Genesis Design and Construction Corp

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James Sappho, the owner of Genesis Design and Construction Corp, is an excellent apartment renovation professional. He renovated our apartment into a one bedroom and built out a well-designed closet. James has many years of experiences and has a team of very qualified workers work for him. His team is very clean and takes care not to disturb neighbors throughout construction. During the whole process of renovation, James discussed with us and guided us through a number of items we had not thought of. He is also a very good designer, working with a limited amount of space to create a very nice closet space. In my experience other contractors will do as instructed and largely will not contribute to thought or design. At worst this can lead to poor decisions and an unsatisfactory end result. James is one of the few who will add his own thoughts, designs, and advice throughout the project. He also has an eye on our budgeting needs and gave a realistic timeline for our work. We appreciate James and his team for the great work, and we will definitely recommend him to our friends.

Genesis design was an outstanding construction company to work with. Under James Sappho's leadership the project came off without a hitch. James was respectful of our budget and our time. For meetings he was prepared and well organized. He made efficient use of our time. We needed to move out of the apartment for 3 months and were able to move back at the scheduled time. The project went smoothly. James was extremely responsive to our concerns. He has an exceptional eye to detail. He is very compulsive (a perfectionist!). We would hire him for our next project in a minute. We give him an A+.

James Sappho and Genesis Design did a fantastic job on the renovation of our apartment in Murray Hill. We have had several experiences with contractors in the past and, without a doubt James is the best we have ever worked with. We recommend him without hesitation. James is a professional. He set realistic expectations on timing and pricing for us and, at the conclusion of our project, we finished on time and on budget. He took every effort to keep costs to a minimum while moving the job forward as quickly as possible. Unlike other contractors, James was eager to get started and did not drag his feet at the end of the job. We really appreciated his diligence. Perhaps the best quality about James is that he is conscientious and thoughtful about his work. He didn't just follow directions and is great with communication. Both during our initial walk through and then throughout the construction process, James would ask important follow-up questions and make recommendations about issues that we hadn't thought of. He would also give us realistic input on what was feasible/not feasible based on our budget. (In contrast, the contractors we have used in the past just gave us and quot;exactly what we asked forand quot; which sometimes wasn't a good idea, and then we would get hit with change orders to remedy the problem.) In terms of craftsmanship, Jame's work was excellent. He installed new walls and doors constructed beautiful closets, and re-modeled our kitchen cabinets. He has a fine eye for detail and went to great lengths to make sure that the new construction blended with the old construction (for example, James went on a wild goose chase to find matching floor mouldings. He also worked with the super to find identical flooring and stain to match what we had in the apartment.) Without a doubt, we will be asking James to handle all of our contracting needs in the future.

Genesis Design kept me informed of all the steps necessary for the completion of work in my apartment, including securing any city permits, and obtaining permission and cooperation from building Management. Mr. Sappho and his crew responsibly disposed of all their debris in the correct manner, and cleaned up after each day of work. If any issues arose I was notified immediately and with full details. Mr. Sappho was very good about keeping me informed of possible problems, and necessary changes. I was able to trust his opinions and assessments. He did what he said he was going to do, and he never let me down! I've had just a few problems after the work was completed, but these were equipment or accessory issues not related to the work of Genesis. Still, Mr. Sappho willingly took care of minor corrections for me. He has a full understanding of how things work, and in terms of construction I was able to completely rely on his 'doing it the right way' so it wouldn't have to be done again. All of his work in my apartment unit has held up beautifully. I would not hesitate to use Mr. Sappho and Genesis Design and Construction in the future.

James was great. He gave us a lot of his time and attention. Very knowledgeable and good at the details.