Wendy & Allan

This is the second time we've hired John to work for us. He recommends paint type, discusses options and does excellent work. We will definitely hire him again for any paint or decor work, since he's very reliable, skilled, quick, and detail-oriented. Couldn't ask for a better contractor.

Very, prompt service - thanks Chris (supervisor) - he came very soon after our original call. Took the time to understand the job, and came to check the work the day it was done. This is unusual, in our experience, to have a supervisor check and make sure we're satisfied with the job. The dates for the work were set carefully by the office staff, and the workers showed up on time, were friendly, professional and efficient. We would highly recommend the George Kent company for renovation, repair or any other work.

The job we hired John for was a wallpaper removal job. The paper had been installed over 20 years ago. We wanted to get the job done in one day or less, and I knew we couldn't manage it without tearing our hair out. We were very lucky to find John, who although he was busy at the time, was able to make time to get the job done. He was punctual, pleasant, considerate and professional. We'd be glad to have him do more work for us.

I had a table refinished by TMC Restoration and they did a wonderful job. My recommendation goes out to them for their attention to detail. Its a long process to refinish so I appreciate the phone call, especially about the unanticipated repair and extra cost. However, we have reduced our original "very satisfied" rating. This is because we have a complaint about the way our table was described or "assessed" (my word) by the original contact person, who came to our home and as soon as he saw the table, told us we had "a Duncan Phyfe" table, which if it were true, would have meant our table was worth a considerable sum of money. We should have been skeptical. We have spent over $3,000 in the expectation that our table was indeed quite valuable. My husband and I spent a lot of time talking with Joe in April, in person, and decided to trust him and his company. We feel we have been misled. There is nothing wrong with the restoration, which has improved the look of the table. However, we rather foolishly depended on his very definite statement that we had a Duncan Phyfe table, and he implied it had a lot of value. We should have expected this ind of exaggeration, and blame ourselves partly for being naive. Still, it does leave a bad feeling about the honesty of your company staff. I do not have any quarrel with the people who did the restoration, although I wonder if Dino also believed the table was very valuable, when in fact, it is not really. I agreed to the extra cost and the repair that Dino carefully described to me on the phone, partly because I felt it was worth it, considering that the table was described by Joe as having some considerable value. All I can say is that I would warn other potential customers not to do what we did, unless money is no object. We are pensioners with a very tight income, and are not happy with the fact that our ignorance about the table was taken advantage of by the company....that's how it feels, in any case. I feel quite sorry and embarrassed about the whole thing, and wish we had not paid so much for the restoration. It's a nice table, yes, but I doubt very much if we will get a decent return on our investment, so we will have to keep it and sadly, it will remind us how stupid we were. You may think that having nice furniture is a good thing, quite apart from its "market value" but when you consider that these are very tough economic times, that many of us have lost about 1/3 of our savings, and that we cannot afford to waste what we have in any way, you may realize how devastating it is to be misguided by someone who we thought was helping us.