Home Pros Kitchen & Bath, Inc.

We are so thankful we chose Jim Dawkins with Home Pros to complete our kitchen and living room remodel! From start to finish, Jim did an amazing job. He met with us multiple times to discuss our vision and he spent a lot of time with us drawing up ours plans. Once we signed off to start our project, the remodel work started right away. Jim was at our house daily, his team was there and ready to work at 7:30 am every day, and we saw great progress each day. Jim was open to our new ideas along the way and when we wanted to make changes, he was patient and accommodated our requests. His 25+ years in the industry came in handy when we had tough decisions to make and he always gave us his advice but the final decision was always ours. His pricing was clear and calculated, and our payment plan remained consistent throughout the project. Jim helped us decide on our cabinets, backsplash, granite, he installed a 72 inch linear fireplace and custom built in TV, added ledger stone to multiple walls in our house, and installed a huge copper hood plus a 10 foot island in our kitchen. Jim also installed a La Cantina accordion slider door which we were very nervous about…but Jim made it super easy because of his experience doing this type of door in the past. Jim also helped us hide the bathroom in our kitchen with a faux cabinet door that is custom made and a highlight of our kitchen. Everyone on Jim’s team is trusted and kind, all of his vendors are top quality and we were always impressed with their work. Jim was also extremely responsive to all our questions by either text or phone, and he’d respond within an hour or two. We cannot say enough great things about Jim Dawkins and his team at Home Pros…we highly recommend them for any of your projects and we are excited to use Home Pros again for our next remodel project.

I have used Home Pros for several remodels, a bathroom, laundry room, kitchen and family room. I have also recommended this company to family and friends. I have had the most positive experience with Mr. Dawkins. When I was anticipating a kitchen remodel I interviewed several companies, received ideas and estimates and Home Pros stood head and shoulders above the rest. Their experience and integrity were quickly apparent. I described to Mr. Dawkins my love of 50’s era things, my love of shelves and drawers, and my kitchen turned out breathtaking, down to the black and white checkered tiles, the bank of 15 little drawers with card catalogue findings, Crome lined quarter round shelves throughout and a genuine Naugahyde booth. Feels like a time warp back to the fifties! When people see the kitchen they are in awe. 7 years later I still love it. One kitchen designer, when asked how involved it would be to convert our fireplace to gas quoted 7,000 dollars to remove the mantle, install the gas fireplace, then rebuild the fireplace. When I shared with Mr. Dawkins why I didn’t want to put out that kind of money for the gas fireplace, he looked at me sort of confused, and said it would only cost 600. Dollars to run a line and modify the existing firebox. I love my gas fireplace! As we were turning what was a galley kitchen into a great room by removing a wall, we decided to add onto the project with cabinets in the family room. He was flexible with modifications along the way. He even showed up one Sunday morning with a catalogue to show me these tiny drawers he thought I’d like (thus my bank of 15 tiny drawers). When my husband became disabled and we needed to convert the tub into a shower, he was able to accommodate this in a timely manner. He always had a good eye on checking the work of his subs, when he was unhappy with the shower window sill, he had the sub redo it. I always had confidence in the work quality. When we needed a stair-lifter we called Mr. Dawkins. He was clear it was not in his wheelhouse and told us so. He always knew what he could and could not do. He always kept up updated on possible costs; for instance when he talked about taking down a wall in the kitchen, he warned is that one never knew what may be in the wall. Sure enough when the pipes were discovered, we were not surprised and he had them rerouted. And we were forewarned about the possible extra cost. No surprises. Being thrifty, I wanted to reuse any cabinets removed from the kitchen to our garage. He built a beautiful bank of cabinets in garage and also repurposed a couple of other cabinets throughout the house. For that he charged a mere 150. Dollars, simply the price he paid his worker. I cannot say enough positive about this company. We love Home Pros and I’d happily show off my kitchen to anyone interested. It is truly a masterpiece, because of his talent, ability to listen, and his integrity.

We hired Jim to remodel our kitchen, half bathroom, laundry and family room. The overall experience was great. Jim is a very nice and pleasant person to work with. He is up front with his cost by itemizing each item in a spreadsheet. Jim pays attention to details and it shows in the finished product. If things were not done to my liking, Jim didn’t hesitate to fix it. I would definitely hire Jim to do future work in my house.

I would personally not recommend to hire this Business due to a horrible experience that am going through (more details added). However if you do plan to hire him (its a 1 person company) and especially if you are doing construction for first time then follow this steps. 1) He is a single person company so he sub contracts everything. 2) *PLEASE* get his contract reviewed by an attorney *before* signing anything. Take proper legal advice from Attorney to protect yourself. 4) Don't let him include finished materials in his project cost. Pay for your own material , you can get from the same place he gets, but just keep it separate, you can also get contractor's discount, he should do it for you. 5) Get a list of all sub-contractors, pay the sub contractors directly with check. I did a major kitchen remodel with this Business. Once construction started, a major change order of $6600 was given. The work should have been part of the original scope and agreed amount. After an ugly argument I discontinued with them (leaving the current state of kitchen in attached photo). The Business has now filed a Mechanics Lien of $65000 (Original amount of project) which is illegal, but now I have to fight in court or else my house could be foreclosed. I request potential customers to do extensive research in case you plan to hire him. I find this Business follows shady tactics and bullies its customers, especially inexperienced homeowners who are unaware of construction laws.

Second review for HomePros and Jim! Go to my first post for full details of our experience with Jim. Everything I said there still rings 100% true. In my previous post, I mentioned my wife and I were already planning our last bathroom remodel with Jim! We kept our word and were excited to work with Jim and his team again. As of now, Jim has now remodeled every inch of our home and we couldn’t be happier. Our last bathroom turned out amazing! THANK YOU JIM!!

You wouldn't believe how quickly our large addition project was completed! Our neighbors are amazed. Jim has gone the extra mile on so many aspects of our house, from replacing all the posts in our fence free of charge to replacing our neighbor;s grass strip in the driveway and several things in between as well. We had no unexpected charges from Jim, nor did the little things take nagging to get done at the end of the project. Also his bid was competitive. I feel lucky to have stumbled across him as a contractor.

I used Home Pros for a kitchen and copy room re-model at my workplace. We had a flood in our kitchen that required us to replace a kitchen used daily by 50+ people in our office so time was definitely of the essence. Jim was able to fit us into his schedule and was a pleasure to work with from initial design to finishing details. He and his crew showed up when they said they would and knocked out the job in just a couple of weeks. Everyone in the office is amazed at how beautiful it turned out! I highly recommend these guys.

Excellent work, very creative and very knowledgeable. Jim at Home Pros has done three major projects in the past ten years. Finished product always receives multiple compliments, etc. we would of course use his services again and intend to do so within the coming year for a significant master bathroom remodeling.

Jim Dawkins of Homepros has done extensive remodeling in our home over several years. I have been very pleased with every job he has done including an outstanding kitchen, bathrooms, updating the fireplace, etc.. He is personally very creative, and he has the right workers for each phase of the work being done. The price I put is for several jobs done one several years

Homepros is a reputable company. They are reliable, very detail oriented and designed/built the kitchen of our dreams. We Would definitely recommend them.