We hired a design firm to design our 15 years old home. We wanted to turn it into a very modern house. We hired the first general contractor based on recommendation. They worked on the house for 12 weeks (originally planned for 6 weeks) before we moved into our dream home. They didn't/couldn't finish the job, took our money & shutted down the contacting company. We had to move into our house even though there was holes in the walls and floor, exposed flooring and electrical. We quickly found a second general contractor to finish the work and again a great disappointment.
We waited for another 2 months before we found John and his team at Oborne Contracting through a very close friend. John and his team had just finish remodeling our friends' basement. We saw the work but we were still a bit unsure about his company because we went through two contactors and 6 months of hell by then and lots of broken promises.
John's team came in, they were very polite, very clean, very quick and quiet. John suggested that we do one room at a time, we picked the family room/kitchen.
The team sealed the area from the rest of the house very professionally, quickly plastered the ceiling (it was a mess, very uneven, bumps everywhere from mistake made by previous contractors and lighting guys), the walls and corners (because our design was clean with no moulding so straight corner was a huge issue).
The team also replaced the trims done by previous contractors and then painted the entire area. John and his team reviewed the area with us and we pointed out a few things that we thought could be better, John didn't ask any question or complaint about cost like other contractors, they took full responsibility and quickly fixed those small spots.
We were so impressed with their work and their attitude that we asked them to just take on the rest of the house while we were on vacation.
WE CAME BACK TO OUR DREAM HOME! The ceiling is smooth like silk, the corners were straight, the trims were done perfectly, the lighting were totally installed and working. Our house were cleaned. It was finally done after 8 months of mess...I had tears in my eyes when I walked in with my husband and two very young children. It is HOME finally.
John and his team are reliable, honourable, they follow the job through (came back to touch up in many occasions, no questions asked) and most of all, they don't give empty promises.
We would be more than happy to recommend Oborne Contracting to anyone we know.