Socelvic Co

CELIO (THE OWNER) OR ONE OF HIS SONS (HE HAS MANY, AND THEY'RE ALL NAMED ALEX!) WERE THERE FREQUENTLY TO CHECK ON PROGRESS. BUT IF THEY WEREN'T THERE AND I OR ED NEEDED TO SPEAK WITH THEM, THEY WERE THERE IN MOMENTS OR CONTACTED BY PHONE VERY QUICKLY. THERE WAS A LOT OF CARPENTRY DONE (SEE PRICE, IT WASN'T MERELY A PAINT JOB). THEY REPLACED THE ENTIRE UPPER BACK PART OF THE HOUSE WITH NEW SHAKES, WINDOW CASINGS AND FASCIA BOARDS. THEY ALSO REPLACED A 4' ''APRON'' OF SHAKES AROUND THE ENTIRE HOUSE AND ADDITIONAL ROTTED WOOD. THE ''FOREMAN'' FOR THE JOB (ED) WAS A WONDERFUL, HARDWORKING MAN AND A PLEASURE TO DEAL WITH. WHEN WE THOUGHT THAT THE CARPENTRY PORTION OF THE JOB WAS GETTING A BIT $MORE$ THAN WE EXPECTED, WE ASKED TO MEET WITH CELIO. HE CAME OVER AND MET WITH BOTH PARTIES (TWO FAMILY HOME) AND LISTENED TO OUR CONCERNS AND EDUCATED US ON WHY THE COSTS WERE MORE THAN WE ANTICIPATED. THESE GUYS ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE TO WORK WITH AND WE WOULD HIRE THEM AGAIN IN AN INSTANT.

GREAT EXPERIENCE! SOCELVIC GAVE A THOROUGH AND COMPLETE ESTIMATE, SCHEDULED THE WORK, CONFIRMED THE START DATE, SHOWED UP WHEN SCHEDULED, COMPLETED THE WORK QUICKLY, LEFT THE PREMISES NEAT AND ORDERLY, RESPONDED PROMPTLY TO TELEPHONE CALLS AND EMAILS, DID BEAUTIFUL WORK, AND THREW IN A COUPLE OF ''EXTRAS'' - PAINTING CEILING AND FOUNDATION WALL - FOR THE COST OF THE PAINT ALONE. I WILL USE THEM AGAIN.

HAD A BIT OF TROUBLE REACHING THESE FOLKS, BUT ALEX DID CALL ME BACK. HE SOUNDED VERY BUSY, AND IN FACT, COULDN'T EVEN COME OUT TO GIVE ME A QUOTE FOR OVER A MONTH. HE TOLD ME RIGHT AWAY THAT THEY COULDN'T DO THE JOB UNTIL THE SPRING. I SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE QUOTE, BUT THEN ENDED UP CANCELING IT BECAUSE BY THAT TIME I HAD HIRED ANOTHER COMPANY. GUESS BUSINESS IS GOOD.

I BELIEVE THE NAME OF THE COMPANY REP WAS ALEX. HE ARRIVED ON TIME, WAS VERY THOROUGH IN OFFERING ALTERNATE WAYS OF HANDLING THE JOB, AND CLEARLY EXPLAINED WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN, AND WHAT EACH TASK WOULD COST. I WAS VERY TEMPTED TO HIRE THE COMPANY, AND FINALLY DECIDED TO GO WITH ANOTHER EXCELLENT FIRM (ALSO LISTED ON ANGIE'S LIST) BECAUSE IT PROVIDED A LOWER ESTIMATE. BUT I AM SURE I WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY WITH SOCELVIC AS WELL.

EXCELLENT WORK DONE. ALL WORK COMPLETED TIMELY AND EFFICIENTLY. THE CUSTOMER WAS ALWAYS CONSIDERED. TWO THINGS--1. WORK HAD TO BE DELAYED FOR A YEAR. SOCELVIC COMPANY GENEROUSLY AND KINDLY RESCHEDULED FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND COMPLETED THE JOB. THIS WAS THE COMPANY'S PATTERN. OUR REQUESTS WERE CONSIDERED. OUR PHONE CALLS WERE RETURNED. OUR QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED. OUR CONCERNS FOR COST WERE REASONABLY ADDRESSED. 2. THE COMPLETED EXTERIOR PAINT JOB IS EXCELLENT. THE HOUSE LOOKS BRAND NEW. NEIGHBORS COMMENTED POSITIVELY AND REQUESTED THE COMPANY'S PHONE NUMBER.

WE SET UP AN APPOINTMENT AND THE COMPANY NEVER SHOWED UP TO GIVE THE ESTIMATE. THEY CALLED A WEEK A LATER AND TRIED TO SET UP ANOTHER APPOINTMENT. I DECLINED THE OFFER.

