Dan in Beaches

We decided to have our old oak hardwood floors refinished this past fall. The quote process and booking was with NewRidge was easy and pricing was fare. They communicated the plan with us in advance and answered all our questions/concerns. They were professional and arrived on time as scheduled. We did not know exactly what colour we wanted the stain so Sebastien was very helpful showing us some options on our actual floor and made us feel confident in our decision. We vacated the house while they did the work (*absolute must) and they were on time doing 3 floors (~ 800 sq ft) in four days including sanding, stain and 2 clear coats. House stunk afterwards and I recommend staying out for several days after at least to air it out. My advice is if your are considering redoing your floors, do it! We love our new floors and we we did it 5 years ago. Downsides are it is a lot of work to move all of your stuff out of the rooms they are working and it is messy! Plan on a day in advance to move everything out of where they are working. As well, several days after to clean up dust (walls need to be vacuumed, washed and windows vacuumed, etc.) before anyhting can be moved back in. As well, all of the trim was damaged as expected my sanders and stains and it needed to be touched up. If you aren't handy or willing to do the cleaning/panting I would suggest to NewRidge to offer this VIP service for an extra charge. Overall, very happy customer and I would recommend this company and refinishing old floors in general.

We hired A & R Renovations to complete two bathroom renovations in 100 year old house in Toronto. This was our first renovation project and Adrian was helpful in walking us through the material selection process as well as giving suggestions for the projects. He is very knowledgeable and obviously takes a lot of pride in his work. We had A & R Renovations do two full bathroom renovations while we were on vacation in New Zealand. For many people, leaving a contractor to work on your home while you are away may be a scary thought. Adrian made us feel very comfortable with what we would expect with the work quality and the overall workmanship. Adrian saved pictures of the "behind the scenes" work to show us what he did and explained any issues thoroughly. We were pleasantly surprised when we came home to find two fully renovated bathrooms. There were some unexpected issues outside of what was initially negotiated, specifically some structural issues that Adrian dealt with immediately and we were quoted fairly for this extra work. Finally, along with renovating our bathrooms, during these simultaneous projects, Adrian went above and beyond in fixing other issues in the house including repairing damaged insulation in the attic, fixing an unfinished skylight and water damaged ceiling, and fixing a malfunctioning electrical switch at no extra charge!