Pokorn Construction

We hired Christian and his team to carpentry, woodwork and painting in our home — everything from building a banquette to staining the treads on our stairs. We were very pleased with the craftsmanship and their customer service. Pokorn is more expensive than most other contractors we’ve hired. (When you live in a 129 year old building, you hire a lot of contractors.) But the added cost was more than worth it for a renovation job well done. We would recommend Pokorn to others — and use them on our next project!

Christian did an awesome job on our bathroom renovation! We let his team work while we were at work and never worried once about leaving them alone in our home. They did amazing work and were QUICK! Who knew our space could look so different in such a short time! I have a few other jobs in mind for them for 2016. 5 stars!

This is the first company I have worked with that completed the job on time, with no issues, in my eleven years of home owning in New Orleans. I give my highest recommendation — they did great work, the price was fair, and they stayed in touch with me throughout the project with updates and photos, since I was out of town while the work was done.

This company is absolutely your best choice! Every job was treated with the utmost care and dedication towards our needs, budget and satisfaction.
Christian manages his company well. Things are coordinated well. Customers, employees as well as sub contractors always know whats going on.
Things go very smoothly.
They treated me very well, just like their employees.
I highly recommend Pokorn Construction

We were in the inspection period for a new home we were interested in buying and knew there were some big issues that we needed to discuss with the seller before we could move forward with an offer.
Christian was referred by a friend and he met us at the house the same day I called him. We went through every inch of the house together and he explained every problem — major and minor — that we would have to address if we purchased the house. Christian is extremely knowledgeable about all areas of construction and was so nice, patient and helpful throughout the process. We ended up purchasing the home, but not before negotiating thousands of dollars off the sale price based on the report he provided.
If you need any kind of work done at your house, Pokorn Construction should be your first call.

Chris is a regular here at the Rook Café. We were having some trouble with our air conditioner one morning. He gave us a free consultation, and had his A/​C guy come out that same day! Great service at a nice price! I highly recommend Pokorn Construction!

Set an appointment for Reggie to come out and fix my window. He told me morning. At noon I started to call. I finally got ahold of him he said 2 or 4:30 pm. I said 4:30 would work better. He never showed and won’t return my calls. Try someone else.

I called Christian about having a door fixed and he was able to send Reggie early the next morning (accommodating my work schedule). Reggie arrived promptly on the dot and was able to understand and fix the problem. I would absolutely use Pokorn Construction again.

Having had some bad experiences with contractors in this past, i braced for this worst again this time. I didn’t need to.
Had some various construction and maintenance work done by Pokorn Construction. Found them to be very professional: arriving when promised, etc. For a NOLA contractor to (1) return phone calls regularly, (2) appear when promised, and (3) get a quote/​estimate in short order are almost miraculous, and Pokorn did all three.
Beyond the great service, the work was done really well, and exactly as promised. No surprises, no unexpected changes. Really happy with the work done, and when i need more work from a contractor, i will certainly go back to Pokorn Construction.

Although the first impression of this company wasn’t great they definitely redeemed themselves. They were extremely professional and apologetic for their mistake. I highly recommend this company and look forward to working with them in the future.

I don’t like to write this negative review because I liked Christian (hence the two stars), but whoever he had do work for me is costing me a lot.
I hired them to do a series of things including a platform on my roof for AC units. Rather than properly bolting, they nailed through the shingles on my flat roof, causing me so much hassle and grief with roof leaks and other damage. I’ve had a roofer work on it extensively but now I just have to pull the platform off and have the entire roof redone due to the damage caused. Further I have to have the platform completely redone because they didn’t create a platform that can withstand weather or hold things properly (incorrect materials used).
I’m very upset about the thousands of dollars of damage caused by this poor work. I realize now that I should have been up on the roof seeing what they were doing and demanding it be fixed properly, but I had a job and couldn’t watch them nail holes. I shouldn’t have had to. If they didn’t know what they were doing, they should have either told me and declined the job or gotten the information from a reputable source. Now I’m looking at thousands of dollars in repair costs and am very upset.

Great Job! Very professional and reasonably priced. Will definitely use again in the future. Thanks Christian!

Christian is the bomb. He did a great job insulating my attic — on time and on budget! I am hoping to convince him to do a second job for me at my tiny Irish Channel side gallery shotgun.

Kind, knowledgable, trustworthy. Great company and crew. I plan on using for additional work around the house. Very understanding of old New Orleans construction.

I just had Christian and his team install a new faucet and garbage disposal. I couldn’t be happier. Pokorn Construction is very professional, explaining everything in detail. I will definitely be using them again.

I cant say enough good things about Christian Pokorn. I found Christian after my property manager told me that of the 4 contractors she called 3 of them would not go to the French Quarter to give me a quote until after Mardi Gras and that wasnt for 3 weeks. One contractor came out but I didnt get a quote for 4 weeks and he said he couldnt start until after Mardi Gras.
I decided to look for someone and found Christian Pokorn. I called him on a Thursday. He came out the same day. Gave me a quote the next morning and started on Tuesday. He kept every agreement that he made with me including being available to receive new appliances at my condo. I live in Arizona so this was very convenient for me. Not only did my condo get finished in less than a week. He did this during Mardi Gras. His prices were reasonable and competitive. He even arranged to pick up a new refrigerator for me because the first one was defective. All without an additional charge.
It’s difficult to find someone who keeps their agreements in this industry and Christian exceeded every expectation I had. I have referred him to my property manager and the condo association manager for future contracting needs. He’s a good one!!!
Shannon Trezza

I contacted Chris about a couple of jobs I needed at the house. I needed some electrical work — a new light fixture installed and a number of electrical outlets changed. When he came over to assess the work I needed he was very professional and answered all my questions.
Reggie showed up as scheduled and was very courteous; did a wonderful job. He was quick and tidy while working and didn’t mind my dogs «supervising.» lol A very nice job.
I well certainly use Pokorn again.

I had a couple of small projects, the sort that it is often hard to get anyone to bother with really, but Christian came right over and gave me an estimate and took on the projects immediately. His crew did a good job, despite some weather related delays, and I felt very comfortable having them in my house and around my dogs while I was at work. Christian maintains good contact throughout the job and always either answers the phone or returns calls promptly (a rare trait in contractors).
Highly recommended.

Mr. Pokorn was nice enough to send me a personal message and referred me to someone else who would be less expensive. I greatly appreciate the gesture but I think I’ll just do everything myself, especially after the harassment I received after my original review.
Mr. Pokorn gave me an explanation of how he figured the costs but as an industrial engineer, my entire job is nothing but dealing with numbers in all business capacities, and I can’t for the life of me figure out how charging nearly $ 300 to clean a gutter could possibly be justified. But, their balance sheets and cost/​benefit analysis are none of my business.
Also, you should all be aware, about two hours after posting my original review, someone ( Unilocal name is Atom B.) created an account just to harass me because they didn’t like it. I actually had to block the person because they wouldn’t leave me alone. Now, it could have just been a troll but it is AWFULLY suspicious that the Atom B. account was created the same day as my review and there has been no other activity on his/​her account… at all… just sayin’…
If it wasn’t someone associated with this company, Pokorn, they should probably let Unilocal know. Because now there is absolutely no chance this company will ever get my business after being harassed like that. If it was someone from Pokorn, well, that’s really sad, and cowardly, and I feel sorry that you have someone associated with your company like that.

Made an appointment for them to come over to give us an estimate on repairing our kitchen ceiling.
No one showed up.
Twice.
Not trying a third time.