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JOHN AND HIS PARTNER MIKE ARE BOTH VERY PLEASANT TO WORK WITH. THEY CAME UP WITH CREATIVE WAYS TO WORK AROUND SOME OBSTACLES WE RAN ACROSS. THE STRINGERS WERE NOT LEVEL AND HAD SOME DRY ROT. THEY USED SOLID WOOD RISERS IN LIEU OF VENEER TO ACCOMMODATE MOST WEIGHT THAT WAY, SO THE STRINGERS DID NOT HAVE TO BE REPLACED. I WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS JOHN SAID HE'D BE COMING BY TO WORK THAT DAY, AND WOULDN'T SHOW. MOST WEREN'T A MAJOR ISSUE AS I GAVE HIM A KEY, BUT THE FIRST DAY I SAT HOME WAITING, TAKING TIME OFF WORK, FOR A NO-SHOW. THERE ARE ALSO SOME MINOR DETAILS THAT I FEEL COULD HAVE BEEN FINISHED NICER - SOME PAINT SPLATTERED ON THE WOOD TREADS AND SOME HOLES IN THE WOOD NEAR THE SPINDLES. JOHN DID SAY TO CALL IF I HAD ANY CHANGES, THOUGH, I JUST HAVEN'T BOTHERED.

DO NOT USE JC! A CARPENTER BY TRADE, JC TOLD US HE COULD PERFORM THE MINOR ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING WORK THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED. HE LIED OR WAS JUST INCOMPETENT. WE GAVE HIM A DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION, AND HE TOLD US HE WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM MEETING OR EVEN BEATING THE DEADLINE. AGAIN HE LIED. WHEN PROBLEMS AROSE WITH THE PLUMBING, HE PROMISED HE COULD FIX IT BUT LIED. HE INSTALLED THE CABINETS EVEN THOUGH THE PLUMBING BEHIND THEM WAS NOT COMPLETE. WE THEN PAID $400 FOR A PLUMBER AND $150 TO AN ELECTRICIAN TO COMPLETE. IN BOTH CASES, THE PROFESSIONALS INFORMED US THAT ALONG WITH FAILING TO ACCOMPLISH THE TASKS, JC HAD ACTUALLY USED IMPROPER MATERIALS (INCLUDING USING INCORRECT WIRING AND PIPES). WE THEN PAID SOMEONE ELSE $150 TO FINISH THE REMAINING TASKS. WE DIDN'T PAY MUCH MORE MONEY IN THE END, BUT THE PROJECT TOOK SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER THAN WE HAD PLANNED. FURTHER, WE WERE SHOCKED AT THE EXTENT OF JC'S DISHONESTY. WE WILL CERTAINLY NEVER USE HIM AGAIN.

JC WAS ON TIME, DID THE WORK QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY. HE STAYED WITHIN THE BUDGET, EVEN THOUGH HE ENDED UP HAVING TO WORK AROUND AN OLD FOUNDATION THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED. HE WAS ALSO VERY UNDERSTANDING OF MY 3-YEAR OLD SON, WHO WAS FASCINATED BY THE PROCESS. HE IS A CARPENTER WHOSE MAIN BUSINESS IS CABINETS, AND WE HAVE ALREADY ASKED HIM TO BID ON A KITCHEN REMODEL WE ARE DOING SOON.