We had an amazing experience working with ICD construction to remodel our SF apartment…read more Contractor Julian was always responsive, able to provide updates, guide and provide detailed recommendations when needed. Very experienced in all aspects of construction. He was always upfront, reasonable and adhere to items that needed to go beyond budgeted quote. Everything was in writing and we felt comfortable with the service provided.

I highly recommend Julian at ICD Construction and would look forward to work with him again,…read morehopefully in the near future. Julian came through with flying colors demonstrating his professionalism, technical hands-on experience, knowledge of building codes, products and materials, and commitment to excellence. THE PLAN The overall plan was to create an open plan professional grade-inspired kitchen for cooking, entertaining and hanging out with friends. The project involved a total demolition of the existing kitchen space and surrounding hallway, breaking down walls, relocating plumbing, upgrading electrical, installing new lighting and most importantly, thinking on one's feet and problem solving. For example, the installation of the ventilation hood required a custom connection to accommodate a professional grade wall hood in a condominium ducting arrangement. WORKING RELATIONSHIP Julian was responsive, informative, collaborative and accommodating working for a client who is a detail-oriented, perfectionist like myself. He went the extra mile in many aspects, like painting and re-painting, fine-tuning caulking and paint lines around cabinets and custom finishing the undersides of the kitchen peninsula countertop. Julian also respects timeliness. He was at the job site when he said they would be and would always advise when he was running late. This also extended to his team and sub-contractors; there were no no-shows or lengthy period when no work was performed. It is also telling that Julian has long working relationships with his team and sub-contractors. They all expressed respect for him as a person, boss, and partner. A good team leads to successful projects like mine. PROPOSAL & BUDGET The project proposal was competitive among a total of 3 bids. It was clearly itemized in detail and hence, there were no surprises. WHAT'S NEXT I look forward to my next remodeling project with Julian. In the meantime, we have contracted with him to work on a project for my condominium.

We worked with Emily and team at Umlaut to renovate our kitchen and a bathroom and had an…read moreoutstanding experience from start to finish. Working with her and team--during design and construction-- was truly a joy. We love the results, highly recommend her and wouldn't hesitate to work with her again. Going into the project, we had a strong overall sense of what we were looking for in terms of design, but we had never renovated a kitchen before. Emily helped us navigate the many discrete choices (cabinets, appliances, layout, lighting, countertop). She was a sounding board for aesthetic decisions and helped us make good choices on the more functional decisions. She is extremely well organized and proactive. For example, we were strongly leaning towards a particular modular / semi-custom cabinet maker. When we learned that their system would leave too-large empty spaces in the corners of our U-shaped kitchen, Emily put together a set of alternative cabinet maker options with a diversity of prices and degrees of customizability. She helped us think through and ultimately select a cabinet maker that we've been really happy with. Her team's construction quality and project management are also excellent. From previous experience with other GCs, we expected to need to closely monitor the workmanship but it quickly became clear that the team had high standards. Emily stayed closely involved throughout construction, visiting onsite and reviewing the previous day's progress with us nearly every morning. The project stayed 100% on schedule (we actually added some additional electrical work midway through the project and it still came in on schedule) and on budget. We'd work with Umlaut again in a heartbeat.

Emily is the absolute best. From start to finish, she and her Umlaut Interiors team have been…read morereliable, responsive, honest, and great communicators. Before we began the construction, she researched pricing, gave us different design ideas with the pro's and con's of each choice. We would get regular updates and pictures with the progress that the team made that day. Her team is excellent -- skilled, efficient and very respectful of our home. She gave us a spreadsheet of every cost -- everything was transparent and clear. As a woman, communicating with another woman (a rare thing in this field) just made it that much easier to understand and feel included in what sometimes can feel like taking on a daunting project. Truly, I can't recommend Umlaut Interiors highly enough!

This is long overdue. My wife's trades in her property she co-owns with a relative for a fixer…read morecondo in Hawaii. I had license contractors do all the rough in work, plumbing and electrical plus the entire bathroom. Being that Peter had a trip planned to China for November to December 2019, I flew Eric to Hawaii to do the finish work on the condo. His main focus was the Kitchen and hanging photos and decorations on the wall. Again, Eric's eye for color coordination and design is spot on. You can see in photos. He worked on his own in Hawaii for 5 weeks and got to enjoy Honolulu by bike during his Sundays. Just like Bruce, Eric screwed down a light plate too hard or maybe before the grout completely dried. Since I wasn't going to fly him back out to Hawaii again for one backsplash tile, I hired a handyman to fix it when I went out to get the condo ready for short term rental.

