Great American Log Homes
Serving Stanley, VA and surrounding areas
In business since 1988
Free estimates
"I had an old that was 18x12 ft.The deck has stairs from second story down to ground level. I called Great American log Homes after I had read good reviews here on AL. Mr Painter answered the call and was very enthusiastic about coming out to see what I wanted to get done. He came out that day. I asked him to give me estimates for three possibilities; replacing the deck with another wood deck of equal size ;a deck made out of synthetic (Trex) material; and lastly to price out making 2/3 the deck a covered screened in porch with the remainder 1/3 exposed (outside uncovered) deck made out of synthetic material. He had a price estimate for all three possiblities in just a few days. He came back to my house in person to review all three in detail. The price for the screened in porch was good and was within my budget so I decided to go with this. I got two other price quotes from other people, one was more expensive and one was about a 1000$ less. I was impressed with Mr Painters enthusiasm so I went with him. He got to work very soon after we agreed on all the details. He gave me a written contract with the details of the project prior to starting. He asked for 1/2 the money up front and the remainder after 100% project was completed.
As stated above he removed the old deck and stairs, replaced the floor of the deck with synthetic composite deck boards with tounge and groove tight fitting boards with no exposed nails. He replaced the old wood rails with attractive pcv pickets and rails that matched with the deck boards. The old stairs replaced with same material as deck surface. 2/3 of the old deck was turned into an enclosed screeened in porch with railings as in the outside portion of the deck. It had a large vaulted ceiling that had a ceiling fan and installed recessed lights. The inside of the porch ceiling was made of attractive wood paneling. the ouside ceiling was sealed and shingled to match exactly to the existing house. It looks like the screened in porch was built with the house and out of the same materials and no one would know that this was an add on project 7 years later! Small area had to have alluminun siding added and this was seemless with the house. Small amount of electrical work had to be done with moving/removing the existing outside light to a new spot for the floodlight and new electrical work for the ceiling fan and recessed lights. Mr Painter has a person that does electrical work and he was very good and took the time to ask how I wanted the new light box to work with the many existing switches that i have in my kitchen.
He got started very soon after we agreed on the details. The total project took less than 2 weeks and he seems like he does not start a project unless he is able to give it 100% to get it done asap.
Mr Painter is the sole owner of his company and oversees everything. He has a crew that works for him and had different people for different parts of the job. He used to build complete homes and therefore is familar with every aspect of construction/renovation/reconstruction. He is a senior/seasoned contractor that is very hands on, despite not doing all of the work himself and having workers, he does participate in the work. Mr Painter was on the job everyday and spoke to me everyday to let me know how thing were going and asking me questions to make sure everything was coming along the way I wanted them. There were a few minor issues that came up during the day to day construction and I when i brought them up to Mr Painter he took care of them right away.
Mr Painter is a very hard working enthusiastic worker who takes pride on making the customer happy. He is very honest and realistic. He was very easy to talk too, he was very communicative with the progress of the project. I would recommend him highly. Even though he wasnt the cheapest, he was sooo easy to work with I will have him do more renovation projects for me.
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