Turnbull Masonry Ltd.

If only more tradesmen could be like Clint We had Clint do a few jobs. His quote for the chimney was less expensive than the other quotes we had; his quote for the foundation was slightly more expensive than others we had - but not by much, particularly considering that doing things Clint's way (e.g. the right way! No quick and dirty fixes like some other masons wanted to do) would take more manhours and more materials. In the end he charged us exactly what was quoted and he left the work site clean.

Three things stood out about Clint:

1. He’s a good communicator -- Clint was thorough when he came over for the quote. Some masons were on-site for 20 minutes – we kept Clint for almost two hours. He answered all of our questions about multiple projects and problems, many not relating to the job he was quoting us. He was friendly, helpful and easy to talk to.

2. He fixed the problem the right way -- We had a unique issue with our double-brick foundation of our 1930s house. We had a heritage architect in for advice who warned that that the problem could be exacerbated if we used modern-day materials, and that the most prudent approach was to fix the problems new brick and lime-based mortar.

We had a number of masons in for quotes and their recommendations varied, but Clint was the only one who recommended the same fix as our architect did. He repaired the foundation brick by brick and sourced old-style mortar which some other masons seemed unaware of. He also rebuilt our chimney, matching the new brick to the dated rug brick of our house.

3. He was accommodating -- Other masons wanted to charge us per-wall minimum fees for things like tuckpointing or fixing the odd loose brick while they were on site. Clint and Rene accommodated these requests, often on the fly, without charging us an arm and a leg.

We highly recommend Clint and look forward to calling him for future projects on our house.