I hardly ever write reviews and I should have written this review a long time ago. I found Yim's…read moreConstruction here on Yelo. In April 2018, Peter and Eric Yim completely gutted and remodeled a small 220sf studio for me. The studio was not functional, so the Yims had to move everything around to maximize this small space and optimized every inch. You can see from the photos that it looks great. The remodel looks better in my rental than what I have in my own home done by another contractor. What I love was what they did to maximize storage within the studio, look at closet in the bedroom. It was an ingenious idea to use the dead space above the closet as extra storage. I also love the colors Eric picked for the studio. Everything was done with permits but the only thing frustrating was the delays with the City inspectors. Also, the City inspector assigned to this job gave Peter a hard time during all inspections, which delay the project over a month in finishing on time. Everything passed final inspection when the inspector went on vacation and another tookover. The studio rented out in 2 weeks.

Top-notch work for multiple projects - removing a wall, installing a sliding door, siding repair…read moreand exterior painting. Really love the team!.

I recently used Hearth to complete some reconstruction of my rental unit after the water heater…read moreblew. Peter and team were fast, efficient, on budget and on time. They worked with the insurance company directly and got the job done with very little impact to me; including tracking down my specific wood flooring to last box available all the way in VietNam!! The work: first class -- looks like nothing happened. I will definitely give them a call for my next job

After sales service is horrendous. They really don't care. I had these storage brackets that hook…read moreon to the door inside the cabinets. After just a few years, the shelving insert was all warped and broken. I asked to order new inserts. Turns out they didn't make them anymore and my only option was to order whole new brackets at something ridiculous at $200 a piece. So much for standing by the quality of your products. The cabinets are nice but there are so many choices these days. Will be going through another big remodel in our new house and I won't even consider them.

We have a Siematic kitchen in our new home…read more It hurts to say, but the overall experience was not great. The sales process was very good. Cathy is knowledgeable, friendly, does not push extra features and really works with you to figure out best options. The cabinets are exceptional. Beautiful, well engineered, and so far have been taking the abuse of a family with 2 kids and a dog very well. The problem was installation. Siemetic heavily recommended their installer, instead of our contractor, and we agreed even though it cost extra. The installer was hard to schedule, they kept coming multiple times and not finishing the job, and at the end just stopped showing up. Gave some evasive "we are busy and will be available in 2 months" explanation. We ended up having to go back to our general contractor to finish it, which caused extra time, money, etc. When we complained to Siematic, as the installer was their strong recommendation, they did not much. My advice to Siematic is they need to have others who can install their product, because their current installer is clearly not on par with the quality of the product.

Mylett Construction remodeled my parents bathroom - which hadn't been touched in 30+ years - and…read moreinstalled gorgeous wooden floors to replace the 30+ year old carpeting that weathered both a dog and two kids! Jim and Jimmy were extremely professional, courteous, and focused on getting the work done in a timely manner with impeccable service, communication and skill. They were organized, kept things clean and were conscious of all of my parent's concerns. My childhood home looks absolutely incredible - a complete 180 from when I was a kid! Mylett Construction truly elevated my parent's quality of living and they couldn't be happier with the work that they did! Excellent value -- 10/10 recommend!

Jimmy and his team are exceptional at their craft. We had Jimmy do various projects such as…read moreinstalling a sink and cabinet, new flooring and painting. Prior to each task, Jimmy asks what we are interested in accomplishing and then purchases the products for installation. Meticulous is the way I'd describe his workmanship. Highly recommend Mylett Construction and Jimmy. His team are experts in areas such as electrical and plumbing.

We have only great things to say about the complete kitchen and bath remodel done in our 100+ year…read moreold home by Arthur of Arthur Remodeling. How many people say they still really like their contractor when everything is said and done? Not many, I'm sure! Initially, we considered a number of contractors but ultimately, we chose Arthur Remodeling because his bid was comprehensive, fair, straight forward and very honest. As well as being responsive, Arthur stayed on time and budget throughout the whole process. When there was a question or change to our plan, he put serious thought into it and gave us responses that were clear and straight forward. (We even added another bathroom!) Arthur frequently suggested a good solution that improved upon our original design, and even saved us money! There is no question about the quality of work Arthur does. He is a master at remodeling in every sense and a true professional able to offer multiple contacting skills doing whatever was needed -- tile work, plumbing, electrical, carpentry, you name it. Everything was completed professionally and to code. So if you like working with a responsible, honest contractor who does first rate work, you will be doing yourself a big favor by giving Arthur the opportunity to work on your project. And if you are like us, you will be extremely pleased with the results. Thank you Arthur. You are a pro. We will work with you again any time!

