Lien from Calgary

Trent is an extremely professional contractor and your first line of contact. We made an appointment and he came over to measure our entire basement and used that to draw out a plan to your liking. We added a steam shower so the cost was more and so was the time involved. His turnaround time is usually about 5 weeks give or take depending on parts and other factors. Our basement took about 10 weeks total. Trent does the framework himself and he does really good work. With each part of the project he will let you know ahead of time who to expect on any given day. The biggest project was the steam shower which took a good 3 weeks to tile. The tiler he assigned was very meticulous in every part of the installation. We ran into issues with the glass shower door at the end of the project but we were given the choice to have it fixed or to have the total docked off the cost. We choose the former and it was fixed in a timely matter. ABR is a great company and Trent only deals with the best contractors for each project from tiling to custom cabinets to plumbing and finishing. He is always available to answer questions and guarantees the work even after everything is done. All the costs are broken down line by line down to each part used. Great company to deal with!

After doing much research on moving companies to do our cross country move I decided on Great Canadian Van Lines because of their great overall reviews. From my first contact, Rick Valiant, who provided me with my quote, I already knew they would be the one to use. I got a quick and prompt response even with the upcoming Christmas holiday hours. He replied within the next day and won my business even though I got cheaper quotes elsewhere. After the $200 deposit was paid, dispatch called me within the next business day to setup my move pick up date. Moving day came and they were delayed due to trailer truck issues, but Wade called me to let me know that they would get to us as soon as possible. They ran only about 1.5 hours late which was no big deal. Wade got to labeling all our items and had no problems with us adding more items after the fact. He wrapped up our king sized mattress and our large bed set which was taken apart in several large pieces. During this time Wade found a $100 bill under our bed and put it aside. Is this not an honest man or what? I was very impressed with this. Had it been any other person I'm sure they would've pocketed the money. The weigh in for our move came to much heavier than quoted. I guess our few pieces of furniture were much much heavier than I anticipated. (King mattress, king bedset with large drawers attached, and large massage chair.) They emailed me a bill of lading with the final price and estimated time of arrival. At the time the truck left Toronto I was given a phone call by dispatch to let me know that they would arrive in Calgary in about a week's time. Wade called me the day before arrival to set up a time the next day (on Sunday.) Being on a Sunday was even more of a convenience for me. (Their email stated that working crews didn't work Sundays and holidays.) Extra bonus!! He and the other mover arrived 5 minutes early. They moved everything into the garage and house in about 1.5 hours. Nothing was missing!!!!! Yay! I've had missing boxes before when we did a move from Vancouver to Calgary and it stressed me right out!! I was very much relieved that everything arrived in good order. Having Wade be the mover from the arriving end and the receiving end made things much simpler and gave me my piece of mind. My biggest stress was making sure all my boxes arrived. If you're looking for a mover to do a cross country move I highly recommend Great Canadian Van Lines. Thanks Wade (and movers,) Rick, and Mark for a job well done!!