Innovative Builders & Design, Inc.

It has been great having Edgar Morales with Innovative Builders & Design to work on our master suite addition (bedroom + bathroom + 2 walking closets), kitchen and living room remodel and office addition in our house in Long Beach, for a 5-months long project. Edgar is very professional and responsive. He will always call you back as soon as possible if he sees a missed call from his client. He was always available with us including later afternoon on Saturdays and Sundays. Edgar works with your budget, is extremely approachable and always available if there are any questions/concerns. While working on our project and closely with Edgar, I noticed that he really does this job as of his passion (and not only to make money), and he invests his time as much as possible to follow the project and give his best input during each phase. Since the start, while doing interviews with multiple contractors, I have noticed Edgar’s technicality and skills. He offered me to visit some of his ongoing workplaces to observe his work. Other contractors we interviewed seemed more like salespeople. Some contractors just shut me a price after the first meeting without even wanting to provide me a breakdown of the price to understand how much each activity costs. Edgar delivered on his promises and during construction he provided great recommendations for the design of our project. Since the first meetings Edgar planned in detail the entire process. Edgar provided a detailed bid exhibiting each construction task, details of each task and quoted amount for each task. A payment plan was arranged over the bid he provided. The entire project did not exceed the quoted amount. During the initial phases and planning meetings, Edgar was able to provide a worst-case scenario quote in case we would have found “surprises” during demolition or during construction. This made us very comfortable because since the beginning we knew already some possible change order prices. No surprises happened during construction and all the process went as planned. We added more work to the original quote/plan since we were comfortable of Edgar’s work, reliability and expertise. Edgar’s team is knowledgeable, and they all have excellent craftsmanship. Edgar was able to pass all the City’s building inspections at first shot. I highly recommend him and definitely we will use him again for our next projects. I think Edgar will only need to give better coordination to his team during the final finishing phases when multiple workers are at the site working on different things. This will help speed up things. We couldn't be happier with our newly renovated house.

This was the third time we've worked with Edgar and his team of professionals. He led the team who rebuilt our family room, a project to repair and improve our laundry room and garage, and the latest - a kitchen / dining room remodel. This latest project required the removal of several walls and re-orientation of our appliances and front door! Edgar made a great plan and delivered on his promise to stay in budget and on-time. Not only is he a master contractor, he also has a keen eye for what looks good and what doesn't. I can't tell you how many compliments we've received about our new open floor plan. We could not ask for a more pleasant and professional contractor. He is always the one we will call!

Edgar promised my project in 3 months and it took 8 in 2019 (not 2020 as in the review). The crew began promptly and was there every day but many days only one person was working. Edgar would stop by occasionally but in all, only about 8 times during the whole project. I divided my project into 2 parts and in fact fired him after the main part was finished (the pictures included) and had his sub, Alex, finish the bedroom and bathroom. I had an architect/designer conceive and provide detailed plans for the entire remodel, but the cabinets he had made and sent over had to be redone several times and sat in my backyard for months. The counter tops were not cut correctly and the wrong size so the design was changed rather than recutting. Edgar hired an administrative manager, Ana, to collect payments from me because there seemed to be a problem with his paying his subs. Edgar is a very pleasant person but did not meet my expectations on this project. I hired Edgar on recommendation of a friend who required weekly project management meetings with him and would recommend same if you work with him.

Edgar and his guys were great!!! We got different bids prior to deciding to move forward with Edgar and don’t regret it one bit!! We wanted to take down an existing wall to create a more open floor plan and we got exactly what we wanted and then some! It was great to be able to bounce ideas and show him pictures of what I like and what I had in mind to create my dream kitchen! Edgar works with your budget, is extremely approachable and always available if there are any questions/concerns. He provided different floor plans from which we were able to pick and choose to create our ideal kitchen...the whole process was non stressful and very professional. We will be calling him back for additional projects!!

