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06/25/2021
Mary Ann U.
ABL did a 5-star job for us. Howard arrived to provide a quote for refinishing our door and we learned then, that they also handled other types of work. We were able to have four different areas of interior repair addressed, plus the front door. They scheduled soon after providing the estimate, and completed all the work in the time frame promised. The crew was wonderful; the work tidy and impeccable; restoration quality. The CEO visited personally and made himself available to us for follow up if needed. ABL will definitely be our go to company for any future needs. We are planning to visit their showroom to replace a bathroom vanity.
Description of Work
Refinish and seal front door; repair water damage.
Category appliance repair, plastering, woodworking, interior painters
Cost $6,600
Services Performed? Yes
Hire Again? Yes
Work Completed On 06/01/2021
06/18/2021
Valeriya C.
Such a great experience from start to finish. Howard and his team did an AMAZING job painting our preschool. As you can imagine, the walls at the school take a lot of wear and tear and after his team was finished, it was as if it was BRAND new. They were also able to work with both our timeline and around school hours. Will definitely work with ABL again on our next project.
Description of Work
Wall painting & plaster/repair
Category appliance repair, plastering, interior painters
Services Performed? Yes
Hire Again? Yes
Work Completed On 06/05/2021
06/08/2021
David L.
took forever to get someone out, Mitch came out, after Michelle cancelled twice, he was very courteous and professional and took measurements, HOWEVER I never received any follow-up whatsoever. It was apparent they didn't want the job, and this was for a FULL bath remodel
Description of Work
bathroom remodel
Category appliance repair, home remodeling
Work Completed On 04/30/2021
Service Provider Response
Hi [Member Name Removed] - We just left you a message and are confused by this review. 1st off we are very sorry about the rescheduling, Michelle was dealing with a family member who was ill. With regard to the follow-up, we did send out the proposal to you May 14, 2021 with 2 follow up emails each week after the initial one was sent. We are wondering if perhaps you could check your JUNK folder? Otherwise we may have an incorrect email on file - PLEASE call our office 847.579.1600 at your convenience as we would like to get this matter resolved. Thank you!02/01/2021
Gary C.
We have used the ABL group for years now for various projects, most recently a home gym and some new looks throughout the house.(new color to kitchen island, random new furniture and art, very cool wallpaper) They are the best, we love working with their Interior Designer Michelle, so fun and easy to work with plus Lico is the man but really they all are, will use them again when the needs arise
Description of Work
Home Updates
Category custom cabinets, countertops, drywall, electrician, flooring contractor, handyman service, interior designers, lighting, masonry, remodeling, wallpaper, replacement windows, woodworking, marble & granite, home remodeling, house painters, interior painters, cabinet refacing, doors, basement remodeling
Services Performed? Yes
Hire Again? Yes
Work Completed On 02/01/2021
12/19/2020
Megan C.
The quality of work that The ABL Group does is beyond all expectations. They were very polite, efficient, and were an absolute pleasure to work with. I would definitely recommend The ABL Group for any remodeling and painting needs and will be using them again in the future!!!!
Description of Work
Barbershop Transformation
Category plastering, interior painters
Services Performed? Yes
Hire Again? Yes
Work Completed On 12/18/2020
Service Provider Response
Thank you [Member Name Removed] for the review and your kind words!!!08/30/2020
Lisa P.
Working with Howard and the entire ABL team was terrific. It is rare to find a company where the team has been together for as long as they have been at ABL. They are truly a family and that shows in the quality of workmanship, professionalism and customer service. We could not be happier with the results of the work. It is high quality and the project price was fair given the terrific workmanship. We will use ABL for our future projects because they are a firm that truly cares about customer service and quality work.
Description of Work
Whole house exterior painting, siding repair, window replacement/addition in master br
Category siding, replacement windows, house painters
Cost $14,000
Services Performed? Yes
Hire Again? Yes
Work Completed On 08/17/2020
Service Provider Response
Thank you for the review and your incredibly kind words. It is truly appreciated.08/27/2020
Adrienne N.
Over the past ten years there has always been extremely superior work and service.
Description of Work
Over ten years just about everything from partial reconstruction of the residence to solving rodent access problems.
Category appliance repair, ceramic tile, concrete repair, decks, electrician, fencing, flooring contractor, handyman service, hardwood floor, interior designers, lighting, masonry, plastering, remodeling, roofing, wallpaper removal, wallpaper, water damage restoration, replacement windows, garage builders, home builders, home & garage organization, woodworking, home remodeling, house painters, interior painters, cabinet refacing, doors, drain cleaning, sunrooms, basement remodeling
Services Performed? Yes
Hire Again? Yes
Work Completed On 07/01/2020
Service Provider Response
Thank you for the review and your incredibly kind words. It is truly appreciated.07/10/2020
Michael W.
