Family Home

Our deck needed some repairs and restaining, and it looks much better now because it was done the RIGHT way.

Smart pick.

James was very polite and did a great job. Easy to work with and the quality of work was spot on. He powerwashed and stained two decks for me and they both look great. I would definitely recommend his company to family and friends!

As shady as they come. Remodeled part of my home and James was hired by my general contractor to do the interior painting. Our relationship started out great and we got along really well. He talked a big game, said all the right things and talked repeatedly about how great his work is and how he is one of the few good guys; out there. I really thought he was at first and things were looking promising. I then hired James directly to handle some additional painting that was considered out of scope for my GC. Fast forward a couple months and James had gotten very upset with my general contractor. His attitude declined and everything became doom and gloom. Cussing and swearing all day long. THEN he starts complaining to me about money and I need to get paid. Then he gives me some sob stories and all these reasons why he needs the money, one of which was paying his son is student loans. He asks me for an advance on the part I hired him to do. I reluctantly pay him around 75% of what he quoted me. I learned this later, but around the same time, my GC had also paid him 75% of what he was due from them. Within a matter of days of being paid, James packed up his tools without saying a word to anyone and walked off the job, never to be seen again. What is even crazier, the morning of the day he walked out, he looked me in the eye with a smile on his face and said oh, hey, good morning...how is it going?...yeah, good, blah blah blah Then was gone forever a couple hours later. I was nothing except nice and professional to this guy and he bails and leaves me and my GC hanging. It gets better - one day not too long before he walked out, he decides to bring a 12 pack of beer to the jobsite (my home) and has the audacity to ask me if he can keep his 12 pack in my refrigerator. WHAT?! The guy had started drinking at like noon. I wish I was making this up. Should have canned the guy right then and there, but me being the sucker that I am, gave him the benefit of a doubt, chalked it up to a lapse in judgement and just told him not to do it again. In hindsight, I am just dumbfounded. Save yourself a lot of drama and disappointment and stay away from this guy.

Not reliable. Does not show up and does not finish the job.

Jim powerwashed and resanded my patio last year. The polymeric sand used got washed away from many areas even though it should have stayed in place. Jim came back to try to fix it but the sand still did not stay in place. Maybe the sand was inferior - not sure. Jim said he would "make it right" so we talked and he said he would come back the following year. I called him in June (2018) and he remembered me. I thanked him for remembering me and our conversation from last year and told him how appreciative I was that he was keeping his word to redo the patio. We made an appointment for the end of July as he said he was very busy. I understood and waited patiently. I said I wanted to help pay for the new sand going down too. He never showed on the day he said he would come out and now is not returning my calls. Why make an appointment and then not show up? Last year he missed a few appointment dates, so when he did not show for the July appointment date I called and left a message asking if he was still coming out. I have called 2 more times since then and he has not returned any of my phone calls. This is very unprofessional and not the proper way to do business, especially when I was always professional with him.

did a great job!

Jim showed up on time and completed the job quickly -- in less than two hours.

Jim was great to work with, he was very honest and upfront with me about my project. The work was done in timely mannered turned out even better than I had hoped for! I would definitely recommend him!

He was prompt. His work was outstanding -our deck looks great and it is 30 years old. He is very thorough and neat. Next time we will definitely hire him again. We would recommend him to anybody.