Jonathan Bassuk on Angi 14 years ago
10/16/2008, 09:48 AM
In the apartment I've been living in since 1996, the kitchen and bathroom were the two rooms that "looked their age" the most. The building had been built in the 1950's I believe, and the fixtures and general appliances within the rooms clearly looked like they had been "original" to the apartment. I wanted to have a total remodeling done of both rooms, bringing them current with how they looked, their functionality and to add to the value of the apartment in general. I visited the Dreamwork showroom where Paul and Liz took a great deal of time showing me what my options were for transforming my kitchen and bathroom into something really great. Designs were chosen, colors selected, tiling and appliances were picked out and the work began. After the initial demolition of the existing rooms, the contractors from Dreamwork started the reconstruction process. Day after day, the work would continue, and although I had to essentially move out at one point due to lack of plumbing (which is often important), I would check in with Jim (the lead guy on the project) either by phone or by just going over to see what was being done on any given day. Once the project was really moving along, each new day afforded me another look at what my apartment was going to look like when it was all complete. New blue glass tiles on the bathroom floor were a really cool touch, and kept with the already existing color scheme of the rest of my apartment. I had a brand new bathtub fitted over the existing old one, and you'd never know it! New plumbing fixtures brought the bathroom into the 21st century, and actually made me enjoy my bathroom...who ever says that??? My kitchen was also totally demolished and reborn with brand new cabinets and a blue stone countertop that looks fantastic. I even added a single tile I had purchased in California knowing that I wanted it placed in my new kitchen. The guys working in there randomly placed it as part of the wall tiles, and it just makes it so much more of MY kitchen, not just THE kitchen. The end result was a totally remodeled, contemporary kitchen and bathroom that compliment the rest of my apartment as well as my own personality and lifestyle.Everything from start to finish went as smoothly as I could've hoped for. The people who I trusted in my home to do the job well and do it right, did exactly that. Any time I needed to reschedule a delivery or a start time, it was handled without a problem. The guys were never late, and they always left only after the day's work was done, never in the middle of anything. All phone and email contact I had with Paul himself or any of the people in his shop was easy and professional the way anyone hired to do a job should treat a customer...but often do not. If I ever have to do other remodeling work in my apartment, Dreamwork is the company I keep. I have also recommended them to several of my friends who have mentioned they might be in the market for similar work in their homes.