My husband and I purchased a older house in Oakville Ont to gut and make it a home. My husband has done most of the work himself but understands when to take a back seat and let a professional step in and help. This is where Kurtis and Luke at Madikade Construction came to the rescue!!
My husband gutted the house and has put everything back in order up to the mudding and taping of the drywall. This is where we ran into a problem. The house is all plaster, even the crown moulding so once he started pulling walls down it is hard to find a stopping point because everything cracked or crumbled down around him. There were a couple of areas where he left the plaster in place but the new drywall butting up against the old plaster was a mess and he had no idea how to fix it. There were joints where old met new that was out about 3/4 to 1 inch. My husband started waving the white flag and turned to Handy Canadian to see if he could get some help. Not having any experience mudding or taping drywall or fixing this new drywall to old plaster mess any advice would help. My husband posted the job on Handy Canadian. We had a couple of people come out to the house to give us a quote. Majority of people said that we needed to rip down the old plaster and drywall the areas we left. We said we didn't want to do that because there was nothing wrong with the plaster walls that we left up and the contractors almost doubled the price of the original quote. This happened 3 times.
Frustrated with the cost and advice from these so called contractors that couldn't even supply a couple of references, my husband setup one last appointment with Madikade Construction.
What a breath of fresh air !!! Kurtis call my husband @ about 3:00 p.m on a Tuesday and was at the house about 1 hour later.
Kurtis showed up right on time . He took a look around and measured up the project in no time. He gave my husband solid advice on different ways he could of hung the drywall to minimize some of the joints, but all and all he said a job well done for a DIY'er. Kurtis looked at the transitions points from the drywall to plaster and with no hesitation said " No problem, that's nothing" we started laughing because every other person said it was a huge issue. Kurtis said that his right hand man Luke has been dry walling for over 30 years and could fix these joints in his sleep. Kurtis called my husband that night to give him a quote, it was a lot better then what others quoted and said Luke could start 7:00 am the next morning!!
We thought we were dreaming. Kurtis gave us his insurance info and 3 references to call that night.
Luke showed up @ 6;45 a.m the next morning and start working right away. We could not believe how fast and efficient this was all taking place. Luke would put in full days and once it was time to head out he would clean the entire space so we didn't have to sit in drywall dust or plaster at night.
If this wasn't enough to our surprise Kurtis would show up in the evening to see the progress and see if we had any question.
We couldn't ask for a more professional team to deal with.
Luke worked his magic and amazed us on how smooth and flat all the joints turned out. This guy is truly amazing at what he does.
On the last day Luke was there he told us he would be back after we primed all the walls just to give it a once over and make sure everything was perfect.
Later that night we got a knock on the door and a guy named Austin that works for Madikade Construction said he was there to give the house a good cleaning and get rid of any extra dust. My husband looked at him like he was joking !!! Again we were amazed at how much pride Madikade Construction takes in making their customers happy.
Luke and Kurtis both came back to see if everything met my husbands standards after the walls were primed. They didn't have to do any touch-ups because they did a perfect job.
Luke, Kurtis and Austin are the most friendly hard working guys that we have done business with. The best part of the whole process is that Kurtis and his team came through on every promise they made and even more. They were the best priced, professional and most of all honest.
Thanks again Madikade Construction for helping us transform just a home in to our dream home.
Kurtis Soulier
156 Julian Avenue,
Hamilton, ON L8H 5R9 
Within 200 KM's of Hamilton
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