Rj's Construction & Remodeling

Excellent! Their boss is a spiritual, Christian man and I appreciate that, his integrity and his honesty. I had a small issue and within a few hours, the company was back here to resolve it. That was wonderful.

We initially hired Ralph after he gave us a very competitive bid to remodel our Kitchen. That required replacement of back door and storm door and removal of 30 year old wallpaper, tape and float the walls and ceiling, texture and then paint. At the same time all this was going on I was refinishing our cabinets. Ralph worked well taping and draping cabinets and counters as he proceeded. I am a perfectionist and my wife not so much. She just wants it DONE. Ralph's work satisfied our demands completely.
In December we had Ralph come back and repair part of a wall in our guest bath. I, had planned on painting that bath, myself, after he fixed the wall. Several days pasted and we had him give us an estimate to go ahead and paint the bath. The job was painstaking as we were changing colors drastically and were covering oil base paint with latex based paint. Ralph had to texture part of the ceiling and paint 2 coats on the walls and cabinets. He was in and completely out of the bath in 4 days.
Updating a room or total home remodel call him. You will be very pleased.

Overall, Ralph was punctual, but in the end, his pride was too much.

They are excellent workers, friendly and courteous. They are very timely. They give good fair prices.

The owner of this company is Ralph. The job involves remodel work in the master bathroom, living room, fireplace, cabinets in the kitchen, layout and various miscellaneous jobs. I have a new home so he is helping me with it. I found him through the lady who came and staged the house I am selling. She had a list of recommended people and he was one of them. I interviewed a lot of people and told them that they were recommended by the home stager. Ralph does not advertise so he was glad to get a referral. He has been working since a month. He is awesome. He is on time. He is never late. It is refreshing. He is very friendly. He does not have other sub contractors. He does all the work himself. They are the same 2 people in my house all the time. They are young and skilled. He is training them. They are doing a fabulous job. They have been working with him for a while so it is not like I get a fresh and unskilled person working on my house. They have more or less taken down everything in the master bathroom. The plumbing for the shower was redone. He is laying the wooden floor in a few areas. He took down the cabinets in the kitchen and put in an eating bar. We took off some stuff on the fireplace and put in a new chunky mantle. We took out the outdated cabinets like for TVs and had custom cabinets built there. He is very easy going with changes. He explores the pros and cons without getting grumpy. He is very amenable. He has done a lot of good things around the house. I did not think the price was going to be so affordable. I was very surprised. I had built a house before and was going by those prices. I don’t have a basis to comment on remodeling prices. He will probably build my garage next.


UPDATE!!!!!! UPDATE!!!!!!!

Although the tile work was beautiful, the rebuilt shower leaked within a couple of months. Ralph installed the shower without a water proof shower pan, causing a continual stream of water out of the bottom of the shower once the water worked its way through the sealed concrete (rip tile out, place water proof lining, re-tile, re-seal) (concrete is not waterproof!) He also installed a shower head without adequete support, causing the pipes to be stressed and eventually leak at the top of the wall (wall, carpet, plumbing, showerhead all replaced.) He also didn't verify that the custom frameless glass shower door was built to specifications, thus water leaked from the bottom of the door.
We spent over $3000 remodeling Ralph's remodel. He agreed that he was at fault, but he didn't have insurance, nor did we want him to do the work. We told him we would split the cost. He agreed and paid $300, assuring us he would pay the remainder. Occasionally, he says he remembers that he owes us the money, but it is now over 2 years since we have seen any money.
So, while he does beautiful tile work, I would definitely hire someone else to do the wall, shower build, and plumbing work. And, I wouldn't give him the balance of payment until a few weeks after the job is complete... Just in case.