Acadian Contractors

I needed 5 main rooms and two bathrooms painted with minimum turmoil as I could not move out while it was being done. The minor repairs and painting took two men six days. I'm very pleased with the quality of the work and the painters were pleasant and accommodating. The company also provided a colour co-ordinator who helped me choose colours quite different from the ones I had but with which I am very pleased. The company also provided a man to reassemble the house, putting everything back where I wanted them including two full walls of books. He also cleaned up the plaster dust and left the house relatively clean.

I had received several quotes for the roof, Don gave us a fair quote and was really nice to talk to. The work was done within a couple of days, the crew was very professional, on time and left a clean site. I hope to hire them for more work in the future.

I am very pleased with the work done by Acadian on my 1920's semi in Cabbagetown, Toronto.

The project entailed grinding out long stress fractures in the mortar starting from the second floor, replacing five or six eroded and spalled bricks, including some beneath windows on the second and third floors, and parging our brick pillar on the front porch at ground level where the snow, ice and time had damaged the brick base of the column.

I called several different firms here on Home Stars claiming to do tuck pointing in my area. One firm claiming to do "invisible" tuck work said on the phone that their minimum cost is over $7,000, that they only book by the week, and that I'd have to agree to that cost before they'd even come and look at the house. They seemed proud that they'd done brick work at many historic 19th Century Victorian homes in Cabbagetown, but forgot that many of us don't want a full-on restoration with precise matching brick, but instead want a high quality repair. I took as pass on these fellows.

The second firm at least sent their guy to look at it. He quoted $6,000. I still couldn't believe it cost $6K to grind out and replace some mortar, replace five or six bricks and parge a small column. They also wanted to grind out all the bricks, which NO ONE does anymore - stay away from anyone who wants to do a total grind of your house.

Then I called Don at Acadian. The quote was $2,000. For that I got two hardworking, qualified and friendly masons for four full days. They inspected the bricks carefully, and repaired all the mortar cracks, replaced my spalled bricks and parged the column on the front porch. Now that the mortar has dried you can hardly see where the repairs were made, and the new bricks are already weathering in colour to match the original bricks. I highly recommend Don and Acadian Contractors.

The real lesson for me was to really shop around and to start with a basic idea of what things must cost. If I had received another five quotes over $6K I would have kept looking. In my opinion $2,000 for four days work, including materials is a fair price. I'm sure I could have found someone cheaper, but you still want quality workmanship. Acadian is the best match of quality and price for me.

Acadian Contractors was referred to me by a friend as I had complained to him about how much it would cost me to get my 12 x 12 flat roof replaced. They did the job for much lower than their competitors and had the job done in one day. They were so professional and efficient, that I called them back to build the deck on that flat roof, and they did that job as well! I would definitely recommend them to all my friends!

I recently hired Acadian Contracting to complete work on my garage. The quality of work was very well done and of the highest quality, however the customer service was lacking. The lead contractor was rude and condescending throughout th process (besides the quoting stage). While quality of work is important, I would say customer service should equally be a priority on any size job, as customer appreciation from the company and customer reviews from the client are important at any price point.

I rate the job done a 5/5 but I would not recommend them to a friend or family member in the future.

I had a garage in the back yard bordering a laneway. The garage was an old wooden building that was threatening to collapse from age and rot.

We decided to demolish it and replace it with a car port and yard fence resulting in a larger back yard that doubled as place to entertain friends and securely park the car.

I have used Acadian many times in the past so called them for this job. The work is top notch and the the yard looks great. The only minor complaint is the communication about when things would be completed was not the best. But in the end, we are very pleased with the result.

Don D. was prompt, professional and friendly with the quote adjusting as required from discussions and throughout the job. He coordinated 3 different teams for the job and all workers were friendly, cleaned up well, arrived on time. Don kept us informed throughout the job Good work, started when Don said they would and finished on budget and on time.

Definitely recommend.

Don from Acadin was professional and patient. Being this is the first time I used a professinoal contractor for any type of work, I was very skeptical knowing all the stories I heard. He and the company were the exception. Great job all around!

My husband and I choose these roofers because they are exceptional roofers with spent a great deal of time...concerned about detail( minimize plant damage and repair of Roof..There are many roofing companies that do substandard work. ..They are not the cheapest....but....stand by their work. Would recommend to other people.

My mother and I hired Acadian Contractors to do a big job on our old house. There was external waterproofing to be done all around the house and new concrete and stonework to be graded in the back yard. Demir was friendly at first but became very unprofessional as the work went on. He would tell us he would be there one day and then not show up. Days would pass and no one would come to work on the house. Garden soil was taken up from our backyard and replaced in our neighbour's yard! It took this company 4 months to complete the job, and it is actually not completed. They cut the electrical that leads to our garage in order to do the work in the backyard and then never came back to fix it. Be careful when dealing with this company. They have many good reviews and I wonder why when we are still looking for someone to fix the job they left behind.