Residents’ Ratings of Businesses and Services
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| Business/Service | Service provided | Business Name | Comment | Rating | Recommended by |
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| Pet Sitters | Pet sitting | Tami Donnelly | I HIGHLY recommend her... she took good care of my babies over the weekend, and was very reasonable. I felt very comfortable about her having access to my home. Much better option than a pet hotel... I think the pets are more comfortable in their own environment | 10 | Nancy Siler |
| House Washing/Painting | Painting | Steve Dunaway - All Colors Painting | Steve recently pressure washed the entire house, porch, screen enclosure, and fence. He also repainted the baseboards, retouched the walls, repaired some rust on the exterior doors, repainted the shutters, and repainted the pool deck and garage floor. Everything looks great and was done on time and for a very reasonable price! Comments | 10 | Dave DeLonga |
Health and Beauty | Nail/Spa | T & L Nail Spa 10437 Sorrento Rd Suite #202 Pensacola, FL 32507 (850)458-6869 www.tnlnailspa.com/ | Great Full Service Spa, Friendly Staff, Reasonable Prices, Very Relaxing. Owners are there every day and take a personal interest in the quality of their services. | 10 | Gail Henry |
Lawn Care | Lawn fertilizing | TruGreen 8810 B Grow Dr Pensacola, FL 32514 850-477-3257 | I have called several times in the last four weeks to have my weed problem taken care of. No one has come out yet.The weeds are taking over my front yard. I'm forced to find another lawn weed/fertilize and insect care company. I have used TruGreen for two years. This is the first summer that they really are not taking care of my yard. Very Very dissatified. | 1 | Kim and Russ Brungraber |
Auto Paiinting | General Repair, Collision, Used Car Sales | Pine Forest Automotive 6809 Pine Forest Road 850-944-4759 | Repaired and repainted some damage to my car. First class workmanship. Very courteous and professional. Detailed and ready to go as promised. Highly recommended. | 10 | Apryl Preston |
Furniture Repair | Furniture stripping and refinishing | The Strip Joint John 1761 Kell Road Gulf Breeze 324-8972 | He was to glue & refinish my Grandfathers couch and did a terrible job which now has to be redone by another person at my expense. He does not stand behind his work! | 2 | Bill Sloan |
| Lawn Care | Lawn care and landscaping | Edwin's Lawn Care Edwin Cheatham (850) 341-0019 | He redid my front yard at 9855 Rail Circle, almost as it was in 2004 when I bought the house. The Florida plants had taken over since then. His prices are reasonable, and he is dependable. | 10 | Lana Barker |
| Electric | Freelance Electrical work | Tiff Clark (850) 207-1976 | Dependable, trustworthy and did excellent work | 10 | Lorraine & Greg Bracher |
| Painting | Commercial and Residential Painting | Joseph Betsy Painting Joseph Betsy (850) 433-5356 3080 Newton Drive, Pensacola, 32503 | Dependable, trustworthy and did excellent work. | 10 | Lorraine & Greg Bracher |
| Concrete Design | Stamped overlays,texturing, etching | Neil Brown (850) 872-4887 www.architectural concretedesignsllc.com | Did what he said when they said. Great prep work and attention to detail. Kept me informed every step of the way. Owner does the work, great job! Resurfaced my porch. | 10 | Janet Puskar |
| Massage Therapist | Licensed Massage Therapist MA64435 | Julie Sloan (850) 536-9878 | Home visits, Excellent, Aolways in Heron's Forest on Sundays | 10 | Bill Sloan |
| Carpet/Tile Cleaning | Full-service company specializing in cleaning of carpet, tile, grout, and upholstery | Liberty Carpet and Tile Cleaning Josh Sherfinski (850) 602-2359 libertycarpet1@hotmail.com | He did a fantastic job at a very fair price. I recommend him wholeheartedly. | 10 | Tom Barth |
