I found Nick and Plain & Simple Painting on-line. I contacted him, explaining what I required,…read morebeing a kitchen/family room ceiling, and he phoned me back within a couple of hours. He told me that he would come look at a certain time and he was there. We looked at what I required and he gave me a price which I thought was reasonable and he said he would be here today, Thursday, Oct. 23, and he was. He came fully prepared and completed the job within the early afternoon and I could not be happier. There was a leak stain, the leak had been rectified years ago so no more staining and a crack in the ceiling. He repaired the crack, primed over the stains. Protected everything and I could not be more thrilled with the result. I would gladly recommend Nick and his company, Plain & Simple anytime.

After considering various alternatives, we chose Vancouver General Contractors to turn our dark and…read moredated open concept first floor into a light, bright, modern open plan living masterpiece! It is simply splendid. From our first meeting with Shwan, the Project Consultant, when we discussed our vision, to the end of the project, we were part of all the decisions on everything that needed to be done. We were consulted extensively by Rose, Hoda and the Head Designer Zaineb. They listened and delivered. It was a big project with new floors, cabinets, huge pantry, fireplace, powder room, live wall, new doors and so many other details. The Head Designer, who we absolutely love, Zaineb Al-Saffar was on top of everything -- a great asset to have when we needed any communication with any concerns or questions. She worked very closely with both of us and with her Chief Contractor Mo; Mo was in charge of overseeing the whole project. Mo is great, knows his job, and is quite a perfectionist. A pleasure to work with. Central to the team, Ash and Sarah were absolutely perfect. Renovating our place like no others and recommending solutions to our concerns. The kitchen cabinets and the sitting benches by the window are splendid! Madan Mohan , from Danma Cabinets here in the lower mainland, designed and installed the kitchen and dining room. Excellent workmanship and professionalism. He responded with respect and agreement when we needed to have features corrected. He stands behind his product and workmanship!, The quality of product and workmanship by Canadian Countertops is undeniable; both the kitchen counters, backsplash and fireplace surrounding are perfect. Because of Covid-19, the live wall has not yet been delivered and installed, but this will be done as soon as health restrictions are lifted. Overall, Vancouver General Contractors has delivered well beyond our expectations and we marvel every day at how our home has been transformed. The team was professional, hardworking and produced a high standard of work. Also, I cannot sing high enough praises of Zaineb and Mo, who helped us through the whole process. We highly recommend Vancouver General Contractors!! In fact, we have hired them again to renovate our old bathroom upstairs... the design and material are state of art and it is going to be gorgeous! Anne-Marie Comte and Douglas Pulleyblank

We impulsively hired VGC for our kitchen renovation because I was naive. I believe they do charge a…read morelot of hidden costs and push these "change order" fees that is ridiculous. They gave us a budget for certain items like say our sink... and because I wanted to choose a more expensive sink than their predicted cost, they were going to charge us a change order fee. It makes no sense, if I want to spend a few hundred dollars more on my sink why do they reap financial benefit from it when they gave us a lowball amount to spend in the first place. We were also plagued with mismanagement of our project. The project manager, Ali, they assigned to us was inexperienced and made several errors that delayed our project. He was definitely hired based on nepotism as he was the best friend of the manager, Hussain. The PM was fairly clueless, luckily my husband is a carpenter and he really had to micromanage many aspects of the project. This is a shame since we thought we were hiring VGC to take the stress of managing the projects ourselves. Then Ali left us halfway through project for personal reason. We did get a better PM, Mo after but he had to deal with the aftermath of the first guy plus the first contractor, Hamid decided to leave our project midway due to a dispute with how the company mismanaged payment to him. I was then harassed for weeks by Hamid to pay him or else he'd put a lien on our home. Meanwhile, the manager Hussain did not check in once to clarify or reassure us that we did not owe the contractor anything outstanding as we made payment on time to VGC. Then Hamid further disclosed that VGC definitely overcharge their clients and he said our project should not have taken as long as it did to complete, which left a very negative feeling for us. I felt anxious throughout thinking Hamid was going to show up and threaten my family and I have small children at home, it was not a good feeling. There was also design flaws where calculations were flawed and it required my husband to step in and alter the design and measurements. All in all the project was a disaster for us and we do feel overcharged. I do not recommend them. They were not professional and the trades they hire are also not professional. Don't be persuaded by the smooth salesman pitch from the manager, it's all smoke and mirrors because when things went wrong they definitely didn't care about their customer.

We had Barwick Painting paint our complete exterior on our character house. They had to remove some…read moreold flaking paint from our window trim and railings. Ours was a colour change from yellow to blue and I couldn't be happier with the results. I just wish we had done it earlier My wife was worried about the garden getting damaged but they were very careful and never disturbed any of the plants We plan on having them return this spring to have our garage painted as well

Very pleased with their painting of my house exterior. They expertly fixed up a previous bad paint…read morejob on French doors. I was particularly struck by Geoff's accessibility, helpfulness and interest in the details of the job. And they were reasonably priced.

These guys painted the exterior of my rental house last summer, and when i looked at it a week ago…read moreit was like it was just done. They used quality materials and DID NOT make a mess. Highly recommended

I called several painters on Craigslist. Two different guys or companies came out to give me a…read morequote which were both way to high priced. Maxim called me back several hours later and came out and gave me a much better, reasonable price so I agreed. Turns out the guys are very very very detail orientated. The finished product looked outstanding, I am very happy with this crew. They treated me with respect, didn't try to up sell me, and they seemed to honestly take pride in the workmanship. I would highly recommend these guys to anyone, especially if you are the type to say yes to overpriced pushers.

My husband and I are extremely unhappy with your tile work in our bathroom. We had our kitchen…read morebacksplash done by you a couple years ago which was good. I'm not sure what changed between our kitchen work to our bathroom. Besides the fact that the tile work is horrific, you left our bathroom with a huge mess. Grout is absolutely EVERYWHERE. In places it should not be and is impossible to get off. Not only that but you cleaned your buckets in our new bathtub instead of just using our hose right out the front door. You are rude, lazy and your work is incredibly sloppy. We paid you $250 a day (less than 4 hours you were here each day). You ruined our new floors, vanity and walls. I wouldn't have paid you $1 for this job as I have spent more time trying to rectify your mess. It's a shame you do not take pride in your work. You completely ruined our bathroom.

Did a great job painting the upper floor of our house. Four coats of paint and it looks fabulous…read more For the excellent job, the price was very reasonable. Came quickly and was always easy to get ahold of. They also did some tiling work for me in the kitchen which looks amazing. I would definitely recommend them and use them again!

We couldn't believe the incredible job Euro Arts did for us. I hired them to remove caulking around…read moreour bathtub that was moldy and poorly done by the previous tiler. We also had stained and missing grout between the wall tiles. It looks like we have a new bathroom! They also re-grouted the area behind our kitchen sink. Also a terrific job. The are efficient with their time and reasonably priced. Totally pleased. I recommend them without hesitation. It's wonderful to find a company like this.

We used the service to clean our over 20 years old grouts and were very happy with the results…read more John was very polite and offered extra service. The price was bit higher than expected but with the conditions of our tiles, I think it was very fair. We would definitely use them again.