I've worked with builders from all over the country and beyond. I have rental properties as well as my home, and have quite a bit of experience working with all sorts of trades people. My experience with Lumina Builders was, hands down, the best I've had. To be honest, when I was first looking for a contractor to take on my home remodel, one of the early deciding factors was the fact that they are located so close to me (so I could chase them down easily if things started going badly during the project). I first contacted them, got the proposal, and signed the contract in spring of 2019 and we started planning at that time. Getting engineering drawings. Permits. With my schedule and preparations, we didn't actually start demolition until February of 2020. I recall having told Joey Dahan that part of the scheduling problem was making sure I'd be here during the work. He told me that they didn't need me there; they just do the work right and can fully do it all on their own. I thought to myself, "yea, sure. No way in hell that's going to happen." A lifetime of bizarre and badly done work when I'm not present to over-see things was front and center in my mind. Well, Joey was right. I didn't really need to be there, other than to help with where I wanted things. Placement of switches/lights/fixtures. During the 4 months of work, if I so much as thought in my head, "I sure hope they're going to do ......" they were already on it and way ahead of me. If I saw something that didn't look right, Joey had already seen it first and would be working on correcting it. The organization was unbelievable. It was a pretty complex project, and I'm still amazed at how well they tackled it in such a systematic way; at all times remembering that we were still living in the house and minimizing inconveniences to the extent possible. Another impressive thing I have to give Joey credit for was the overall thoroughness of his quote. I've had plenty of trades people over the years give a quote, then constantly are coming back asking for more money. Sure, there will always be unexpected challenges in any project that may require change orders, but I've worked with plenty who act as though everything in the original scope of their work was now going to cost extra. I won't say that we didn't have a couple of items that Joey missed in the original quote, that required a couple of change orders, but I can honestly say, for the size of the project overall, the missed, additional items were minimal. So minimal, I'd just go ahead and say that the project basically remained completely on budget. I knew it would be a big job, but it was even bigger than I'd expected. Every tradesperson sent to the job was friendly, efficient, and did top notch work. They were about as tidy as you can be when you've ripped down nearly 1/3 of the house. I started the process a cautious skeptic, and 4 months later, ended a believer. I would not hesitate to hire them again. I still have one more bathroom to be done, and will be in contact with them for that soon.
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