Ottawa home

We decided to look into renovating our kitchen with Astro after reading their many positive recommendations, and we are glad that we did. We tend to have high expectations, and Astro met them. Our designer is Julia, and she is terrific. She had excellent ideas, and all along the way, her attitude towards my ideas was, "This is your kitchen, and I want you to be happy". She understands who the end-user of the kitchen is, she strives to understand your needs, and she cares about your taste and your style. She is cheerful, competent, warm and respects her clients' wishes. She went above and beyond in fulfilling our requirements, and she designed a more gorgeous kitchen than I ever imagined possible. Julia listened to us and she really made sure we were happy with the final product. Our installer, Kosta, was meticulous and detail-oriented. He did an excellent job, and also went above and beyond to make sure we were happy. We feel very confident in his work. He was lovely to deal with, and a really gentle soul. This business is well-run and obviously takes pride in their work and their reputation. They have a great team. Pro tip: Right now, tangerine mastercard has a promotion giving 4% cash back on purchases made in three categories, for the first three months after receiving the card. Astro qualifies as one of the categories, I believe it was designated under "furniture".

I went to Kitchen Craft because I heard they had a good selection of cabinet handles. Even though they were aware that we were only interested in cabinet handles and that we had already purchased our cabinets elsewhere, they were still very helpful. Kitchen Craft also recommended a great granite company, who we ultimately purchased our granite and installation from, which was really nice of them to do. This seems like a business with old-fashioned values (that I wish was more widespread) where they take time to talk to you, inform you and provide recommendations just because they are good people and they are part of the Ottawa community.

We have been purchasing tile at Olympia for several years, and for several products. They have a nice selection, and their prices are reasonable though you should ask your contractor if they have access to a discounted rate because it makes a big difference. They have very good service. They specifically will not help you with taste and choosing a particular tile, but they will answer any of your questions about maintenance and care of the tile. Olympia is also very reasonable and flexible to deal with. A few years ago, we had a problem where many of the small tiles we purchased were crushed and damaged, and they accepted the return without a problem. More recently, the staff at the order desk went out of their way to locate some spare tiles for a discontinued tile for me, which is much appreciated. We will continue to be loyal Olympia Tile customers.

We were really pleased with Mernaz. He diagnosed the problem, which turned out to be minor, and he charged us a very reasonable amount. He was very honest with us. We would recommend ABC Appliance Repair, and we are happy to have found this business.

We are very pleased with the work of Ottawa Granite Pro. Their work was beautiful, and makes our kitchen even more stunning! Every step of the process was smooth. We enjoyed meeting Guinka who helped me choose the right granite for us and provided helpful information, and was extremely patient. Peter did an excellent job measuring and explaining things to us and giving us good information to assist in making decisions. And Nick did a meticulous job installing and had to make some on-site adjustments and did really detailed, beautiful work. Pride of workmanship is evident with this company. I am really impressed with how quickly they came to measure once the cabinets were installed, and also how quickly they came to install afterwards. Also, their prices were much better than elsewhere. I never expected to have such a beautiful kitchen, and they played an important role that you played in it.