The ABL team was efficient, clean, and paid close attention to detail. The entire process from quoting through the final inspection was excellent. The associates are well-trained, hard-working, professional, and friendly. I've paid less to have this house painted but the quality of workmanship and warranty is less than The ABL Group has provided. This company does quality work!
Description of Work
Exterior 2-Story House Painting
Category house painters
Cost $16,000
Services Performed? Yes
Hire Again? Yes
Work Completed On 06/23/2020
Service Provider Response
Thank you for the review and your incredibly kind words. It is truly appreciated.04/05/2020
Cheryl B.
Howard and his team are the best! We needed to update our entry area and dining room, and convert an old iron staircase railing into a modern wooden one. The whole team was easy to work with, started and finished exactly when they said they would, and the result is just beautiful. We are completely satisfied and will hire them again. Many thanks!
Description of Work
Painting and a new stairway
Category wallpaper removal, woodworking, interior painters
Cost $12,000
Services Performed? Yes
Hire Again? Yes
Work Completed On 02/01/2020
Service Provider Response
Thank you for the review and your incredibly kind words. It is truly appreciated.02/15/2020
Kenneth O.
Outstanding, meticulous, and top professional job by the paint crew lead by Valentin. The work took just four days and they were always on time, hard working, and left everyday with my condo clean and furniture carefully back in place. Valentin also went above and beyond by proactively unfreezing the hot and cold water valves servicing my washing machine and installing new hoses for me. Howard Lipsky, the owner, is a total pro and very customer focused. After the job was completed, he and supervisor Billy stopped by to make sure I was completely satisfied with the work. Other paint quotes I got were lower, but the high quality work by ABL Group was so well worth it. A very well organized and professionally run business. And Jessica in the office was always very responsive and pleasant to deal with.
Description of Work
Painted entire interior of 1,500 square foot condominium.
Category interior painters
Cost $7,600
Services Performed? Yes
Hire Again? Yes
Work Completed On 02/07/2020
Service Provider Response
Thank you for the review and your incredibly kind words. It is truly appreciated.09/13/2019
Andrew T.
Punctual, attentive and propessional
Description of Work
Exterior Staining
Category house painters
Cost $1,250
Services Performed? Yes
Hire Again? Yes
Work Completed On 05/31/2019
06/28/2019
Linda M W.
ABL is wonderful, they are extremely honest, professional and very nice to work with, can't brag enough about the work they do, will definitely recommend them and use them again.
Description of Work
painting exterior of home
Category deck cleaning, house painters
Services Performed? Yes
Hire Again? Yes
Work Completed On 10/01/2019
03/22/2019
Lori L.
The crew showed up on time and was very professional. They helped us match some colors we were unsure of and completed the job quickly and expertly. I would highly recommend them.
Description of Work
Interior painting
Category interior painters
Cost $5,000
Services Performed? Yes
Hire Again? Yes
Work Completed On 09/17/2018
02/09/2019
James B.
We are thoroughly happy with the quality of their work and recommend ABL Group for painting and handyman work. We hired ABL Group because it was highly rated by Angie List members, has verifiable worker’s and liability insurance, an up-to-date verifiable EPA lead paint certification (checked at [*** Link removed ***] 5 year warranty (labor and materials), and a good price. We received estimates from 5 companies. Our ranch style home was built in 1962 so it was important that we hire a painting company with EPA lead paint certification. In my presence ABL tested each room to be painted for lead, thankfully none were found. We expected above average preparation of the walls and ceilings (according to another company’s estimator, our expectation was above average), repairing many wall and ceiling cracks and blemishes, patching unused picture and curtain rod holes. Howard Lipsky, the owner, came to our home to give an estimate. He was friendly, knowledgeable, listened to our requirements, and made suggestions. We gave him a printed list of our requirements. I’m a retired computer programmer and very detail oriented. His proposal was the most detailed of the 5 companies’ proposals we received. ABL willingly added additional information to the proposal to clarify and add omissions. We knew exactly what we would get when we signed the proposal. Before the project began, Howard visited again to give us a complimentary color consultation, suggesting paint types, sheens and colors for the rooms and shed. Inside the house, workers prepared the walls and ceilings, protecting the floors, furniture, cabinets with plastic tarps and cloths, removing electric outlet and light switch plates, scraping loose paint, repairing cracks and holes, caulking, applying primer over bare surfaces, cleaning areas daily. At the end of each day I checked prep work, pointing out issues that they happily corrected the next day. They applied two coats of Benjamin Moore Regal paint, allowing the first coat time to dry before painting the second coat. After painting was done, they caulked top of backsplashes in bathrooms and kitchen. A worker lightly sanded