I requested that the take some of the billed hours off due to the fact that he was just trying to figure out what he had done wrong. They credited me one hour! I paid the bill but want to make sure everyone else knows what they are getting into if they choose Benett Electric. "},"url":"https://www.angi.com/companylist/us/la/bastrop/bennett-heat-air-and-electric-reviews-5679773.htm"},"position":5},{"@type":"ListItem","item":{"@type":"LocalBusiness","name":"All Plumbing 24/7 Inc","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressRegion":"LA","addressCountry":"US"},"review":{"@type":"Review","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jeremy S."},"reviewBody":"I called to receive an estimate (which they charge for) on having a gas line installed to the kitchen and to the back patio for our grill. They were timely, coming that same afternoon. However, after reviewing/inspecting the areas involved, I was told they had to go outside (in 100 degree weather) to work up the quote. After 15+ mins; one of the men brought me a quote that was THREE TIMES higher than the average of the other two quotes I had already received. I can only assume this was their way of telling me they didn't want my business. No problem guys, I got the message loud and clear."},"url":"https://www.angi.com/companylist/us/la/monroe/all-plumbing-247-inc-reviews-2295905.htm"},"position":6},{"@type":"ListItem","item":{"@type":"LocalBusiness","name":"Ross Movers Inc","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressRegion":"LA","addressCountry":"US"},"review":{"@type":"Review","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Tiger S."},"reviewBody":"The service was wonderful! On our set moving day, the movers arrived on time and were very professional,kind and speedy. It left us feeling that we'd love to have them on our next move where that may be. BUT there is one big sticking point; when we had talked to the guy responsible for our moving estimate, we _HAD_ discussed needing some help packing as well - say with packing up some odds and ins in our kitchen and clothes in or bedroom, etc. Unfortunately, on our moving day, the guys had NO boxes because they were never told of our packing needs/ This has meant that instead of getting every last thing moved on \"moving\" day, 3 days later we still have lots to move still and almost a 1/2 dozen trips in my small car to go :( While over all they did an EXCELLENT job, I'm very disappointed about my moving process still being an on going job even after paying for help."},"url":"https://www.angi.com/companylist/us/la/monroe/ross-movers-inc-reviews-6606933.htm"},"position":7},{"@type":"ListItem","item":{"@type":"LocalBusiness","name":"Miller Plumbing Heating and Air Conditioning","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressRegion":"LA","addressCountry":"US"},"review":{"@type":"Review","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Lindsey W."},"reviewBody":"As a licensed, master plumber, Bubba did a professional job.
He found our drain from the kitchen sink was running slightly uphill, which explained years of slow,but functioning drainage. He had to run new drain pipes for the undercounter sink anyway, so he got the drain lowered into the main stack by 10 inches!
Dropping the drain to the main stack took time, as we have an older home and he had to cut into a cast iron stack pipe and move the dishwasher to access the stack.
Now you can't stand too close to the kitchen sink when it drains as you'll may get sucked in! :)
The tankless hot water heater works great and under the sink looks very uncluttered and quot;pipe-wiseand quot;.
Bubba did a great job and I will hire him for any future plumbing jobs I can't handle. "},"url":"https://www.angi.com/companylist/us/la/eros/miller-plumbing-heating-and-air-conditioning-reviews-2103835.htm"},"position":8},{"@type":"ListItem","item":{"@type":"LocalBusiness","name":"HOME DEPOT INC","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressRegion":"LA","addressCountry":"US"},"review":{"@type":"Review","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Anna H."},"reviewBody":"Though I could be wrong, I'm fairly sure that two things in my house were big reasons why a lot of people didn't buy it before I did - one of the old bathrooms was so small that it was functionally a half bath even though it counted as a full bath and the kitchen was a flat depressing gray color with ancient wood-on-wood cabinets, a tiny oven that a cookie sheet wouldn't fit in, and appeared smaller than it was because of a floor-to-ceiling cabinet that bisected the room. I tackled the kitchen first.
My budget was somewhat limited, so I went to Home Depot to pick out cabinets that would suit my tastes without breaking the bank. The selection of cabinet styles and finishes was diverse enough that I was able to find something that I liked within my budget, and the personnel present at the time were helpful. I had wanted to use corian for my new countertops, but Home Depot said that they had no one available to install corian. As an alternative, I selected Silestone. Home Depot had a limited number of colors available in Silestone - there are many more options available. I selected a fairly standard sink and a new stove since the existing oven in my home was undersized. The salesperson who was assisting me worked hard to find multiple sales and discount offers that could apply to my purchases.
