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Hired 3 times
Serves Mesa, AZ
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7 years in business
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Brian k.
7 days ago
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Hired on Thumbtack
Hired on Thumbtack
I contacted 5 drywall pros on thumbtack for a relatively sizable (~750 s.f.) residential job. Two of them responded. One of them was Fernando. Wait... this guy doesn't have very many reviews. I took a chance and pulled the trigger. The estimate was competitive with previous bids I'd received from others in the last couple of months and the deposit was 25% when he showed up day 1... balance on completion.
Look, this might sound stupid but as a DIY homeowner that's tired of getting "catfished" by some non-thumbtack pros, sometimes all you have to go on with Thumbtack is initial impressions. When he showed up for the estimate I was relieved to see it was a work van, not a compact car. The way he carried himself and the fluidity he measured the space and counted out the sheets in his head... it's dumb, but this had a value to me, hidden as it was. When he showed up the first day, he wasn't alone... 2 of his crew arrived as well... work trucks and vans.
There was no screwing around, they got right to work bringing platforms and power tools and incidentals inside. The rest is sort of a blur. I'm a 100% work from home knowledge worker and at no point in this entire process did I exit my home office and get the impression any of the dudes were apprentice level or slacking... this was a professional team of tradesmen. Fernando and his guys worked together on big items like hanging full sheets as if they'd practiced it for decades. If they weren't working together on something, when observed, they were doing the job in one of the 4 corners of my living space as if the entire job was their responsibility... fluid. (You know what I'm talking about when I use that word. It's the difference between the motions of a life-long smoker and someone who's never held a cigarette a day in their life... you know... fluid. You can just tell. Fernando and his team were... fluid.)
Now, I've been 3 months without walls and ceilings as you can see in the pics. This has been a largely DIY renovation sans sunken living room fill, and HVAC re-ducting. I'm solo DIY on this with several "I've never done that before" components and I. AM. EXHAUSTED, with no relief in sight. I cried uncle and just wanted to sub out the walls / ceiling even though I could probably (eventually in 6 months) do it myself.
I'll let the pictures speak for themselves, but here's a couple of things you should know...
° They corrected some rafter / truss blocking that I had put in place because I was just OVER trimming existing drywall to make room for new adjacent sheets. (I was practically sitting on the easy button at this point.) Fernando mentioned my haphazard blocking would not be good for summertime months. I had about 20, 2x4x8's and they cut and nailed several of them in place in the ceiling where they were needed. They probably didn't have to do this.
° I forgot to remove the floor trim on walls they'd be skimming, forgot to take down old curtain rods, and forgot to remove electrical cover plates, and I forgot to finish up the removal of old nails in framing and left-over popcorn on the existing ceiling. They did it all this and probably didn't have to.
° I showed him a hurried picture of the kind of texture I wanted from a quick search on my phone the day he showed up for the estimate. I didn't have to remind him on day 3 when it was time to do texture what I wanted. I love that I could just space this and know he paid attention.
° This one blows my mind... they actually left the living space cleaner than it was the day they showed up. I don't know if this is a function of the tape & texture work, or if they were going the extra mile. All I know is I can walk from one end of the space to the other and I couldn't before they got here.
All-in-all I could NOT be more pleased with the result (they're coming back for sanding on the ceiling) or tickled pink with the surprising professionalism and craftsmanship of Fernando and his team of pros. Sure, it's possible my bar for being impressed was artificially low because I was so tired of "working on my house", alone, that *any* competent help would be an improvement. But having this work done, competently, is exactly what I needed to get going again.
Fernando will be back when I do the laundry room and finish this cursed from the depths of he*l project and I'll be just as excited to have him here.
For what it's worth, here's a timelapse of Fernando and crew from blocking, through drywall, and the start of tape and texture. This was done on the first day. Pardon the bearded fat guy. youtu.be/wRixQefIVws
Note: I pre-purchased all drywall and lumber. Remember, I was planning to do all of this myself. Also... I asked him to skip over the wall containing the window. I still have work to complete.
Details: Complete installation of drywall for new construction • Addition of new interior wall • 3 rooms • Residential
Drywall Installation and Hanging
Naudia A.
May 2, 2024
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Hired on Thumbtack
Hired on Thumbtack
We had filled in an old built in at our new home. Texture matching is not in my skill set! Fernando did such an amazing job matching the orange peel texture in less than an hour! We are thrilled.
Details: Apply finishing • 1 room • Wall(s) • Residential
Drywall Repair and Texturing
Karen W.
Oct 7, 2024
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Hired on Thumbtack
Hired on Thumbtack
Job looks great
Details: Remove current drywall and install new drywall • Portion of one room • Apply texture finish • Residential
Drywall Installation and Hanging
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Fernando Zepeda