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James Zalewski

7154 Sigler Rd
4.83(
9
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James Zalewski

7154 Sigler Rd
4.83(
9
)
Approved Pro
Customers say: Quality work
12 local quotes requested
35 years of experience

James Zalewski is individually owned a South Rockwood and the surrounding areas. I pride my business on the 30 years experience I have in the construction industry. We are giving quality service each construction project no matter how big or small. Contact me today to put your home improvement project a reality. We also have a maintenance team to do your small Rough and Finish Carpentry electrical and plumbing, and general maintenance needs billed at reasonable hourly rates.

"Yes, the job was done professionally and I am well please with the amazing work that was completed will use this company again and again"

Gina B on October 2025

James Zalewski is individually owned a South Rockwood and the surrounding areas. I pride my business on the 30 years experience I have in the construction industry. We are giving quality service each construction project no matter how big or small. Contact me today to put your home improvement project a reality. We also have a maintenance team to do your small Rough and Finish Carpentry electrical and plumbing, and general maintenance needs billed at reasonable hourly rates.

"Yes, the job was done professionally and I am well please with the amazing work that was completed will use this company again and again"

Gina B on October 2025






Ya-Ya's Home Improvement

Unknown
2.67(
3
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Ya-Ya's Home Improvement

Unknown
2.67(
3
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Customers say: Terrific value
25 years of experience

Home Improvements, Big or small I can do about anything. Personal touch because owner does your jobs.

"This review hurts a bit to write - because Jason is a neighbor and we started off on such a good foot. I was ready to rave about him to everyone i know. Things quickly turned sour, however. To leave such a bad review - and to dissuade others from winding up in the predicament we were in- I am going to be explicit with examples. To sum it up if you’re not a read: he did enough to shake our trust in him both in terms of as a skilled laborer as well as a person we were allowing free access to our home (originally unsupervised). He doesn’t communicate, rushes through his work and his workmanship is shoddy, at best. It’s Jason’s way or the highway with little respect for your time or your home. Payment schedule - $1,000 up front, $3,000 end of day 1, $2,000 at 100% completion. Begged with sob stories about LOSING $3,000, needing to close his cabin, having to hide money from his wife, then demanded additional draws of the remaining amount, resulting in full payment prior to completion. Told us he sticks to that to keep him honest when we tried to pay him at the beginning of day one (we didn’t think we’d be home at end of day one) - he then took the check anyway after handing it back and ran to the back IMMEDIATELY - like before actually doing anything. Then demanded we pay in cash going forward - even sending me out with both kids for non-payment schedule draws to get him cash. When i couldn’t get to the bank one day, he proceeded to remind us in person, call me at work, text when I’d be home and was frantic over getting this money he WASN”T even supposed to be getting that day but massively pressured us into giving him on this new, unarticulated schedule. Messy - he doesn’t have courtesy in your home. While I understand construction is a messy process (and by NO means is our house spotless) - he left dust, tile fragments, materials in our kitchen sink from rinsing etc. Gouged our hallway floor with his tools - but never addressed it with us. There was dust from sanding left everywhere. TERRIBLE communicator. We understand that life happens. Jason got sick mid project, and he was where he needed to be - home. However, the few days leading up to him being sick he came in and did basically nothing. Made an error in our shower tile then pushed back about fixing it (but ultimately did). Said in the beginning he was coming at 730am daily and working until about 230-3. We had our household up and ready for people to be over, which is no small feat with a 5 month old and a 2.5 year old for him to consistently do whatever the **** he wanted. We felt like we couldn’t trust him and were always trying to figure out where he was and what he was doing. He worked 3-4 hour days, and as you’ll see below, the rushing really was noticeable. Says he’s working late, but then his wife is calling telling him whats the point of having a small business if he’s not going to set his own hours. Texted him on a sunday asking if he’d be here, said yes. Next day all the sudden had a mechanic appointment, dr appointment and couldn’t come? Like he didn’t know about those on a sunday afternoon but at 645am monday it changed? Communicated a finishing timeline for us including working on a saturday. Next day he forgot he had to set up and attend his daughter’s party - no big deal but why not have a firm grasp of your schedule. Obviously business is not his strong suit. He treated us like his servants - at his beck and call for supplies, even though at the beginning we had asked what we needed and how much, and he indicated additional supplies he’s grab and we’d pay him back with receipts. By the way, if you do hire him, make sure the receipts he’s handing you are actually yours, he tried to give my husband a receipt for $90 that was not ours. We missed a lot of work because of this and our inability to trust him in our home to do a decent job without supervision. Don’t be afraid to outsource to outside trades people. HIS electrician was going to be $400 and two weeks out - we had an amazing guy come do the same task for $125 the next day. His plumber freelances for him and was totally rude - hollering in our house hold and causing a massive disruption in our household. Luckily his job was done well and in one night. Poor workmanship - he told us our shower was safe for our daughter to use, and that all he had left to do was paint (which was delayed for a preference of ours with respect to electricians, so acceptable) The center track was not set properly and the door almost came off on my toddler. When I texted Jason this – he had an opportunity for some customer service – a sincere apology and an indication that he’d get it taken care of would’ve gone a long way. Instead, I get a text “OMG see I said I didn’t like that design … sorry that happened.” Quite honestly, I don’t care if you LIKE the design. I LIKE THE DESIGN. You led me to believe you were competent and capable to do the installation, and told me directly that the tub was safe for me to bathe my toddler (pending sending my husband on a goosechase for a part – and if he didn’t return in time you were leaving). The faucets weren’t attached to the vanity in a secure manner. There was grout right by the tub completely missing down to the subfloor. The caulk in the tub didn’t cover to the point where there was black streaks coming through looking like mold in a brand new tub. Type to enter text While the amount monetarily is nominal - he made himself at home, taking food from our fridge, freezer and pantry without asking (we would have given him free reign) but instead we’re finding goldfish wrappers in the garage, veggie straw wrappers in the linen cabinet, we had several things (like an entire pack of buns, pound of turkey lunch meat) go missing. Nothing worse than going to make turkey burgers for dinner to find you have NO BUNS. Also helped himself to ice cream bars, pretzels (leaving crumbs in our brand new cabinets!) We are now about a month and a half from completion and have had to fix a leaky running shower, completely reinstall the glass shower tub door, and are dealing with a toilet leaking all over our floor. We decided not to pursue having Jason fix these things because of the above experiences, and therefore acknowledge that we didn’t give him a further chance to rectify our ongoing issues."

