Aquata Bathroom Renovations

In the strongest possible terms, I recommend Peters outstanding company, Aquata. My family has just completed a total bathroom renovation with Aquata, and the superior quality of the entire experience has been impeccable in every imaginable way.

I found Peter here on HomeStars after an exhausting search that took many months. I am extremely careful with whom I choose to hire, so I was very discerning when it came to selecting the best person for the job. After the very first conversation with Peter I knew that I had found a diamond, and little did I know at the time, once we began working with Peter our impression of him and Aquata would continually grow better: every one of my expectations was surpassed over and over again. Peters professionalism, knowledge, caring attention to detail, approachability and expertise are absolutely top notch.

Words cannot accurately describe the unequaled quality of every aspect of Peter and his work ethic. He was a pleasure to work with and in every interaction he conveyed his enthusiasm for his work and his eagerness to always make his clients happy. We had daily conversations about the status of the project and Peter invited our input throughout the process while displaying his care for our renovation every step of the way. Peter approached our project as if he was working on his own home. He demonstrated a personal stake in every part of the project. We also cannot describe how much we appreciated his assistant, Nik, who was outstanding and highly considerate in every way. Nik was extremely respectful, demonstrated great craftsmanship, was caring, and even made sure to remind us if we had accidentally left a garage door open, etc.! Nik was a direct reflection of the high standards that represent Aquata, there is no one like him!

Highly dependable, and with tremendous concentration, Peter devoted his time to our project solely. He arrived on time every day, and worked a full day, every day. The job stayed on schedule and was completed in an extremely timely manner. Peter and Nik continued to stay laser focussed on our job, and due to their stellar professionalism, did not talk on the phone, or take any time away from devoting themselves to the work that needed to be done on our project. They were also very trustworthy, so I felt relaxed and comfortable with them being alone in my home.

At all times Peter respected the original quote that we agreed upon, kept our budget in mind, and we understood that he appreciated how important the cost of our renovation was to us. We felt heard, and we really appreciated the options that Peter was happy to suggest, including patiently explaining the pros and cons etc. of each option.

Peters care and devotion made even the smallest detail as precise and lovely as possible! He showed us time after time that our renovation meant a lot to him. He always made sure to encourage our questions - and he was always eager to put us at ease.

Peters thoughtfulness has been something I have never seen before in a trades company. As an example, Peters distinguished professionalism is evident in his level of organization and preparedness. He devotes an entire day to setting up the workspace with the utmost care. He protected my walls, flooring and living spaces in many clever ways. In one case he constructed a temporary wall to contain his workspace, but made sure to protect my ceiling and walls with padding so that no damage was done and we could not tell that anything was ever there. Peter thoughtfully made sure to include a convenient door in the temporary wall so that we could easily access the rest of the room. He also set up his own air purifiers which worked wonders to help keep the air in our home clean.

True to Aquatas excellence, every day Nik would roll up my front door mat and set it aside, to protect it. He would then set out Aquatas mats and floor coverings all the way from the front door to the workspace. The floor mats were vacuumed and wiped down without fail daily, and they remained spotless throughout the day as well. Amazingly my home did not feel like a construction zone, which I couldnt believe! This care made the whole project much more pleasant and felt less intrusive. To wrap up each day, the floor coverings were re-cleaned, rolled up and stored out of the way, and then Nik went a step further by vacuuming and wiping down the floors underneath the floor coverings! I have never seen this much consideration for the homeowner and attention to detail, ever. All garbage was cleaned out and taken away, with the workspace, our home and garage kept spotless.

To continue, Aquatas professionalism and work ethic was immediately evident from the first day when Peter and Nik put together a highly organized cabinet which contained every item that they would be needing for the duration of the renovation. They made sure that they would never run out of a tool, and this minimized the need for them to pass through our home to get supplies from the truck, or to slow down the project. Everything imaginable was stored at hand and ready to go. You have to see this level of organization to understand how much thought and attention to detail goes into ensuring your project will run as efficiently and effectively as possible and once again, I have never seen this done before by any tradesperson I have hired.

