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"Kevin was great! He was very knowledgeable and I just appreciated him repairing our gas fireplaces."

"After about 15 minutes from arriving to cleaning my gas stove burners, the charge was $239.00!!!!! Get an appraisal first before hiring these guys! The technician was professional and on time, but what a rip off. Get someone else if you can."

"He was friendly and knowledgeable and got the job done in a timely manner. I had a gas stove replace an electric range. I loved how he cleaned up behind himself.The price was very reasonable."

"Determined the issue and my oven was fixed within 2 hours."

"The work went OK.  Several of the tasks were sub-let to other contractors — this was reasonable because removing the original mix of builder's rubble, clay and weeds and bringing in soil meant getting some big digging machinery into my back garden, and most landscapers don't have such machinery themselves.  Another example was the final addition of bark mulch, which was sub-ed to a company with a mulch blower.  The problems came because there was little supervision of the subs, so the man with the big digger broke a lot a pavers at the front of the house (which were not scheduled to be replaced) when he drove the digger over them, and the man with the mulch blower buried the bottom of my wooden fence.

My original expectation, which was that Burrell would carefully attend to all of the details, turned out to be wrong.  If I noticed and pointed out a shortcoming, Burrell would eventually fix, it, somewhat reluctantly.  For example, the initial Scope of Work required him to "Till and amend soil in future side yard planting areas" (plantings in the side yards were not included in the project). When we later went to add plants in these areas, we found that the soil had not been amended or tilled, but just covered with mulch.  Burrell did correct this, but only after we insisted.

At the end of the first winter, quite a number of the plants had died.  This may just be because it was a very hard winter, and because the plants were not installed until October and so did not have much time to get established before the bad weather.   In June Burrell and a small crew came back to replace the dead plants — a one year guarantee was part of the original contract. Some of the replacements were dead within four days; I'm still waiting for them to be replaced a second time.  

Overall, the garden looks good.   Some of the plants are thriving, and I'm enjoying using it this summer.  The patio, in particular, looks very good, and I have recommended Burrell to friends who have admired it.  However, every time I go out to do some work, I'm annoyed by something that wasn't done quite right.  Little things, mostly, which I can often fix myself, but which I don't feel I should have to fix, given the money that I spent on this project. Examples are correcting the grading around a pre-exitsting tree so that it isn't buried too deep, gluing down loose capstones, and un-burrying the fence.  I'm also concerned about the long-term durability of some of the hardscaping; one of the flagstones on the patio has cracked, and one side of the path at the East side of the house is now several inches lower than the other side; both of these point to insufficient excavation and compacting of the new sub-grade material.  

I'm amending this review because after he read it, Burrell 'phoned me to complain that I hadn't been fair to him, because I had mentioned shortcomings but not the good parts.  He had a good point there, and I've added more positive comments.  He was also upset because I mentioned problems that he fixed after I pointed them out.   I think that whether or not I've been fair on t his point depends on whose responsibility you think it is to supervise the work of the subcontractors and ensure quality: the homeowner or the contractor.  We clearly have a difference of opinion on this which I don't think will be resolved.      

Update (Sept 2012) after two years:  there were serious subsidence problems with a path at one side of the house. One side of the path had sunk about 4 inches relative to the other side, and the surface (compacted 1/4" minus gravel) was loose.   Burrell agreed to add more gravel and re-compact the path, even though he said that the work was out of warranty.  I also asked him to re-set a fence panel that had shifted;  I paid him for this, since the panel had originally been set by another contractor.   ProScape came and performed this work while I was out of town, and it seems to have been taken care of in a professional manner."

"Great guys they have the job to install the rest of my applices"

"Bob and his crew did a terrific job. We are loving the patio."

I’ve been a chef and handyman and builder for over 10 years with 6 years commercial roofing, 4 years general residential construction. I take care of your project line it was my own. I take pride in my work and want my clients to be happy when the job is done.

"Michael arrived promptly and did a great job. Thank you!"

"Peter’s company did a substantial remodel of our kitchen, downstairs bathroom and designed and installed a fireplace and surround about 13 years ago. Most of the work was custom and specific for our house. At the time, we deservedly gave Peter, his crew and subcontractors exemplary reviews. The work and products exceeded our expectations then and now. Thirteen years later, we continue to receive compliments about the work from pretty much everybody that comes to our house for the first time. This week, we called Peter regarding a problem we encountered while trying to replace a dishwasher. One of the cabinet pieces needed to be cut back ¼” to allow the replacement unit to fit. We wanted to know if this was something we could hire Pacific Northwest Cabinets to do and how far out they were scheduled. Peter called back that evening and requested we e-mail photos and a description of what we needed done. First thing the next morning, Peter sent us an email indicating he’d sent out an installer to perform the work we needed and that they’d be there right around 8AM. Seriously, he attended to and solved our issue within 24 hours. We’ve come to learn this is just how Peter does business and treats his customers. I really can’t express how lucky and thankful we remain that we hired Peter and his company to act both as general contractor and to design, build and install all of the cabinetry and related finish carpentry on our remodel. I’ve never really imagined, let alone experienced, the degree of customer service we’ve received from Peter – even 13 years later. We can’t recommend Peter and Pacific Northwest Cabinets highly enough. You’d be remiss not to obtain a bid from Peter Shraner and Pacific Northwest Cabinets for any remodeling or cabinetry work you might be considering. Hands down, they are the finest in the Portland-metro area."