mary-ann in west vancouver

Y Franks has a great selection. They provide service and are very friendly,personable and knowledgeable. They have been very good at helping us with warranty issues, which are ongoing. We love the look of our fridge but wouldn't buy a Viking fridge again and would definitely go with a Subzero the next time around. Penelope Fast was our sales rep and she was great to work with. Our kitchen looks really good and the appliances help our lives to function smoothly.

Emco was recommended to us by our plumber. They were very price competitive. We wanted very cost effective fixtures and didn't want to blow the bank on this aspect of our house build. Emco had a great selection at various price points. Joan Fiander was very helpful and knowledgable with her products. She was able to ascertain what my needs were and respond to and meet them.

Gayle Braun was great. She knows her products and was very helpful with selecting appropriate finishes and blinds. She was very reasonably priced and the blinds are a great value. Gayle has a very reliable installer and has good relationships with the suppliers. They look great.

Mike Weber supplied and installed the Tazmanian Oak flooring in our new house. He did a really nice job finishing the floor and found a stain that is very unique. The floor is a beautiful colour. We had minor water damage after the house was finished and he came back and repaired the damaged area. He worked efficiently and was very fussy about caring for our floor.

Allison Johns helped us chose all of the lighting fixtures for our new house. Norburn has a very good selection at all different price points. She helped coordinate all of the fixtures. Allison was very organized and kept tabs on where our fixtures were and when they would be arriving. Norburn's prices were good.

Drew Campbell is a electronics whiz/ guru! He designed the entertainment system for our whole house at a very reasonable price. We had very high quotes from other companies and his final costs were about a quarter of the others. He came on to the job after the first guy botched the system. He installed a very new system in our house and has been great about coming back and giving us great tech support.

Al Stewart was great. He's very reliable, respectful and very clean. He is very good at what he does. He comes back every time we need him to. Our plumbing works great. He has a good relationship with his suppliers and is able to get things done easily and get replacement parts quickly. His work is competitively priced and he is a nice guy - easy to work with and have in our home.

Ludo worked to our very high standards. He was responsive to the demands of our contractor. He returns any time that we experience a defficiency without hesitation. We felt that his costs were resonable and we are very happy with the electrical in our new home.

Donny Centanni is a tile genious. He has been in the tile business for years. He has a great eye, is very personable, gave us great service and value. We chose very unique tile from his very unique selection. We have travertine limestone on our walls in a unusual walnut colour - a great architectural feature - thanks to Donny. His products were priced very competitively and he gave us a very good deal because we purchased a high volume of tiles.

Peirina Brown came to us through the Benjamin Moore store in North Vancouver. I wanted our house to be special and not the standard look found in the homes in our neighbourhood. She works at triple speed and really kept me on track. I worked with her every week. She gave me homework to do each week and this kept me always moving forward and never stuck on individual ideas or items. Peirina was very cost conscious and looked for great values. Our house looks fantastic and we are so happy with the outcome. The money that we spent on Peirina was so well worth it and super affordable. She has an amazing ability to draw up ideas and designs on the spot which is so helpful for being able to visualize a design element

John Medland had done a previous renovation for us in Whistler. When he worked magic on our A-frame there, we knew he was the man to design our new home. We gave him a list of our "wants" including our desire to build a home with a great WOW factor. He is an artist and his creativity shines through in our home. It was very easy to communicate with John, and he was always thorough and prompt in responding to our questions related to his drawings. We were very much part of the design process, and were delighted with the unique outcome. He really understood what we liked about architectural elements and worked well with our contractor.

John Farquhar is a master carpenter and he builds one house at a time. He is unique as a contractor in that he crafts the house himself with the help of trades. He is a perfectionist. John is a true Scot and a rennaisance man, a modern contradiction! He has been great to work with - he listened to our needs and rose to the challenge of meeting them. Our house is architecturally distinct and posed many unique building situations. John was always able to find a solution and brought his tremendous knowledge to the job. Our house was completed on time and on budget. One year to the day!