Peter personalized the renovation of our bathroom to the tiniest and most thoughtful detail. For example, he made sure to understand why we wanted to include a diverter spout in our shower. When he found out that it was because our dog liked to drink the cold water from it, he measured our dogs height to make sure that the height of the diverter spout was perfect for our dog! To me, this was a gesture of the utmost consideration and care for our family. Of course, Peter also double-checked our own heights - and even the length of our arms - to make certain that the ergonomics of the bathroom design were personalized to us. A truly bespoke bathroom customization!

As is to be expected with any renovation, issues did come up, and the true telling of Aquata was also in how these issues were addressed. One such case was that our original flooring was not level at all. In order to correct this, Peter used a variety of different types of cement, carefully applying each in a different area in the floor. He could have tried to use less types of cement, however they would not have generated the same top quality results. This took Peter more time and effort, which he willingly devoted to the task, however unlike other contractors, he did not charge me extra for this. He stayed true to his original quote, and was fair throughout. Any minor detail, of which there were very few, was addressed with the fullest of Peters attention and effort.

I would like to close with a final observation about Peters honesty. As mentioned above, it took us a very long time to find Aquata. One reason is that I was looking for a contractor who demonstrated their trustworthiness from the first point of contact: on their website. An easy way to figure out the honest contractors is to check if the images they claim as their own work are truly their own. Aquata was one of the very rare companies that passed my reverse image lookup test.

For all of these reasons, and many more, we are so grateful to have found Aquata! Peter is that rare, outstanding craftsman whose quality speaks for itself. We feel so fortunate for the opportunity to work with him and look forward to working with Peter and Nik again in the future!

Earlier this year, we decided to renovate our 35 year old guest bathroom. Needless to say, it required a major overhaul. But we had been waiting to do something special when we decided it was time. We began the process of researching contractors and came across Peter and Aquata Bath. From the initial meeting, we found Peter to be attentive to our vision, accommodating as much as possible while giving necessary technical and construction feedback for ideas that required further thought. We knew we wanted to incorporate a curbless shower and his portfolio of work gave us the confidence that he was the right person for our job. We also wanted to ensure a contractor with the fine skills to install large format tiles, something that is as much an art and not easily accomplished.

For weeks, he and his assistant Nick worked with precision, attention to detail and always consulting us to ensure the work was proceeding as expected. And the cleanliness! Before any work started, the path from our front door to the work area was laid with protective mats, boards, and a thick plastic covering for the stairs. He even installed a fan in the window to minimize dust and create negative air pressure to ensure construction dust did not infiltrate to the rest of the house. At the end of each work day, floors were vacuumed and wiped down.

In the end, we were very pleased to receive our ensuite bathroom in our guest room that was as impressive as a great hotel experience. We saw Peter a few weeks later as he stopped by our house. He asked us how our bathroom was. We told him that in fact, we had not even used it yet. To be honest, we just enjoyed randomly walking into the bathroom a couple of times a day just to look at it. Peter was astonished. Funny as it sounds, it turned out so nice that we wanted to preserve the newness of it. Since then, we have used the bathroom and remark how it feels like we are on vacation at a hotel.

If youre planning to renovate, we would not hesitate to recommend Peter and Nick.

We have already lined up two more bathrooms for next year and are looking forward to randomly walking into them and marvelling at the work.

Throughout our 3-bathroom renovations, Peter was a fixture in our home. I trusted him (and his team) and I felt safe. We had daily check-ins to make sure that we were meeting milestones and that details were being followed accordingly. He helped us manage our expectations. He gave us our homework - tasks that we needed to complete for the follow day(S). When we hit bumps in the road (as all renos are bound to encounter), Peter was forthcoming about the issues, or his concerns. Then, we would jointly develop creative solutions that were often better than our original plans.

We have an old 50s bungalow that needs a lot of TLC. While we were waiting for some supplies to come in, Peter offered to work on other projects that were on the back burner, which was wonderful.

