Home Reno Direct

I've written several reviews recently, and this will be my last until the spring of 2017.
I learned of Home Reno from Home Stars reviews. Like everyone else I've heard my share of home Reno horror stories, and like everyone else, I've got friends willing to share more horror with me.
Enter Home Reno Direct. My first call I got Helen, whose down to earth attitude put me at ease. Through the 5 week project, Helen remained a great ally and a voice of calm as my home was being torn apart.
The President, Remon, stayed involved through the entire process. He was patient, accommodating, and very effective at moving the project forward.
David, our Site Supervisor, worked tirelessly, diligently, and creatively to keep the various Trades coordinated and producing.
I'm impressed with the selection and high-quality of the products they used, and at no time did I feel pressured to accept something that wasn't right for us.
The look of the finished products in our home appear to cost a lot more than we paid, and I'm sure will last for many years.
Everyone of the Tradesmen that came to our home were professional and skilled. I recommend Home Reno Direct to everyone, especially if you're not keen on coordinating the efforts of different Trades trooping through your home.

A family oriented company. Staff works very hard to satisfy their customer, and they are very accommodating. They also help you with your options which works best with your project.

Will definitely recommend Home Reno Direct to anyone with their home renovations.

Couldn't be happier with my new kitchen built by Selba Kitchens.
Paula Lolas was our designer and she was a pleasure to
Work with from start to finish. Every issue was dealt with to
Our complete satisfaction. She suggested ideas we hadn't
Thought of before and they were excellent. During construction
There were many issues that arose where we needed her help
And advice and she responded quickly and got the job done.
Highly recommend her and Selba.

---Home Remo Direct, uses top quality materials—I love this!--They supply most material and their North Mississauga show room has plenty of samples. They send professional workers. 90 % of the workers were excellent in all aspects—polite and willing to help.

Initially I met with the President of the company Remon. After a few meetings we came up with an excellent design and Remon worked with my budget; so I decided to contract Home Reno Direct

Great company, check the pictures the kitchen came out great
But some suggestions if you use them

1-Go over and over your colour choices to ensure colours do not clash.
You can always re paint the walls and return furniture, however your Kitchen counter top, tile, cabinets and backsplash are permanent. While everyone loves our Kitchen, I feel our whites clash. But, maybe I am just nit picking.

Second our backsplash does not end at the right place. I wanted to ask Home Reno to extend, but I hesitated, the project was nearing its end, and I did not want to bother them. Previously Victor, the Site Supervisor mentioned he felt we were complaining too much. So I let it be.

2-Go over the Contract details.
Before, you take home the quote with you and review it for 24 hours. Get details added. For example if the contract says, supply and install new cabinets, Mare sure you get them to add Supply and install new cabinets (cabinets the exact same as in Showroom, Maple, soft close)
We wanted soft close drawers and this options was never discussed.

3-If possible do the demolition your self
After our walls and floors came down, the quote went up. For example Home Reno Direct charged $700 to replace the old insulation, with new pink fibre glass insulation. (See picture above of opened up wall) To me this was too pricey. But as they were already contracted and they had workers, it was just easier to go ahead with their quote.

If you have the patients, try to do Demo first, before you contact, that way the contractors can’t say they found un expected cost.

4-time line pay back

My father travels every winter and was set to return the third week of April. My goal was to have the project done upon his return. Long story short, we were not even in the ball park of getting this done by the third week of April
Target start date was March 21st, which was delayed, by 2 and ½ weeks. The project time line was 3 weeks, but as per delays with the third party kitchen cabinet makers it took about six weeks to complete

Keep in mind when you don’t have a kitchen you spend a lot on $ on takeout food
At the same time, I would rather companies take their time and make sure everything is done correct the rush.

I would ask for $100-$200 discount for every week the project is late. In the grand scheme of things this is not a lot of $, so the company won’t feel rushed and hopefully will still ensure they send the correct workers over to make sure the job is done correct.

5-pay at your own pace
This one is always challenging. Especially when custom made kitchen cabinets get involved. Try your best to go over the contract and ask for payment when work is completed. Aside from having to pay so much for the cabinets up front, Home Reno direct is pretty good with this.

As homeowners who enjoy doing a good DIY project, we understand that there are just some projects too big for us to tackle on our own. We spent a lot of time researching and interviewing contractors, and that's when we found Homecon and were introduced to Remon and his Homecon team. We knew what we wanted our new space to be used for, but were having a hard time laying it out to make it work. Remon was able to take our ideas and showed us some other options that added even more storage space and beautiful details that we hadn't thought of, and it was great. Remon was up front and honest, there we no hidden costs and was able to keep to a realistic timeline and under budget for us too. It was wonderful to work with a contractor who really listened to our needs and wants, and was realistic with us for what we could afford to do within our budget. We now have a wonderful space in our home to enjoy and increased the value of our home.
We can't wait for our next big project and see what Remon and his Homecon team will create for us next!

I was referred to home con through friend to renovate my basement, they were done on time with no problems I loved their job I will highly recommend them to anyone!

Job well done. They are professional in all aspects. They are knowledgable, polite and they clean after they are finished. Would recomment them to all
Thank you until our next project!!!

The are professional and caring, Remon was helpful, made recommendation that were great and help save us a lot of money, others wanted more for the same job. They were on time and cleaned up after the job was completed.