Shelia has been our loyal photographer for our school's Daddy Daughter Dance for over 10 years…read more She does a fantastic job managing up to 100 families getting their photos taken within a 2 hour period that evening. She does it with a smile and a great sense of ease. The photos come back quickly and are truly beautiful. There isn't one bad photo in the batch. The families are thrilled with the photos and will have them to cherish for a lifetime. Many thanks Shelia!

Sheila has photographed my daughter for 10 years and I have the most beautiful pictures to…read moretreasure. She is PERFECT for kids. She doesn't get frustrated and she has a way of getting the shot every time.

Rachel is thorough and creative. A quick survey of our apartment and a few photos, Rachel had a…read moreconcrete idea on how to stage and ready our empty apartment for sale. She does the whole job - cleaning (if needed), painting, and setting the furniture. She worked swiftly with her team, and with our sometimes difficult condo management team with ease and grace. She fit us into her busy schedule to let us get going quickly to list and was very quick to remove the furniture after getting a contract the first week. She and her team are careful and respectful of the common areas and also of our unit. Thank you!

Background: I…read morecurrently live in Los Angeles and decided to sell my condo in the Bucktown/Wicker Park community. I decided to stage my condo to make it sell quicker and my realtor stumbled on Rachel, who is the owner of Staging Sells. I obviously never had a chance to meet her since I live in Los Angeles, but had a quick conversation over the phone with her. Immediately she began to talk about her background. Apparently 17 years as an interior designer. Her resume on the surface seems legit, but don't be fooled. Payment: I found it odd that she requested ALL the payment upfront. Not even half now, half later. This is how she works. She initially wanted to charge me $2,500 to stage a 2br 2ba condo. We agreed to $1700 as the final price. This $1700 included fake plants, cheap furniture, air mattresses, and zero decoration/staging in the bedrooms & bathrooms. What is Staging? Staging allows potential home owners to get a feel for the layout and helps them envision how they can potentially layout their new home, right? Well, this is probably exactly the opposite of what Rachel and her 17 years of experience did. 1) The living room is the most important. Rachel staged it as if it was a lounge of a dentist office. She included cheap, stiff, uncomfortable white couches that were meant to be in an office. 2) The direction the couches were facing was the kitchen, what the fuck? 3) The couches didn't even face the TV. She claims that you can "lay down" on the couch and watch TV. If you ever have guests over, you might as well throw that TV out the window. 4) When was the last time you saw a Canopy style bed in a master bedroom that's small? Apparently Rachel thought it was a bright idea to include one. Not only does it make the existing space look small, but canopy style beds are meant for single family homes. 5) Bathrooms: nothing in there, it's completely empty. No towels, no rugs...we couldn't even use pictures because it looked so barren. Communication: Hard to get a hold of her. She's pretty stubborn when it comes to the layout and design. I kindly asked Rachel to re-arrange add/remove some furniture so we can relist the property. She wanted $500 bucks for this b/c she claims she needs to hire movers. I don't think it costs $500 to remove this cheap furniture...this is highway robbery. As an interior designer, I'd imagine she would have some sense of professional obligation to fulfill the needs and goals of the client. I trusted her by paying upfront that she would make appropriate modifications and work in my best interest. She failed miserably. She is a crook that gives zero fucks about her clients. She hoards cheap furniture and actually has zero sense on interior design.

So I happened to meet Meelowsh at a bike event last year and he had told me he is a photographer…read more Fast forward a year later and I need photos of my Airbnb taken so I reached out to Meelowsh and have no regrets. He immediately called and explained pricing and my expectations. He was incredibly flexible with me in regard to the appointment time based on my schedule that day. He arrived promptly and is a very friendly guy. He assessed the space and offered suggestions. He folded up towels and staged areas amazingly. The photos were in my email box the very next morning and looked amazing. I highly recommend working with Meelowsh for any type of home photos. His professional and attention to detail made this an extremely positive experience. Thanks Meelowsh!

Holy wow! This is my 4th property shoot with Meelowsh in the past 3 years. Even recommended him to…read moremy mom in the burbs. He still beat my expectations.

Thomas C did a fantastic job. He took photos of our condo for MLS. It was such amazing photos…read more Beautiful! Bold,! Bright and attractive. But above all, his price was outstandingly low, very affordabl. Thank you Thomas!

Absolutely recommend Joe and Real Exteriors. From the moment I called for a quote to the end of the…read moresiding installation it has been nothing but a pleasant experience. Communication from them is excellent! Very professional, great quality, and friendly. Any questions I had even while he was working on site were answered with care. I appreciate that Joe was always there and was the one we communicated with and wasn't just brushed off to an answering service. Very very beautiful work as you can see in the photos! Thank you so much for everything will definitely be returning for new windows in the future!

Real Exteriors is a great company, Joe the project manager, and all the staff. Could not have…read moreasked for a better company to work with. Very profession and pleasant staff. They installed my siding on the house and garage, 8 windows and 1 doors. Excellent Workmanship and Quality product. Great pricing. Always available to answer all of my questions. Always cleaned work area at end work day. I have had many comments on how nice my house looks. So happy I found them. I am having them do the rest of my windows. I would recommend them 100%.

We had them redo our last home that is now a rental. They did an entire revamp of our closets,…read morepainted entire home and added a TON of needed storage. The work was done so well we asked them to come back to our newly built home to complete some finishing work around a sound system as well as do additional work for our association building. I highly recommend as the quality is top notch!

This guy is a scam would not recommend him at all. Once the payment was made all kinds of fake…read morepromises and excuses and constantly missing appointments.

Absolutely excellent across the board, particularly the paver installers. Consummate professionals…read more We're in a tricky spot where we had to jockey for parking spots every morning and use the alley for backyard access. There was not a single issue. I am extremely pleased with the result and would recommend them without hesitation.

Frank and his crew did a beautiful installation of our new stone walkway and with cleaning and…read moreresetting our paver patio.

Steadfast is A+ and I give them my highest recommendation. Anthony Nick, and crew were fantastic…read more Very organized and kept our yard clean throughout the process of painting our home. They were very thorough and continued to check in with us and make any changes that we asked for. Very friendly and they get our highest recommendation.

Steadfast put together two quotes on how to convert our paneled family room. The first method of…read moreprepping and painting over it didn't work as they promised it would, but Anthony was good about charging minimally for it. They went with option two, prepping and using the existing drywall underneath and that turned out very nice. They added trim around the fireplace gratis as an apology for not covering our furniture and not cleaning it up. Overall, a good company that stands by their work and gave us a fair price.