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    Truwood Builders

    4.2 (10 reviews)
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    Black Oak dinette table
    Sue H.

    They made a beautiful dinette table it is definitely a piece of Art we love it so much

    Uneven stain that leaves the piece unfinished and unsealed to water
    Rebecca S.

    Avoid this place at all costs- Charges enormous amounts for awful unfinished pieces that take five times longer than quoted. Scammed out of over $1000 for an unfinished piece of wood. The owner Evan is rude and condescending. More details below. Terrible experience. Picked up a slab of Redwood from them on February 20th. It was going to be a desk and the slab was already planed and sanded. After discussing some logistics with Evan's associate (Kenny, I think?) I was told the work to finish it would only be about 2 days of work and that they could probably get to it in 2 weeks. He told me it would be $1000 to finish it. I agreed, excited that I could get it all done in 2 weeks and have the work done by someone else since I didn't have any of the equipment and didn't have the experience. I paid for the slab and half the cost as a deposit upfront. After 2 weeks, I never heard from them. I assumed they were busy and gave them another week. After week 3 I called and they didn't return my call. After week 4 I got ahold of Kenny and was told they would get to it soon but couldn't give me a good timeline. Week 5 comes along and at this point I'm calling every other day to ask about my desk but not getting ahold of anyone. On the 6th week I talk to Evan and he tells me he will get it done soon. He was abrupt and rude and acted as if me calling him was inconveniencing him. I finally got the desk after 7 weeks. 7 weeks. My boyfriend picked it up and I left for a trip back home but before leaving I examined the piece and the work done was terrible. Here are a few things wrong with it: ---The piece wasn't sealed properly. I tried pouring a little water on the edge and it absorbed and stained immediately. ---The stain was applied unevenly or was moved upright before drying leaving streaking and some parts completely bare. ---The stain didn't penetrate the wood and I was told it was because the piece wasn't sanded far enough. It looked like a total rush job. ---The bottom of the piece wasn't finished or sealed at all causing the cracks to lengthen which could have resulted in the whole piece cracking apart. I waited 7 weeks for this piece and I wanted to see if I could fix it myself (not knowing how extensive the issues were at first). I asked a group on Facebook for help and Evan replied saying he would fix the piece. My boyfriend and I ended up calling him 11 times. A month passes and no word. Finally I gave up and took it to another woodworker to fix. He told me that the job was atrocious and that he would help fix it for me for free because he felt bad about how much it cost. I tried one last time to call Evan to make it right, left him a message a little defeated and telling him that I was getting someone else to fix it. He calls me back a few minutes later and essentially tells me that since I'm having someone else fix it that its out of his hands, acting like I didn't call him 11 times all of April. He calls me a liar and was incredibly rude. All in all a terrible experience that makes me lose faith in the woodworking community if not for the one woodworker that is fixing the piece for me. Stay away from this place. They care little about the customer's time and more about their money, very little pride in his work.

    Ready to go!
    Jan M.

    I found Truwood on Facebook marketplace and connected with Evan, the manager (I think owner too). He was super friendly in giving me the information on hours and location. When we got there, the parking was limited but you could see their HUGE selection off the bat. We were greeted by Emmanuel, who showed us lots of possible options for the project we had in mind (a live edge desk). They have a handful of finished slabs that were up for sale, which were beautiful, but not what we needed. Emmanuel walked us around the yard for 45 mins to make sure we were happy with what we ultimately selected- measuring everything I pointed to and estimating price. Although we didn't buy any of their finished works, you could tell that they were high-quality, highly skilled builders. Both Evan and Emmanuel talked us through what work we may need to do to get us to the intended result. We left feeling like we got a great deal and excellent customer service. I can't wait to come back here for our next big project.

    This is the redwood slab I purchased today which I'm turning into my dining room table!

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    Truwood is an impressive operation, with a huge variety of wood. Evan is an expert and a gentleman and great to work with.

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