Ran into this company accidently after my painter "botched" my crown molding install. The molding was bare the lines didn't match, putty spots all over. Alex came out and without hesitation walked the job had nothing bad to say about the installation. Just said he can fix it to my liking. I thought it was very professional he did not attack the previous contractor. His crew came in and WOW what professionals. From prep to clean up, these guys were attentive to detail! We were really impressed by the crew and their work. After seeing the level of expertise and attention to detail our scope of work grew. It went from crown, to baseboard replacement, painting, hardwood installation.. There wasn't anything I can throw their way that did not compete to perfection. There was one room where we thought it could have been done better. Did not expect this but Alex sent his crew back and they ripped out the whole baseboard and reinstalled and painted. CUSTOMER SERVICE!! All in all Alex has become our GC we can throw anything his way and we are sure it will be done to perfection.. His crew are amazing guys! Thanks Trevor, Henry, et al! read more

Diablo Molding and Trim - Baseboard, wall paint and floor!! Thanks!! - General Contractors Near Me - Pleasanton, California

Alex's team's work is exceptional. Our new crown molding looks beautiful, and it was a very high quality job. His team is equally as wonderful and a pleasure to have in our home. They covered soup to nuts in terms of installing the trim, painting and clean up. Unfortunately their excellent work has been somewhat overshadowed by a miscommunication I had with Alex on the scope of the work. My perception is that he rushed the quote, was not clear about what was in and out of scope and then was away on vacation during my job which compounded the issue. In short, I ended up paying over $1,000 more than I expected. So do I recommend Alex and his team? Yes. However proceed with caution and be sure you are crystal clear on the contract. And ask him to be on site the day that they start the job to ensure you are all aligned on the scope of the project. read more

I've worked with several different contractors and subcontractors over the years. Alex and his team are a cut above. First and foremost, what Alex has that others seem to lack is honor and integrity. All his staff are polite and work quickly and quietly (as possible), with close attention to detail. Another thing that sets DMT apart is that when/if there are any issues, Alex addresses and resolves them promptly. I've worked with DMT on multiple jobs and will continue to call Alex on future projects. read more

Alex, Trevor, Henry, and the rest of the crew at Diablo Molding and Trim did an excellent job in repairing a ceiling that had experienced a leak. All of the workers were very professional, polite, and competent as they fixed the ceiling while keeping the site dust-free. They were able to start and finish the job quickly and for a reasonable price and went the extra-mile on replacing the damaged light fixtures. I would highly recommend them. read more

Everyday, I am reminded by a very good decision we made in hiring Diablo Molding to do our crown molding and paint throughout the house; even more so when friends and families come to visit. It is truly gratifying to see how our house transformed from a cookie-cut out design to a more elegant and sophisticated home. Arsen did all the molding (ceiling, window trim, baseboards, wainscoting, flex molding, door trim,etc) including our request to build a shrine for our religious statue. His artistry and attention to intricate details were jaw-dropping. It truly is some awesome artwork! One of our visitors commented that "It is hard to see where the molding begins and where it ends." Alex Blumin, the owner, stands by his motto of 100% satisfaction guarantee. It surely helped to have one less thing to worry about as he made sure things went the way we wanted it. He and his staff were very professional and efficient. They were easy to talk to and were eager to provide quality service. Again I am very satisfied with this company's work and artistry. This is the second time we have had our home done by them as we have moved. Im sure that if we ever moved again, we would call them the third time. For us, our definition of crown molding is Diablo Molding. read more

Alex and his team did an excellent job on our home re-modeling projects. Their work was conducted in a timely and professional manner. I would recommend them highly. John O. Pleasanton read more

