It makes us want to build another house, to go into Brilliant. Make that it makes ONE of us want to…read morebuild another house. After two custom home build endeavors in Bend in the last twelve years, hubby is done. "Me or another building project" he has said. I dunno...some days it's a hard choice. These new green products are a huge leap ahead of where they were even eight years ago, when we had our current home built. And the paucity of options then and the characteristic of many of them as "spare" is why we didn't use more green products at the time. How times have changed because now these products seem so much more, well, brilliant for options across the style spectrum. Located in downtown Bend on Greenwood just down the block from the Bond Street Grill (formerly Decoy Grill) this was a stop in location as we were slip sliding down Bend's sidewalks on a snowy day. And what a fun stop it turned out to be! Friendly and helpful woman at the desk inside who was able to answer our questions and who demonstrated a real passion for not only the products in the showroom but the principles of green building. We looked around at the cool, there is no other word for it, counter top materials made of glass and concrete and other composites, color samples of non toxic paint, walls and walls of samples of lovely wool carpet, a Marmoleum display for floors and Green Mountain wood products display for wonderful butcher block counter tops in a variety of hardwoods. Just to name a few of the many items in this little showroom in the old downtown building. As probably high praise for the products, we also met a builder who was making selections for updates on his own home, after being introduced to some of the green counter top products through working on a client's projects and liking them so much. We still think there is a fair amount of "whoop-de-doo" in the green building movement, but it also makes sense to consider beautiful and durable products that have the added benefit of being environmentally friendly. If we are faced with a remodel or new construction again, we'd use several of them and Brilliant would be on our "go to" list along with the top notch builder we worked with on the last home build project. Hubby or another build project. Those are my choices? Give me a moment while I decide... :-) In the meantime, I'll look around Brilliant, given four stars for the choices displayed there and the helpful woman in the shop. Shy of five stars simply because we've been only "looky loos" and not customers. Yet..

Where do I start?! We hired them over 4 years ago to install cork and bamboo flooring throughout…read moreour home. We dealt directly with Jorden, one of the owners. First, he talked us out of using the material we wanted (Cali Bamboo) and into using a material that has turned out to be a nightmare. The installation was sloppy, with the installers cutting the material right inside our home, producing a dust that we are still working to remove. The sealant on the cork was peeling off within a week and the crew that installed the cork left several scratches on our bamboo as well as dents in our walls from their carelessness. They also installed cork right over an HVAC duct, which had to be fixed. They never repaired the damage done to our walls and bamboo. Within six months of installation, our bamboo boards started to cup and separate from each other. Some gaps growing to nearly half an inch! The quarter rounds installed near our sliders were peeling up from the weak adhesive they used and the transitions had started to crack. We brought this up with Jorden, who first told us to fill the gaps with wood putty. It only took two weeks for the gaps to grow beyond the putty, making things look worse than ever. When we told him this didn't work, he came to look at the damage and told us it was the result of low humidity levels in our home and told us to install a whole home humidifier. So we spent $2k on that, and it had no effect. We brought him in again several months later to show him the damage was even worse. By this time it had been over a year since installation. He then brought in the manufacturer of the bamboo to check things out. They decided that it was the shape of our fireplace, which is very large and separates our living and dining rooms. It's irregular and they had routed the bamboo around it. So, we made the decision to create a tiled hearth around the whole fireplace to give a smooth edge for the bamboo to butt up against. The manufacturer agreed to provide us with more material and Jorden (finally) agreed to redo the flooring in just our living area. It wasn't until about 3 years after installation that we finally got the new material - we were told to allow it to acclimate for several weeks. And now, 4 years and 2 months after installation, we have finally just had the flooring replaced. Yes, it took a full year to get around to it after delivering the product. A full year of living with a giant stack of bamboo in our home! The installation took three days and was done by one young man (who had been here for the original installation). Jorden NEVER checked in with us during these days. He never answered emails my husband sent him with issues we were having with the new material being different from the old. He never came to inspect the work and declare the job done. Clearly, he just wanted to wash his hands of us and didn't care to oversee whether the job was done properly. Now a couple of weeks later, we are discovering that this new material scratches very easily. In two weeks, we've amassed as many scratches as we had in four years! We now have more gaps opening up in the bedrooms, and continue to have issues with transitions, but we don't feel we can address them with Brilliant. It would cause way more of a headache than it's worth. We are now chalking this up to a VERY expensive mistake. Jorden could never bring a potential client through our home to showcase his work, because he'd never win over clients if he did. This is telling of the pride he takes in his products and installations. Don't spend many thousands of dollars with a business that doesn't stand behind their work!

I have known for approximately 10 years and all I can say is I highly recommend him for any of…read moreyour household repairs. has painted both the outside and inside of my house and it looks absolutely amazing! He also built me a new front porch a back am absolutely loving with this sunny weather! has always been very reliable and fair and I have referred him to some of my friends who have appreciated his work also. I highly recommend Hidden Gem for any of your handyman needs!

