom was awful and the floor was rotting, so the bathroom was stripped down to the floor joists and the wall studs. Rob put in insulation, two new windows and frames, subfloor, reinforced the floor, wainscoting, shelving and a medicine cabinet. He works with some good sheetrockers, so they did a great job. His tile sub is was really great. The tile work is lovely and just as I wanted it. The plumber he had took his time with getting things done, but Rob was able to make it clear when I spoke up that the pl;umber needed to hurry along. Overall the bathroom looks sensational. I'm so pleased. Rob was great to work with and excellent at communication. He will call you if there's a decision to be made. He asked my opinion and would offer suggestions too. He's easy to reach on his cell phone. He offered advice when I asked for pointers on other projects I was working on. His son is very nice too. Rob and his son are perfectionists. If you have them doing woodwork at your house, it will look beautiful. He will make sure the subcontractors are doing their work to your liking. I'm very pleased with my experience and will continue to use him on future projects.