I can not remember how I found Alex but was so glad I did. I knew when he came over to give a quote I had no doubt he would get it done right. I could trust him and sure enough he did an amazing job on my home. His crown molding is amazing, the windowsill's are stunning. I was so pleased with all the crown molding I had him build me a fireplace mantel. I could not believe how beautiful it came out. So we just kept going, now I have this large attractive closet he also built. He's friendly, professional, and gets back to you quickly. He also provided me with contacts for other jobs I needed to get done. My house looks amazing from all the work he has done. I also want to add his crew was amazing, so friendly and professional I actually trusted them enough to leave the house. I highly recommend. Thank You Alex, Sue read more

I was rather skeptical when I called Diablo Molding for a quote and I was told that they would be there the following day and would be able to give me a quote on the spot. Three other companies that I had called for quotes had taken a minimum of 3 days to show up and had to get back to their office to be able to complete the quotes and needless to say their prices were so high that I had kept looking. When Alex Blumin, the charming owner of Diablo Molding came to my house the following day, he was able to give me a fantastic quote/contract that he was able to print on his portable printer right then and there! Not only he was able to beat his competitor's prices, he was even able to suggest dressing up a couple of arched entries with flex molding that nobody else had suggested. After looking at this digital pictures of what these openings would look like, we agreed to add these arches as well. This made my wife very happy! Diablo Molding was able to start and finish our project on time and with no surprises just as they had promised. The crew was very professional, polite and clean. The crown, base, arched trim, window & door trims, fireplace mantle and ceiling beams were installed and painted to perfection. At a time when houses are difficult to sell, I found that upgrading my house made the most sense. I am so glad I chose Diablo Molding to do the work because their ideas and workmanship has made it so much more difficult for me to want to sell my house! This has added so much more character and warmth to our house. I absolutely and wholeheartedly recommend Diablo Molding to anyone thinking about dressing up their house. Great job. Thanks! read more

First impressions really make a difference, especially when they communicate integrity and customer relations skills. We were getting ready to have our interior painted and needed only 130 linear feet of baseboard replaced. (Do contractors care much about such small projects??) Alex Blumine was a joy to work with - straight forward and very helpful. He told me exactly what he could do to schedule the work and gave me the cost. His crew was right on time, extremely professional and friendly and completed the work before the painters arrived. Guess who we will be thinking of when we do that next large project? Thanks, Diablo! read more

I used Diablo Molding to install all the crown in my house three years ago. I was so pleased I asked them to come back to my house and install a tv entertainment build in with cabinets and fireplace mantle. This was one year ago. Just last Month I had them trim my customer waiting room at the office. So it goes without saying, if I need any work done Diablo Molding is the only place I call. Their customer service and quality of work is second to none read more

We used Diablo Molding to install ceiling molding and window trim throughout our house. The were extremely professional and courteous. The workers arrived and draped our whole house in plastic covering and cardboard to minimize impact and were done in two days. Compared to other molding in our neighbors homes the difference is night and day. We researched many providers in the area and it was clear from the start that Diablo Molding was the best at what they do. Couldn't be happier with the finished product. read more

