The sound coming from the state of the art speakers was so lifelike I thought the announcer had…read moresomehow sneaked behind me so I was spooked and fell out of my chair only to land on this luxurious carpet with cute little Bell logos. I decided to stay on the floor since it was so comfortable down there. I put a foot up on my chair and the engineer, who was doing a brilliant job with the slate, the board and suggestions, asked if I wanted a foot massage. The young receptionist brought me a Cafe Americana during the editing while the engineer massaged my other foot. The spot was finalized and we all laughed at the humor of it. When I walked out the valet had washed and waxed by Volvo even shampooing the seats. The spot went on to win three Clios and the client "Lou's Delicatessen and Ladies Shoe Emporium" put the gold award on a shelf behind the cash register which had three 8 by 10 autograph photos. Ernie Kovacs, Ernie Anderson, and Dick "Ernie" Orkin. I will go back even if just to visit.

Every time I come to Bell Sound Studios, I am greeted like family. Ultra professional staff with…read morethe state of the art equipment makes my voiceover sessions a breeze. They even valet park your vehicle. They also have the best cappuccinos and offer you a full fridge of drinks along with healthy snacks etc. Awesome!

New Choice has grown on me over the years. They do good work for our condo complex. We used them to…read morerepair state-mandated fixes for balcony safety. They are also repairing our subterranean garage and resloped our patios and fixed all of the problems associated with water damages on some exterior walls. New Choice has been highly collaborative with our project manager and structural engineer of record. Dan Moezenia has tirelessly endeavored to solve some lingering water intrusion issues following this work. He has not walked off the job like other GCs have on other projects in our Association. He takes pride in his work and he has good subcontractors too. I see in the comments that there are some customer service issues, and I did encounter some of that early on. I have circumvented this by having a professional project manager named Ralph Ortiz as the intermediary between his company and our owners, which is far more effective and efficient. Their pricing for our capital project is reasonable, they came in cheaper than others. (The small stuff may be outrageous though).

The person who came by was very rude and argumentative for some unknown reason. He asked show me…read morewhat you are talking about and I asked didn't you see the photos I sent? His reply was no, I want you to show me. Oh boy, when I did he let that lighted fuse he came over here with explode . He told me what he was not going to do and turned and almost ran away, wow . Just want to let you know what type of person is representing your company. Customer/homeowner

A wonderful community with really kind management. Also, the neighbors look out for one another…read more My mom loves living here. It's Topanga adjacent with beautiful trees and nature all around and the beach only 15 to 20 minutes away. My dad loved to sit on his deck and look out at the horizon.

We Used to love this park. It was peaceful, clean and comfortable. But this entire year, the gas co…read moreand edison are installing new meters which requires them to score, cut and dig out large sections of the streets. The fact that it's being done is whatever. But management is allowing them to start before 7:30am and continue for 8 hrs, Every week day. It is immensely rude and inconsiderate. It is so loud, so disruptive and intrusive. Not to mention the massive amounts of dust on our homes, the plants, our cars and coming in any open window. (Keep in mind, the homes front windows are about 4 feet from the street) This has been going on for OVER 6 MONTHS now. It literally feels and sounds like we're living in a machine shop or a war zone. Along with this, the current owner/management has illegally implemented an 8% LAND LEASE INCREASE on top yearly 3% allowed by Los Angeles County. Even though the county denied the increase, they have applied it to the residents monthly statements for the past 2 months and are not responding to residents demand to remove the illegal increase. Yes, there is a cute pool and yes, they spent a couple dollars on 3 new patio umbrellas a couple years ago, other than that, the management company is 100% about them and their profit margin. They give no fks about the residents.

