Acme Builders

Lisa Fernandez _{on Google}

Jun 3rd, 2020

I have to say - both my husband and myself were skeptical about taking on necessary renovations that we needed to our home during COVID 19. Honestly, we didn't really have a choice though...it *had* to be done. Global pandemic or not, I'd hire Paul and his team over and over and over again, they are that good.
I loved that he was able to map out the littlest of details - down to which shifts of workers would be on the job site - to facilitate contact tracing if needed, and to limit my family/his workers exposure.
Although our renovation was absolutely necessary, I'm glad we made the choice to go with Paul and his team. In uncertain times, they gave us peace of mind AND a top notch reno. Thanks Paul!!! I owe you and your crew my famous coq au vin as a thank you, lol!!!

kitty mak _{on Google}

Apr 28th, 2017

Over the years I consistently come back to hiring Paul to work on my vintage home in Piedmont, California. As always the work is done quickly and the quality is excellent. Paul is extremely knowledgeable about so many aspects of building and renovating and is also very creative . His crew is super polite and a pleasure to work with. Highly recommended !

Lou Prestia _{on Google}

Jun 19th, 2019

Paul and the team at Acme did a major remodel of my house including kitchen, adding a deck, and adding one and a half baths. The results are stunning.
From the start, they were very professional in preparing a bid and getting down to all the details about what would be required and what the costs would be. Their bid was not the lowest, but it was by far the most detailed which gave me confidence that they could finish the project on budget.
When the team came to get started I was also impressed with their professionalism. They work as a great team. The initial demo work was done quickly and when they started framing we were pleased to see that they were very detail oriented in both this phase and in all the subsequent phases of the project.
Of course there were challenges in the project including identification of termite damage we needed to repair and repeated delivery of kitchen cabinets with the wrong dimensions from our SF kitchen finishing vendor who shall remain unnamed.
In summary, the work done by the Acme team was top notch and we could not be more pleased with the results. I would recommend them very highly for any construction project or especially for remodel of a classic craftsman or other architectural gem of a property.

John Stirton _{on Google}

Feb 21st, 2018

My wife and I had Paul do a remodel for our newly purchased, older home. We hired Paul with Acme Builders after interviewing several contractors. He seemed to have the most suggestions and was most responsive to our thoughts about remodeling. Paul’s suggestions as to how to make the remodel even better for utilizing space, connections for appliances, lighting, etc. were extremely helpful. Our home had a strange layout and needed improvement, especially since there had been amateur additions to the house, including a bathroom and bedroom that required walking through a laundry room to enter. Paul’s company created a new hallway from the dining room to the master bedroom and adjoining bathroom. He knew that I did drafting and worked with me to finalize our drawings and get permits with the City of Oakland. Paul provided us with a spreadsheet for the estimates, which was very comprehensive. The remodel took a number of weeks, however, we were informed of each step along the way and it went very well. We were able to block off part of the house where the work was done, so we were not completely inconvenienced. As it turned out, there had been a lot of substandard work done previously and we were able to correct the defects. Paul had a designer and subcontractors do work on the bathroom remodel, which turned out exceptionally well, especially the tile work. What’s more, the style of the original house was preserved throughout the remodel, so it blends in with the original house, correcting all the shabby work that had been done previously. All told, we were very satisfied with the work and pleased with how the remodeling of our home worked out.