Geoff repaired an antique chair. He picked it up and delivered it at a reasonable cost. We highly…read morerecommend Geoff.

Geoff designed and came up with a floating shelf that sits below my television hiding cables, and…read moreallowing components to be accessed. He did a great job. I spent a little more than anticipated on it, but all in all, I am happy with it. I would definitely hire and recommend him for carpentry work in the future.

I highly recommend Bailey Hardwoods. I ordered an new trash can insert for my kitchen cabinet…read more What came in was not what I had ordered but Jennifer went out of her way to make sure that I was satisfied and got a replacement that was perfect. I really appreciated how she went the extra mile for us.

We had Bailey Hardwoods build us a custom cabinet to match our existing cabinets. In spite of the…read morefact that this was a small job we were treated fantastic. The cabinet was an exact match and a perfect fit, right down to the stain and finish. We were even given the extra stain so that we could do some minor touch up to our existing cabinets. I was very impressed with both the workmanship and with the way we were treated. I will definitely keep Bailey Hardwoods in mind for future wood projects and recommend them to friends.

I called Gabe's because the company I got my roof done with is either out of business or not…read moreansweriing their calls. There was a shingle sticking up on our ridge cap. Not only did they come look at it they fixed it free of charge. This seems like a small thing to some people. but knowing it's fixed and there wasn't any major damage is a load of our minds. The fact that they did it free of charge is amazing. Thanks to everyone at Gabe's who made this happen. Andy and Leslie Seck

From the process of the estimate, to the contract, to even getting issues resolved--nothing but…read moreproblems, being interrupted by people, and quite frankly, some shady business practices. You should be well versed in contract law, paint colors, and triple check any paper against what is verbally discussed if you decide to use this company. Apparently they are very good at saying one thing and writing another. We'll start with the estimate. There is NO transparency in prices. If you watch your money or live on a budget at all--this is not the company for you. They show you photos of all these great doors, tell you to pick one, and then they'll start looking up prices...after they've talked your ear off about it for 30+ minutes, and you don't want to go through the entire 30 minute process again to guess the cost of another door. Simple list of A door is $X? They don't have it. I was told verbatim, "the brochures don't come that way." So apparently salesmen knowing the prices OR even the novel idea of using a pen to write down the prices hadn't occurred to anyone. We agree on the price, anyway, despite feeling like that was all a plot to hike the prices of the products. Slightly higher than others in the area, but we went with what we thought was an organized company. We requested the color that matched our siding. What I specified as the important part--that it match our existing siding. Not a problem, Brett says. We've got that. He writes down a color name. I'm not a door salesman. Or a paint salesman. I don't know one color name from the other. I just know he's shown me 9 colors and 57 doors and one is the color of our siding, plus that this meeting has gone on much longer than I expected an estimate over a door to go. That was in August 2023. The doors finally arrive from the supplier in February 2024. One possible date was given for install, so we took it, not feeling like there were a lot of options. They arrive (earlier than stated and sat in our driveway for a while before ringing the doorbell), and immediately start to work without even checking to ensure the product was correct. No, "would you look at these doors to make sure it's correct?" Nothing. I don't see the doors until they've got my old one already off and who knows where?! It's not like I can say "please put the old door back on because this isn't what I ordered." It's gone. The color: very much NOT the color of my siding. Grey. Blue grey. It's a great color of grey! Beautiful, really. The problem is: My house is brown. If you've ever looked at grey next to brown and kept from losing your lunch, I applaud you. The two are not even slightly complimentary colors. No one with any sense of a color palette--like someone who sells things in different colors for a living--could say these colors go together. So of course I am upset that I thought I was getting a beige/brown tone door and a blue/ grey one showed up. I call in to try to figure out what can be done. I am interrupted by Stacey. Repeatedly throughout this 30 minute call. Stacey doesn't understand why I would want to see the range of prices a product COULD cost before I buy it. Stacey doesn't understand why I might be upset that this is not the color I thought I ordered. Stacey assured me that even though she wasn't there, I was definitely shown every color in a correct representation and weighed my options. Stacey cannot tell me what comes next in the process of fixing this despite that I indeed tell her this is not the color I was *shown* in my house during the estimate and writing of the contract. Yet when I call back, I am told Stacey is the only person who can address this problem. So does Stacey know how to address the problem or does no one knows how to address the problem? Spoiler alert: it's no one. Which means I dig out the contract and the estimate, each of which actually list different colors but because the *contract* lists the incorrect color and obviously verbal remarks aren't worth the paper they're written on, they choose to uphold a piece of paper due to me not being able to correct the salesman that in fact, the color I asked for that matches my siding is called "heritage", which is beige, and not, in fact, "sandstone/beige", which is not beige at all, but grey. The verbal assurances that it would match the siding mean nothing--which, yes, may be contract law 101, but just another example of why you can't trust anything someone here says to you, nor do I think most of us would be able to correct door paint colors that are specific to a single supplier, having seen a single sheet of paper where we were unable to read the tiny font of the paint color, for under a minute, after saying "yes, this color matches my siding" and being assured "this is the color that matches your siding." So, know your paint colors, triple check your contracts, and never have an issue that you expect to fix, because they will help you with exactly none of this. They'll collect their $.