I am cerebral and Im constantly thinking about issues that may be encountered. When I brought these worries to Peter, he was not dismissive. He actively listened to me. More often than not, he had already anticipated the issues I was concerned over, and had plans to manage these challenges. But when we were managing some of the unplanned projects, he really listened to issues that were unsettling to me. He easily made the conceptual leaps with me, and then cleverly navigated ways through problems.

Peter is passionate and inventive. He has moments when he is in his head, quietly processing and planning things. There are times when he is a social butterfly; and then there are times when he is a bulldozer and just plows through tasks. I think these are all necessary characteristics in a great contractor.

If you are planning some bathroom renovations, trust me youve just found the right guy.

Peter and Nick completed a beautiful full bathroom reno for us nearly two years ago. We loved working with them and enjoy looking at Peter's perfect tile work every day. When the job was completed, Peter assured us that we could always call him if we had any questions or problems, no matter how small. We haven't needed to call himeverything was perfectly installed. Recently a small strip of vinyl attached to the shower door started to come loose. I debated: should I contact him for such a small thing? I sent an email. Peter responded immediately, fit us into his tight schedule, and came out with everything he needed to repair and make a minor adjustment to the shower door. While he was here we started making plans for our next bathroom renovation. After working with Peter and Nick, I would not hire anyone else to plan and install a bathroom.

Over the past 7 years we have used numerous contractors as we renovated our house from the roof right down to the basement. Aquata has been hands down the best we have used. While we were incredibly impressed by the quality of Peter and Nicks work, it was the manner in which they did that work that stood out. They are very professional, communicated clearly and frequently and took exceptional care in keeping our house as clean as possible. I cannot believe all the equipment that Peter has to keep the job site clean. Peters knowledge and experience showed through when he patiently answered our numerous questions throughout the design and construction. Its very clear they take great pride in their work. We would not hesitate to recommend Aquata.

We hired Peter to renovate our main bathroom. The entire experience was amazing from start to finish. He is undoubtedly a perfectionist. A pleasure to have in our home, efficient, communicative, arrived on time every day, cleaned up at the end of every day, perfect quality workmanship. We could not be happier and will definitely hire Peter again for any and ALL future jobs!!

We hired Peter to renovate our small main bathroom. We had other quotes that were either too high or did not inspire confidence in their ability to complete this tricky job. Peter impressed us by not only listening to our ideas, but also asking lots of questions and sketching out some rough designs to ensure we were on the same page. He worked with us prior to the start date to ensure all materials would work in the space and were sourced prior to the start date. Peter started the job on time and kept a tight schedule. He kept the workspace impeccably clean and dust-free, which was important to us as we were working from home during the project. He paid great attention to both function and esthetic in his workmanship, consulting with us whenever there was a decision to be made. The result is a stunning and functional bathroom that maximizes the small space and meets our familys needs. We wouldnt hesitate to hire Aquata again.

My husband and I had our main bathroom renovated by Peter in 2019 and the end result was amazing. Recently we noticed a leak that was causing the wall to bubble. I reached out to Peter for his guidance on how to fix and he got back right away to say that he'd take care of it. All we needed to do was supply the wall paint which we had saved, he would take care of the rest. Peter and Nick came by and within a few hours it was like new! I would continue to recommend Peter to anyone looking for a bathroom reno!

This is a 9 year follow up review of the renovation project of our 2 bathrooms completed by Peter of Aqauta Bath. From our first meeting to discuss the project, to getting to know him during our renovations we learned that Peter was very organized, detailed orientated and knowlegeble about renovations. His input, attention to detail, creativity and willingness to take on challenges really stood out. During his time in our home we learned that he is trustwworthy and professional as the project was on time and on budget. Peter's work has lived up to the stress of a family with 2 young children 9 years later and continues to work wonderfully while maintaining it's fresh look.

We are very happy to have chosen Peter for our very simple bathroom renovation. He was a pleasure and joy to work with and we would recommend him to anyone without a second thought. Thank you, Peter and Nick!