"Our house is a very, very, very fine house. With two cats in the yard, life used to be so hard…read more Now everything is easy cause of..."
John Day, General Contractor, painter, roofing, remodeling, building... whatever it takes to make your house as good as, or better than new. Big words, no doubt...so how do I express my appreciation for such good work without sounding bought? In a nutshell, I was provided a reasonable estimate to repaint my fading, aging stucco and wood exterior to my little home in Long Beach and though wary, as I am with all "cold-call" contractors, accepted their proposal based on what they promised would be accomplished for the price. Yet simply meeting the contract (prep and paint the house), to me, would be a 3 or maybe 4-Star rating. What drove a 5-Star?
Basically, they began on-time, completed on-time, stayed within budget, prepped and painted my house the color I wanted. That's the contract. Mission accomplished. What drove me to rave about them was not what was written in the contract but what they did in lieu of the contract. First of all, they used only top-of-the-line products throughout...from the highest quality Dunn-Edwards paints to the sealants and caulking. They protected and covered every landscape plant (and I have many), replaced all water or bug-damaged wood, cleaned up each night, used initiative to handle some of the more challenging efforts*, were professional at all times and ensured my absolute satisfaction throughout the process.
Honestly, when the job was done, I tried very hard to find fault but found none. And I'm very good at finding fault in most things (career military people tend to do this). The owner himself said he'd spent two hours of his own time spot-painting. He even said that my outside patio sink was draining too slow and "he couldn't have that" so snaked it till it ran smooth.
If you're looking for simply outstanding, affordable general construction work, you can't go wrong with John Day.
*one unique challenge was a large wisteria vine that I didn't want damaged. It may not be as big as Descanso Gardens but it IS thick and beautiful. When it's in bloom, people stop their cars to look at it and at night, the scent is intoxicating. It wraps around the whole patio and to paint it required them to move the plant away from the wood...carefully. I thought I'd stump them on that one but they did it, much to my surprise and pleasure.
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P.S., My little piece of American pie is a deep ocean blue with white trim.