VERY PROMPT AND POLITE WHEN SETTING UP THE JOB AND THROUGHOUT. GOOD WORK CREW THAT HANDLED BOTH CARPENTRY AND PAINTING. VERY HIGH QUALITY WORK. ALEX KEPT ME INFORMED AND CLEARED EVERYTHING WITH ME BEFOREHAND. THE JOB HAS DRAGGED ON A BIT AND ENDED UP BEING MUCH BIGGER THAN I PLANNED...BUT SUCH IS REALITY OF MAINTAINING AN OLD HOUSE. OVERALL THE PRICE WAS REASONABLE, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, IT IS JUST THE HOURS OF LABOR ENDED UP ADDING UP WITH UNEXPECTED CONSTRUCTION WORK.

FABULOUS!!! THE WORKERS (ALEX IN PARTICULAR) WERE EXTREMELY HELPFUL. HE CAME TO MY APARTMENT TO ASSESS WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE, THEN THE FOLLOWING DAY CAME TO FIX IT. VERY ATTENTIVE, FRIENDLY, AND DID A PERFECT JOB. ALSO, VERY INEXPENSIVE. I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS COMPANY TO ANYONE.

EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE WORKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY NEVER KEPT THE APPT.

VERY RESPONSIVE. I LEFT A MESSAGE AND THEY CALLED BACK VERY QUICKLY. NEVER ENDED UP USING THEM FOR WORK BECAUSE PAINTING COMPANY CAME THROUGH WITH SOMEONE THAT COULD WORK WITHIN THEIR SCHEDULE, BUT WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND GIVING THESE GUYS A SHOT. CALLED ME BACK SEVERAL TIMES WHEN THEY DIDN'T HEAR BACK FROM ME, VERY COURTEOUS, AND VERY UNDERSTANDING WHEN I COULDN'T GIVE THEM THE WORK. WOULD GIVE THEM A CALL IN FUTURE FOR ANY NEEDED WORK.

SOCELVIC PAINTING WAS A GREAT COMPANY TO WORK WITH THROUGHOUT THIS PROJECT, AND WE COULD NOT BE MORE PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS. THEY CAME TO THE HOUSE EVERY DAY AT 8AM FOR MORE THAN A WEEK, AND STAYED UNTIL 6:30, INCLUDING ONE SATURDAY, UNTIL THE JOB WAS COMPLETED. EVERYTHING WAS DONE WITH CARE AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL. AT THE END OF THE JOB WHEN I DISCOVERED A MISTAKE THAT HAD BEEN MADE WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF THE STORM WINDOWS, CELIO RETURNED THE NEXT DAY WITH TWO MEMBERS OF THE CREW AND THEY REDID THE WORK TO MY COMPLETE SATISFACTION. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR QUALITY AT A REASONABLE PRICE AND PLEASANT, ACCOMMODATING PEOPLE TO DEAL WITH (AND WHO ISN'T) THEN SOCELVIC SHOULD DEFINITELY BE ON YOUR LIST.

THIS FAMILY COMPANY IS FANTASTIC. THEY ARE ALL VERY KIND AND DIRECT AND WILLING TO HELP MINIMIZE THE TROUBLES OF OCCUPYING A HOUSE WHILE IT IS BEING PAINTED. OUR CONDO NEEDED A LOT OF PREP WORK - OLD WALLS, BAD EARLIER REPAIR JOBS, TONS OF WOOD TRIM - AND IT NOW LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. EDSON, THE ON-SITE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE CREW, WAS FRIENDLY AND HAPPY TO TRY TO FIX ANYTHING I POINTED OUT. THEY CLEANED UP THOROUGHLY AFTER THEY FINISHED EACH DAY. ALEX, THE CONTACT PERSON, WAS ALSO EXTREMELY EASY TO WORK WITH. THEY ALL ACCOMMODATED OUR SOMETIMES BIZARRE SCHEDULES WITHOUT A COMPLAINT. WE WILL HAVE THEM BACK IN THE FUTURE TO REDO OUR FLOORS. OH - THEY ALSO DIDN'T CHARGE US FOR A BIT OF EXTRA WORK WE REQUESTED AND OVERALL THEIR PRICE WAS BETTER THAN 4 OTHERS WE RECEIVED. DEFINITELY USE THEM - HIGH QUALITY WORK, FRIENDLY AND TRUSTWORTHY PEOPLE - WE COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR MORE.

ALEX WAS PUNCTUAL, POLITE AND KNOWLEDGEABLE. HOWEVER, THE ESTIMATE WAS NEARLY DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF THE OTHERS WE OBTAINED.

I INITIALLY CONTACTED THEM TO GET AN ESTIMATE FOR A SMALL APARTMENT PAINTED. THEY WERE VERY PROMPT IN RESPONDING AND SETTING UP AN APPOINTMENT. MOREOVER, WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT OUR SCHEDULE APPT. MY BUZZER WAS (UNKNOWN TO ME AT THE TIME) NOT WORKING, SO I DID NOT LET THEM IN, BUT THEY DIDN'T HOLD IT AGAINST ME AND CALLED PROACTIVELY AND FRIENDLY READY TO RESCHEDULE. DUE TO A CHANGE ON OUR END WE DID NOT END UP HAVING THEM PAINT, BUT THEY WERE PROFESSIONAL AND EXCELLENT IN OUR DEALINGS.

