Flooring
17 miles from downtown of South Bound Brook, NJ
Jon O'Hara says: „I’m writing with the highest possible recommendation for Shine Star.
Our project completed yesterday after the team worked 6 consecutive days, gave me Sunday off, and then came back Monday for finishing touches and a walkthrough.
The job was to replace original floors from 1906 that presented a number of challenges, some of which other vendors bidding the work told would not be possible to address. Specifically meeting the new tile kitchen floor on level, without a transition. (If you have not already done a partial job on a single level of your home, do it all at once! I live and learn)
I felt like Shine Star understood me, the house, and the project better than any of the other bidders. They came in and evaluated the job the way I had been after staring at it for 8 years. It was going to be a lot of work and it was going to be amazing when it was done.
They recommended stunning options for flooring and came by for a few visits while estimating to make sure they felt the choice would work given the challenges.
I’m working from home, which was not great for this, but if someone has to tear your house apart while you are on zoom calls, these are the people you want doing it. Everybody that was in my house was easy to be around, respectful and cool. I had a strong feeling, being with them all day, that everyone involved really cared about the house and the way the work turned out. All that and they showed up at 8A everyday and worked like monsters.
On financial matters: Some of the best and most difficult advice I’ve received as the owner of a 100+ year old house is not to go with the low bid. Shine Star was the highest number in this case, but I believe I paid a fair price for very skilled work and beautiful materials. And remember...I think they were the only ones who took the time to really understand the job. We completed without overages and the result is beyond what I thought would be possible in this house.
Sorry about the photo...painters come next week but you get the idea!
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