peter o'toole construction

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he came out to look at the job -which was windows, siding and roof - spent considerable time looking at the job, promised an estimate as soon poosible. We never heard from him again, despite several phone calls and messages to him over the past 6 weeks with no response, we went with someone else.

The initial two jobs were to gauge the contractor's work in anticipation of offering him the opportunity to bid on the larger jobs to follow.  Peter not only completed the work well, but it was done with no stops and starts. His job site is one of the cleanest I have ever seen... nails, trash, excess scrap, tools - all are cleaned up and put away at the end of every workday; excess materials that could be of later use are neatly stacked away.  Unlike most of the contractors I've dealt with in the past, Peter prefers to work on one job at a time, so the job is agreed upon, the time frame set, and the work is completed on-time (and within budget).  He has a cadre of  workmen, and more or fewer workers chosen by him participate in the construction as necessary. Any delays were usually due to external issues and were minimal (delay in materials being delivered, weather, etc). Once he expressed interest in the larger project(s), we reviewed the architectural drawings I had and he broke the job down into manageable segments to fit my schedule and budget. Since he has an architectural design background, he made some suggestions which cut down on the overall cost and workload of some segments without degrading the finished project. As the project progressed and more details/modifications were made, he made sure the bottom line was always known.  I did not want the building to interfere with my schedule, and he readily worked around that. This has been an ongoing project for the past two years, and at the completion of each phase, the house and yard have been put to rights until the next phase was ready to begin. The only negative is that he is not always quick to respond to emails in between jobs, but this does not impact his job performance at all. Initial job (window-wrapping): Peter showed up on time, worked efficiently and paid close attention to detail. The project was completed very quickly, and the workmanship was excellent and the price acceptable. (completed in under two days) Second job (alcove):  Project was completed within the allotted time, on budget, and the work was excellent.  Peter asked questions for clarification where necessary. (completed in one week, as scheduled) Third job (garage): Peter accommodated a very tight schedule to make sure that the job was begun on an exact date and the maximum amount of the job could be completed without delay. Slight modifications were worked into the plan once the building had begun and I was able to get a better visual of the project.  He took time to add the small detail work to flare the roof edges to match the gambrel roof of the existing house. He also had excellent suggestions to slightly tweak the architectural plans to improve the finished design.  The workmanship was excellent, and the finished structure is beautiful (Majority of the work was completely done within three weeks). He worked well with other contractors I had chosen for the electrical and painting aspects of the job. Fourth job (main staircase in the house): The steps and trim were very well done; the majority of the work was done on-time and under budget; there was a slight delay due to not being able to use the proposed balusters. Excellent replacement balusters were suggested and installed. (work completed within the allotted time) Fifth job (new front foyer): The work was done quickly and well; slight modifications were easily incorporated as the project took shape and I asked for minor adjustments/changes to be made.  (work completed - except steps, which were delayed due to material availability and weather-delay for installation) Sixth job (mudroom and covered walkway):  This project is not yet completed and was begun approximately a week ahead of schedule.