We entrusted Envision Kitchen and Bath to design a kitchen for our 160-year-old Stone House that we…read morehave poured our heart and souls into renovating. The kitchen is the focal point, giving the house its inside character. Needless to say, we were very selective in deciding on a contractor that would listen to us and deliver a quality product. The owners of Envision, Doug and Pam, and kitchen designer, Crystal, were very personable, knowledgeable, detail oriented and realistic - helping us to weigh the trade-offs and keep costs within our budget. We were extremely focused on craftsmanship and, having been completely satisfied with our previous Conestoga kitchen, we were pleasantly surprised and pleased that they carried this brand. The design process went smoothly and efficiently, with Doug coming out to the house and taking detailed measurements and then the group working with us to figure out the optimal design. We were impressed as they valued our opinions and considered everything we threw at them with patience and thought. They were able to mix that with their experience and skill to deliver top quality kitchen in a very reasonable time. We appreciated their extreme professionalism, efficiency and thoroughness with no short cuts and no high-pressure sales. As we walked through the process piece by piece, they were able to come up with a design that satisfied every aspect that we had asked and have it delivered on schedule! This was by far the best experience we have ever had with any contractor. They met all our expectation and more! We couldn't be happier and highly recommend them for anyone that values quality and a fantastic contractor experience.

Envision remodeled our bathroom, about 5 years ago.. They say they're permanently closed, so if we…read morehave issues with hardware and cabinets, where do we get issues resolved? How convenient that they closed, now we're stuck if we need replacements.. I wish I had chosen a company that would've remained in the area.. I'm not happy that they left us hanging, without any references as to who contact..

I had the best experience with S&S flooring. Scott is a true professional with the utmost patience,…read moreattention to detail, and perfectionist discipline to his craft. When other companies turned me down due to no availability, Scott squeezed in our kitchen floor project on the weekend even though that meant him working 7 days a week. It's clear that this is a family business with the passion for the trade as well as the "mom n pop shop" customer service and delivery of high quality for a very reasonable price. I will absolutely use S&S for all future flooring projects without hesitation, and so should you.

Stop looking! If you found S&S and Suzanne, all your problems will be solved with great quality,…read morereasonable pricing and superb customer service! I discovered them a year ago when I was desperate to get a basement carpeted. They came through quickly and with great pricing. This year I needed to recarpet an entire apartment after a tenant of 18 years moved to his own house. I went back to S&S and Suzanne and As usual they did a superb job, in a short time frame at a reasonable price. She is terriffic! A problem solver, wonderful to deal with and very reliable. She deserves 10 stars not 5. If you are looking for someone to do carpeting and/or flooring work in the Ithaca area, stop looking: use S&S!

I recommend this company for all your home repair needs. They did an amazing job on my roof. Fast…read moreefficient and the clean up was amazing!!!! Great communication and hard work for their team!! 10/10 recommended!!

Great company to work with! Blaze did my roof about 5-6 years ago and everything has been good so…read morefar no issues at all.

Midline Masonry do excellent work. They did extensive work on the stone veneer on the front of my…read morehouse. They know what they are doing and they do it well. They are efficient and very easy to work with. If I ever need any other masonry work I will be calling Midline Masonry.

26x26 garage pad with aprons and a small pad out back. Excellent workmanship, great communication,…read morewas accommodating to a few small changes. All around a really easy process and we are extremely happy with the final project finish. highly recommended for your concrete projects

We're the type of couple who like to do our own projects--in part because our labor is free, and in…read morepart because of pride. However, there may be a time when you just need to bite the bullet and admit that a project is pretty daunting, and you need help... and for us, that's where Michael came in. Michael completed the finishing (and skill-intensive) work on a somewhat complex deck rebuild/redesign that was simply taking us too long to complete. We were ready for someone to come in and make our ideas a reality. Michael did just that. We drew up our concepts, and he brought them to life--and even added some touches we wouldn't have thought of. Following that project we were so pleased with his work that we had him refinish our 100+ year old front door. It needed a lot of work, and he brought it back to life. I cannot speak to the other reviewer's experience with Michael, but we've had good experiences and would use him again.