| Landscape, Hardscape, Irrigation | Full-service company specializing in irrigation, landscape installation and maintenance, hardscapes, landscape lighting and outdoor living spaces. | Wallace Sprinkler & Irrigation Victor Wallace (850) 434-1199 | Full service, NOT! We've been trying for the past 5 months to get them to correct damage to pavers and deck jets from the paver replace3ment job on our pool. Non-responsive to phone calls and certified letters. | 4 | Curt & Apryl Preston |
| Pool Construction | Handles all the myriad details involved with construction a pool or spa whether it is a simple swimming pool or a large complex pool & spa--from inception and design to permits. | Chad Parker Pools Chad Parker (850) 478-0777 | Champagne price3 for stale beer results. Alsmost satisfactory; after 3 years of Chad not correction a severe paver deck problem, we had to pay another contractor to remove the deck and re-install it properly. | 4 | Curt & Apryl Preston |
| Appliance repair | Fixes microwaves, refrigerators, freezers, disposals, etc. | Foster's Appliance & TV Repair Bill Cumbie (850) 432-8853 | Responds quickly, does a great job at a ve3ry fair price. Restored our irreplaceable convection/microwave oven to new condition. Excellent job! Excellent price, highly professional, knowledgeable and courteous! | 10 | Curt & Apryl Preston |
| Screen Enclosure | Install and repair screen rooms, pool enclosures, concrete | Eugene 'John' Eister Office: 453-6364 Cell: 206-9952 | Exceptional service and very reliable. Consistelyly kept his word and always took time to discuss any concerns or questions | 10 | Tracy & Bea Skipton |
| Window Washing | Window Washing | Window King Chris McElveen (850) 554-3337, 397-6700 windowKing13@bellsouth.net | Just did our windows. Did a good job. | 10 | Jo Hammond |
| Landscaping | Landscaping, yard care | Advanced Landscaping Mike Overman 850-292-2952 | Does almost all my neighbors yeards. He has been aroud for years and has always been reliable and honest | 10 | Laurie Joyce |
| Sprinkler Repair | Sprinkler installation, adjustment, and repair | B&H Panhandle Irrigation Service, LLC Howard Patrick 850 968-2022 | Great experience with this man's work ethic. Did a great job--very conscientious | 10 | Lynne Tobin |
| Sprinkler Repair | Sprinkler installation, adjustment, and repair | Rainfall, Inc. Bill Rolopf 850 712-8440 www.rainfallinc.com | 30+ years experience. Did an excellent job was fast, friendly and very reasonable. I highly recommend him and he is close. | 10 | Bill Sloan |
| Dryer Vent Cleaning | Clean dryer vents | Pandle Dryer Vent Cleaning Norm Bleau 850 712-5275 | Exceptional service and value. Very thorough, made sure the job was done right! Lives locally. Fast service. Came out same day I called. | 10 | Kris & Gail Perry |
| Tree Service | Trimming to complete removal. Crane work, bucket truck, Bobcat, dump truck | A Cut Above David Bradford, Certified Arborist 850 232-6061 www.acutabovetreecarepensacola.com | Neat and professional; did a great job. Showed us that we could keep our large live oak by prudent trimming rather than taking it down. | 10 | Curt & Apryl |
| Water Leak Detection | Water Leak Detection & Pool Repair,Concealed leaks, slab, wall, etc. | H2O Leak Dection and Pool Repair Mike Miller 866 961-5590 | Fast and effiecient and did a great job. Found/fixed several leaks in our span that the builder had failed to locate. | 10 | Curt & Apryl |
| Well Drilling | Well service | Meyers Pump and Well, Inc. 478-7410/261-1469 cell | Fast and efficient and did a great job. Charged $10 a foot and that included everything | 10 | Bill Sloan |
| Stump Grinding | Stump Grinding | A A Stump Grinding 850 477-4491 aastumpgringing.com | Highly recommended, prompt, responsive, professional, great communication, and great customer service. | 10 | Apryl, Sue |
| Granite | Granite and Installation | Superior Granite 941-0270 | They are the real pros at what they do and with the best selection of granite we've ever seen. We looked for over a year in FL and AL. Beautiful job and reasonable prices. | 10 | Ann Marie Sloan |
