David Carter

I had a major mold problem in my basement that had required I replace the drywall and framing along two walls. I was concerned that the mold had crept up behind the plywood mounting board for my electrical service and decided to call Java to see what they could do. I had used them once before and had been extremely pleased with the work of their electrician, Arnaldo. This time I got Antonio, the owner of the business and I couldn't have been more pleased with how he treated me. First, the price was reasonable for a 3-4 hour job. Second he went out of his way to accommodate me time wise. I asked if he could come in on the weekend when I would be home and my tenants away. No problem. He arranged to come on the very next weekend, doing the work on the morning of Labour Day. Third he even brought his wife along to act as a helper. Fourth, he is just a really friendly nice guy. Finally, he was really considerate when I had him make an unnecessary service call. You see, my furnace and water heater had stopped working a couple of days after Antonio had done his work and I naturally thought that a circuit had not been properly reconnected. I didn't realize at the time that my tenants had inadvertently turned off the switch for the furnace and water heater that was mounted in the ceiling of the nearby bathroom. Anyway Antonio came in the very next day after I called him, found nothing wrong with the circuits, and then suggested I look for some switch that controls the equipment. Oops, I'd forgotten about that. I asked how much I owed for the service call and he said nothing. I pressed him a little bit more (not too much) on paying him, but he was quite insistent that there was no charge. I don't know how you could get better service out of a contractor than what Antonio gave me

I had called in Canadian Rooter to replace my lead pipe water service with a 3/4" service. Naz and his crew did the job efficiently and professionally in less than a day. But when they went into the basement where they had to dig below the foundation they discovered mold under the rug and all along one side of the basement. The mold was also behind the baseboard and climbing up the studs behind the drywall. (My tenants had been too 'considerate' to tell me about the problem.) The easiest solution was to strip out the drywall and framing, cover the area with a waterproofing barrier that extended into a trench dug along the wall, and put weeping tile in the trench that drained into a sump pump. Naz was sympathetic to my plight and was able to start the work within 2 days and to got it all professionally done and cemented back in within another two more days. And he didn't take advantage of my desperation to get it done quickly by changing me a high price. The $6500 charge was very fair considering the scope of the work.

Peter Power provided excellent service. He showed up on time, was friendly and was tidy. But the best part was that he followed up on his guarantee. Because, about a week after his first visit I began to see the odd bug every few days. No problem. He came back, did some touch up spraying and gave some special attention to the toaster, mixer and coffee machine on my counter. Of course, there was no charge. Unfortunately, afterwards I again began to see a bug every week or two. I called him up and again he was back within a couple of days to do an even more thorough job -- all covered under his guarantee. This last visit seems to have done the trick.

Wow. What service. Lots of advice and no charge. I had a small area on a basement wall where there had been a water issue and a couple of brick had fallen out. I called Fairney & Sons because they had leafleted my home and had a good rating on HomeStars. Brian (I believe that was his name), the owner, called me back the same day and arranged to drop by two days later. He looked at the job and said I could easily do it myself with some hydraulic cement. He even pointed out a couple of other things I should do with some brickwork on the outside of the house and an exposed hole for an old drainage pipe. I got quick and friendly service and great advice, all for no charge. So, while I can't comment on the quality of Fairney's work, I can say that this is a company you can certainly trust to be honest and fair. Again -- wow!

Liked the service so much that I used them twice -- one time to fix a leak in the bathtub plumbing and another time to fix a jammed pop-up sink stopper. Both times I got Brad who was efficient, professional, friendly and very fair. Highly recommend A Marco.

I was super impressed by the service, the honesty and the personality of Arnoldo, the electrician from Java. It was a small job to fix the wiring for a bathroom fan that had been installed by the really bad home reno guy who had previously owned my home. Arnoldo assessed the problem, told me the costs and said there would be no charge for the visit if I didn't want to proceed. He cleaned up the messy wiring in under an hour and just charged the basic rate of $180. Then after paying him and chatting a bit about his home country, Cuba, I mentioned that the light on my stove-top microwave unit had stopped working. He then spent another twenty minutes fiddling with it before concluding that it must be some sort of shorting problem inside the unit. I offered to pay him for this extra bit of trouble shooting but he refused. Overall I got extremely high quality of service for a very small job. The only small issue I have with the company is that it took them two days to respond to the voice mail I left to inquire about service.