Where should I start. When my wife and I bought a home, we thought we were going to get a newly remodeled home for the price that we paid. Well, I learned fast that with the bay area prices, regardless of how much we pay for our home, we were going to do some upgrades and boy was it overwhelming just to start looking for the right contractor.
That is when we came across CalBay Remodeling. After a long search and being high ball on prices by other contractors, Carlos (Owner) came and gave me an estimate that I felt was the most fair that I have gotten until that point. We knew that based on the inspection report, our bathroom needed to be gutted down and be reinforce with new wood beam as there was major water damage.
Based on the quote, he also gave us a time period and gave us a great list of retailers and products that will make my wife's and I bathroom vision come to life. Now, in no shape or form are my wife and I designers, but we had a vision and we feel that Carlos and his team exceeded our expectation by far. I might even do a small part time side job as a designer...LOL..(No, I'm not).
I haven't even started to rave about Carlos and his crew. What else is there to say except that they are exceptional and very professional, not to mention masters in their craft. They were always very punctual, and I felt that they took care of my home as if it was theirs. They went above and beyond to protect my newly refinished hardwood floor ( my mistake for doing that job first before the bathroom). All of their staff was friendly and very respectful to my family and I. Even though there was some major demo that got done, every time I came home, they did an amazing job maintaining my house and their work area spotless until they came back the next day. Carlos and his team will always consult with me if anything unexpected happened and will never do anything without my approval.
To me, the big thing that really made me appreciate them the most is when my 50 year plumbing got backed up, and instead of them suggesting calling for a plumber who could have easily charged me 500$ plus, Carlos and his crew managed to help me and made sure they stayed until the issue was resolved. Water from my back unit started to flow to the other bathroom and Carlos was able to delegate each worker a job and I had people cleaning water on my other bathroom, another crew member going down the crawl space to see the pipes and take live video and Carlos and other members making sure our newly remodeled bathroom did not get wet. It was really an amazing sight to see as in that moment I knew that he really does this job because he cares about his work and puts his customer first.
Towards the end of the bathroom job, I started to paint the inside of my house and without any hesitation, Carlos and his crew offered to help prime, retouch and brought out their paint guns and rollers and went above and beyond and gave me a professional painting job that I was not expecting.
My family and I could not be happier with CalBay Remodeling and I will definitely be in touch with them on my next home project as I feel that we found the right team to take care of our home needs. read more