| Plumbing | All phases of plumbing | Bayfront Plumbing, Inc. 850 549-3500 | Highly recommended, responsive, professional and persistent in tracking a gas leak; and great customer service | 10 | Lynne |
| Real Estate | Home Sales | REMAX Mike Whitner 850 341-6803 | I'd like to recommend Mr. Mike Whitner if you really want to sell your home. He is very professsional and likable. He sold our home in less than 2 months at 9980 Rail Circle and we received within $2000 of what we were asking. There are a lot of nice realtors out there but Mike really gets with it, showing the home, advertising and walking perople through it. He even had a backup buyer! | 10 | Bill Sloan |
| Silverware Refinishing | Silver, gold, brass | Precision Metal Finishing 251 634-4420 precisionmetal@birch.net | They refinished some heirloom silverware I grew up using. Great price and excellent work. | 10 | Hugh |
| Veterinarian | TLC for your furry friends | Lost Key Animal Clinic 4190 Bauer Rd 492-6878 | Dr. McDougal and Dr. Calloway and staff have been our vet since we moved to Pensacola over five years ago. Alway excellent care for both the cat and dog. When our Lili (dachshund) had spinal problems, Dr. Calloway got us an next day appointment at Auburn's veterinary clinic. AWESOME! | 10 | Apryl & Curt Preston |
| Auto Detailing | Details cars and boats | Mike White 418-0879 | Came to my home and did an extraordinary job detailing my car and it's the best I've ever seen. He came at 10am & left at 5pm his price was extremely reasonable. | 10 | Bill Sloan |
| Rental Agent | Rent your home, manage tenents, supervise reapirs, etc | Ted & Beth Johnson Perdido Sand Realty 206-0915, 912-4774 | DB wrote: I am very pleased LV wrote: They rented our place before we even moved out | 10 | Michelle Conti, David Breeding, Lauren Valluzzi |
| Rental Agent | Rent your home, manage tenents, supervise reapirs, etc | Rosa and Jennifer Beumer Realty 492-0446 | WF wrote: My house has been rented almost continuously since 2002 with no vacancy longer than 2-3 weeks. They do a good job of screening tenants, and I have had no problems with any tenants. They quickly take care of any needed repairs. CT wrote: We feel that they do a good job for us. DW wrote I think they are fair and I've had good luck with them keeping my place rented and maintained. I don't try to rent for top dollar. All you need to do is miss a month of non-rent and you've lost all you gained. I'd rather keep it occupied. They were also good at repairs after Ivan even though many of the employees lost their homes. Talk to Rosa. | 10 | Wes Farr, Carol Thompson, Dan Woodruff |
| Home Inspection | Home inspection service | AmeriSpec 850 492-9120 | He spent 4-1/2 hours from the roof top down, checked all build in appliances, windows, doors, bath, attic, driveway. Personable, thorough and communicative | 10 | Barbara Anderson |
| Painting & Washing | Painting and pressure washing related service | All Colors Painting Steve Dunaway 324-3600 458-6994 | I used them to pressure wash our home with great results. I highly recommend this company for any painting or pressure washing needs. I was very pleased; great service and dependability | 10 | Shawn Dockery |
| Roof repairs | Roofing related service | Guy Brothers Roofing 434-1785 | I highly recommend them. Had to have a vent flashing repaired (squirrels). They were timely, charge was reasonable and they were extremely professional. | 10 | Curt Preston |
| Dog Trainer | Dog training | Palafox Pet Academy Joe Retkowski (850) 505-0095, 266-7086 PalafoxPetAcademy.com | Private or group dog training lessons | 10 | Sue Grant |
| Appliance Repair | Repairs most types of appliances | Don Carrett's Appliance Service (850) 944-9337 | Fixes refrigerators, freezers, disposals, etc and responds quickly, does a great job at a very vair price; used him 3 times: EC Repaired oven. Excellent job!: DDL Give him a 10 for repair to my Maytag dishwasher and working to keep it under warranty--great price!:LT Repaired refrigerator, quick response/service; reasonable, knowledgeable and courteous!: GCI | 10 | Eve Clark, Lynne Tobin, Dave DeLonga, Gene & Cathy Ingram |