COMPANY HAD PAINTED THE EXTERIOR OF MY HOUSE TWO YEARS AGO. THEY WERE EXTREMELY ACCOMMODATING IN COMING BACK AND REPAINTING SOME RAILINGS ON MY BACK AND FRONT PORCHES THAT NEEDED TO REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE ROTTEN--AT NO CHARGE.

COMPANY HAD PAINTED THE EXTERIOR OF MY HOUSE TWO YEARS AGO. THEY WERE EXTREMELY ACCOMMODATING IN COMING BACK AND DOING ADDITIONAL WORK THAT TOOK AT LEAST ONE PERSON-DAY OF TIME TO COMPLETE--AT NO CHARGE.

SCHEDULED 2 APPOINTMENTS WITH ALEX, BUT HE DID NOT SHOW OR CALL FOR EITHER ONE.

WORK WAS GOOD BUT SCHEDULING WAS SLIGHTLY PROBLEMATIC.

I HAD A DEADLINE OF A TENANT MOVING IN WITHIN A WEEK, AND ALEX SCHEDULED ME IN. THEY DID THE WORK QUICKLY AND WERE QUITE NEAT AND THOROUGH, WITH HIGH PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS. THE FLOOR WAS SOMEWHAT MESSY AFTER THEIR FINAL CLEANUP, BUT THIS IS MINOR.

WORK WAS IMPECCABLE, FLAWLESS WORKMANSHIP. WORKERS WERE ON TIME, VERY POLITE AND PRICE WAS FAIR. WORK COMPLETED ON TIME. WORKERS ACCOMMODATED MY SCHEDULE DURING DAY. WORKERS WERE NEATLY DRESSED IN CLEAN WHITE SHIRTS WITH LOGO. VACUUMED EVERY ROOM BEFORE THEY LEFT EACH DAY. WORKED NON-STOP. NO DUNKIN DONUT RUNS OR SMOKING. PAINTED ONE ROOM 3 TIMES BECAUSE I DID NOT LIKE THE COLOR.

MY OVERALL EXPERIENCE WAS VERY POSITIVE. THE WORKERS WERE PLEASANT AND HARD-WORKING.

I WAS VERY PLEASED WITH THIS COMPANY, AND WOULD USE THEM AGAIN. FOR ME, A BIG PLUS IS THAT THIS COMPANY WAS ABLE TO DO CARPENTRY WORK IN ADDITION TO PAINTING. (THUS, FOR A SEPARATE PRICE, I HAD SOME RESHINGLING DONE, AND I ALSO HAD SOME ROTTED WOOD REPLACED BEFORE THE PAINT JOB COMMENCED). AS THE OWNER OF AN OLDER HOME IN CHESTNUT HILL, IT WAS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH ONE VENDOR.

CELIO AND ALEX VICENTE, WHO ARE THE FRONT MEN OF THE COMPANY, ARE INCREDIBLY NICE AND EASY TO WORK WITH. I JOKED THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE ''NO PROBLEM'' AS THEIR COMPANY MOTTO, BECAUSE EVERY TIME I CAME TO THEM WITH A QUESTION, I ALWAYS GOT THE SAME ANSWER: ''OK, THAT'S NO PROBLEM!'' THE PAINTERS WHO WORK FOR THEM ARE POLITE, RESPECTFUL AND EXPREIENCED. THEY ARE INCREDIBLY HARD WORKING, AND CLEAN UP AFTER THEMSELVES BEAUTIFULLY. AFTER MANY MEDICORE EXPERIENCES WITH OTHER PAINTERS/CONTRACTORS, IT IS REFRESHING TO FIND SUCH KIND AND HARDWORKING PEOPLE IN THE HOME RENOVATION FIELD! MOREOVER, THEY WORKED WITH US UNTIL EVERY LAST NITPICKY THING HAD BEEN ADDRESSED AND FIXED. WE ALSO HAD THEM RETILE OUR GUEST BATHROOM, WHICH LOOKS BEAUTIFUL!

I SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH THEM IN CAMBRIDGE, AND THEY SHOWED UP, BUT I FORGOT! THEY WERE VERY UNDERSTANDING AND PROFESSIONAL, AND MADE EVERY EFFORT TO RESCHEDULE, THOUGH IT WAS MY MISTAKE. I WAS THOROUGHLY IMPRESSED. A GREAT EXPERIENCE OVERALL.

THEY DID AND EXCELLENT JOB, THE PRICE WAS VERY COMPETITIVE, AND THEY WERE A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH.