Trades of the Triangle — Local services in Hillsborough

We hired this company based on their good reviews. After the way we have been treated, the good reviews baffle us. They seem to have a revolving door of employees who had a habit of littering our yard with drink bottles, cigarette butts, empty cigarette packs, and large piles of dried putty, not to mention lots of unused lumber and our old ceramic sink. We bought all the new sinks, fixtures, etc for this project ourselves. They used a different sink in our mud room, one so small as to be useless. The owner of the company tried to tell us the sink we bought was too big, despite the fact that is was exactly the same size as the old one. We insisted he replace it, and lo and behold, it fit. He told me we would not be charged for the new formica, because their supplier had messed up the order so many times they got it for free in the end. But, he charged us full price for the formica anyway. They left the job unfinished, and I still have towel rings and toilet paper holders to install myself as a result. They did shoddy plumbing work, and when we pointed out the leak in a pipe joint, the owner told me that my wife or I must have knocked it loose after they left. If you ever question anything the owner of this company does, he will argue with you and refuse to admit he is wrong. We received the bill this Monday, and since the price of the parts was more than 10% higher than the estimate, we requested an itemized bill for parts. This caused the owner of the company to lash out at my wife via email. We were told we had until this Saturday to pay the bill. Today is Thursday and my wife received a call from a lien company notifying us that a lien has already been taken out on our house. This is FOUR DAYS after receiving the bill in the first place, and before the supposed (in my opinion unreasonable in the first place) deadline for payment. Do yourself a huge favor, and avoid this company like the plague. I would give them zero stars, but apparently that is not an available option. My wife and I have a history of getting along famously with workers who come to our home. We have given previous crews gifts of farm fresh eggs, as well as our pasture-raised chicken from our freezer. We always treat people who work for a living with respect, and we expect the same in return. We did not receive that from Trades of...

Alexander and his work crew have done major construction jobs inside and outside of our house over the past four years. The biggest was the expansion and renovation of our kitchen and the replacement of three of our outside decks. Another most challenging project was replacing and rebuilding the footers to an addition to our house that had been poorly constructed by someone else almost 30 years ago. Alexander is scheduled this Spring to do more work on two of our bathrooms and sealing of 3 of our new decks that he constructed. Alexander's work is superior in all ways: fair pricing, attention to detail, daily thorough cleanup , quick responsiveness to any and all questions, extensive knowledge and experience for any and all types of interior and exterior repair and construction jobs, courteous and thoughtful client relationship. Trades of the Triangle gets our 5-star seal of approval and unequivocal...

We have used Trades of the Triangle for several jobs, including mounting and hiding the wiring for a flat panel TV over the fireplace, installing ceiling lights, installing a home theater screen and hiding the speaker wires, installing a large chandelier from a high ceiling, repairing an outdoor entry light located about 25 feet above, removing part of a soffit to receive a large china cabinet, and other jobs. In each case, we received an estimate in advance explaining the work to be done, and it was done on time and on budget. Care was taken each time to make sure the work complied with all codes. The work was well done, and the costs were always reasonable. We highly recommend Trades of the Triangle to...