TS Kitchen

We called Traian to complete a half-finished Ikea kitchen reno, including design and construction of two customized cabinets, and repair of the previous contractor's unsatisfactory work (including making a new fridge built-in, levelling the cabinetry, etc.). Traian has done great work for us, and more generally has gone above and beyond in every respect.

Main points: Traian is a true expert (and his assistant Jose is great, too)---knows the ins and outs of Ikea and compatible manufacturers such as Blum; having experienced Traian's workmanship I would never recommend installing an Ikea kitchen without someone with his level of expertise---it makes a huge difference. Traian was of great assistance in designing the cabinets---we sort of knew what we wanted but he created them given his knowledge of the various constraints, and the results are fantastic---my husband especially loves his new "sous vide" station, with special space for his vacuum sealer and a sous vide sink, and I especially love my floor-to-ceiling stacked drawers (Blum) with a cupboard on top---at last I have enough room for everything.

Working with Traian has been a breeze, from the first contact, through his writing up a reasonable estimate, through his sending me an easy-to-order list of things to have delivered from Ikea, to his showing up on-time and completing everything within the space of just a few days. And as I say, this wasn't a "clean" job---he had to come in and work around or fix someone else's inferior work.

In addition to being highly skilled and easy to work with, Traian really went above and beyond in several respects. First, the previous contractor also left one of our walls and some of the ceiling unfinished (don't ask). Traian came in, saw it, and called Sorin, an interior renovation person, who I also can't recommend highly enough: Sorin came in, gave me a reasonable price, and got right to work drywalling and plastering the wall and ceiling, etc. All of these guys---Traian, Jose, and Sorin---powered through a huge amount of work in 4-5 days. Second, since the job was pretty intensive and they had other jobs to get to, they worked long hours and even worked on a Saturday. Third, Traian even used some of his own materials in order to save us money.

To say that we are grateful to Traian (and Jose and Sorin) would be an understatement. Speaking from experience, it's really hard to find good people---people who know what they are doing (instead of just doing what they know), who get things done on time and on (or under) budget, and are creative and nice to boot. These guys are keepers, and I'm already scheduling other projects with them.