Colonial Restorations

Fantastic resource for anything tied to an antique home. If you'd like to understand the story behind the home, condition of the structure and have work done to remedy a problem, this is the company to use. Professional, on time and on budget. Can't say enough good about this business.

Professional, polite, and experienced with repairing post/beam structures- Colonial Restorations delivered what they promised, finishing our project sooner than expected within budget. Brad and crew did an exceptional job replacing the sill of our much loved old home.

I am writing to formally express my extreme dissatisfaction with the recent experience I had with your company. Having flipped houses and worked in construction myself, I understand the industry, and I found the transparency, clarity, and honesty of your services to be severely compromised. This company preys on people’s nostalgia for history and then overcharges regardless of the work is specialty or not. Looks like most of there projects are for people who don’t mind paying 5-10K over typical rates. Specifically, I am concerned about the following issues: - Inconsistent Communication: Brad shrugged off my inquiries and provided excuses that contradicted what the foreman told me on-site. Furthermore, while Brad claimed a rotted area in the 1700s portion of the building was worth saving, your team did not even work on it, focusing instead on basic framing and sill work. - Pricing and Vague Quoting: The quote was both vague and misleading. Charging $34,000 for 36 feet of sill work—while leaving the area without a wall or floor and charging $4,000 for jack stands—is an exorbitant rate. Additionally, I was quoted an extra $15,000 for just 150 square feet of floor and wall framing. - Technical Integrity: Despite being told the work was structurally sound and that certain rotted areas were "temporary," I personally opened the wall to find that the framing attached to your custom L-brackets was completely rotted. The workers on-site appeared unable to answer basic questions regarding the degree of rot. - Unprofessional Conduct: On one occasion while I was not home, CJ entered my house unannounced while my wife was home alone without knocking. This is entirely inappropriate and lacks basic manners. It appears your company prioritizes profit over professional standards and remedial work quality. This has been the worst experience I have had with a contractor to date. I am disappointed that a firm specializing in historic structures would operate with such a lack of transparency. I’ll take Mom and Pop operations any day over the crew who all drive $100,000 trucks, have 3 foreman and clearly hire inexperienced demo guys who won’t answer basic questions and prop up rotten boards without opening the wall to check the condition of framing. Oh last thing; he never finished, CJ told me some structural ‘cleats’ were included in the first estimate and later when it wasn’t done Brad said it wasn’t included. He clearly fleeced me like he does the rich people who are too wealthy to notice. These guys do great work if you don’t mind paying 10K over market. To boot daily and when they were done they left debris everywhere, AFTER Brad told me they clean to perfection. A liar with poor customer service skills unless you open your wallet blindly.

Colonial Restorations does excellent work restoring your classic barn or home. Their team is highly skilled and courteous. Very professional,

Whoever was driving this red pickup on i84 East today is one of the most dangerous, aggressive, and terrible drivers I’ve ever seen. Driving over 100mph weaving in and out of traffic, almost causing accidents, and flashing their lights at everyone. If this is any inclination of the type of work they do or people they are then don’t do business with them.