Your Reno Guys

We hired Your Reno Guys to finish our basement in fall 2015 and are very satisfied with the result. We chose them out of 4 companies because Alex made a good impression, we were given a detailed itemized quote, and their price was competitive. During the work, everyone was friendly, very responsive to our questions and requests, and the crew cleaned up daily. John ensured we were satisfied throughout, and we were very happy that the project came in on budget and on time. We would definitely rehire and recommend Your Reno Guys!

We hired Your Reno Guys in summer 2014 to renovate our master bathroom - tile, tub, vanity and painting. We picked Your Reno Guys after meeting with five different contractors on the basis of what we felt was a fair quote, and the level of comfort we had after meeting with John.

This was our first reno project, and John and his team were wonderful in walking us through the process, explaining each step, walking us through each design and reno decision, and answering all the questions we had. The team was friendly and professional, cleaning up the job site every evening and taking steps to minimize the impact the reno had on our day-to-day life. The project was finished on time and on budget, and Your Reno Guys was great at coming back to complete a few final touch ups to make sure that we were happy with the final result.

We would work with Your Reno Guys without hesitation on any future projects, and have already recommended them to a number of friends.

We hired Your Reno Guys in May 2015 to do a full renovation of our bathroom. It is a small room but serves as our main bathroom, so it was important to get it done right. I was extremely impressed by this company. Three things stood out for me: top customer service; the quality of the work, and the timeliness of completing the work. John Gordon and his team were highly organized, with plumber, tiler, and painter ready to go when each stage was completed. It's not always easy these days to find good customer service but this company definitely provides that. Madison and Ikuban and the team a whole were excellent in this regard. I can recommend this company without hesitation.

I want to thank John and all of the Your Reno Guys crew who were involved in my kitchen renovation. I am very pleased with the results and am now enjoying my new kitchen.

John, you have a great crew of people working for you. I appreciate all that you and they did to make my kitchen a place for me to enjoy.

It took a while for the windows to be ordered. The work was well done. He performed the work without being disruptive and cleaned everything before leaving. I have always been happy with the work from Your Reno Guys.

When my wife and I decided to do some renovations in our kitchen, we only called John of Your Reno Guys. He’d done a complete reno of our bathrooms about two years ago and we were so happy with that work we didn’t consider anyone else for this (smaller) project. As usual, John’s guys were polite and friendly and their work was great – until the backsplash went in. We’d asked for bright white grout, but something went wrong at some point and the grout came out looking patchy – dark grey in areas, shifting to light grey in others, then to white. At first John was defensive over the phone and insisted it was white, but agreed to come take a look. He then sent two of his guys to try washing it with a water/vinegar solution, and when that didn’t work he told us that we could try a dye to fix it ourselves, or pay him to fix it. We sent a polite email saying that was fine, we’d do it ourselves, but we were disappointed that we had to pay to fix the mistake when we just wanted him to put in white grout in the first place. This is where things went south – John sent us an angry email suggesting we finish the project ourselves. He also blamed the grout manufacturer for the discolouration. (We've since spoken with a local tile store, who said that in their experience that problem is caused by improperly mixing the grout). I called John right away and apologized that my email had upset him; John was still very angry and told me that I had insulted his craftsmanship. I asked him what he meant by finishing the project ourselves, did he really want to just abandon the project, and he said yes, he had so much other work he didn’t care about ours. By that time, I was so upset that I told him that was fine. My wife is six months pregnant and we just wanted him out of our lives, and wanted our kitchen back.

The odd thing is that sometimes John reacts very well to problems – when we told him some of the tiles were cracked, he sent guys over to fix them right away.

If you decide to go with Your Reno Guys, just think twice (three times really) before expressing any displeasure with the work, unless it’s something obvious like cracked tiles. Also, watch your lock box – we came home one night to find the lock box wide open with the key to our front door sitting there for the taking. Finally, just be warned that John will often ignore your requests for the work you want to do yourself – for example, since the disposal was just of the old floor tiles and subfloor, we told him we'd take it to the dump ourselves. John went ahead and cleared the waste and charged us an extra $125 over the quoted price for the disposal. Similarly, I told him I'd install the dishwasher myself, but his guys went ahead and installed it and charged us (but they didn’t stabilize it into the cabinets!)

Overall, we really enjoyed working with John when things were going well. But as soon as things went south, in our opinion John became very aggressive, rude, and unprofessional. For that reason, we won’t ever be using his company again and wanted to put up this review so potential customers have a balanced view, and a heads-up about some of the things that can damage the relationship.

I had a great experience with Your Reno Guys. I recently purchased my first home, a condominium unit in an older building. The bathroom was horrible - very small, narrow and pretty ugly. John came by to provide me an estimate and right off the bat, he showed that he has vision and made great suggestions for how I could expand the bathroom to make it more functional and add value to my place. He also showed a lot of integrity in giving me advice on the kind of materials that should be used to waterproof the new tub/shower, etc., even saying that I should make sure those materials would be used even if I didn't go with Your Reno Guys. That really impressed me, as it showed that he really cares about quality and workmanship. Once the project started, everything went very well and was completed within the time frame we had discussed. The overall cost was also very close to the estimate, and any increases had to do with changes I made to the original scope of the project (e.g. I wanted some additional electrical work done throughout the unit, etc.). And the final bathroom ended up being so gorgeous. I'm thrilled!

John's approach is very transparent and direct, which is great when you're looking for a contractor. In addition, any minor hiccups were dealt with promptly and professionally, and I really enjoyed dealing with John's crew and staff, all of whom were professional, friendly and showed a lot of pride in their work. He has put together a great team, and I will certainly contact them in the future! You can't go wrong by reaching out to Your Reno Guys.

These guys did great work. They offered simpler and less expensive options and were very honest and straight forward in their estimates. Excellent communications. They were also very flexible when we changed the scope of the project.