OUTBACK WOODSHOP CO

They take their time and have a real passion for quality woodworking. They came in and gave us an estimate and I can't remember exactly, but it took about three weeks to complete and install. The quality was/is superior.

They did an excellent job. It has been about10 years since it was built and it still has the beautiful finish and strength that it had when they first built it. Just a note, I just called them last week to have some more woodwork done, Bruce informed me that his business partner and fellow woodworker had pasted away. He told me that it is a one man operation now and that I would have to wait a couple of months for my project. I have no problem in waiting, the skill and pride that goes into his woodworking is worth the wait.

It was wonderful to just be able to count on Bruce to think of everything, to ask our opinion at appropriate times, but otherwise to do everything in a methodical, well-organized, accurately executed, way. I cannot think of anything that he did wrong or any potential problem that he failed to alert us about. Bruce had previously done 3 or 4 bathrooms and one kitchen for friends and relatives, all of which look great, so we felt confident in employing him to work in our house. Bruce let us know at the start when he would be available and when he had other commitments. He generally arrived at 9 am. and worked until the task of the day was completed, usually departing by 2 or 3. There were a few minor delays due to scheduling the separate electrical work, a poorly made cabinet that had to be sent back, a missing part in the sink order, slow action on my part in purchasing the faucets, but Bruce proceeded with the job very systematically and kept us updated on the schedule. Although I was home much of the time, I felt very comfortable in providing Bruce with a key so that he could work independently. Along with not liking to do wall painting, Bruce doesn't like to waste his time preparing itemized estimates for jobs. He gave us a ballpark figure of $5000-6000. We added on some extras, but his final bill met the $6000 upper estimate. He told us that he works as economically as possible while still performing very high quality work. We were very satisfied that this is exactly what he did for us. In addition to the $6000 that we paid to Bruce, we had about 2-1/2 days of time from a licensed electrician, whose biggest job was putting in two new dedicated circuits, one each required for a floor embedded heating mat in our two upstairs bathrooms. (The electrician also installed various outlets, the heating mat, heating mat thermostat, dimmer switch, new exhaust fan, etc. and paid for the two electrical underwriter inspections). We spent about $3600 at Lowes on the cabinets, sink, tub, and toilet. I probably spent another $1000+ on Moen brushed nickel faucets, tub spout, shower items, towel bars, other accessories, etc. and the light--including some rather expensive hidden valves (Moentrol). We are looking forward to having Bruce do our second upstairs bathroom and probably our kitchen and assorted other tasks around the house--after we review our finances. I would highly recommend him for quality of work, careful planning and execution, communication, reliability, honesty, and value for the price--as well as being a most agreeable person to have working around the house.