front door and applied 3 coats of Zar Ultra stain. Again, they fixed any concern I had about a specific area, e.g. applying third coat of stain to front door to achieve uniform appearance. We thought that the workers’ supervision, provided by Billy, project supervisor, and Balentine, foreman, was good, Billy checking in daily. Both men listened to and satisfied our concerns and answered our questions. The workers came early, worked hard and put in a full day of work in order to meet the schedule in the proposal. Pleased with the painting project in progress, we entered into another contract with ABL for the family room, fixing water leak damage to one wood paneled wall and adjoining ceiling. ABL took off wood paneling, removed all plaster on the wall, plastered wall, patched ceiling, applied coat of primer paint, and painted 2 Benjamin Moore coats on all walls and ceiling. In the backyard, workers worked on the shed, replacing rotten wood trim on the outer sides, replacing one door, prepping the surface, adding new wood trim boards around bottom of all sides, painting primer on new wood, applying 2 coats of Benjamin Moore paint. On the last day of the project I was impressed that Billy, the project supervisor, told us not to hesitate to contact him to fix any painting imperfections that we may discover later. A few weeks later I called Billy to send someone to take care of some issues. The touchup work was done expertly, the small repainted areas blending invisibly with the surrounding painted wall. We can attest that ABL lives up to its warranty. About 3 months after the project was over, some hairline cracks appeared. I called ABL and within days a worker came to fix the problem to our satisfaction.
Description of Work
Painting 3 bedrooms & closets, kitchen, 1 1/2 baths, linen closet, coat closet; repairing & painting family room; performing carpentry & painting outside shed; staining front door
Category handyman service, plastering, house painters, interior painters
Cost $9,354
Services Performed? Yes
Hire Again? Yes
Work Completed On 10/05/2018
12/19/2018
ANN B.
Excellent! They are very expensive, but we learned our lesson...buy cheap, get cheap. The 1st painters we used, we never saw the wood. But these guys? They scraped and sanded down to the wood! They did a very professional job. They were very professional, very polite, very nice, and just excellent all the way around!
Description of Work
The entire house and garage trim, and the second floor stucco
Category house painters
Cost $7,400
Services Performed? Yes
Hire Again? Yes
Work Completed On 10/30/2018
Service Provider Response
Hi [Member Name Removed] - Thank you for the review and your incredibly kind words. It is truly appreciated.12/12/2018
Polly G.
The ABL Group is the pinnacle of excellence. The warm, attentive people, their prompt timing, clear communications and superb workmanship are such a bounty as I have rarely seen. From the first visit by the owner, Howard, and extraordinarily cheerful, professional and expert project manager, Mike, and the lead Geraldo -- we received extraordinary workmanship and advice and the teams did excellent work while being professional and easy to work with. They suggested alternatives where we might save $, offered support with insurance quotes and design iterations, shared clear administrative planning in the office with Miriam, Jessica and Dina. Through many phases of our flood-to-fully-gutted-kitchen rehab, the experience could not have been better. We love LOVE our new kitchen. The painting is constantly admired by others and makes the whole place sing. The memory of the experience with ABL is a very good one. WOW
Description of Work
Kitchen Remodel
Category drywall, plumbing, home remodeling, interior painters
Services Performed? Yes
Hire Again? Yes
Work Completed On 08/01/2018
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Service Provider Response
Thank you for your incredibly kind words [Member Name Removed]. It is truly appreciated.06/22/2018
Harrison G.
ABL did a great job on our living room, repairing water damage around our bay window and painting the whole room. I was impressed by the skillfulness and professionalism of the crew. They showed up everyday at the same time, worked efficiently, and were respectful of the noise as I was home with a baby at the time. Very good first impression of their work and I will be using them again!
Description of Work
Living Room drywall repair and painting
Category drywall, insulation, interior painters
Cost $2,000
Services Performed? Yes
Hire Again? Yes
Work Completed On 04/25/2018
05/30/2018
Debbie A.
They did a great job and were able to complete the job in a professional and timely manner.
Description of Work
Repairs following significant ice dam damage including insulation, drywall, window replacement, painting and flooring.
Category drywall, handyman service, hardwood floor, insulation, water damage restoration, woodworking, interior painters
Services Performed? Yes
Hire Again? Yes
Work Completed On 05/30/2018
12/20/2017
Shilpa K.
We have had great experience working with George. We did a brand new kitchen in our remodel. The cabinets are fabulous. Any questions we had were answered quickly. We have an end panel that was looking a but plain after the kitchen was done and George came over to the house and provided suggestions for improvement. The ABL group then hand delivered the moldings that we are using to improve the appearance of the end panel.
