I don't know how many of you read Bobby Belanger's lame lies in response to my review, but to deny…read morethat any of it ever happened is just plain ridiculous and nonsensical! The attached screen-shot proves that much, at the very least!! Does it not?? Yeah, I think it does! Still want to deny that we ever interacted Bobby??? You know, being bad at business is one thing. Some people just suck at life and that's all there is to it. No reason to be mad about it, and no sense in getting mad about being called out for it. I'm like that about certain things myself. For instance, I am terrible at keeping up correspondence. But I'm not running a service-oriented business that requires that skill. You are! But to just straight up lie about it to all of these good people and say the whole thing never happened? Are you really that dumb?? Guess what - they all know it's true now, don't they? I wish I had posted that screen-shot along with the initial review, but what are you gonna do? It's not like I'm running a service-oriented small business! And don't try to say that we're not connected and therefore you never received my messages. I can post your responses to the questions I asked previously. I fact, you're the one who initiated contact with me when you PM'd me after I said I was looking for a handyman in the "Bellingham Small Business and Beyond" Facebook group.

WOULD URGE GREAT CAUTION in contracting the services of Hard Knock Handyman…read more While both of the owners are indeed quite personable on 1st meet & greet the experience goes entirely downhill from that point on. Despite the fact that I paid them daily (1st red flag) they began the job of refacing my exterior dormers, made an utter mess, and then simply disappeared leaving my exterior dormers exposed to water damage during a particularly rainy Spring season. Moreover the shingles that they did manage to complete entirely buckled within days. The fencing they installed is completely off center. And the mess they left behind took an entire day to clean up. Dozens of unanswered calls/texts latter I am left with a disastrous mess of exposure to resolve. Don't be fooled by their over-engaging persona ... integrity matters ... and you will find this company to be entirely lacking.

We bought our home last summer, and we've been living with the work done by D.S. Brody for a year…read morenow, and it's holding up beautifully. When our house was inspected, the inspector told us nearly everything looked fine-- except when he looked into the bathrooms. He peered his head into the downstairs bathroom, turned to us with a distressing grin, and just asked, "You're gutting these, right? To the studs?" The bathrooms had been basically destroyed by water damage and general neglect, so we hired D.S. Brody to gut the bathrooms to the studs, and rebuilt from scratch. Long story short, they did a superb job, came in at just about the price we were quoted despite some "surprises," and were flexible and professional. A year in, I still couldn't be happier with how the work turned out. Specifics: on top of being entirely gutted, the downstairs bathroom needed the toilet and the vanity switched, the upstairs bathroom needed to be extended into a hall closet, and both bathrooms required somewhat finicky tile work to be completed. Furthermore, we discovered that the pipes going from the basement into both bathrooms and the kitchen were not up to date and needed to be replaced in their entirety. We also had Dominique and her crew replace our back door and put in some small shelves in the kitchen. The icing on the cake was that we were out of state for more than three weeks of the work; due to some poor scheduling, first we were in Japan during demolition and early rebuilding, and then we were in Florida during much of the tiling process. Dominique kept in touch regularly and dealt beautifully with our absence, including through the discovery of the bad pipes, a (briefly horrifying) realization that the upstairs of our house was not actually built on a perfect 90 degree angle, and a multi-week delay of our tile shipment. The finished work looks and functions wonderfully, and we've had no problems whatsoever during this past year. I want to commend not only Dominique but also her crew, particularly foreman Obel, who continuously went above and beyond to get things looking and working just right for us. We would absolutely hire D.S. Brody for any further construction we might need, and strongly recommend them to anyone else in the area.

Although the representative of the first roofing service company was very professional and his…read moreproposal very detailed, the estimate from D S Brody & Associate was a little more than half the other price. (Two other companies never responded to my e-mail with needs.) Despite language about my responsibility for additional charges to resolve potential discovery of wood rot, the manager of D S Brody did not charge extra for carpentry in three damaged areas. The team did a great job. Based on a recommendation from a heating service that recently cleaned our heating chimney, I was prepared to have Brody install a metal chimney cap until: that team re-assessed, informed me with a picture of the crumbling top, then the manager recommended two flue pipes embedded with cement as the optimal long term solution. In response to my request, Brody gave a reasonable fixed-price and completed that task within two weeks of the first.

What a great team! We were looking to redo the kitchen floor so a friend recommended us to Eddie,…read morethe owner. He actually came out himself and greeted us and did the estimate for us. It came in a tad higher than some other estimates we got. Just knowing his track record and from what other people have said about Eddie and his company was enough for us to make this easy decision to go with Smart Coats. The guys came and completed the work in no time! We barely noticed them there they were so clean. They did such a great job we're redoing our master bathroom and closet with Eddie. I can't say enough awesome things about Eddie and his crew, thank you so much for making our experience one to remember!