The problems with using Home Depot became apparent during the tear out and installation process. The people that they contracted with to do the installation, though they were very courteous, did not work well with the personnel at Home Depot nor did the personnel at Home Depot work well with their contractors. I'm not sure where the lines of communication broke down. Either measurements were not made properly for the cabinets or spacer bars were not planned for correctly. Regardless, installation of cabinet units would be delayed for days because the installers would have to wait for additional matching spacers to be ordered. Spacers are not terribly expensive, should just be ordered in excess, and then the extras returned rather than having a kitchen in disorder for longer periods of time to save a few bucks.
Another example of poor communication between Home Depot and its contractors - the existing flooring in my kitchen is slate tile that had been put down after the old cabinets were built in place years and years ago, so it is about 2 inches higher than the original floor. It had been made clear that the floor under the new cabinets would need to be built up with a couple of layers of ply wood before cabinet installation. The contractors started to install the new cabinets without building up the floor first. I had to argue with them, get them to call Home Depot, and then pull out the new cabinets (only one unit fortunately), and do what they were supposed to do. Had things been communicated properly in the first place, I would not have had to argue with them.
They did build up the floor properly. They did set the cabinets properly. The pulls were all hung beautifully (I bought those on line). I had to make them come back to redo some of the toe kicks - they thought they were done, but in reality, the staple gun had run out part way through.
A little electrical work had to be done to make the outlets in the kitchen up to code and to add a little under-cabinet lighting. The electrician that was brought in ran the wiring well enough, but he managed to gouge a hole through my kitchen wall that went all the wall through into the other room. No, it did not get fixed. I have something hanging in a strategic place to hide the crudely patched hole in the other room.
One thing that many people do not anticipate is the long wait between the cabinets all being set in place and the countertop being installed. They have to do the final measurement for the countertop after the cabinets are finally in place. The people who installed the countertop for Home Depot operate out of Shreveport. They did a good job with the installation and told me what they were doing throughout the entire process.
The cabinets, in the end, were set in place properly, but Home Depot does not provide finish work. Any gaps left between your cabinets and ceiling or walls because the cabinets are of a slightly different size or configuration than your previous cabinets are left for you to deal with. They also do not have anyone come to your home to make sure that the work was done correctly.
Home Depot does not include the electrical work in the estimate that they provide. You pay extra for that. Even though your dishwasher is pulled out when the old cabinets are removed, you are held responsible for the cost of hooking it back up. And you also have to pay a plumber to install the sink and faucet fixtures. I also had to pay the plumber to hook up the gas line to the new gas stove. Home Depot is not very good at informing you of these additional expenses. I'm sure it is all somewhere in the fine print of the contract that you sign."},"url":"https://www.angi.com/companylist/us/la/monroe/home-depot-inc-reviews-5679711.htm"},"position":9},{"@type":"ListItem","item":{"@type":"LocalBusiness","name":"PARADISE ENTERPRISES INC","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressRegion":"LA","addressCountry":"US"},"review":{"@type":"Review","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Anna H."},"reviewBody":"Demolition involved removal of two short walls and doorways, existing flooring, drywall and fixtures, and the existing ceiling which was very low. Paradise Enterprise has (had?) its own carpenters and electricians. The carpenters and electricians showed up as promised and their work seems to have been of very good quality.
The drywall/paint crew can do a good job when they choose to. Unfortunately, they frequently did not show up when promised, sometimes for days at a time, which delayed other work. And they seem to do the bare minimum in some cases but do very well in others. For example, the staining on the new French doors is beautiful, and though it was a mess to deal with repainting the master bedroom because of things that the previous owner had done, they did an exemplary job. However, in the new bathroom, someone assumed I wanted crown molding, so they were not careful when taping and mudding the joints between the wall and ceiling. They also mixed up the paint colors more than once even though they had a list of the correct paint colors.
The tile work was done by a crew from Bob Moss Carpet One working through Paradise Enterprises. Like the other people on the job, they were all very courteous. The people in the store were very helpful when I was picking out tiles and colors. The work was generally OK. However, they used a few defective tiles in highly visible spots rather than discarding those tiles and did not place tiles well in a couple of corners. I pointed out the problems, but I don't have time to keep riding them to correct something that should have never happened in the first place or to deal with the mess of having it all ripped out and put back in again.
The plumbing fixtures were provided by LCR/Plumbing Warehouse in West Monroe, as recommended by the contractor. Generally, the face-to-face customer service was good while I was in the store and they were very patient with helping me find what I wanted within my price range, but they dropped the ball on getting some of the fixtures to me on time. As a result of their failing to let us know there was a problem, the toilet I had planned on having access to after surgery didn't arrive and get installed. It would have been easy to order something else in its place had I known of the delay. They also failed to order a valve for the shower, and then the wrong one was ordered. In the end, that ended up working to my advantage - the incorrect one was the more expensive fixture, but they did not charge me the higher price.
