GwendolineH

Just as winter was coming on in 2017, we bought a well-laid out but battered 20 year-old condo to begin our downsizing process after 35 years in a heritage home. Jobie was the first contractor not to blanch at the size of the job – rip out both bathrooms and the kitchen and completely redesign them, replace all the flooring, remove the spackle from the ceilings, and build floor to ceiling bookcases throughout. And he was brimming with creative ideas that we would never have come to on our own. Of course there were glitches and yes, the work ran months overtime, but the outstanding artisanship of Dave , and his team, responsible for creating all the millwork we requested, and Paul , whose tile work in the kitchen, bathrooms and the floor to ceiling fireplace surround are beautiful beyond belief, prevent me from dwelling on them. I open my eyes on beauty every day. Sam, our site manager (and his highly efficient assistant, Ian) is a wonder of charisma, energy and enthusiasm, moving swiftly to correct the occasional imperfections that have revealed themselves over the months since we moved in. During the construction itself, he was everywhere at once, ever-smiling, calm and professional, soothing our worries and charming our condo neighbours to be. The creation of our beautiful, much smaller new home, is 5-star work in my estimation.