Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - After seeing family members complete renovations well over budget and over schedule, we expected the same and were pleasantly surprised by the schedule and budget of our final project.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Josh went above and beyond to ensure that we were happy with the end result and Joel and Sydney were incredible to work with for quoting and design. The whole team was exceptional.

Remodeling Concerns

Remodeling Concerns - We were concerned with the addition appearing to be a stark box on top of our garage that was an obvious addition. We voiced this to Syd and she brought several options to us to make sure we were happy with how the addition fit in with the rest of the house.

Lead Source(s)

Lead Source(s) - I googled addition contractors in Kitchener and loved the portfolio that Pioneer had on the website. I also really enjoyed that each team member was highlighted with their personal interests on one page, and that the company had several female trade leaders and apprentices.

Why You Chose Us

Why You Chose Us - The first reason we chose Pioneer was because of the service and honesty from Joel throughout the quoting process. We then found out that Pioneer had worked on our house previously, remodeling the kitchen and adding a fireplace, both of which we love and find to be great craftsmanship. We also posted on the Kitchener Reddit for testimonials and had several people respond in favour of Pioneer.

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - We could not be happier with the process and result of the project and hope to be able to work with Pioneer in the future. The team did an incredible job!

Initial Call

Initial Call - The person at Pioneer .. that answered my first phone call was very friendly, very knowledgeable and answered every question I had at that time. Joel was the first person to meet with us . He was excellent .... answered every question we had and explained the process and anticipated timelines very well ! He was professional , courteous and friendly .... giving us confidence in Pioneer's work right from the beginning .

Professional & Organized

Professional & Organized - Anyone one that we had contact with was very professional , knowledgeable and helpful.

Clean & Safe

Clean & Safe - The job site was always kept very clean ... and very safe !

Areas For Improvement

Areas For Improvement - We have done a number of extensive renovations over the years with other companies .... and Pioneer was the easiest to work with ... and best in completing everything they could during the expected timelines .

Quality Service And Products

Quality Service And Products - We were very happy with the work completed by all of the employees and subcontractors .

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - Communication and professionalism are key during a renovation process ... and Pioneer did exceed our expectations in these areas.

Our experience with Pioneer was top notch. The whole Pioneer team was attentive, respectful and had incredible attention to detail throughout the project.

The folks at Pioneer are excellent. They look after everything from start to finish. When we questioned something they responded with integrity. We were made to feel that we were heard and the staff responded accordingly.

Pioneer Craftsmen has completed several renovation projects within our home over the years, and all of these have concluded successfully with quality results as well as on time and within budget. In our experience, all employees have been personable and respectful during their interactions with us, and they have worked diligently to produce a top-notch final product for us. In summary, we will continue to contact Pioneer Craftsmen to complete renovation work for us in future due to our trust in them.

Professional, customer service focused and great people to work with. Renovation result was great.

Pioneer worked with me at every stage and the end result was worth it.

Design/Selection Process

Design/Selection Process - Yes, although it was fairly straightforward as were being consistent with other floors and no major structural changes

Schedule

Schedule - they actually were ahead of schedule, maadjusted sub-contractors such as moved carpet installation up a week.

Remodeling Concerns

Remodeling Concerns - My biggest concern was making the space warmer, and they achieved that

Lead Source(s)

Lead Source(s) - previous positive experience. originally cold called after web search for local renovation companies

Why You Chose Us

Why You Chose Us - previous positive experience

When we first approached Pioneer, we didn't know exactly what we wanted, just that we had a need. We now have a wonderful addition on our house that is the perfect transition from our backyard oasis into our house, a three (or maybe four) season room that offers protection from the elements while still letting you feel connected to the outside. Right from the start, Pioneer made us feel that we were part of the design process and with their knowledge and guidance, we were able to easily evaluate options and make well informed design decisions. They managed construction within an area that was extensively landscaped and took care to reduce the risk of damage. The on-site staff were highly skilled who took obvious pride in their craft. They were a pleasure to work with, communicating with us daily and respecting that their work area was our home. We are excited about our new addition and we are extremely pleased with the process of having it built.

Pioneer did a great job of keeping the project on schedule. We are very happy with the final product.

We purchased our house after falling in love with the neighbourhood and the charm of our lot and house. We unfortunately outgrew our house very quickly, and tried to move, but couldn't find anywhere else that compared. We contacted Pioneer to explore options for a remodel. The team came up with a beautiful and unique design, that has exceeded our expectations and has turned our once too small house into a spacious, gorgeous home that still has the charm of our original house. We are forever grateful and love our new space.

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - The final product is beyond our expectations. Our house is now perfect for our family and it has excellent flow.

Remodeling Concerns

Remodeling Concerns - We were concerned with our house being on a hill. Pioneer used the hill to their advantage and created a unique and beautiful design that incorporated the hill.

