We did a major remodel on our house - interior and exterior. A previous owner built a sunroom on top of the front door. We've lived in this house for 5 years now and guests have had to walk through the carport to enter our house. The sunroom wasn't a functional addition either. It wasn't conditioned and was very inefficient and only pleasant a few months a year. The house is also a 1950s construction and while a previous owner had attempted to open it up and create better flow, it still seemed very narrow in the social spaces - kitchen and eating area. In this project the builders took down the sunroom and built exterior walls for our house following the footprint of the sunroom, which added considerable conditioned square footage. They also transformed the carport into a garage, which required adding a support beam. They did everything including installing the doors, windows, garage door, siding (on the front and in all the gables), soffit, facia, trim work, shutters, etc. Inside the house they took down walls that were around our staircase to the basement and made it a half-wall to completely open up the main floor. They had to add a support beam here as well. They added a custom built-in, tiled dog crate, retiled the floor where needed, resurfaced a fireplace that had been white wood paneling and is now an exposed brick look. They contracted out the drywall work and painting. They did all the finish work, which included some fix-ups from the drywallers, they did all the trim, stairwell railing, carpeting the stairs, and other detail work.
Albert Coffey worked with a fellow Handyman, David Scott, and they completed the project in a little less than 9 weeks. The final outcome exceeds our expectations and it wasn't even as much of a disruption from our normal life as I would've thought. Our house looks so amazing! And the work done was incredibly high quality. Our project required a lot of creativity and problem solving and Albert and David were always willing to do whatever was needed to respond to issues, fix a problem, and ensure we loved the work. They worked hard each day and were always extremely friendly and professional. Albert and David built a custom dog crate in our half wall that is topped with a butcher block counter top. They designed windows and built the door from scratch. Their tile work inside the dog crate, in the new entry way, and all over the fireplace was very well done. It all looks great. Albert and David regularly went above and beyond! Early in the project we noticed a leak in our roof and Albert and David got up on the roof the next day, found the nail that had punctured our shingles, and filled the hole. During the project we also had a major pipe leak in our laundry room. Albert and David spent multiple days ripping up the floor, removing drywall, fixing the pipe leak, and then patching it all back together. The last owner did several renovation projects and they were done very poorly - as these things are breaking and falling apart, we'll be calling Albert and David to do it right. All in all, we have already reached out to Albert and David to do a shower repair (as the bathroom upgrade the last owner did is now leaking into the basement). We have complete confidence in their quality of work, responsiveness to provide us a quote and get started, and also their honesty as people to provide us a fair quote and to stand behind their contract and their work. At the end of the project we noticed a lot of drywall dust around our house and Albert and David offered to deduct the cost of cleaning from our final bill because it was more than anticipated. They are just very good people. We highly recommend them for any renovation or custom project - no matter how large or how small. The project cost us about $39,000.
