"John, the owner of Tilebaths was quite personable and did an excellent job of communicating progress, questions and suggestions for consideration. John and his staff were punctual, friendly and quite skilled at what they do. They always cleaned up the work area at the end of each day and disposed of any trash or debris. I recommend Tilebaths to anyone considering a bathroom remodel."
"First of all, this guy is a certificated ARBORIST! He knows trees! This was very important to me. I didn't want "some guy with a chainsaw" to tell me the trees had to come down. After looking over the trees and their location, he told me that the trees would continue their secondary growth and that growth would push up the pavers in the yard, and even if the pavers were reinstalled the secondary growth would push them up again over time. He gave me some options to consider. He is based out of central Orange County and because of distance, he declined to do work in Bellflower which was disappointing. "
"While they were up there cleaning the gutters they told me about the deterioration of all the sealants on the air vents, the chimney and exhaust fans on the roof. They took pictures and showed me and I had them redo all the sealants. I have a feeling that that was a smart way for them to get some more work (most people aren't aware of the damage the Ca sun can do). It was the owner of the company and his son that did all the work and they were clean, pleasant and professional. When the 1st rains came after the work was done I suddenly remembered a small leak we had had in our bathroom and IT WAS NO LONGER THERE!! I was very happy with the work they did and would definitely recommend using them."
"I cannot say enough great things about David Sweeney, the designer and owner of Exoticus Botanicus. Before I met David, I had gone through 3 landscape companies in 4 years, and David has now been with me for about 20 years. Last year I moved out of state and now rent my Los Angeles home, but David still maintains the landscaping because I don't trust anyone else, and we put too much into it for it not to be maintained by him. Not only does David have an amazing sense of design (I even solicited his opinion on non-garden related home improvements), but he really cares about making everything beautiful as much as I do (and I am REALLY picky), which is a rare quality. Also, it is hard to find a company that does his level of design work that also does the ongoing maintenance. Having installed the landscaping gives him an added level of personal attention. I could call him to talk about a particular plant in the garden and he would know exactly what I was talking about and have already noticed whatever point I wanted to make about it. The best testimonial to David's amazing talent is that when I used to sit on my front porch pretty much everyone who walked by said we had the most beautiful garden they had seen. People also came by to take pictures! And, David doesn't just know how to select plants. After a few years of working with him, I decided to redo my backyard, which had mostly just been lawn and planting areas with no interesting hardscape or place to sit. David did an amazing job designing the shape of the patio area and steps, selecting the flagsone, designing the most tasteful kennel/run for my dog that had to be in the backyard (we called it the Taj MaKennel) and a great fountain. He even selected the patio furniture! A few years later we completely resdesigned the front yard with a river rock wall (it is a Craftsman home), fountain, specially designed planter for our porch and lots of succulents/drought tolerant plants. Recently, we removed the front lawn and put in drought tolerant Dymondia."
"I choose this company to remodel my master bathroom and i am so glad for the result! They demolish my big old tub and install instead of her a smaller tub with a walking shower with a bench,used special tiles for the floor and walls.all of this created unique and modern design like in magazines.i liked that i was updated in every stage of the project,they worked clean and finished at the time was promised ."
"From the time I contacted Kevin to the time the job was completed, SGB was fantastic. I needed a very small master bathroom in an old house gutted and built from the ground up. As this is a rental, my budget was very limited. Kevin told me what he could do and what I would provide so he could meet the price I requested. Kevin, along with his team worked miracles. There were some plumbing issues that came up and Kevin handled all of them by communicating with me and giving me honest and accurate estimates of how much time this would put us back. Not living in the house while the work was being performed was a new thing for me and I was nervous about workers being in the home when I was not. My fears were unfounded. Kevin and his team only used the french door leading to the bedroom and taped the bedroom door closed so dust and people couldn't use the rest of the house. The work site was kept spotless. The master bath turned out more beautifully than I could have imagined. Amazing results with the budget I gave him. As with any project, things go wrong ~ and they did in this case also. The door was put on "backwards", swinging the opposite way we had talked about. I called Kevin and he was out there within a couple days to completely redo it. It was a whole day job and he and his team completed it beautifully and timely, even though I know it affected his schedule. I plan to use SGB for renovations to my new home. Thank you Kevin and Angelo and team. "
"Yard Rehab did an amazing job with our yard, it came out better than we hoped for. We would definitely recommend them to others, in fact we already have to some of our neighbors."
"If you're looking for a reliable, honest contractor that has great design sense and an incredible work ethic, look no further. This was my first remodel and I was really nervous after hearing so many contractor horror stories from others. I feel like I hit the jackpot with SGI and the team. They guided me through the whole process and the end result was exactly what I wanted in my dream kitchen and bathroom. Every day of our project I would come home to a clean workspace and progress was made on schedule. With two little kids in the house that meant everything."
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