Awesome, super responsive and scheduled us right away! They did a great job fixing our closet and…read morereplacing a light switch. Definitely using again!

We used Broken Top Builders to complete some much needed repairs to our fence. We were very pleased…read morewith the workmanship and attention to detail. The Broken Top Team worked closely with us to make sure we were happy with the work. We were particularly pleased with how Broken Top made only the necessary repairs and didn't try to sell us more than that. Thanks for a job well done

Fantastic company. Rebuilt our deck and also built us a huge yard fence. Very professional, great…read morecommunication and the work was very professional at a reasonable and fair price. Can't say enough good things about this company.

Worked with this company to achieve a high quality finish that will last a lifetime. Great company…read moreand better work ethic!

We used Linnius Construction to remodel the interior of our house. The Linnius team did an amazing…read morejob, are professional and easy to work with. Would highly recommend them and their services.

I couldn't be any happier with the work that was done on my home! The crew of 3 were an absolute…read morejoy to have in my home for several days! The guys were considerate, clean and absolutely excellent painters! Seriously, I missed them being around the day after they left! Rob is a wonderful and down to earth person too and very reasonably priced! I absolutely love my home and my "new" kitchen! They painted knotty alder wood cabinets a beautiful creamy white and did a perfect job!!! One million stars for this company!!!!

We are happy with the service and quality of work that we experienced. We also like the people who…read moredid the work. They were polite and nice! I recommend if you need to have your home repainted!

These guys painted our custom built home and paid no attention to detail when prepping their work…read more All finish nails showed through the painted trim. When we pointed this out, they agreed to fix it. However that was not the case and still are showing. I have built 3 homes and never had a worse interior trim paint job. They agreed to do additional work for our builder and they were in dispute over the amount they were paid because of extras that were not done with written change orders. We offered to pay a bonus at the end of the job if they fixed the issues we saw and when they didn't fix the trim we told them we were done with them and, of course, weren't paying them any more money than they were already paid by our builder. Not even six months later, we had tons of cracking and caulking failing at the joining edges of the trim. They agreed to come out to look at it and also had their paint rep from Miller paints come look at what was happening. The rep agreed the caulking was failing or they didn't apply it thick enough to have elasticity. Dylan, the owner, initially said he would come back and warranty the work but they were busy. We waited patiently for months, asking intermittently, but they delayed us. Finally, Dylan got Back to me and said they weren't going to warranty the work they completed prior because we essentially didn't pay the bonus. The contract clearly stated all changes to work that impacted the cost would be done in writing and that they warrantied there work for a year(the standard). However , Dylan's word means nothing and half his crew were baked stoners who could barely talk when they got dropped off from lunch because they were so high. Since this, I have research their license which has been suspended. We are filing a contractors board complaint and he was dodgy to not accept the certified mail notice of filing. Do yourself a favor, don't use these guys. They have no pride in their own work and don't care about their rep. These guys contacted me and said my photos weren't taken from normal viewing angles so it was being too picky. I've added some more, you be the judge.

My husband and I have been fortunate enough to use Gator Done Painting on three separate occasions,…read morefor two homes. What a meticulous job they do! We had an interior job where I wanted every room painted a different color, then didn't like one, asked them to re-paint, etc. It was no problem! Brandon happily obliged. It all came out great. The two exterior jobs they did for us were quick and well done with great attention to detail. I have recommended Gator Done Painting before and would gladly do it again!

After having had a bad experience with a prior contractor, Jason has renewed my faith in being able…read moreto hire a responsible, reliable, high-quality workman to complete projects at my home. His work to replace my deck and repair my fence was outstanding, fairly priced, creative, and efficiently completed. Plus, he's a nice person! He'll be my first call if I ever need anything done again.

We had a major garage finishing overhaul to our house we bought in May. Jason took care of getting…read moreit finished before we moved in; which was wonderful because we had work going on inside too and needed to store our belongings in the garage while moving in. He also repaired our deck, steps and several other projects for safety issues with the house. The work was extremely well done, timely and reasonable!! We're very happy with his results!!

These guys did an amazing job for us at a very reasonable price. We had them paint after bathroom…read moreremodels and they were very accommodating and flexible as they had to work around other trades working at the same time. Very professional and a pleasure to do business with. I wish all the guys that worked on our job had the same work ethic and high standards that these guys did!

You want Above & Beyond to do your painting! I was looking for a painter that was meticulous,…read moredetail oriented and able to honor their commitments. Gary, Justin and crew are all of that. The weather in central Oregon is hard on your homes exterior and it's important to keep it maintained, thus avoiding expensive repairs, especially if you have wood trim. They continue to evaluate, touch up and keep my home looking it's best every year!