This is the second time we used Smart Coats.  First time, they did our bathroom renovation . We…read morewere very happy with the job they did  and we used them the second time to do renovation for our living room, dining room, bedrooms and kitchen. They have the best crews. They were friendly , hardworking and very skillful .  Marcio  was  the Supervisor,  he was awesome, friendly and attentive  to our concerns.   The work was done on schedule and they cleaned up each day.  We are happy with the result. One downside is we had some electric work done but we wish they had been more proactive in speaking with us about electric improvements  that could have been logically  a part of the job. Smart Coats is a trustworthy company. Each renovation, our bills never varied from our contracts. We recommend Smart Coats for anyone who is looking for a good crew to do a great job with your home renovations.

We had Split Rock Construction help with our kitchen remodel. They were professional and stuck to…read morethe schedule and plans. When the work was done they also made sure the area was pretty well cleaned up too. Not much else to say other than we were happy with the work.

Joe and his team completed a job at my house a few weeks ago. I had experienced some issues with…read morewater damage to my outdoors porch. Joe was extremely responsive and came out that day to take a look at the issue. After assessing the extent of the damage, Joe presented a few different options to fix the damage. I was pleased to be able to provide some input on the process; most contractors I have dealt with in the past were not willing to discuss other options. Upon commencing the work, Joe discovered that many of the pieces of suspect wood were in fine shape so they did not replaced. This ended up saving time and money for the project. Split Rock was able to finish the project much quicker than I expected and were extremely reasonable for the quality of the finished product that they delivered. I would recommend them to anyone looking for an affordable and high quality general contractor.

We contracted with Dave to GC the renovation of our 1910 colonial, and we couldn't be happier. The…read morehome was left in pretty bad shape by the previous owners of 30 years, and the scope of work was extensive and daunting: gut and reno of a dated, compact bathroom; refinish of three wallpaper and horse hair plaster bedrooms; refinish worn hardwood floors; creation of custom laundry closet; new heating and hot water system; construction of new egresses; installation of new windows; etc. We loved his subcontractors. We purchased several natural stones for our bathroom renovation, and Carlos installed them with great care. He took the time to hand select individual pieces of stone from the 1' x 1' mesh to finish the edges of our walk-in shower. And Fred, Dave's plumber, is a gem. It's obvious he takes great pride in his work, and it really came through in the installation of the new heat and hot water systems in the basement. He even took the time to point out and explain some of the home's plumbing history (e.g. down spout for the old ice box!) We really enjoyed working with Dave. We gave him a high level vision of what we wanted, and he knew how to execute. This is our first home--first purchase and first renovation--and there were numerous times I thought to myself, "I'm not sure if we could've made it without Dave". He was timely, considerate, and always available. He gave us great recommendations for paints, fixtures, and accessories. The bottom line: We'll absolutely be doing more work on our home in the future, and we won't look to anyone but Dave.

Dave eventually got back to me and apologized. We went with him for one of the porch repairs and…read morethe guy he brought in did excellent work.

Kilraine & Son was subcontracted by a reputable contractor to replace outer window trim and sills…read moreon my entire house. Most of the trim work was fine but there are some windows with a 3/4 inch gap which they filled with cauld rather than speak to me about replacing shingles. Not high level craftsmanship and had repaired by another company one month after they left.

Kilraine & Son Roofing recently replaced my gutters and subcontracted another company to clean the…read morelichen and algae off one side of my roof. I am please with the work they both did and would not hesitage to contract with them in the future. Tom Kilraine was very responsive -- answers emails within a day or less (sometimes hours), arrived when they said they would, and did a last minute ask (zinc strip on the roof) for me the same day. The price was reasonable; they were not the cheapest, but they do quality work. I would hire them again.

Charge $1,900 for one window because I live in a Condo that…read moreI only have one window in my Condo and don't want to my business because it is a hassle to just do one window that's why they quote that much.

The crew was fast courteous, knowledgeable, and creative problem solvers to make everything just…read moreright with our roof and window replacement on our entire barn. Completely replaced our barn roof with sweet metal roof, and 12+ windows in the barn, the snow doesn't stick. It looks beautiful, everything is durable, and will last us our lifetime, and form and function! Looking forward to having them back to do our siding soon.

We are SO thrilled with our new roof - all thanks to Rooftops, LLC! Mike took care of everything…read moreand coordinated all of the logistics - paperwork, dumpster drop off and pick up, etc. - it was all set. Mike gave great feedback and offered his expert opinion whenever we had questions. Our roof was finished and one day and looks absolutely incredible. These are the people you want doing your roof! Please see the before and after below. Thank you Rooftops, LLC!

We have used Roof Tops a couple of times to assess/repair a roof leak and then completely redo a…read moreroof. We reached out to a few contractors and went with Mike because he was one of the only ones who promptly responded, offered a reasonable quote, and was knowledgeable about roofs. He took the time to review the damage, make a plan with us, and showed up when he said he would. He and his team completed the new roof efficiently and it looks great! Mike owns the company and takes pride in his work.