| Pressure Wash | Pressure Washing | Bob Vaughn (850) 982-3666 | He did not ceiling on my front porch and the eves of the house and it looks brand new | 10 | Linda Cope-land |
| Housekeeping | Housekeeper | Ellie (850) 777-8600 | Housekeeper extrodenaire | 10 | Linda Cope-land |
| Fitness Training | Home-based fitness assessment and exercise training | Debbi Taylor, M.S. (resident) Human Performance Consultants, LLC (850) 607-8236 | Will come to your houose for fitness assessment and personal trainng. Equipment provided. Master's degree in Exercise Physiology, experience with healthy and clinical population. | ? | |
| Tutor | Elementary school tutoring | Linda McDonough, resident (850) 692-2113 | This is a new posting so let me know what you think of Linda's service. I think she can handle tennis tutoring, too. Hugh | ? | Hugh |
| Auto detailing | Polishing, waxing, buffing, exterior, interior | Robert and Linda Schoonover (850) 384-1117 | Come to your house to detail inside and out of your car. Very nice folks and they do a great job and reasonable | ? | Leila |
| General Contractor | Any remodeling, rebuilding, etc. | Southern Building Specialities Clyde Jolly (850) 473-0669 | Highly recommended | 10 | Mike Venable |
| Handy Man | Plumbing, AC, electrical, carpentary, tile, painting | Stan Scully cell: 221-6203 home: 457-0660 | Did excellent careful work, communicated very well fixing sprinklers, dryer vent, AC return, etc. Highly recommended | 10 | Hugh, Leia Waller, Linda Cope-land |
| Hurricane Shutters | Hurricane shutter installation | Joy Kristin 450-9137 | Did an excellent job installing colonials, panels and rolldowns. Superb customer service, have the best prices..we checked everywhere. Highly recommended. | 10 | Dwight Sporrer |
| Carpet Repair | Repairs carpet | Chris Yessick & Bill Simmons (251) 269-8373 (251) 974-5613 | Carpet repair. Very good job. | 9 | Dave DeLonga |
| Air Conditioning & Heating | Preventive maintenance on air conditioner | Barnes Heating and Cooling (850) 478-0141 | Good job. | 8 | Dave DeLonga |
| Electric Repair | Repaired outdoor lighting | Armstrong Electric (850) 432-2371 | Excellent job! | 10 | Dave DeLonga |
| Dryer Vent cle3aning | Cleaned dryer vent | Doodlebuggers (850) 477-1151 | Good job | 8 | Dave DeLonga |
| Carpet/Tile Cleaner | Cleans carpets & tile | Chem-Dry (850)492-5706 | Very good job | 9, 10 | Dave DeLonga & Hugh |
| Pest & Termite | Sprays interior and exterior | B&R Roachman (850)982-9319 | 10 | Dave DeLonga | |
| Washing | Power washing | Steve's Powerwashing (850) 572-6434 | Power washed the driveway, walkways, back porch, pool deck, cleaned soffits, windows, privacy fencing, and aluminum screen porch supports. Excellent job, very thorough and reliable | 10 | Dave DeLonga |
| Pet Sitting | Pet Sitting | Resident Tami Donnelly logic34@cox.net 9685 Grallatorial 341-8661 | Not yet rated | ? | Hugh |
| Air Conditioning | I had my entire central air conditioning system upgraded and replaced | A-Cool Maker Mechanical Larry Hagan 479-6195 516-0447 | Did an excellent job and was the most cost effective of all the bidders | 10 | Bill Sloan |
| Lawn Care | Routine lawn maintenance, tree removal, stump grinding, tractor work, land improvement | J.H. Knight Lawn Maintenance & Landscaping, Inc. 850 572-1918 | Reliable, careful, great attitude, pretty good references (Jim Ruhr & Hugh), and Jacob takes care of Heron's Forest common areas | 10 | Jim & Hugh |
| Lawn Care | Routine lawn maintenance and snow bird lawn services | L & S Lawn Care Ron Love 850 501-0822 | Reliable,m careful, great attitude, pretty good references (Jim Ruhr & Hugh) and L & S takes care of Heron's Forest amenities | 10 | Jim & Huch |
