Grindstone Renovation & Contracting Inc.

Tom and Starvos did a great job renovating my three bathrooms upstairs. They were very approachable, professional, honest and always responded to my questions on time. They also helped me to redo and level my laminate floors downstairs which turns out great! I strongly recommend them anyone who is considering home renovation projects, big or small.

Very happy with my two bathroom renovations from Grindstone. Tom and Stavros did a fantastic job, from gutting the bathrooms all the way to completion. They coordinated both bathrooms, so that they were completed at the same time, with as little disruption as possible. Any concerns we had with any of the outside trades were handled promptly. They were very receptive to any last minute changes or add on's that were requested. Can't wait to receive my quote on my kitchen and family room renovations from them.

The guys at Grindstone were a pleasure to deal with, communication was great. They did everything in a timely manner and on budget. I am very impressed with my new kitchen and it looks marvellous. Thanks to the team at Grindstone.

Hired Tom and his team to look after our fairly extensive $100k+ reno and the experience has been great. We are quite particular with how we want things and Tom and his team have been very detail oriented and have made our vision come to life. Pictures to come.

Tom and his crew have helped turned our little renovation into a reality. Dealing with an older home where there isn't a square or plumb wall to be found, they worked their magic and left us with a perfect canvas to turn into a brand new living space.

His communication is amazing... response to an email or text is usually within minutes if not seconds.

I would highly recommend Grindstone for your drywall and insulation project.

I'm the project manager for MPB Construction and I use Tom all the time. Good pricing, good work, and gets the job done as scheduled.

We contracted Grindstone renovation & contracting to lead and be responsible for our project in Port Coquitlam. (Rindall Ave. Port Coquitlam, B.C)

After receiving several bids/quotes from other companies we chose Grindstone renovation & contracting to lead our project in Port Coquitlam because of how professional, knowledgeable and reasonable they were since the very beginning.

They drywall the entire 5000SF. property from top to bottom including ceilings and even came back several times to do touch ups after we made last minute changes.

Without a doubt in mind they worked around our dynamics, understood our challenges and met every requirement and deadline given.

We are more than please and can’t thank them enough for their patience’s, punctuality and dedication while working in our show home. We are most definitely use their expertise and skills again when we are ready for drywall phase in our 75 town house project.

Tom,

thank you and your team at Grindstone renovation & contracting for everything!

Best regards!

Alberto Siguenas

FOUNDER/PM

M4U PROJECTS & HOMES INC.

MAIDS 4U HOME SERVICES LTD.

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Good quality work that was completed on time and on budget. Very responsive and timely when addressing deficiencies with no push back or complaints. Service was friendly and courteous and communication was excellent which is unusual for most trades. I would highly recommend Platinum Touch Drywall.

We hired Tom and his crew this fall to drywall our brand new showroom and warehouse. It was a fairly big job with high ceilings and a lot of corners. They have done a very nice job. With the scale of the project we expected there may be a few little imperfections that would be missed along the way. Even after settling up the invoice with Tom he was more than happy to come back and do little touch ups to insure everything looks good before paint. I would recommend getting a quote from Tom for your project.

Kind regards

Colin Wharton

Rocky Point Tile

Tom is not someone to be trusted. Don't pay him before he's completely finished deficiencies because he promised to come back after I paid him in full, and never did. Worse, he agreed to pay the painter's extras to complete his contracted work, and then refused to. Then he stopped returning my calls or answering my repeated emails. The quality of the workmanship was bad for about 15% of the job and I spent thousands of dollars finishing it properly.

Addendum: The contractor's rebuttal is filled with lies. I was warned by a painter who quoted my job, that on another project, the owner ran into deficiencies and quality issues with Tom and she advised me to keep a holdback until the painters had completed their prime coats. I trusted Tom when he said he'd come back if there were issues, and I paid him in full on the day they claimed to be completed. When serious issues where discovered, Tom said he was too busy to even come and take a look, and he instructed me to pay the painters to do it as extras that he would reimburse me for. He balked at the cost, accused everyone of trying to rip him off, yet never came to see the scope of the work even after I communicated the details. See the quality of his work for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z20UlQRgbZM&feature=youtu.be (which looked even worse in person)

And for the record, I'll address some of the lies in Tom's rebuttal with simply the facts: It was 3 years ago, not 5. This is the first review I've done. It wasn't $3000, as a gesture of goodwill the painter dropped his hourly rate for the junior guys to $25 to come in at $2000, and then I agreed to pay half which Tom accepted (I have emails). Then Tom never paid and ignored all my attempts to contact him, including an email where I threatened to share this experience on review sites (which I'm doing now as I complete the project - which includes drywall deficiencies due to poor workmanship - Tom was invited to come and take a look but has ignored it). I never met the painter in my life before my project - he was a referral from a friend who is a painter, and the Tom came up with a conspiracy theory that I was trying rip him off when he didn't even bother coming to see how much work was required to fix the mess he made of my 12 foot ceiling (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z20UlQRgbZM) and the hundreds of drywall screw dimples (of which there are still lots to see).