I have referred these clients several of my customers and I had no complaints. They stated that the work was done in a timely manner. They were honest with clients about delays in materials being shipped out upfront and actually got jobs completed earlier than scheduled. I have received no complaints in regards to quality after referring several clients to him. Overall, I will continue to refer business to him. He was always very pleasant with me to deal with. read more

This top dollar company did the outside work on my row house in Park Slope. We had the place rebuilt and sided and we put a decorative cap at the top of the building. This is the work they do slowly (5 months to being really done), at their convenience, but they do exterior work well. The problem came with the interior work. I asked to have a built in cabinet/bookcase built over one wall. The owner did not remember that I insisted I wanted the piece built out of solid wood, birch to be exact, and painted. Whenever you want painted wood you need to specify that it must be wood or many companies will cut corners. We wanted doors to hide the TV to fold back into the unit. When the piece came the doors could not be installed that way because the depth was wrong on the piece. The entire thing was built out of some crap pressed cardboard product which stunk of formaldehyde and fifty other chemicals - which was exactly what I wanted to avoid since we had two babies in the house. They charged $2500, needed up front, of course. Now, three years later that piece is bubbling from where drinks have been put down on it and since it's cardboard it can't be repaired. We would have had them remove it the day it arrived but after five months of construction on a job that should have taken one month we wanted to get our house back. They also lost the handles for four of the six windows we had installed and also lost the screen to a custom window. It took weeks to convince them that they lost it and that we need the screen and then weeks to get it delivered. Never again inside the house, but for exterior work on a row house - which is tricky business - they were better than the other options. Be prepared to stay on top of them and call when they vanish for a week or two with your house covered in plywood. read more

T&A did a number of jobs at my 11215 row house. I write to relay the after job nightmare I was pulled through by Arthur, the A in T&A. I contracted with T&A to repair both a door and a staircase. The need for the door repair was not his fault, but the stairs he installed new...he just never finished it properly and despite contracting to be paid a second time on the same job, a second time to fix his own shoddy work, he brought the wrong parts a few times and finally, without ever getting the right parts announced he was no longer coming to fix the stairs and I was on my own. After waiting about a year to get him to finish the door - imagine chasing a guy for a year that you already paid money too? - he refused to complete the stairs part of the job...I don't even know if the door is properly repaired yet, which kinda doesn't matter as he has refused to come back, presumably because I regularly contacted him to finish the job - you would too after 6 months, let alone 9, 10, 12 months... I'd also suggest you check into the material he uses. It was only a few years after his brand new, in the shop fabricated exterior installation that rot began to take over his work. In the end, his work looks pretty good, but it never seems finished - the lines aren't perfect, the paint and grout aren't uniform, the installations aren't flush. Remember, you have to live with it after, he just has to make it look good enough for you to pay so he can leave. Be careful with this guy and this company. Don't get sucked in by pretty past job pictures or promises of "I know," "I understand," or "I changed that practice." There is a reason his cost is reasonable ... and now you know the reason - forewarned is forearmed. read more

I recently engaged T & A Carpentry to repair some external damage to the front wall of my Brownstone in Clinton Hill Brooklyn. I found T & A Carpentry to be reliable, thorough and fast in compleing the repairs and replacement required - and at a very reasonable price. Arthur and Tracy (owners of the business) are people that I expect to call upon again when I need building contractor and repair work in NYC. read more

We want to recommend T&A Carpentry for the high quality work they did on the exterior renovation of our house at 338 16 Street in Brooklyn. We live in a frame house in Park Slope, built in 1901. During the renovation T&A added cement fiber siding, a new front door and front door entrance way, new windows, a new cornice with corbels, crown moldings and aprons on all windows, and window boxes with corbels and crown moldings on the parlor floor windows. T&A also rebuilt and reshingled the mansard roof and replaced and/or repointed the ground floor brickwork which was covered with 100 years of old paint. Our experience with T&A was very good from the very beginning. Arthur, the owner of T& A who is very pleasant and helpful, visited us three times before work even started. Arthur worked with us to develop a detailed set of specifications which matched our budget. At no time did Arthur or any T&A employee try to "sell" us anything we did not want or could not afford. On the contrary T&A offered a number of helpful suggestions for keeping within our budget but getting the renovation we wanted. After the work started we met a changing cast of skilled craftsmen - carpenters, masons, and painters supervised by Alex, the overall job foreman. Alex was always very friendly and willing to discuss the progress of the job and consulted with us on every important detail. We met too many skilled T&A employees to mention them all here. But we want to at least recognize Michi, Israel, and Arturo for their highly skilled carpentry work. Consulting with Arthur and Alex, they designed and built the new cornice, window boxes, and front entrance way. Without their design for and skillful reconstruction of the mansard roof, it would not have been possible to add the cornice we wanted. Apart from being skilled carpenters, T&A employees also have a sharp eye for aesthetic detail and design. T&A also has an outstanding group of masons and painters, such as Mario, who cleaned and rebuilt the 115 year old brick. All of this work was accomplished within the original budget we specified. To top everything off, the TA& crew had to do much of this difficult outdoor work in December and January in the middle of a New York City winter. Every single T&A employee we met was friendly and respectful. They kept the work site clean and safe. When we had guests visiting, they even altered their work schedule so as not to inconvenience our guests. We have given "before" and "after" pictures of our house to T&A and authorized their use. But we would also be happy to answer any questions about the renovation project. We can be reached at sg.meacham@gmail.com. read more