North of 9 Contracting

We hired Justin at North of 9 Contracting.

They were the best price, fixed our fence within 48 hours and did a great job.

We hired them a second time, for another fence repair and again were fast and did

excellent work. Highly recommended.

I own a house in Barrie and came from Montreal to Barrie on my only week off this year to hire a fence contractor.

I came on this site and saw that north of 9 has mostly good reviews. When Justin from North of 9 contracting sent me his contract by e-mail there is a direct link to this Trustedpros page so it is safe to say that he uses this trusted pro site to find new customers and that I could TRUST him to do my fence.

On September 16 I met with Justin Bogdanow from North of 9 contracting and agreed to hire him and he asked me for $2000 deposit on a $3300 job by e-mail transfer as he needed it ASAP so my fence materials could get ordered. The original install date was October 8, 2018. I thought it was odd (all that money up front) my money was given, gave me the contract, receipt for my deposit and I thought as he is a trusted pro contractor and won the award in 2015/2016, he could be trusted. So I go back to Montreal that my job would be done properly.

Before I hired him and gave him the money, he was easy to contact. Once he had my deposit money for days/weeks he would mostly ignore me and I have to beg him to answer me.

The few times I was able to get him on the phone, the conversation would be really short and he would tell me I am disturbing him as either he is driving, working, sleeping, eating, putting his kids to sleep, no connection, no battery power or he would just plain hang up on me.

Respond to my question 20 days later: On September 18, I sent him the survey for my property as he requested, as I decided to widen my fence which was built within the property line and I asked Justin to re-measure. He waited for days to answer me and then tell me tomorrow and tomorrow again and only on October 8 (20 days later that he finally tells me the dimensions as he is the one building the fence so it has to be him doing those measurements which he agreed to do) on the day that my fence was supposed to be Installed October the 8.

Respond 11 days later: I rec`d an e-mail on the 17 October saying that my fence will be done the following week or so and that he will place the order for the lumber which was supposed to be done when I GAVE HIM MY DEPOSIT on the 16 of September.

I send him an e-mail at the end of October, and told him that I didn’t trust him anymore as I have no news from him , no fence materials delivered and that I want my money back and it was his last chance as I will start the procedures to have my deposit money back and charge him for fraud with the police as I have asked him to give me back my deposit many time by text and e-mail before as he was impossible to contact him and I had a bad feeling that he was a fraudster.. I have beg him over and over to do my fence 😢 I asked why he was punishing me like that and stealing my money . I was stupid to give him a deposit...

No news. No I don’t trust him anymore as he will throw some new dates in the air at me and then another 2 weeks or so no news. NO… I cannot take his lies anymore as my health and my new job are suffering because of all that stress with him.

Big stress with Justin that keeps on going and going as he refuses to give me back my deposit and the only thing that he gives me is new dates and no news for weeks and NO he will not install my fence on frozen ground as then the concrete could crack.

YES the stress will keep on going as I will have to get the police to charge him with fraud, the better business bureau and Cunsumers protection etc... involved as he stole my 2000$ deposit and I just want to be SURE that when he uses this site to get new customers, that customers are fully aware of my experience with Justin Bogdanow and his North of 9 contracting company. I never experienced anything like that with a contractor before as I have hired many as I own my house since 1989.

I absolutely have all the proofs that he stole my money for anybody who wants to see them.

My bad review will stay until I have my money back from him

Diane with no fence 😢

Sorry about the spelling as French is my first language.

Justin was professional and timely in responding to my inquiry.

He assess the uneven floor and felt comfortable he could get the job done.

Rather than trying to complete a quick job, Justin made sure he had the appropriate tools to get the job done.

Thanks for your help Justin and I am likely to call you back for a quote on my back deck!