| Chef | Prepares gourmet meals for you and guests right in your home | Leila Waller 492-7551 9845 Rail Circle awhiskinthyme.com chefwaller@awhiskinthyme.com | Creative menus, European training, excellent food, and a great neighbor, too. | ||
| Fireplace Service | Clean and repair gas log fireplaces that many of us have | Fireplaces of NW Florida 432-0855 842 W. Michigan | Excellent service, attitude and knowledge | 10 | Hugh |
| Granite counter tops | Replace formica with granite | Superior Granite 941-0270 superior-granite.com | Great Job! Excellent Service! Great Prices! | 10 | Nancy White |
| Electrician | Repairs and improvements Licensed | Ricky A. Weeks Days 341-3285 Eve 626-7938 | He did a wonderful job and very reasonable! | 10 | Leila |
| Home Electgronics | Large TVs, stereos, etc | All-Pro Sound 944-9337 | Nice people on the floor but managers refused to refund the $82 cost of a faulty HDMI cable they sold me (H) We have had nothing but problems with their work since we moved in (E) | ? | Hugh, Eve Clark |
| Lawn Care | Mowing, edging, blowing, trimming, weeding, raking, sodding | Justin's Lawn Care Home 497-9907 Cell 426-1976 Lives in HF | He does 8 yards in HF; very professional, excellent edging | 10 | Chris & Cheri Joas, Hugh |
| Lawn Care | Garnish Lawn & Landscape LLC Mike Wood 390-3614 mikepandleee@yahoo.com | I do professional work in a timely fashion and leave homes looking great. I am a new vendor with referrals available | ? | ||
| Window Washing | Clean & Green Window Washing | Kent Crumpler 941-4216 529-5647 cell What a difference our sparkling windows make! You can see us clearly now. | Licensed & insured, personable, clean cut, reasonable price, discounts available, free estimates | 10 | Hugh |
| Air Conditioning & Heating | HVAC repair and replacement service | Andrews Air 455-5650 3512 Gulf Beach Hwy | Repair-replacement & service G mikepandleee@yahoo.comery p0leased with their work. Very courteous & knowledgeable. Arrived and finished on time. H Didn't return my urgent calls | 10 (G) 1 (H) | Gene Hugh |
| Tile | Installation | George Piotrowski 251-968-5461 H 251-716-8200 C | Excellent quality of work, diligent, friendly. Did kitchen backsplashes (H,N), closets (B), Tiled our bedroom, hallway and closet (L). Did a fantastic job and great professionalism! (L) Very professional,m quiet and reasonable. Does small jobs as well as large ones. (B) | 10 | Hugh, Nancy White, Leila Waller, Bill Sloan |
| Paint | Color matching | Sherwin Williams 432-4173 200 E Garden ST | Lowes failed badly and S-W matched color dead on! | 10 | Hugh & Lee |
| Stump removal | Stump grinding | Roy Worley 931-200-0130 | Great prices, clean up, care of plants/lawn | 9 | Chris & Cheri Joas |
| Wallpaper Hanger | Hangs, primes and paints | Zeyla Erickson 850-723-2550 | Meticulous, fast, pleasant | 10 | Hugh |
| Termite Inspection | Free Inspection | Orkin Tom Mitchell 850-434-1306 | Very responsive and informative | 10 | Chris & Cheri Joas, Hugh |
| Mold Remediation | Free mold testing | ServPro John 850-456-6246 | Very knowledgeable and nice | 10 | Chris & Cheri Joas |
| Facia & soffit (roofing) | Repair and/or replacement of the metal edging of our eves | Carl Merdy 453-2464 | 7 | Nancy White, Hugh Poynor | |
| Handy man | carpentry, roofing and more | Michael Rains 291-2917 | Registered FL Builder RB0052891, great reputation with our residents | 10 | Jim Ruhr |
| Wiring | security, cable, modem | Quality Alarms 433-9600 | Knowledgeable, responsive, price OK | 8 | Hugh |
| Wiring | security, cable, modem | Seville Security | Unprofessional, don't bother | 2 | Hugh |
| Rental agent | rent your home, manage tenants | Coldwell Banker JME Realty Property Management Division 621-8234 | A horrible 4-year experience with two different managers | 3 | Hugh |
| Tennis lessons | Provided for individuals or groups | Will Morris 380-5814 | Prices at $30/hour for residents, no one at HF yet has experience with Will but this sounds good | ? | |