A-1 PAM Home Remodeling, Inc.

A-1 PAM did excellent work and were a pleasure to work with from beginning to end. This was our first construction project, and they walked us through each step, letting us know what we needed to do at each stage to keep the project moving forward. They were resourceful, efficient, well organized, extremely responsive, attentive to a few minor punch list items after the fact, and overall excellent partners for our project. We love our. new basement bathroom and would choose them again for future construction needs!

This was our second remodeling project with Greg and A-1 PAM. Everyone we had contact with was courteous and professional. Greg was responsive throughout the entire process. He also brought great ideas to our remodeling project. The vendors he works with for the cabinets, countertops, and flooring are just as good and their coordination was flawless. Peter was the lead on our project and we can not say enough about his work ethic, attention to detail, and kindness. He worked Monday thru Friday until the project was done. He arrived and departed when he said he would and answered any questions we had throughout the project. We absolutely love our kitchen and will use A-1 PAM again in the future.

I highly recommend A-1 PAM for anyone's remodeling project. A-1 PAM provides quality consultation, professional service and exceptional work -- a fantastic end product. We initially engaged A-1 PAM based on my niece's suggestion and seeing how fantastic her renovated kitchen was. We decided to engage them for two-bathroom projects --- last year and this past month. Both bathrooms were completely redone with the second bathroom having a bathtub removed and curbless shower added. The initial meeting is thorough where Greg listened to what we wanted and provided possible options and ideas to better enhance the end product. They assist with finding vendors that they know will not only have a wide choice of selections but are reliable to have the items delivered seamlessly. Our team for both projects were Andy and Adam --- they were personable, experienced, reliable and no detail was overlooked. The timetable that we discussed was adhered to and there were no surprises to the price. It was refreshing to see how a great contractor could bring a project to you --- timely, efficiently, within the budget and with all details finished within with timetable. Total professionalism.

Choose this company on a neighbor’s recommendation. Outstanding refresh of main floor (skim and paint plaster walls) and updating an unused room. Excellent communication. Great workers, and kind too! On time and on budget. Do not hesitate to contact them. I know I will be!

Home renovation project(s) were delivered on-time, on budget and finished job exceeded our expectations. If I could give 6-Stars I would. Scope of work: My wife and I wanted to relocate our 1st floor washer/dryer to a 2nd floor closet (with no electrical, no gas, no water, no exhaust) and build a new wet bar from scratch on our 1st floor. So not your standard cookie cutter kitchen and bath renovation project. We interviewed a half dozen GC's on the North Shore, some higher end, some lower end and then found Greg / A-1 PAM through a neighbor referral, actually, two neighbor's highly recommended Greg to us. Greg and his Team ran a perfect home renovation project from the initial consultation to project completely (4 weeks start to finish). What my wife and I loved most about Greg and Team was: - Greg's Crew (namely Peter who is the best) showed up everyday at 8am and worked the entire day like clockwork. Dependable. - Peter's attention to detail was incredible, no sloppy work and everything was professionally done. - We couldn't believe how clean Peter kept his workspace during and at the end of each day (note, our family lived in the home throughout the entire renovation. - Finally, my concern going into our home renovation projects were unanticipated costs surfacing mid project because the GC didn't thoroughly scope the project on the front end. NOT the case with Greg and A1 PAM, project came in to the penny from his original estimate. Greg and Team, thank you again for all your amazing work and can't wait to tackle our next project together soon my friend!

Thank you, A1-PAM! We love our new bathroom and are so pleased with the two bedrooms. Before moving into our new flat, we knew we needed a second full bathroom. Greg worked with us from the very beginning to make it happen. Due to circumstances, we ended up remodeling during the pandemic and we were living in Michigan at the time. This project was for work on both units in our family Two Flat building. It included creating new bathrooms and remodeling two bedrooms in each unit, and changing out the half bath to a storage area in one unit and to a laundry room in another. There was so much more to this project: new wiring, ducts, lighting, outlets, new walls and closets, plumbing, insulation, removing windows and masonry work. Greg's quote was very thorough and detailed. Greg and Joanna were always available to answer my many questions. Rafal and the crew were professional, arrived on time and started working. They did their best to work as quietly and efficiently as possible because some family members were working from home. I am so thankful the crew cleaned up before leaving each day. This was our first remodel and thanks to the A1-PAM team our new bathroom is beautiful. Rafal's tile work is wonderful. The bedrooms are lovely with their newly refinished floors. I highly recommend A1-PAM. They did a great job!

A-1 PAM did a marvelous job remodeling my bathroom. I highly recommend them. Communications with them was precise from start to finish, Whenever I reached out to them, their response was immediate. They were totally professional from start to finish. All agreements were kept. The quality of work was excellent. I couldn’t have asked for a better result. Four Stars, A++ all the way. It was a pleasure to have A-1 PAM doing the job.

