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Life In HSV
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Life In HSV
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After 8 years, we had the entire inside of our house repainted -- walls, ceilings and the insides and outsides of cabinets, drawers, and closets. They even repainted the railing on our deck and cleaned the stucco on the house.
At one time, I was thinking: "I painted our houses in my younger days, I could do this." I could NOT have. It took two conscientious painters a couple of months to do the job.
McNanna (located in Hot Springs) gave us a very good quote on the job and it is hard to imagine that anyone could have done any better work than they did.
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Roofers and Electricians - Castle Services
When our house was being built, after the roof went on, the builder discover two leaks, one by the front door and one near the back door. Over a period of more than 8 years, at least a half-dozen different roofing companies came out to "fix" the leaks. Things would seem okay for a while, then the text torrential downpour would bring back the leaks.
We met the Castle Services guys when we won their door prize at a home show at the Coronado center. They were the first ones who actually seemed to know what they were doing. They actually fixed the leaks. We've had several torrential downpours since, and nary a drop.
They are also licensed electricians and have done some electrical work for us with which we were equally pleased. We highly recommend them. They do a great job at a fair price, they show up when they say they will, and they are nice guys as well.
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Handyman - Roy Richardson (922-8950)
For us, Roy has recaulked in our kitchen and bath, replaced the kitchen hot water dispenser (including the tank under the sink), replaced ceiling fans, replaced a leaky cartridge in our shower, and he can fix fixtures and appliances, install home improvements, and probably most other types of jobs inside you house. The Big Three: good work, fair price, shows up when he says he will.
The "Nots" - If you have recommendations, please let us know.
Interior Decorator
We called several and they either did not show up or after a visit, did not call back. A lady in Hot Springs finally showed up and did some work for us, but the experience was not very good. She was hard to reach, rarely did what she said she would and virtually never when she said, and charged ridiculous prices, including charging us for supposed consultations at our house on days when we were out of town.
Deck Staining/Sealing
Again, we called several companies. One guy out of a half-dozen or so showed up, gave us a bid over $1000. We thought that was high, but that we had no choice, but then he never showed up to do the work. (Fortunately, no money had changed hands.) When we finally got him on the phone, he said that he was not doing "small" jobs any more.
He did recommend someone else who did the job for about the same price, but we were not that happy with the work.
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