Why You Chose Us

Why You Chose Us - We had a great feeling and connection after talking with Brad.

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - We are very grateful and appreciative of how hard everyone works on our house. Thank you!

100% would (and actually already have, multiple times) recommend Pioneer to anyone interested in doing a reno.

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - Expectations completely exceeded at every step. We had such a positive experience throughout the reno. We feel very lucky.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Everyone was fantastic, but must give a special shout out to Ben. He was here every day and was amazing to work with (and our pets loved him!).

Remodeling Concerns

Remodeling Concerns - We had never done a reno before, and we were a little apprehensive since you hear some pretty scary reno stories (shotty/incomplete work, etc). But I think we immediately felt at ease with Pioneer b/c of their business model, and reputation within the community. You don't stay in business for 70 years without being a reputable company.

Why You Chose Us

Why You Chose Us - Once we met with Joel and Jen, we knew we didn't want to go with any other company.

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - We had such an amazing experience that we have already begun the process of quoting for another reno (to the kitchen).

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - The whole project exceeded my expectations.

Remodeling Concerns

Remodeling Concerns - I was anxious about the undertaking of the whole project, but they walked me through it very well.

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - I would highly recommend them. It was like working with family, whether it was the contractors who did the job or the employees themselves. I thought it was fantastic.

We've used them three times, and they've never lot us down. We always ended up with a beautiful space and lasting relationship. The work quality is incredible, as well as the service and attention to detail. I highly appreciated them.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - The lead carpenter, Josh, was exceptional.

Lead Source(s)

Lead Source(s) - We had had positive past experiences.

Why You Chose Us

Why You Chose Us - We did a lot of online research, and they had a lot of really good reviews.

Always a pleasure to work with Pioneer!

Lead Source(s)

Lead Source(s) - Past renovations with them.

Why You Chose Us

Why You Chose Us - Trust

Overall we are pleased with the renovation but there were problems when we moved back in that should have been addressed beforehand. Coming home to leaking sinks and outlets that did not work was not a good experience and affected our opinion of the work and the subcontractors that were hired.

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - Always very professional, great communicators, very good at managing expectations.

Why You Chose Us

Why You Chose Us - Pioneer did a fabulous job on our 2nd floor renovation. Now that the kitchen is complete this is a transformed house!

We would recommend Pioneer as they did an amazing job designing and building our dream kitchen. Everything was done on time and they stuck to the budget. Work is top notch, craftsmanship in line with our woodwork in our 90 year old house. Any issues we’re communicated and fixed in a timely manner, our house was left tidy at the end of the day. They took into consideration our needs as a family living in the house while the renovation was going on.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Both Maggie and Mark went above and beyond to design and build our dream kitchen.

Why You Chose Us

Why You Chose Us - Good rapport with brad, ability to do a big job, reputation and in house designers.

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - Pioneer did everything we expected and more, they made it comfortable to live through the renovations. Everything was done well and they finished sooner then expected. The kitchen design is fabulous. All the employees we dealt with were friendly and helpful and did good work.

We had a great experience and outcome!

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - Considerable consideration was made to accomodating us living in the house during the construction, with minal impact to the rest of the house.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Maggie was great working through the design and product selection, Mark was also great during the build process.

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - Overall we really love the renovation which was completed, and the quality of all the work, we have been really enjoying using the new spaces.

Our experience exceeded our expectations and was very smooth throughout.

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - The execution of the design, the quality of the craftsmanship, the professionalism and quality of service from everybody met my expectations. The overall product went above and beyond in all aspects.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - I would like to recognize everyone for their exceptional service. Sydney's design was exceptional and she realized our dream space. She put our dream into a real space. Bryan made sure things ran smoothly and there weren't any hiccups. Grant provided everyday ease for sharing the space and the project.

Remodeling Concerns

Remodeling Concerns - They tried their best to work with our budget, so that was great. They were flexible when we wanted some budget saving options. We were concerned about the length of project time, and they worked efficiently and quickly with the time they had. We were nervous about the structure of our old home, but they did everything they could to make us feel secure about the remodeling.

Lead Source(s)

Lead Source(s) - I initially called Pioneer Craftsmen because of word of mouth from trusted friends and who were very positive about them.

Why You Chose Us

Why You Chose Us - I chose to work with Pioneer Craftsmen because of their reputation, and we had a good relationship from the start with Brad.

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - They are exceptional. I would work with them again and recommend them to anyone. It was a great value.

It is imperative to have confidence in your contractor and Pioneer never fails to exceed expectations in this regard. I appreciated their professionalism and attention to every detail. They have my trust completely.

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - Trust, quality of work.

Why You Chose Us

Why You Chose Us - Excellent experience with 2019 reno.

