Three weeks after my first review, and I continue to hire Graham for multiple projects around my…read morehouse. I keep adding to my list, and he keeps delivering. He really can do anything! Even after I adopted another rambunctious dog (that makes two 75 pound pitties in my tiny house) he keeps doing beautiful work with a smile, and even plays and shows genuine concern and care for my dogs while I'm away. I can't recommend Graham more highly.

As a new female landlord in San Francisco 10 years ago, I found myself needing to find a carpenter…read more I knew that finding a reliable contractor was going to be very challenging. I was so lucky to come across Graham! He is professional, dependable and honest. Also, he is willing to take on small projects that most contractors don't have time for. He always returns my calls, shows up on time, and is fairly priced.

I can't say enough good things about these guys. Derek came out to look at our job and impressed us…read morewith his thoroughness, professionalism, and general knowledge of house-painting technique. Our house was built in 1950 and had suffered years of neglect - so that meant he had to deal with lead paint removal, peeling paint, mildew, knot-holes and big cracks to fill. His crew was prompt, polite, hard-working and fast! They cleaned up at the end of every day and didn't leave even one chip of paint. And they protected our plants. We can't get over how great the house looks now.

We were referred to Derek by our color consultant for our Victorian. He showed up right away to…read moregive us the quote. His quote was mid range and he could start a month later so we hired him. Then it went quiet and a few days before he was supposed to starte we called to confirm and the mid August date was now delayed due to someone quitting (which is understandable). He started just after October 1. Unfortunately he was headed out on a three week vacation so his workers did most of the work. He got back when the job was about 75% complete and finished it up. He did a great job on replacing the dry rot parts of our Victorian and even constructing new Victorian detail. Five stars for that. When he said he was done I paid him but asked if he would come back to finish a few things - for instance they couldn't paint the stairs where the scaffold footing was. After email and calling him several times there was no word from him..... and now one year later I have these two one foot square patches on my stairs, which frankly is not a really big deal since he everything is starting to weather. And he forgot to take down the scaffold hooks on my house and my neighbor's house (he painted both at the same time) so we have these hooks protruding from our house (which will be useful in 10 years when we paint again!). So mostly the problem is that he was unresponsive to phone calls or emails. So lesson learned is to hold back some payments until fully complete. BTW, he is a really nice guy and my sense is that he is very honest and that's something I really appreciate. I got the feeling that he was winding down his business.

Jim did an amazing job on my basement remodel! He took the extra storage space I had in my garage…read moreand transformed it into a beautiful "man cave" for my husband. He installed carpeting, electrical wiring, shelving, and turned it into his new favorite room in the house. Jim was very easy to work with, understood exactly what we wanted, and was always friendly and a joy to be around. He has decades of experience and it shows. I would highly recommend hiring Jim, and I intend to hire him again myself for any handyman work I need completed in the future.

Jim hung floating shelves in my son's room for his LEGO's and a floating shelf in his bathroom. He…read moredid a great job. He was very precise, efficient, and friendly. I would highly recommend Jim for any handyman work.

David is the most skilled, meticulous, reliable, responsive and reasonably priced painter! He's…read moredone several projects for us over several years, including painting the exterior of our house, painting all the cabinets in our kitchen, accent walls, painting (and caulking and cutting into wall) new baseboards when we redid our floors and patching and touching up all throughout the house (our contractors haven't been as meticulous as David!). This is this third time I'll say meticulous because he leaves the project area even cleaner than he found it. He doesn't leave a trace - only a beautiful paint job.