Justin and Kyle did a really fine job rebuilding our deteriorated front fence and building a new fence for our back yard. Our home is an architectural mid-century home and Justin was careful to follow our design specifications to the letter so the fence would still match the house. In the back yard, they ran into roots and rocks when digging the post holes, and even though I gave Justin permission to leave some of the holes shallower, he wasn't happy with that and spent a whole extra day pulling roots and rocks out until they were deep enough to be solid. We had a couple of design changes during the course of fence building, and Justin accommodated these with no trouble. We would definitely recommend North of 9 Contracting for fence work.

Excellent work, high quality materials Justin did exactly what i wanted. I would highly recommend North of 9.

A big thanks to Justin for taking a job on short notice. The workmanship was great and the price was reasonable. He explained the procedure and products necessary in a clear and understandable manner. Great job. We will be using him again in the near future. Peter Smith

We are extremely pleased with our deck. Garrett did the vast majority the work and we are very happy with it. Initially, Justin mis-measured the size of the deck we requested. After the frame was built, he realized that the edge of the frame ended halfway in our window rather than past the window as we had originally requested. Obviously, we did not want railing there. This was a difference of 9". When we asked Garrett and Justin about this they said it was no big deal and that after the inspector checked it they'd add on a 9" overhang, keeping in mind that our deck is shaped like half of an octagon so one side would have no longer been symmetrical with the other. They said don't worry, we wouldn't notice. We were not pleased with this and told them that we wanted a symmetrical deck. We were paying over $6,000 and we should get what we asked for. Since Justin had made a 9" error, we let him know that we were no longer comfortable with him working on our deck without his father-in-law (who is phenomenal- extremely knowledgeable & has an amazing work ethic). The framework was corrected after we expressed our displeasure and now looks great!

Let me start by saying that I am writing this review because we hired North of 9 Contracting because of the reviews they received here and the fact they they even won "Best of Trusted Pros 2015." I have waited a few days since Justin finished my fence because I was pretty upset with the poor workmanship and I didn't want to write an angry review but rather an honest and factual review. I hired North of 9 Contracting to build my fence and deck and three other people on my street followed suit (with a fence). Quite frankly, I do not believe our fence is worth the money we paid. We paid over $40 per linear foot and the fence we got did not meet our expectations. Justin's quote was significantly higher than others, which was a concern myself and my neighbors shared. However, I believed that I was going to have an amazing fence and Justin would use quality materials. This was not the case. I have a fence that is just okay at best. Something that seemed odd to my neighbors was the fact that he wanted most of the money up front. The total cost of our deck and fence came to just over $12,000. Roughly $6,000 for the fence and $6,000 deck. He wanted over $8,000 upfront although our deck was not started until almost three months later. Again, not a big concern for a newbie like me as I trusted he was going to do an amazing job. Another thing that bothered me was the fact that he was coming and going a lot. He worked an average of 3-5 hrs/day. Something always seemed to come up and he had to leave early. Some days he didn't bother to show up at all. When he didn't show up he wouldn't even call to say he wasn't coming. So of course my wife was waiting around all day for no reason. This did not seem professional. However, this was not a primary concern of mine because I was paying for the job not by the day. When I went out to check on his work I noticed that the fence boards were not tight from day 1. When I expressed this concern he said there was nothing he could do. Now, a couple of weeks have passed and some gaps are so big I can fit my hand through. Thankfully, he did come back to correct a few of the gaps. However, I can only imagine what the fence will look like in the spring. I just paid over $6,000 for a fence and I am already thinking that I will be replacing all the fence boards next year. With the workmanship on our fence, I do not feel as though I would recommend North of 9 Contracting at their price point. If the price point was lower and someone wanted a decent fence then it would be perfect. However, we paid top dollar and expected the work to reflect that. To Justin's credit, he is a nice guy who tries extremely hard to please his clients. Without argument, he came back to repair things that we had asked to be repaired. Unfortunately, my neighbors are just as displeased with their fences as I am with mine. However, they may not take the time to write a review.

Called Justin up and described our issue, a 12 yr old deck was sagging. Justin suggested a cost effective repair on the phone.