Julia S on January 2019

Home Improvements, Big or small I can do about anything. Personal touch because owner does your jobs.

"This review hurts a bit to write - because Jason is a neighbor and we started off on such a good foot. I was ready to rave about him to everyone i know. Things quickly turned sour, however. To leave such a bad review - and to dissuade others from winding up in the predicament we were in- I am going to be explicit with examples. To sum it up if you’re not a read: he did enough to shake our trust in him both in terms of as a skilled laborer as well as a person we were allowing free access to our home (originally unsupervised). He doesn’t communicate, rushes through his work and his workmanship is shoddy, at best. It’s Jason’s way or the highway with little respect for your time or your home. Payment schedule - $1,000 up front, $3,000 end of day 1, $2,000 at 100% completion. Begged with sob stories about LOSING $3,000, needing to close his cabin, having to hide money from his wife, then demanded additional draws of the remaining amount, resulting in full payment prior to completion. Told us he sticks to that to keep him honest when we tried to pay him at the beginning of day one (we didn’t think we’d be home at end of day one) - he then took the check anyway after handing it back and ran to the back IMMEDIATELY - like before actually doing anything. Then demanded we pay in cash going forward - even sending me out with both kids for non-payment schedule draws to get him cash. When i couldn’t get to the bank one day, he proceeded to remind us in person, call me at work, text when I’d be home and was frantic over getting this money he WASN”T even supposed to be getting that day but massively pressured us into giving him on this new, unarticulated schedule. Messy - he doesn’t have courtesy in your home. While I understand construction is a messy process (and by NO means is our house spotless) - he left dust, tile fragments, materials in our kitchen sink from rinsing etc. Gouged our hallway floor with his tools - but never addressed it with us. There was dust from sanding left everywhere. TERRIBLE communicator. We understand that life happens. Jason got sick mid project, and he was where he needed to be - home. However, the few days leading up to him being sick he came in and did basically nothing. Made an error in our shower tile then pushed back about fixing it (but ultimately did). Said in the beginning he was coming at 730am daily and working until about 230-3. We had our household up and ready for people to be over, which is no small feat with a 5 month old and a 2.5 year old for him to consistently do whatever the **** he wanted. We felt like we couldn’t trust him and were always trying to figure out where he was and what he was doing. He worked 3-4 hour days, and as you’ll see below, the rushing really was noticeable. Says he’s working late, but then his wife is calling telling him whats the point of having a small business if he’s not going to set his own hours. Texted him on a sunday asking if he’d be here, said yes. Next day all the sudden had a mechanic appointment, dr appointment and couldn’t come? Like he didn’t know about those on a sunday afternoon but at 645am monday it changed? Communicated a finishing timeline for us including working on a saturday. Next day he forgot he had to set up and attend his daughter’s party - no big deal but why not have a firm grasp of your schedule. Obviously business is not his strong suit. He treated us like his servants - at his beck and call for supplies, even though at the beginning we had asked what we needed and how much, and he indicated additional supplies he’s grab and we’d pay him back with receipts. By the way, if you do hire him, make sure the receipts he’s handing you are actually yours, he tried to give my husband a receipt for $90 that was not ours. We missed a lot of work because of this and our inability to trust him in our home to do a decent job without supervision. Don’t be afraid to outsource to outside trades people. HIS electrician was going to be $400 and two weeks out - we had an amazing guy come do the same task for $125 the next day. His plumber freelances for him and was totally rude - hollering in our house hold and causing a massive disruption in our household. Luckily his job was done well and in one night. Poor workmanship - he told us our shower was safe for our daughter to use, and that all he had left to do was paint (which was delayed for a preference of ours with respect to electricians, so acceptable) The center track was not set properly and the door almost came off on my toddler. When I texted Jason this – he had an opportunity for some customer service – a sincere apology and an indication that he’d get it taken care of would’ve gone a long way. Instead, I get a text “OMG see I said I didn’t like that design … sorry that happened.” Quite honestly, I don’t care if you LIKE the design. I LIKE THE DESIGN. You led me to believe you were competent and capable to do the installation, and told me directly that the tub was safe for me to bathe my toddler (pending sending my husband on a goosechase for a part – and if he didn’t return in time you were leaving). The faucets weren’t attached to the vanity in a secure manner. There was grout right by the tub completely missing down to the subfloor. The caulk in the tub didn’t cover to the point where there was black streaks coming through looking like mold in a brand new tub. Type to enter text While the amount monetarily is nominal - he made himself at home, taking food from our fridge, freezer and pantry without asking (we would have given him free reign) but instead we’re finding goldfish wrappers in the garage, veggie straw wrappers in the linen cabinet, we had several things (like an entire pack of buns, pound of turkey lunch meat) go missing. Nothing worse than going to make turkey burgers for dinner to find you have NO BUNS. Also helped himself to ice cream bars, pretzels (leaving crumbs in our brand new cabinets!) We are now about a month and a half from completion and have had to fix a leaky running shower, completely reinstall the glass shower tub door, and are dealing with a toilet leaking all over our floor. We decided not to pursue having Jason fix these things because of the above experiences, and therefore acknowledge that we didn’t give him a further chance to rectify our ongoing issues."