Edgar and employees at Innovative Builders & Design are so wonderful and easy to work with! Not only was the job done exactly how I pictured it, Edgar gave great suggestions and really worked with my budget. I interviewed three contractors before picking Edgar and his bid was the most detailed and also the most reasonable as far as pricing. The project stuck to the expected cost and timeline too. Edgar has great communication and was very proactive as far as letting me know what was going on, any issues, and giving me updates I didn’t have to “track him down” like I have had to do with other previous contractors. He was super easy to work with. Also, I was working the entire time of the project (renovated two bathrooms in about 4.5 weeks) and I left my condo open so the workers could do their job. Nothing was ever misplaced or harmed while I was gone-a natural concern since I wasn’t home 9 hours a day. All his employees were very trustworthy. I’m so in love with my bathrooms! Highly recommend Edgar and his team.

Edgar was wonderful to work with. I couldn't be happier with my new bathroom. The work was done on time and on budget. Edgar touched bases with me almost every day and I knew exactly what work would be done that day. His workers were great. Their work was excellent and they cleaned up every day before they left. Someone was at the house to work almost every day and the remodel went very smoothly.

Innovative Builders are amazing. This was a large custom kitchen remodeling project. Starting with a thorough kitchen remodeling quote to completing the job on schedule. Edgar is a contractor who is detailed and has his clients interested at heart. He offers beautiful inset door styles for all cabinetry needs. His crew is reliable and experts of their trade. This is the team to hire.

This review covers two projects that Innovative Builders have completed for us. Edgar's crews are prompt & flexible about working around our work schedules. The crews are very polite and considerate of our daily lives. At the end of each day they clean up and always asked if we needed anything else done. Most importantly the work was completed with excellent craftsmanship in the agreed upon time frame. We have already made plans to use Innovative Builders for two more remodeling projects in our home.

This is the best review I have ever written and I can’t say enough about how pleased I have been with the work completed by Edgar and his team. This was not and ordinary job and I was handling it from 200 miles away and I put all my trust in Edgar, he did an amazing job and I couldn’t be more pleased to recommend Edgar for any job you need done in a timely manner and professional crew. Thank you Edgar for everything you have done.

Edgar and his team did an excellent job and ON TIME with my home interior remodel and exterior refresh and painting. They were flexible with changes and worked to make sure every detail regarding the whole project and touch up was competed with accuracy in a timely manner.

ADU construction at Pasadena, referred to Innovative by a friend, even though didn't get the chance to work with Innovative, Edagar's patience and professionalism was reflected in the whole estimation and quotation process. Detailed estimates clearly reflected included and not included line items. Edgar is always responsive no matter workdays or weekends, polite and honest, very patient, would like to reach out to them again for next project, highly recommend!

Price: $78,600 Description of Work contracted for: Small bungalow style 1375 sq ft home. complete remodel Kitchen, laundry room , bathroom, complete rewire of home with new electrical panel, all new Windows, new exterior and interior doors , and baseboards, paint interior. Start date :3/1/17 estimate to complete job :10-12 weeks Finish date ---Not finished as of 2/27/18! I hired Edgar based on recommendations from a family member , a friend and Houzz reviews. Breach of contract. Later signs indicating likely Mismanagement of funds despite being paid on time and in full. No one showed up for weeks at a time. Toilet facilities removed , never replaced. Promises to move me back in delayed beyond Thanksgiving 2017. Subs not showing up as promised , lack of foreman and daily oversight of subs, poor tile installation of $48/sq ft Thassos tile , never corrected as promised , claw foot tub plumbing still not completed, poor kitchen tile installation had to correct overfills, shoddy plumbing and electrical work had to be redone. One year later at this point still no threshold between new kitchen floor / bathroom floor and existing hardwood floor. No laundry bifold doors as promised. Claw foot tub plumbing not done.Have had to resort to hiring contractors on my own additional funds to try to get my home completed. Yard left a mess. Had to resort to dumping junk on my own. Need final inspector to pass this home! To date I'm still getting promises that Edgar will complete this Job . Really a shame design is beautiful - but simply is unfinished! Thus I must write this long overdue review as a very disrespected and disappointed client .