I am so disappointed with this company. Jose came out and gave us an estimate to rebuild some cabinets that were damaged when a waterline broke and destroyed our kitchen. He is very nice and friendly and did a great job with the quality of the cabinets he built. Here's why I'm disappointed: 1) he and his son (who he sends to do different jobs) are consistently late...like 2 hours late. Every single. time. Furthermore, they never call or text to let you know they're late. We felt like we were always hunting them down. 2) when his son came to paint our kitchen, he decided to have some friends come to our house and hung out with them in our driveway. We are very private people and with the type of work my husband does, we don't want anyone inviting people to our house. 3) we asked Jose to extend our island. His son came and built and painted it; it looked horrible. You could totally see where the old part ended and the extension began. There were also pieces of the plaster chipped out. I don't think it was smoothed out. We had Jose come back out to fix it and it turns out they didn't measure it right so our stove and wine cooler wouldn't fit. I was told that it was pretty much my husband's fault bc he gave the measurements but shouldn't it be the person doing the work that measures it for accuracy? Anywho, Jose rebuilt it but needed his son to come back to finish up. He was scheduled to come on a Saturday at 9...which of course didn't happen. My husband once again had to find out where he was and he said his son was supposed to be there..so he texted him. His son claimed he didn't know anything about it. He got to our house after 10:30...didn't paint like he was supposed to, the wall is also rigid and needs to be smoothed out. He said he didn't have the equipment to paint and told my husband he would leave the paint and he (my husband) could paint it himself. Of course he was livid. We paid for the job to be done and it wasn't complete. Save yourself time and stress and go with another company. Now we get to find someone else to finish the job. 4) our house was always left a mess. Dried up plaster was left on a plate on the floor, drywall was left in our driveway, and paint was splattered on our bathroom floor because the son used the sink to wash the paint brush and shook off the brush in the bathroom. 5) the paint job looked horrible the first time. The quality was like I did it myself. Paint that belonged on the walls ended up on the ceiling so it had to be touched up. It still doesn't look great and we will have to hire a painting company to redo it. This experience has been a total headache and like the saying goes, the cheap comes out expensive. Next time I'll pay more for a more reputable company. read more

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I have a very small, awkwardly-shaped, walk-in pantry (3'x6') and wanted floating shelves in it to maximize the space. Jose responded immediately to my request for a quote and was able to get the job done less than 1 week from my initial contact. It looks great and I have tons of shelf space now! I am very pleased with the work and would not hesitate to recommend him to any of my friends. read more

JMI Carpentry - Cabinetry Near Me - Whittier, California

Purchased a new refrigerator and had to modify above fridge cabinet. Called Jose and he fixed it. Very efficient, detail oriented, honest and friendly. We definitely recommend him and will call him in the future for future jobs. read more

I had to fix kitchen cabinet, wall and outside stucco due to water leak problem. Jose immediately came to my house for consultation/estimate for the repair. Since he did great job on the work, I asked him to replace kitchen island that I wanted upgrade long time. He presented few different options, so that the whole kitchen will fit to the exact way that I wanted. He also was very flexible to accommodate the last minute design changes. Now my kitchen looks brand new! I definitely recommend JMI carpentry and I will contact him again in the future house modification needs! read more

Only getting 1 STAR because it's mandatory. Mr. Jose was hired by my wife to refurbish a wood beam. He sold us on the idea to attach wood "wrap" (think legos) but with wood) to the pre-existing wooden beam we have in our house. He completed the job. At the same time we had painters painting the entire inside of the house. Once we had the opportunity to review the work, we saw there was a quarter 1/8 to 1/4 gap in two areas between the ceiling and the wood wrap he installed ( think of a dentist capping a tooth that does not sit flush). I contacted Jose and after a few weeks he came to see my complaint. His response was the problem is the ceiling, not the beam. I explained that his work should be flush and he said that the painters should have fixed it. Bottom line is he did not even make an effort to fix the problem. Took no responsibility for his work and could care less. Had no problem taking money but did not stand behind his work. Disappointed that a Whittier business did not even attempt to fix, cover cost to repair or even care that the customer was not pleased. AVOID this business. Find someone who stands behind their CRAFT. Better options out there. Update 08/13/19 After sending a private message (same day as original post) it which Jose (the owner) insulted me "referred to me as crazy and mental" and informed me that I should find "God" in my life, Jose hinted he would fix the problem. He has yet to make contact. As of today I hired someone else (at an additional cost" to repair the problem. If you want to leave a message to me regarding "God" you should probably act like a Christian first. Please do not contact me again. read more

This is our first Yelp review and we are glad we are able to give 5 STARS! We wanted to build a Television "hutch" or "frame" in our California room. I had an idea, but needed someone to design and build them. I contacted JMI Carpentry and spoke with Jose. He came out and looked at the space and he devoted about an hour discussing the design and how it should be build, materials and etc... He offered to help us pick-up the TV from local Best Buy and wall mount the TV as well. He was on time meeting us at Best Buy and he came back the next day with Ricky and hung the TV. He measured everything carefully checking with me on the size of the hutch and explained to me exactly how it'd look. Jose accommodated our schedule and came on Sunday to install the hutch. Jose and Ricky did a fantastic job installing the hutch. I had little change of mind with wiring and Jose had no problem accommodating my suggestions. He cleaned, vaccummed the surrounding area and they were very professional. We plan to hire JMI Carpentry for other outstanding projects around the house for us. I want to address "being on time" complaint by other reviewer. Jose was late couple of times with us as well, but he texted us to let us know he was running late. We didn't have problem, LA traffic, little lateness is expected with service vendors. I can't wait for Jose to start on my next project! read more

Today was a good day I finally got my kitchen cabinet modified to have a new dishwasher installed and upper cabinet repaired. I called JMI Carpentry and spoke to Jose and he set up an appointment showed as promised and provided me a very good quote and right away I hired him he is honest and sincere. Jose is very professional and experienced completed the job to my expectations and the cabinet looks great! I will definitely use JMI Carpentry again in the future. read more