Description of Work
Kitchen Remodel - new cabinets
Category custom cabinets, remodeling, home remodeling
Cost $30,000
Services Performed? Yes
Hire Again? Yes
Work Completed On 08/14/2017
11/15/2017
Sandra G.
The house looks great. Painters were easy to talk to about the work. When I needed few small, extra areas repaired and painted, all was done.
Description of Work
The ABL group painted all the trim on my house and primed, painted and matched color of cedar shingles.
Category woodworking, house painters
Cost $3,600
Services Performed? Yes
Hire Again? Yes
Work Completed On 08/01/2017
11/07/2017
Dale C.
I was very pleased with them. I had a very, very good positive experience. This wasn't a really low estimate but I got what I bargained for here. The owner came out and was very professional and very nice. Right away we clicked. He was right on the same page with me about what I wanted to have done. He couldn't have been more accommodating. I explained to him that this painting needed to be good in anticipation of putting my condo on the market and selling it and that I wanted a warranty connected with it. He was one of the few companies that was willing to extend me at a very nominal added cost a one year warranty that i could then use to support my condo sale and it made a better impression ultimately with who bought it. That i was very very pleased with. On the day of the job they were out when they said they would be. The contractors that came out to do the work couldn't have been nicer. The owner came out that morning and made it very clear to them how the job needed to be done and that he expected that they would really do a good job for me. He gave them a nice pep talk in a very positive way, but in a very clear concise way of how the job needed to be done. There was absolutely noting that I would say needed to be improved. .
Description of Work
I used a very, very good company through Angie's List called the ABL Group. They painted my living room, dining room and a hallway. They painted about half of my two bedroom condo.
Category interior painters
Cost $1,500
Services Performed? Yes
Hire Again? Yes
Work Completed On 02/01/2017
10/16/2017
Matthew B.
The owner Howard, came out to take look at everything and give me an initial estimate. Once I got back to them, it took a while for them to be able to get back out to start the work, but once they did they were very flexible with dividing the 4 days of work over two weeks since I had family coming to visit in the middle of the work. I had expanded the scope of work to include more electrical work than originally estimated and also added the painting of the kitchen to the job. Howard's team took on the additional tasks easily and I felt the price was reasonable. I noticed some bubbling in the paint in the stairwell area and they did a great job of making sure that I was happy with the quality of the job. I would definitely recommend them and will most likely be hiring ABL again in the future.
Description of Work
Installed 8 light fixtures, 3 light switches, and an electrical outlet. Connected bathroom exhaust hoses to roof (were left disconnected and laying in insulation in attic by previous owner.) Replaced rotted wood sill for large window that was leaking, including caulking and painting. Scraped and painted 7 wood casement windows, including 5 that were on 2nd level. Painted kitchen, stairwell, and 20 ft. high walls in living room, as well as skylight alcoves over 20 ft. high.
Category electrician, handyman service, lighting, replacement windows, woodworking, house painters, interior painters
Cost $5,469.54
Services Performed? Yes
Hire Again? Yes
Work Completed On 10/10/2017
09/11/2017
Sarah S.
Amazing! We have had no improvements to our home since we moved in 13.5 years ago and the house was definitely showing wear & tear. Howard, owner, came out initially to go over everything we wanted and provide a quote. I had originally wanted to have wainscoting installed. Howard pointed out that with the amount of furniture we had, we might want to go with just a chair rail and white paint below as the wainscoting would be mostly hidden and not worth the money. I appreciated that insight and did go without the wainscoting, which was the right decision in the end. Point being, he will give you honest opinions on the work you are requesting. He also has a very experienced eye and will point out things that should be repaired. Once we signed the contract, Howard had a design consultant come out to help us pick paint colors and design the built ins we wanted. This was really nice to have some guidance in this area instead of just winging it. Howard was accommodating as well with the timing of the work as we wanted to have most of it completed while our child was away at camp. He got his crew in there and they finished 95% of the work in the 2 week window that my son was out of town. The employees were all very professional, prompt, neat, and friendly. The quality of the completed work is top of the line. I can't begin to say how incredibly pleased I am with the end result. I feel as though I live in a brand new house!
Description of Work
First floor - repair large hole & water damage in ceiling; repaint ceiling, walls & baseboards; install crown molding and chairrail. Build & install 2 custom builtin bookcases. Second floor - replace carpet; repaint ceiling, walls, woodwork. Outside - replace entry door to garage; replace boards/steps/posts on deck which had rotted; paint front door; install gutter on garage Other various handyman items as well.
Category custom cabinets, decks, drywall, electrician, flooring contractor, handyman service, woodworking, house painters, interior painters, doors
Cost $30,000
Services Performed? Yes
Hire Again? Yes
Work Completed On 09/09/2017