Sure enough, Justin came out the next day and our deck is now sturdy and level, ready for a summer of entertaining.

Very happy with Justin's promptness, fair pricing, and quality of work.

We needed our fence repaired. A small section had completely disconnected and fallen over. Justin did a fantastic job repairing it. It is now very sturdy and I have no concerns sending my kids outside to play, or letting my cats out into the back yard, as the neighbours have rather large dogs. He was the only person to actually come out and give us a quote. I felt like it was an honest quote for the work he put into it, and I'm glad I contacted him and he was able to come out and get our fence standing again.

Thanks again Justin!

I liked the work Justin did for me. He was very professional and respectful. He listened to what I wanted and followed through. He completed the project in a timely manner and his workmanship was very impressive.

Recently hired Justin to repair/fix couple fence panels that were badly damaged and not properly secured into fence post, from a different company. I was extremely impressed not only by Justin's quickly response either through email/phone but also by his knowledge of what work that needed to be done. The fee of the job was very fair of $120, it only took Justin about an hour to do the repair & Justin ensured his work by talking me through what he had done. Thank you North of 9 Contracting! I have no more worries of fence panels falling down.

Justin just completed installation of a chain link fence for us. After having great difficulty finding a company to commit to the job, Justin contacted us through an ad we had online. He came out the next day and gave us a very competitively priced quote, so we hired him for the job. He is very thorough and ensured all proper guidelines are followed. We are very pleased with his work and would gladly recommend him!

It was a great experience and excellent work.

I called Justin and he came the day and time he told me so. He gave me exact information of my fence that was literally falling down. He explained my options and sent me quotes right away. I had questions and he ALWAYS answered all of them.

He came early and explained me the work he will be doing day by day. He was very careful in not to leave any piece of wood in the backyard as I have a toddler.

I will recommend Justin! great job! very happy customer.

Justin worked with me financially as I had a budget and also listened to everything i needed done and I definitely would recommend north of 9 as you can trust him and I absolutely love my fence it looks great! Thank you again Justin I will be calling you again for more work!

Justin and his assistant, Kyle, have just finished the installation of a fence along our adjusted property line. The two men removed the old fence along the former property line, and then proceeded with the installation of the new fence. Justin worked with me to work out a plan to connect the new fence to an existing rear fence. Since the rear fence had a strange jog in it, we wanted the finished product to not look like an add-on. Justin solved the problem beautifully. I am very pleased with the work, with Justin's and Kyle's friendly co-operative manner, and I have no hesitation in highly recommending North of 9 Contracting.

Review: We were looking for someone to set 2 fence post holes to repair a leaning fence...such a small job so trying to find someone who would do that at a fair price was the mission...my husband was walking the dog and saw Justin working on another fence and struck up a conversation...Justin was more than willing to come and help us out not only at a fair price but with enthusiasm...He showed up on time and even brought the auger and sone help lol....He completed the job...professionally and in a timely manner...He was pleasant to deal with...open and friendly and really great to deal with...As this was just a small job that he worked into his already busy schedule he completed with the purpose he would any project and we would not hesitate to contact him or referr him. Thanks again Justin

I liked Justin from the start. He showed up quickly, quoted fairly and then pulled out the stops to get the job done pronto. He arrived with a second worker, adjusted their schedule when the materials were held up and did a great job. He stuck to the quoted figure. I said 'I will say nice things about you.' He said, 'How about on TrustedPros?' As a homeowner as well as a businessman, I will only work with people who care about their reputation. That's what counts, leaving behind a trail of happy customers!

Justin from North of 9 Contracting was very dependable, on time, respective and most of all, his quality of work stood out. Justin took the time to explain what he will be doing and we never felt rushed or felt like another customer in line. He presented himself professionally and his pricing was very fair. When we will have another job coming up for any renovation work or fencing, North of 9 Contracting will be our choice once again. My wife and I would highly recommend Justin for your project.