My husband and I wanted to give our place a facelift before moving in. Fixify breathed new life…read moreinto our house and gave it all the modern touches we asked for. We asked for painting, flooring, changing bathroom fixtures, lighting fixtures, & roof repairs, and they delivered exactly what we had in mind. Jonathan and Mark offered us guidance on how to accomplish our project in the most cost effective and visually appealing way. They were always so responsive too, which made me feel relaxed throughout the contracting process. Their team is detail oriented, professional, and got our project done in the timeframe they said they would. The finished product is beautiful and has really turned our house into a home! Overall, I'm really pleased with our decision to use Fixify as our contractor, and I would 100% use them again.

I wanted to turn my garage into a nice office but wasn't sure if it could have been done. I spoke…read morewith Avner anyway, and they handled everything pretty smoothly. The space is all set now.

Ralph Llateras, "location manager," is a nasty, "My house, my rules" type of manchild. Basically,…read morehe owns the place. And even after youve paid thousands of dollars to use his space and agreed to uphold strict, contracted terms, he thinks he owns you and every other part of a production happening under "his" roof. He will make that explicitly clear to everyone, multiple times, in case you forget. We paid good money to use his space and during shooting he followed us around, nosing his way in everything, beeping in on the walkies with his two cents on things not at all concerning him, and taking from our (head counted) catering. He threw a fit and screamed obscenities at one of our PA's for "stealing" some wire cutters, when later his daughter explained that she'd used them, and when we brought this up to him, all he said was "I dont like anyone touching my stuff, not even her." No apology. Nothing. She however was very apologetic and explained "he only has two moods, normal and pissed off, and he switches them on a dime." Sad to hear someone having to describe their father that way to excuse his obnoxious behavior. His wife and daughter are nice. But thats not enough of a reason for you to ever want to use this place for staging anything. Literally anything else would better. If you dont believe me, go check it out. The worst part about all of this is that the space isnt even nice. Its dumpy. If everything was new and pristine, maybe id understand some of the more anal retentive qualities of little Ralphie. But its not. He likes to bring up all the big movie studios hes worked with to let you know how important he is, like every else hasn't worked with the five companies that make movies in hollywood. He doesnt mention that his "big studio work" was when they actually had another, by all accounts much nicer location, which they no longer have. All in all, a real jerk, who doesnt deserve anyones business. But dont take my word for it, go meet with him in person and see how long he can sell you on his "nice" image. He probably will get his wife to do the walkthrough though like they did for us, since she was pleasant, and save his beady eyed little soul patch having face until after youve paid and are shooting and its too late. Also all of this happened over two days.

I would not recommend filming at Central City Stages to anyone…read more In addition to the review below, prospective film companies should be aware that THERE IS NO FILMING ALLOWED at this facility per the film permit office: FilmL.A. (You will not be able to obtain a permit, which will render your production insurance invalid, and leave yourself open to being shutdown mid-shoot by the police or LAFD.) Ralph Lliteras, the site rep and building manager is the most abrasive and unprofessional person I have ever had the dis-pleasure of working with. Ralph is combative, delusional, rambling, dishonorable, deranged and full of malice. During our short stint of principle photography on site, Ralph threatened to shut down production nine times. He would continually hold the film hostage and claim that he would not open the gates the following day, or would turn off the power mid-shoot. Unprovoked, Ralph's demeanor would swing wildly from cheerful to angry and back again. Prior to our arrival, Ralph had gotten into some hot water with his landlord as well as the city and would continually endeavor to make our production his enemy in his ever shifting narrative of events. Every step of the way Ralph's combative nature made our film much more trying then it needed to have been - simple requests were met with angary negotiations, honest questions were met with a barrage of furious ultimatums. By all accounts, dealing with Ralph was a draining and monumentally unpleasant experience. What should have been a simple stage-shoot was continually complicated by Ralph's disjointed neurosis and rambling dissertations on Forever 21, FilmL.A., the Los Angeles Fire Department and his inability to take responsibility for his actions. His candor was perennially unprofessional, irrational and unfounded. I would strongly recommend that anyone considering filming at Central City Stages seek out anywhere else to bring their production.