After consulting Angie’s List, we chose Tartaglia Renovations to work on our two bathrooms upstairs and the half-bathroom downstairs. We had planned to do only one bathroom and the half-bathroom. But after we saw how transformative the work looked, we committed to the other bathroom at once. The more time we spent with them, the more we were convinced we were in good hands. The work cost $19,730 total. Here’s how the jobs broke down: Bathroom 1 – The room was demolished to the studs and subflooring. The crew replaced the floor with new tile, installed a tub where a shower had been (a tight squeeze achieved with careful planning), replumbed what had been a center shower drain into a drain at the end of the tub, hung tile in the bath, installed two niches, installed a shower head with a handheld attachment, installed a new toilet and vanity and new fixtures, put down new floor moulding and painted the room. Bathroom 2 – The plan was to install a new tiled floor, new toilet and new floor moulding, then tear off the wallpaper and paint the room and the old vanity. Everything went well except for the wallpaper, which a previous DIY owner had attached in such a way that removing it began to tear chunks out of the wall. The solution? Put a coat of mud all over the walls, bury the wallpaper completely, then paint over the new surface. You wouldn’t know it was there. Half-bathroom – A simple job of tiling, installing a new toilet and floor moulding, and painting. Everything went according to plan and more or less according to schedule; the jobs were finished within one day of the predicted conclusion. The husband-and-wife team of Matt and Britney Tartaglia did the demolitions themselves and called upon plumbers, a painter and a tiler (and the tiler’s assistant for the big job). They let us know when each of the subcontractors would be coming and responded by the end of the day each time we texted a question. Two things stood out for us. The first was attention to details, from the clear way the Tartaglias broke down the estimates (and amended them as unexpected things happened) to the careful cleanup of the rooms afterward. They explained why things didn’t work, on the occasions they didn’t, and found solutions. Second, they were friendly. They listened attentively to our concerns, stayed in good humor and were welcome visitors in the house. The same can be said of the tiler, Noel Santos, and the painter, Claudiu Culda. We would hire Tartaglia Renovations again for any significant changes to our house, and we wouldn’t need to look at other contractors.