Michael Cohen, owner of Rent an Artisan (he advertises on Ithaca Craigslist and boasts a ton of…read moreexperience, which cannot possibly be true) gave us an estimate of 40 hours of labor at 40.00/hour + materials for a simple project that required him to build 3 kitchen cabinets (2 of which were in corners, so those should have been pretty easy) and to modify a fourth cabinet by making it shorter. He was also to install a stove hood/microwave combination. He also included adding trim molding to cabinets and to the kitchen itself as part of the job. Michael told us that this job was very simple, well within his skill set, and that he'd be in and out in a week without any trouble. I see in his ads that he is now saying that he does not carry insurance, but he told us that he was fully insured. After one day of work, we considered letting him go due to the crookedness of the cabinet he shortened.The next day, he fixed that and began working on the first cabinet he was going to build. After that day of work, there was a frame (no sides, shelves, or bottom) and the pieces of wood making up the cube were all crooked and of different lengths. The cabinet was also not the same depth as the other cabinets in the kitchen. The third day, he came in and I showed him the messy cabinet and he apologized -- and attempted to fix it. I also asked him to replace the soft wood he'd used with hard wood b/c he had used pine on the front face of the cabinet, for some reason. I am not sure why anyone would use a soft wood on the front of a cabinet that would take the most wear and tear. Our other cabinets were hardwood, so his choice of pine did not make any sense at all. The fourth day he built a cabinet for our sink and left screw heads on the surfaces of that cabinet, including the front face of the cabinet. The cabinet was to hold our new expensive farmhouse sink and we wanted a furniture-quality sink cabinet. He cut out a place to hold the sink, but that was asymmetrical and the cabinet was just a sad mess. Clearly, a person with any experience making a cabinet or furniture would never use screws that were visible/level with the front face of the cabinet. The hole he made for the microwave/hood was improperly placed and had to be patched and re-made by a more competent contractor. The venting material he bought was 200.00+ and the wrong size when normal hood venting kits exist and cost only 60.00. He clearly had no idea what he was doing and used our house to attempt to learn how to remodel a kitchen. At the end of a week, we had 3 cabinet skeletons that were shabby and unprofessional looking. This is after a week's work! There was NO SIGN of him being close to finishing the job and the level of workmanship was really an embarrassment. We decided to let him go. In order to have a functional kitchen, his work had to be removed and thrown away and a skilled contractor came in to re-do the whole job. His cabinet skeletons were inconsistent in size, crooked, and were not made in a way that would look nice. Because of his lack of skills, we wasted almost 2000.00 for his week's labor bill and nothing that he did was at all usable. This was a horrible experience. Michael was paid in full for his time and materials, yet we got absolutely nothing in return. Nothing he did was usable and he wasted our time and money. He is clearly not able to make cabinets even though he claimed that he was. I consider his claims to all be very dishonest and his workmanship is well below par. His level of craftsmanship may be on the level of making something for outdoors use (a bench, for example). We are very dismayed and definitely were taken advantage of by Michael. We requested a partial refund and then stopped hearing from Michael. I would not trust him to do anything, ever. He did not do honest work (he also over-charged us for the hours he spent here -- I kept track of when he came and went and he added several hours to his bill compared to the hours he was in our home) and he also had the nerve to charge us for the time he spent redoing his work due to his own mistakes. This is not at all honest or normal for a contractor. DO NOT HIRE

Arrived and completed the job as scheduled. Cleanup was done satisfactorily. We were pleased with…read morethe quality of the workmanship. Also grateful that there was not cost overrun, exactly as the estimate.

Please do not hire. I hired them to do a couple simple jobs. First, they didn't show up when they…read moresaid they were going to, second, they changed things without consulting me. I had them replace a roof on our gazebo and wound up with 3 inch nails sticking through the ceiling. They didn't explain that this would be the case and now the ceiling in the gazebo is ruined, and some of the wood is split. If I had known this was going to be the case, I would not have had the roof replaced.

Sioux answered my online inquiry quickly and came out to give us a quote within days. We got on the…read moreschedule quickly and the project was completed half a day ahead of what was projected. Sarah was amazing. Considering she was working with two adults and a toddler in the house the whole time, she's exactly the kind of person you not only don't mind having around, but actually like. We barely even heard her working and the end result was fantastic. We're happy to support a woman-owned (and operated!) business and we can't recommend Sioux and Sarah enough.

I highly recommend Sioux O'Connor Painting! High quality work and attention to detail. Sioux chose…read moreall the colors for our interior. We get compliments all the time. Worth every penny. I can see why she gets lots of repeat customers.

Snug planet performed our home energy assessment, and based on the results we decided to redo our…read moreattic insulation and seal some holes in the basement. They did a top-notch job - indeed, the insulation works so well we needed to turn down our heat upstairs, as it was now too hot! They made it easy to understand the decisions and their ramifications. We did have one odd problem, when snow entered our attic and began to melt (and drip!) after an unusual blizzard. When I called them they came out right away to assess the situation, and added a bit of extra material in the soffit vents to prevent a recurrence of the (unlikely) problem, all at no charge.

I was very happy with the quality of Snug Planet's work, both the comprehensive energy audit that…read morewas a good idea to perform before moving ahead with a geothermal installation, and with the kneewall insulation work that they performed to ensure that the geothermal system would be able to heat the house without losing unnecessary heat to the outside. The cost was a bit higher than initially estimated due to the extremely small space in which they had to work, but they were careful to run that by me before starting work. I also appreciated the fact that they were able to conduct business via email. And when it came time to do the insulation work, the crew was very careful when moving through the house and cleaning up after themselves.