JFR CONTRACTING

We are very happy with our new kitchen. Our kitchen looks beautiful and is so much more functional then our previous layout. John and his crew did an excellent job. Their attention to detail is amazing. We had our whole first floor affected by our kitchen remodel. John and his crew installed all new floors throughout our first floor, painted, installed a new toilet and remodeled our kitchen from top to bottom. We were very pleased when the job took less time then we thought it would. We decided to go with JFR Contracting because John focuses on one job at a time. We felt very comfortable leaving him and his crew in our home when we were not there. John and Brad moved our furniture for us and even moved out our old appliances. When our refrigerator was delivered it was bigger then the measurements that I had given John and even though the job was completed I called John and he said that he would do what it took to make my cabinet doors over the refrigerator work at no cost. So John came back and was able to move the doors up a few inches. He told us that if we have a problem with anything to give him a call and he would come back. We have had no problems but I have no doubt that he would truly come back if we had any issues. He is a trustworthy guy which is very important when you are looking for a contractor.

This guy is awesome especially when it comes to kitchen design. He came up with suggestions I never considered which turned out great. The crew that works for him is top notch. They don’t bolt out the door at quitting time but stay until what they start is finished and do a great job of cleaning up. Their work is exceptional. The job was finished within the budget and time frame we discussed. For all these reasons John has been my go to guy for over 20 years.

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My husband did the plans for this project. It involved building an addition onto the existing house for the new bedroom, plus renovating two other rooms and a closet to create the master bath and laundry areas. A new closet was created to replace a linen closet lost to the creation of the laundry alcove, and an existing room in the house was used to create the master bath. New doors were installed on all the downstairs rooms to match the new doors in the suite. A replacement window was installed in the master bath.
We met with John and began began planning the project in late October of 2015. Because our septic system needed a tank added to bring it up to code, we took care of that first. We handled this ourselves...  It took a while for us to get the septic permit because the old permit couldn't be located by the county health dept. Once the septic was done, we contacted John and did the final project planning, he obtained the necessary building permit from our township, and work began shortly before Christmas. We had to move a lot of furniture and accumulated stuff out of two rooms to prepare for the demo and renovation. We rented a POD to store some of it, and one of John's helpers even helped us move big items because the shell of the addition was actually finished before we could line up people to help us move the stuff ourselves. John helped us with the selection of floors, fixtures, tile, etc. at the appropriate times during construction and easily accommodated a couple of upgrades we chose. All of his subs were friendly and courteous, and everyone made an effort to keep dirt and debris out of the rest of the house. We have two cats that we needed to keep out of the construction areas, so John and his subs did a nice job of keeping everything "buttoned up" behind a zippered partition so the cats wouldn't wander into the work areas. Despite the holidays and a couple minor weather delays, the work was complete by mid February, and the HVAC system for the new bedroom was installed on March 1. Frozen ground prevented even rough grading for a time, and that delayed the HVAC install by a couple weeks. There were some minor punch list items which were taken care of promptly. John was also great about answering questions we had over the course of the project. I think he was as delighted as we were to see the results at every stage, and to see the finished rooms!
We are very happy with the new suite and feel that the price was appropriate for the work done.

Took out and removed old kitchen: appliances, cabinets, counter-tops and fixtures.  Handled all sub-contractors for HVAC, cabinet maker/installation, tile installation, granite counter-tops, drywall and painting. Installed new appliances.  Although several things we wanted he had not had experience with, he was easy to work with and cautious to make sure we got the outcome we wanted.  Great with follow-up and always showed up when expected.  Deadlines were kept and no surprise expenses.  Sometimes the job site was left messy, breaker were not turned back on, little details which caused delays...nothing major!  Overall a great job at a fair price.  Easy to work with and good follow through.