Edward’s Woodworking and Repairs

Edward and his team have worked efficiently and professionally on my preschool over this summer. Communication is always very easy. He is helpful and honest and trustworthy. I would recommend him and would have him do more work for me in the future.

This is the first time I have left a public review about Edward Isom and his business but I would not hire him again. Some of the work he did was ok but he showed very poor judgment several times. There were many issues, but I will only mention the more serious ones. The most egregious was him bringing a FELON into our home as a helper who later (1 26 21), with the participation of at least 3 other criminals, scoped out our house, waited til my husband left (he was on medical leave from surgery), then he and his buddy pranced right in (while I was home) and helped themselves to our property that he had apparently been eyeballing each time he came inside. I had vetted Edward, saw he had an arrest from years ago but knew NOTHING about the guy he brought over and would NEVER have had him on the property if I'd seen his extensive record for "aggravated robbery," "burglary of a habitation," "burglary of a vehicle," "theft," drug possession and after he robbed us, "engaging in organized criminal activity" and "burglary of a habitation" were added to his record. At least one of them smoked pot on our property. Do what you want at your place; don't knowingly break the law on mine. The first job was putting more insulation in our attic. Even though he'd already been up there and knew the layout, he promptly stepped right through the attic floor and through the ceiling, making a big hole in the sheetrock - and a mess. He was replacing some lumber and siding outside and my husband went to talk to him and found him putting in a large piece of lumber the wrong way and he had to change it. Multiple problems with the screen door he installed. It has a glass panel you can raise and it has come out several times when we've tried to open or close it. Now we don't bother trying to open it and that was the reason for a screen door in the first place. The door is not straight in the frame and does not close properly, it leaves a gap and he had initially put in a piece backward on the door closing mechanism. Unless he wanted to collect payment, most of the time when he finished, he left without letting me know and I always had a question or wanted to discuss either the work done that day or what was coming up next. Some receipts I requested were never given to me. He is also a constant smoker (but not inside) so if the smell of it on someone and their clothing bothers you, then fyi. There were other bothersome things but these projects were not very involved or complicated. There should have been NO issues. It took us a VERY long time to get the guts to trust someone to work in our home. Now we're back to letting things stay in disrepair rather than risk something like this again.

Edward has done quality remodeling on my house. He has built quality cabinets, redone the floors. He has always been on time and takes pride in his work.