I LUCKED OUT when two previous contractors backed out on me (one was WAY TOO expensive) and the…read moreother just got a long term commercial contract. The designer referred me then to Chris Mikus, owner operator of Safeguard. Chris, the designer, and I established an agreeable scope of work and he put together a proposal. Check this out: He uses the EXACT same software my insurance company uses for estimating costs whereas The first contractor merely wrote down hand written sentences on paper of work he would do. That frustrated the insurance company; i had to keep going between insurance and contractor, and all that ended when his prices were exorbitant and he refused to lower his price. In came Chris, he took a day or two and input the drawings, measurements, cost of materials, labor etc. and sent that FILE to my insurance agent. (With the other guy I took pictures of his hand written estimate. You can imagine how annoying that was for them). Then when the Ins Company got the paper bid, they laughed out loud on the phone!! Safeguard was a red-tape savior and actually influenced the ins company to release more funds later on. Thank God! **** Then on top of that, the quality of work was Outstanding. His prime employee, Jake was faithful, diligent, well-measured, and committed to excellence. We removed a wall, a pantry, replaced an island, extended countertop space another 10 feet. See pics. I'm calling Safeguard FIRST from now on!

I can't speak directly to their contracting work as I was unable to hire them. This review is…read moreabout their communication ability. I was looking to hire Safeguard to remodel a basement bathroom and possibly next door laundry room. I believe it was Chris who came out and took a look at the job. This was right before a holiday week and he said he'd get back to me with estimates by Friday in 2 weeks. When I did not get a call by the date, I called back myself the following Weds. Chris was "in the field" but he would get back to me. Cue another wait. I made one more attempt on Friday and this time was told Chris would get back to me as soon as he finished with another client in the office. No call this time either. I have no idea why I was ghosted. I don't know if my project was too small, my budget too small (5 figures for a bathroom), or my expectations unrealistic. It would be nice to know as I may have been able to adjust my expectations. Safeguards pictures look like they do good work, but I'll never know because their communication sucks.

I called on a Monday and the installation was completed by Friday. Nate was very friendly, great…read morecommunicator and the installation was without flaws. Will definitely use again.

Cory was great to work with! Great office manager, too. They met our needs promptly and gave us the…read morehighest quality work. Exactly what we wanted!

We requested a gas stove to be removed. Vet with a Van was willing to negotiate a price, showed up…read morewhen scheduled, and removed the stove as promised. We would definitely recommend this service!

From the owner: A Vet and a Van We are Veteran owned and operated, striving…read moreto provide superior quality service every time! Need a helping hand? From handyman services to junk removal and hauling, we’ve got you covered. Our experienced team brings care, attention to detail, and respect for your space on every project—big or small. Choose A Vet and a Van for honest, reliable work from a crew that truly cares. Contact us today for a free estimate! 217-891-7428