I've been meaning to write this review for some time (almost 5 years, actually). I actually don't…read morelike writing reviews for things and tend away from them, but for Thomas Hurray, this really should have happened a long time ago. TLDR version: Thomas is a fantastic contractor who provided us reasonable price as well as detailed and high quality work. He was honest, friendly, and easy going. I (and my wife) would highly recommend him. We had a large remodel to complete (full kitchen remodel, two bathrooms, new electrical service and some sundries) in Berkeley. Large design firms ended up quoting us 2-3 times higher than what we ended up paying with Thomas, granted we ended up doing much of the design and sourcing of materials to keep costs down and make it more what we were looking for. We (two parents plus a 3 and a 5 year old) were living in the house during the remodel (it was probably about 5 months of the main work, and then several months of details and waiting for the City's permit dance to finish), which I would highly not recommend in general, but Thomas did make it possible. My father in law is a contractor and we've had a few other experiences with designers and builders, and so (un)fortunately, this gave us some perspective on other contractors we've experienced. The old adage about "pick two of three you want in a contractor: time, quality, cost" really seems to hold true. We were used to fast work and low quality, so we looked outside to find Thomas Hurray, and we were glad we did. Thomas did take more time than other contractors we've used in the past, but it was reasonable and the quality that came of it was more than worth it. Thomas kept a pretty small set of subs and did a lot of the work himself. He was conscientious about keeping the work hours reliable (started/stopped on time), meticulously vacuumed up at the end of the work day (contractors do that?), covered and taped the rooms/furniture still in the house better than I've seen before, and was very responsive and accommodating to whatever we needed re: changes and weird things about this old house. We ended up getting some super cheap plywood cabinets (half the price of Lowe's, slightly lower quality) that, while they look pretty good on the outside, were apparently a huge pain to install, but he made them work excellently. Our whole kitchen/dining room floor was apparently tiled over tile (hence being unlevel and cracking), and Thomas meticulously cleared out and smoothed everything over beautifully. Thomas's self professed specialty was bathrooms, and he built us an elegant custom tile shower pan for the weird shape of our master bathroom. If you're still reading this, I guess you should hear again that it turned out well. The work has held up fantastically over the past five years of regular wear and tear from an active family of 4. This old house felt totally new afterwards, and we're glad we did it early so we've got more years to enjoy living in it. Happy to provide a good reference for Thomas, and if/when the time comes, we'd definitely go to Hurray Construction again.

Thomas has done a lot in our home, most recently a bedroom and bathroom remodel. The bathroom, a…read moreremodel down to the studs, was very complex with many challenges. He took it all on without any hesitation and figured out solutions to everything that came up. Thomas is extremely collaborative and a great communicator. He is super-committed to his work and puts everything he has into making sure it's a success. I can't say enough about how great he was to work with...and the results are amazing. All his work was top notch. I'm so glad we decided to work with him on this large project. I highly recommend Thomas for any size project as he's professional, honest, straightforward and talented. Thank you Thomas!

Marc is an A-list contractor and has helped with several family projects, including work on my…read moremother's home on a large property in Santa Rosa. His standard for quality, attention to detail, and craftsmanship is excellent, and all of the work was completed in a timely manner. His strong and diverse skill set, industry knowledge, professionalism, and fun personality transformed what initially felt like a challenging and stressful set of renovations and repairs into a much more pleasant and seamless experience.

I cannot thank Marc enough for the fantastic job that he did on our project! He was incredibly…read moreknowledgeable of the task at hand during our consultation, which made it clear that he was head and shoulders above the rest. He even provided suggestions for improvements that we could make to the original design, which made the final results even better. One of the things that stood out about Marc was his professionalism. He was always on time and his work was of exceptional quality. I highly recommend using Tight Lines Construction for your next project.

Mark and his team are professional and answered all our questions. We requested engineer drawings…read morefor a remodel and moisture mapping.

Bob and Jane are so down to earth and easy to work with. I appreciate how quickly they move…read moreprojects along and their flexibility. Love working with locals that know the Bay Area so well and can work within a budget.

I am not one to write bad reviews. But what has prompted me…read moreto write this is HORRENDOUS customer service and bad workmanship. I had my kitchen backsplash done by Stephen's team in October of 2011. Got that...2011! The grout immediately went brown in various places (it was supposed to be white). I called right away. And called.. And called... In 2012 I got hold of Stephen on the phone who promised to send someone out to fix it...uh huh...that was 2012. It is now 2013. I just called again, and at this point am filing a complaint to the BBB. I cannot tell you how badly I was treated. Sure, my job was a small job, and if they ONLY want big jobs then SAY SO and don't take us little paying customers. Don't use this company. They treat you like crap.

We had a really fantastic experience with Stephen and his crew. We needed to do some repair work…read moreon the front of a condo building where some of the tiles had broken apart. They didn't want to re-tile the entire entryway, so Tile Arts carefully pulled out the cracked tiles, cut new tiles to fit, and put the new tiles into place. We didn't have any leftover tiles, so we had to find some that were a reasonable match and hope for the best. OMG, you cannot even tell the difference between the old and new tiles, and the grout is perfectly matched to the existing (but weathered) grout. I'm not sure how they managed to make that happen! Ha! But it looks fab. Stephen was really easy to work with, charged a very fair price, and did the work on time and with great results. Highly recommend.