Plumbing for the bathroom was done by Kelly Plumbing, again contracted by Paradise Enterprises. On the whole, they seem to have done a good job. They handled most of the problems with the plumbing hardware and fixture hiccups, and there was only one minor adjustment required to one of the drainpipes after the job was finished. However, I just recently, I replaced the Kohler toilet with a Toto toilet myself. The Toto works much better (more powerful flush, so no sewer back ups). During the replacement, I discovered that the toilet flange that Kelly Plumbing installed was not attached to the floor (my house is raised). I'm not sure how sound of a plumbing practice that is.
Some of the extra cost over and above the estimate is because I chose to install stained wood cabinets instead of painted cabinets. There were also some problems with getting the cabinets stained evenly. They had to redo it. I also had to get them to sand the cabinets before the second coat of polyurethane - the painters seemed to think it was not necessary despite the rough surface created by the first coat. I also had my kitchen, utility room, and a second bathroom painted while the work was going on. In all, the work took June through November, and I was a good $15,000 over budget. The delays that did occur were because of the drywall/paint crew and the plumbing supply house that failed to notify us of a problem with getting fixtures in.
Bud Crow, the contractor, will provide you with an itemized list of everything that is purchased for the work. You pay for that plus labor plus his 10% mark up. I really should have kept track of the hours of labor. I don't think I was intentionally overcharged for labor by Bud, but it's possible that some of his crew mistakenly reported that they were at work for me when they were working somewhere else instead. A couple of times, items in the list of purchased things were items that were not used on my job, and Bud readily removed them from the charges. It's easy to identify a color of paint or stain or that was not purchased for your remodel, but it can be difficult to know if mud, tape, or nails on an itemized list is for your job or for another person's job.
The one really strong positive about this contractor and his crew - I did not hesitate to leave them alone at my house all day. I had to go to work to make a living myself."},"url":"https://www.angi.com/companylist/us/la/monroe/paradise-enterprises-inc-reviews-5566295.htm"},"position":10}]}
Outdoor Kitchen Service reviews from real Angi homeowners in Marion, LA
Last update on October 15, 2025
Tabatha S.
5.0
03/2024
I hired them to paint my kitchen. Let me tell you they did such a amazing job! i would deffently use them again! And they werent bad on price either!
Ann B.
5.0
08/2023
Joshua , owner/ contractor of River-Rite Custom Cabinets, was knowledgeable, professional dependable and reasonably priced . A real pleasure to work with!! He took the time out to explain the process and answer all of our questions, (and believe me I had many!) He went above and beyond to...
The first day it took them 4 hours to install 4 can lights. The next day they installed another 6-8 can lights in 6 hours. The third day they started working on ceiling fans (we put them together they just had to hang them). I rented them a scissor lift, which was not cheap, because they said...
Jeremy S.
2.0
06/2012
I called to receive an estimate (which they charge for) on having a gas line installed to the kitchen and to the back patio for our grill. They were timely, coming that same afternoon. However, after reviewing/inspecting the areas involved, I was told they had to go outside (in 100 degree...
Tiger S.
5.0
06/2012
The service was wonderful! On our set moving day, the movers arrived on time and were very professional,kind and speedy. It left us feeling that we'd love to have them on our next move where that may be. BUT there is one big sticking point; when we had talked to the guy responsible for our...
Demolition involved removal of two short walls and doorways, existing flooring, drywall and fixtures, and the existing ceiling which was very low. Paradise Enterprise has (had?) its own carpenters and electricians. The carpenters and electricians showed up as promised and their work seems to...
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Outdoor Kitchens questions, answered by experts
The average cost of an outdoor kitchen is around $15,500. However, since outdoor kitchens are highly customizable, you could spend anywhere from $5,000 to over $50,000 for your setup. Some important factors that can affect your pricing include the size of the kitchen, the materials you use—specifically for the countertop—the type of grill you want, and any add-on products you want coupled with your installation.
How big a fire pit should be depends on how many people you want to get around it on a regular basis, and how big your space is. The average fire pit size is between 36 and 44 inches. However, if you regularly host big gatherings and have the appropriate outdoor space, you can go as big as 72 inches.
You can choose a few different options for outdoor kitchen sink drainage. You can install a dry well about 10 feet away from your home or patio or install a French drain closer by. You can also drain into your home’s plumbing system, but it is more costly versus using a dry well.
Older research tells us that adding an outdoor pizza oven is unlikely to increase ROI. But thanks to an uptick in interest in this feature, it’s becoming increasingly likely that installing one will boost your home’s value by a small amount.
Whenever you’re on the hunt for furniture, either indoor or outdoor, start your search at local second hand shops. While they might not always have exactly what you need, even just one deeply discounted chair or table will cut down a lot on your overall expenses. From there, check newsgroups to find free or inexpensive used items. For deals on new items, try discount home and garden retailers.
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The Marion, LA homeowners’ guide to outdoor kitchen services
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