After very positive reviews and recommendations from several friends, we hired Arthur Remodeling to…read morehelp us complete a variety of projects at our home, including finding the source of and remediating two serious leaks of water into the house. Arthur is a highly skilled, knowledgeable, professional who insists on performing high-quality work. Unlike many contractors, his attention to the finishing details that really set a job apart is excellent. He took the time to understand the scope and prepared a clear, well thought-out and solid estimate that qualified any areas of uncertainty he needed to address during construction. We were given the opportunity to approve all changes in advance--there were no surprises. He showed up when he was supposed to and completed the work timely. The final price was very fair, especially considering how well the work was done. Arthur and his crew were very easy going and a pleasure to work with. They kept us apprised of progress and any issues encountered. We were away while some of the work was being done. During that time, Arthur provided daily photo updates of progress, which allowed us to enjoy our vacation without worrying. They were flexible to accommodate changes we requested and demonstrated ingenuity in their solutions, for example, rebuilding a French door that was a nonstandard size. We have worked with several different contractors and Arthur Remodeling was by far the best. We recommend them.

We used Mizen for a fairly full remodel and were incredibly happy with the results and overall…read moreexperience. For context on the scope of work, we moved our kitchen, removed a bathroom, added a bathroom, replaced doors, added skylights, and redid almost all of the electrical and plumbing in a house that was originally built in 1908 and hadn't been updated since the 70s. They went down to the studs on half the house and we have basically a new house coming out of it. We worked with Mark and Ciaran and the project took 6 months. We'd highly recommend working with Mizen and we'd use them again in a heartbeat. We feel like they delivered an excellent product, were highly communicative, stayed on budget, and we'll definitely be using them again for any future work. So the short of it is that Mizen was fantastic but below are a few more thoughts on specific areas.  Work quality - Mark and Ciaran are craftsmen and they have a strong attention to detail. We felt like they were thoughtful throughout the entire process. It was clear they were very focused on delivering an excellent project rather than optimizing for what was easier or faster for them. They sweat the details. There were also areas that we didn't know to ask for but they pushed on. As an example, they laid the tile in our kitchen such that the midline of the tile hit the center of our oven perfectly. That wasn't something we asked for, it wasn't in the architects plans, and I'm sure it required extra work, but they did it and it's one of the subtle details I most appreciate about the kitchen.  Budget  - My wife and I were quite focused on costs for our project. We found Mizen very reasonably priced and responsive to our budget. They were only slightly higher than some of the other options we considered but we felt like their work quality would be better. We also thought their cost estimate was more thoughtful and therefore less likely to be wildly over budget relative to the alternatives. We did end up going slightly over our original budget but for two reasons that were outside of Mizen's control. The first was around some unforeseen structural issues that they discovered upon opening the walls. We have an old house and anticipated some changes like this. It came out to ~2% of our overall budget and we ended up very glad that they addressed these underlying issues. The second area where we went over our original budget was for things we decided to add mid-construction. We ended up replacing some doors and making a few minor cosmetic changes while we were doing the other work. Again, we're very glad we did it and don't regret the increase. For all the change orders we added, we never felt like Mizen was pressuring us or doing it just to drive up the bill. We felt like they had our budget and overall best interest in mind throughout.  Timing - The project ended up going over our original target by 3 weeks. On a 6 month project that happened in the middle of the tariff blow up, we felt like it was a pretty great outcome. We feel like they made a big push at the end to get us back in the house ahead of a hard deadline we had.  Other - We felt like the Mizen team was also great about dealing with our neighbors. There were a few areas where they want above and beyond what the structural engineer recommended and didn't charge us for it. I've already recommended Mizen to multiple friends. They're fantastic and we'd love to work with them again.

Ciaran and Mark's team has helped me complete two projects in the last few years. One was a…read morecomplete rebuild of a Victoria home in SF; the other is a remodel in East Bay. We are very satisfied with both projects. In fact, my neighbors on the same block have selected them for similar projects right after ours. Here are the 3 key areas we have chosen them twice and will do so in the future. 1). High quality with reasonable price - Mark can solve all technical problems while Ciaran is very detail-oriented. They make sure their employees and subcontractors deliver high-quality finishes from the alignment of the tiles to the cut of the wood trims and beautiful paint job. They do it with a reasonable price discussed before signing the contract. 2). Excellent time management and communication - a rough project timeline is given during the signing of the contract. Spencer manages the project timeline well and keeps us informed about the schedule. In addition, if we ever have questions, he always answers within a day via text, call, or email. Great customer service! 3). A sense of respect and high level of integrity - when Mizen decides to take on a project, the whole team treats the project as though it is their property. They clean up at the end of the day, are respectful of the surrounding neighbors, and protect existing appliances or furnishing. You don't need to worry about neighbor complaints. Sharing some before and after photos of the last remodel project.