Julia S on January 2019



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Playscapes by Design, LLC

200 W. 2nd St
5.00(
2
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Playscapes by Design, LLC

200 W. 2nd St
5.00(
2
)
Customers say: Quick response
Recommended by 100% of Angi customers
Recommended by 100% of HomeAdvisor customers

We pride ourselves on designing and building custom playscapes, play sets and playhouses for children but also make "toys" for the adults including decks, pergolas, sheds, gazebos, trellis, arbors, and fencing. We also offer assembly, relocation, power washing, and refinishing services. Let our team of highly skilled craftsman build something for you.

We pride ourselves on designing and building custom playscapes, play sets and playhouses for children but also make "toys" for the adults including decks, pergolas, sheds, gazebos, trellis, arbors, and fencing. We also offer assembly, relocation, power washing, and refinishing services. Let our team of highly skilled craftsman build something for you.



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Playground Equipment questions, answered by experts

Children can become interested in playset activities as young as two years old, and many start to lose interest between ages nine and 12. Backyard playsets can grow and adapt as the children age and playtime interests change.

If your seedlings have reached a few inches in height and the weather outside has stabilized to where you’re no longer seeing overnight temperatures below 40 degrees Fahrenheit, it may be time to start hardening them off to get them ready to be planted in the garden.

Generally speaking, building a swing set is cheaper than buying a prefabricated one, but this assumes you have all the tools and knowledge to complete the project. The average cost to build a swing set is $514, but you should also factor in the time and effort it will require—if you don’t want to give up your weekend, it’s worth considering buying instead of building.

Playground installation costs around $500 on average, which doesn’t include the cost of the playground itself. Most homeowners spend between $150 and $1,200 on the labor to install a playground, plus between $100 and $1,500 on the playground equipment. The cost of professional installation depends on a few different factors:

  • Type and size of the playground 

  • Whether or not you need land leveling before installation

  • Accessibility of your yard

  • Whether you buy a premade playground or a custom one

  • Local permitting costs, if necessary

In most cases, yes, an outdoor living space adds value to your home. The trick to your best return on investment is to choose high-quality building materials that will look nice and durable without crossing the line into total luxury that becomes cost-ineffective. For example, there’s no need to install marble tiles around your pool, but a durable and aesthetically pleasing deck will go a long way.

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