First off, let me say that we are VERY, VERY HAPPY w A1-Pam and our project. One of the reasons we selected A1-Pam was because of the many reviews I read that indicated that they’d use A1-Pam again. To me, that is the highest of praise, and I can honestly say that we will use them again. The project was a kitchen “facelift” – major electrical and drywall, new countertops, painting everything, new appliances, minor plumbing, and some other miscellaneous tasks. (We are also in the process of spray painting our cabinets w another contractor that Greg from A1-Pam had used in the past and that also went well.) Our team leader Andy went above and beyond. He was very eager to be sure that the job was done how WE wanted it, very communicative, prompt, friendly, meticulous and hard working. We both truly appreciated that he would be on site each and every day and would make sure that things were done correctly, and we really appreciated having one person we could trust in our home. Greg was great to work w from the start and made sure things were done correctly. He and Joanna did a good job communicating everything to us. We have done many home renovation projects in the past and this was a really good experience. I highly recommend.

A-1 PAM was excellent for our kitchen renovation. Greg handled our bid. Scheduling was easy, and the discussion about our plan was efficient. We explained what we needed out of the project, and proposed some additional things we'd like if the budget allowed. Greg was upfront about which of those items were workable, and for those that were, he was upfront about the associated costs. For those that were expensive, he suggested lower-cost alternatives for us to consider. Everything we needed went into the bid, and he was patient with clarifying questions on the bid so we could be sure we were comparing equally across all the bids we sought. He was also patient with the various questions we had as we pre-ordered building materials, finishes, etc. so we could be sure everything would work with the project plan, and worked with the vendors as needed to eliminate confusion. When we signed the contract, he was clear about the timeline for starting and what things might delay the start; nonetheless, they started on the exact date they indicated. The lead on the project was Andy, who was absolutely fantastic. He was always prompt and polite, and kept the site as clean as possible given the material that needed to be removed. He immediately shared any problems that arose due to choices made in prior kitchen projects (including from up to 100 years ago), and was patient in waiting for responses. He and his team move incredibly quickly on demo, including handling a particularly difficult floor removal. He communicated clearly about what stages the project would move in for install, and stuck to that schedule. When we requested minor (no-cost) adjustments from what he had expected based on the plan, he was receptive to the ideas and honest about their feasibility. His work was extremely high quality. All told, A-1 PAM completed the ~250 square foot kitchen renovation, from demo to finish, in four weeks. We absolutely LOVE the new kitchen. Barring something extremely unexpected, we would hope to work with A-1 PAM on any other house projects we contract out in the future.

A-1 redid my kitchen. Here's what you need to know: I live in a 98-year old midrise in East Lakeview. Getting repairs or construction work done here is always a bear and generally twice as expensive as you expect it to be (Don't ask me what it took and what it cost to replace an interior front door). The kitchen was previously remodeled about 20 years ago by what had to be the cheapest handyman service every. Nothing looked or worked right. Heck, even the sink drain didn't slope towards the drain, so I was forced to snake my own kitchen drain every six months. Greg, Andy and Joanne did a great job for us. They provided detailed blueprints and plans, they walked us through the entire process, telling us what they would need and when. They told us to expect the job to take three weeks. It took exactly three weeks. The price they quoted us is what we paid. We made minor scope additions, and those got added in, but it was clear that those were scope changes we requested. All in all, I felt like these folks treated our kitchen like their own instead of "some job." We highly recommend.

We have now used A-1 Pam for two remodel projects at our Evanston home. The first was a major project which involved opening up walls, removing an entire chimney, and completely renovating nearly the entire first floor of our house, including a new kitchen, new floors, HVAC additions, electric and plumbing re-routes, etc... The second project was about a year later when we had a leak in our shower. A-1 Pam came in and demo'd and rebuilt the entire shower. Plain and simple, they are excellent. When I interviewed 8 contractors for our major project, Greg (the owner) was the ONLY contractor who came in and had ideas. He was never simply a 'yes' man who presented a proposal but rather someone who listened to our hopes, spent time with us, and very often responded with "I hear your ideas, but we can also achieve something very similar by doing 'X' - which will save you much more on costs." And sure enough, he was right. His bids were always very reasonable, and he is an absolute collaborator. His workmen are PHENOMENAL. They always arrived on time, answered any questions I had, cleaned up impeccably daily, and went far and beyond with their level of workmanship. We love what they have done to our home and would not hesitate to recommend them for a moment. They are our go-to contractor, and we will be using them yet again in the near future.

We were very happy with the work A1 PAM did for us. We had a major kitchen remodel as well as doing all the floors on the first floor and redoing our family room. The job was done in a very professional manner and I can recommend them with confidence. We will be using them again for our next project.