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - I have another smaller project planned for the future and will look forward to engaging Pioneer again if available.

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - They met our baseline expectations. The finishing detail of the carpentry exceeded our expectations. They maintained cleanliness during the project. They did a really good job of dumpster management. They really protected our driveway. They made sure they were here when it was picked up or delivered and put protection on the driveway. They paid attention to detail.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Our lead carpenter, Ben, did a great job. He was great to work with and very friendly and courteous. He did a nice, detail-oriented job. He had already anticipated concerns, and he would address them with us before we brought them up.

Remodeling Concerns

Remodeling Concerns - Scheduling was a concern of ours. We really liked how it was communicated to us on the portal. When the schedule was impacted by the delivery of goods, it was clearly communicated ahead of time. That was nice. We did a bathroom, and we were concerned about the quality of the tiling. We've had poor experiences in the past, so we were concerned about the finish detail on the tiling work. Their subcontractor did a fantastic job. We were concerned about transitions and thresholds with the renovations and the old spaces, but they did a good job. We didn't have any requests for changes, so we didn't have to have any uncomfortable conversations. They did great with the finishing details.

Lead Source(s)

Lead Source(s) - They were recommended by a colleague, and we wanted a design-build company rather than a general contractor. This is why we called Pioneer Craftsmen.

Why You Chose Us

Why You Chose Us - At the time we were looking for contractors, they were responsive when a lot of others declined our project or just didn't respond, so that was important. We wanted someone who would be responsive. It's very fundamental and not always the case. They put together a really good proposal. They weren't the lowest in cost, but the information and recommendations gave us confidence that they would execute the project with fewer problems than others. We had confidence in them, and they lived up to our expectations. This is why we chose to work with Pioneer Craftsmen.

All in all a very professional company to deal with and has professional hard working employees.

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - The overall design and construction exceeded our expectations.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Mark Armbruster did an exceptional job and was very accommodating and hard working. All of the trades that Pioneer used were exceptional as well.

Lead Source(s)

Lead Source(s) - Reputation in the area

Why You Chose Us

Why You Chose Us - The concept designs were very appealing

The quality of work & attention to detail on our project was excellent! Anything that we weren't 100% happy with was addressed very quickly and resolved to our satisfaction or better!

Design/Selection Process

Design/Selection Process - We received a lot of good advice & suggestions

Professional & Organized

Professional & Organized - All Pioneer staff were professional & easy to have in our home. The online communication tool made it easy to stay connected with the team

Communication

Communication - Communication effectiveness & frequency was excellent

Schedule

Schedule - Excellent planning/execution - we were ahead of schedule during the project, got back on schedule with certain items coming from 3rd parties but overall finished earlier than expected - a pleasant surprise :)

Clean & Safe

Clean & Safe - Daily tidy up was done; house was made safe for people & curious pets

Trust

Trust - Pioneer followed through on all commitments ensuring that we were pleased with all

Quality Service And Products

Quality Service And Products - Service was everything we expected & more. We had recommendations from friends & Pioneer met or exceeded all expectations

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - We were told that we were Tyler's first project as the lead - he did an excellent job in communicating with us, ensuring our satisfaction & involving the team as required to deal with situations

Lead Source(s)

Lead Source(s) - Friends had their home remodeled by Pioneer & gave their recommendations

The Pioneer team was creative and engaged, and finished our major renovation on time and on budget while enabling us to comfortably work from our home offices throughout. Our home feels so *right* now.

Design/Selection Process

Design/Selection Process - Jen was so collaborative and took the time to understand what we like and help us find ways to our updates look great while working with our preferences, lifestyle and budget.

Employees & Subcontractors

Employees & Subcontractors - It's clear that the Pioneer team has developed relationships with their preferred subcontractors and works with people who maintain the team's standards. Everyone went above and beyond to respect our space and the fact that my husband and I were working from home offices throughout the reno.

Problem Resolution

Problem Resolution - The team took problems in stride and resolved or found a creative solutions without increasing project scope.

Schedule

Schedule - The week before our construction began, the Pioneer team gave us a Gantt chart showing the initial plan for when each step of our very large reno would happen. We all expected that some things would end up changing, but they planned so well and worked to keep things on track. The project ended up being completed on schedule. So many people said to us, upon hearing that we were renovating, that we should be prepared for it to last twice as long and cost twice as much. Pioneer kept it on time and on budget.

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - They kept the project on time and on budget, which seems to be practically unheard of for renos.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Jen really helped us focus in on the design, materials and colours that would give our home the feeling we were looking for. She gave us pros and cons to help us make the necessary choices, and we're so happy with the results. Mark always knew who was coming, when, and what they needed to get done — and he made sure it happened, properly. He was busy day in and day out himself getting so many things done. He came up with creative ideas for managing challenges and for incorporating old pieces into the new design.