Eloi Construction

Tarso looked over the job, explained what needed to be done and I supplied the piece of vinyl for the new floor. He's done a lot of work for us in the past, so I've gotten the feeling he can do anything. So I asked him how he made a template for the single piece, considering there was a tub along the wall with a built in thing at the end of it, pipes into the floor, a toilet, floor vent and pipe chase in the not so large space. He looked at me totally deadpan and said, "I have no idea." He has a sense of humor.
    I came back at the end of the day and found the floor was perfectly fitted, leveled and well sealed around all of its edges.
    Tarso and his helper were just cleaning up. He explained that  the flooring beneath the linoleum (in this 115 yr. old house) was so not-flat that he had had to use floor leveler to get it right. The job took longer than had been planned because the leveler had to dry thoroughly. 
    The original estimate had been $350 but he asked if we could do $400 because the two of them had had to be there so long. It seemed more than fair and I was happy to pay. Knowing him, if I had objected at all he would have taken the $350 no problem.

There are too many repairs to tell all the stories.   The bathroom renovation required stripping the walls, putting in new walls, adding a sink vent where there was none before, a glass shower with a mud job floor, new toilet, new sink,  new medicine cabinet, fan with vent to the outside, etc.  All came out well.   The bulkhead job required building from scratch a wooden (cedar) bulkhead to replace the hold one that had rotted out.  It is the same style as the old one and fits with our historic house.

Tarso was prompt and extremely efficient.  He completed the work in the two days he said he would, and he did a terrffic job.  I would highly recommend him, and plan to use him in the future.

I called Eloi Construction (Tarso Oelke is the owner) from having seen him build a two story addition across the street, examining the work inside and out and hearing the neighbor's enthusiastic recommention. We needed six different things done to our very tired 1890's Victorian two family. Tarso went over each step with me, discussed different ways to approach the work, made suggestions and offered good options. We agreed on prices for each step and the work proceeded to be done in stages over two months. He and his workers were quick, efficient and the quality of the work was always excellent. Tarso kept me informed of progress by e-mail, discussed suggestions along the way was clear and accurate about his timing and schedule. Several times they worked late to get a job finished. Tarso clearly takes great pride in doing excellent work and doing his best to please the customer. I would recommend him for just about any kind of building job.