The owner of Diablo Molding & Trim is Alex Blumin. Alex owns another company called Red Square Builders. I hired Alex to demolish my old dated mid-century fireplace and build a new mantle and install tile. Alex was referred to me by a fireplace shop in Walnut Creek. The entire project should have taken five or six days, but ended up taking four weeks. This is the problem with Alex and his companies. He takes on more work that he can reasonably handle. He has a few guys who work exclusively for him, but the sheet rock and tile work were performed by subcontractors. He moves his workers between the various jobs. With the exception of his tile guy, Dave Shannon who is absolutely amazing, none of Alex's workers ever spent a full day working on my project. Generally, when you hire a contractor, you would expect a crew to work on the project successive days until the project was completed. Not so with Alex. The first week, one guy came by to demolish the fireplace. That's it. Just one guy showed up to take down the old fireplace. In the meantime, my living room and adjacent dining room are sealed and covered in plastic and junk and dust is all over the place. At the end of the second week, the carpenter came by and spent a couple hours one day building the mantle. He couldn't complete the mantle until the tile guy installed the tile. By the end of the third week, the tile guy finally came by and spent two days installing the tile. At the beginning of the fourth week, the mantle guy came by and spent about an hour completing the mantle. He told me that this was the fifth job site that he had been to that day and had two more job sites to visit. So therein lies the problem. Alex's guys would come by in almost a haphazard manner. After no one showed up the first day of the project, I sent a text to Alex asking him what was going on, and he told me that there was a miscommunication issue, but that the guy would be there the following day. I asked Alex to let me know when his guys would show up, but Alex never got back to me. His workers would simply show up one day to do their respective jobs. In the meantime, I am waiting around the house wasting my time waiting for one of Alex's workers to show up. It was extremely frustrating. I realized that Alex never really knew when his workers would show up at my house because they were all moving around from different jobs. There were two days in a row in which he told me that the sheet rock guy would definitely show up, but the guy never showed up. Alex simply apologized and said that it was another miscommunication problem. In essence, despite Alex having a contractor's license, he is not really a contractor. He started his profession in IT sales and then somehow got involved in exporting molding to Russia. He knows a lot about molding, but I doubt if he has ever gotten his hands dirty or knows how to use power tools. He simply finds jobs for his employees and sends out bills. Ultimately, I got a very nice new fireplace, but I have never experienced such frustration dealing with a contractor. I guess that I was most angry over the fact that Alex just made a mess of my house for four weeks simply to accommodate his schedule. There was never any sense of getting the job completed until I finally lost it with him and told him that he had to have the job completed by the end of the fourth week. Then amazingly enough communication improved and his guys showed up on a timely basis to complete the project. Alex can probably install molding just fine, but he still has too much of a sales person in him and he has all the credibility of a used car salesman. Unless you like being completely frustrated and ignored in the most inconsiderate manner, I would advise all homeowners to steer clear of Alex Blumin. read more

Although I read and sympathized with Brian F. who wrote a rather scathing review of Alex and his company I can only describe my experience as the very opposite of what he experienced. My wife and I decided to install a gas insert into our dated wood burning fireplace. Although Walnut Creek Fireplace was going to be the main contractor, on the recommendation of the owner of that business, we contacted Alex to have him build a custom mantel for the fireplace. We had a few scheduling hiccups but not due to him. He couldn't build the mantel until the hearth tiles were laid by Walnut Creek Fireplace. But he couldn't have been more accommodating. When the tiles came in and were laid he sent his mantel builder Seyran the next day. We originally were going to install a prefabricated mantel until the company that shipped them sent us damaged mantels, twice. At that point we decided to go custom built. Seyran had a photo of the original prefab mantel we wanted and asked if we wouldn't mind his opinion on it. He said that the prefab mantel was not deep enough nor high enough to properly fit into the size of the family room we had. He suggested a 14" depth from the top shelf of the mantel rather than the 8" depth of the prefab mantel. He also suggested a slightly higher total height for the entire mantel as the greater depth needed more height to be proportional which he felt our family room could accommodate as it has vaulted ceilings. As total newbies to this, we gulped and trusted his instincts. After he completed the mantel, it was very clear that he was absolutely right. The mantel's size and depth just pops out and makes the room simultaneously look bigger yet cozier. We then had to have Alex skip a day because originally he was going to send his painting crew in to caulk, paint and finish the mantel after the mantel was constructed. In fact once the mantel was built a portion of the wall where the old shelf was became exposed and has to be re-painted. I texted Alex and asked if his painting crew could re-paint the two small sections on each side of the now higher mantel that left the older section of the wall exposed once the old shelf was removed. He said, absolutely, his painting crew could do it. Again he couldn't have been more accommodating. So we will skip the very next day and his painting crew will come the day after. As far as communications with him are concerned, he answered every call and text I sent within 10 or so minutes and every question I had he answered without hesitation. So, while I am sorry that Brian F. did not have a good experience using Alex, we did and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend him. read more