Lumina Builders Inc.

CRAZINESS!!! I tried to set up and ESTIMATE and was told both my husband and I need to be present — seriously — schedule around three calendars and have two people miss work to get an estimate? They would not set up appointment otherwise. Just ridiculous.

Our search for a contractor did not started well with really high quotes then the lower quotes which looked really shady. Placed our search on hold for a while till I found Lumina Builder on Unilocal!
The reviews really helped, they were local too. Called them, David came out and listen to what we went through before. He was on it right away. The price was fair, they are insured, bonded, etc, and our project timeline was honored.
David takes care of everything :) He is reachable at all time (text, e-​mail, etc) and makes you feel you are the only project going on, Alex, his main contractor knows his stuff… I learn a lot from them too!
Would call them up again for any next project in the future. Thank you Lumina!
Our kitchen the Fitz kitchen in the pictures above:)

We’ve had a wonderful experience working with Victor at Lumina Builders for the remodeling of our home in Rancho Santa Fe. We started with a downstairs renovation of 3 bathrooms (one including a steam shower), 3 bedrooms, a staircase, and common area, and eventually added a large kitchen remodel to the job list. Throughout the planning and construction process, Victor has been absolutely phenomenal. He is always «on call» and will answer my calls or texts at any time of the day or night. He is also an excellent problem-​solver and will always go the extra mile to make our lives easier, from handling a surprise mold problem at cost to offering to go shopping for materials with us and liaising with suppliers. He also did a lot of advising and hand-​holding during the design stage. He has always stuck to the estimate amounts. Not once has he ever asked for additional payments. Everything has been done in accordance with the contracts we drew up before starting work. The Lumina workers are very clean and respectful and have done excellent work so far. They also show up every day without long pauses, which I can’t say about other contractors that have done work for us. There is nothing more irritating than having the workers not show up for a few days or more, and that never happens with Lumina. Whenever we have raised a concern about a detail they have addressed it, no questions asked. They have also done a lot of «free» stuff for us that have come up along the way and weren’t included in the original bids. Victor and Lumina also offer iron-​clad, lifetime guarantees for their work. It gives me peace of mind to know that they will come back and address any issues that might come up after the job is finished. In short, Lumina is a top-​notch operation. Their extraordinary customer service has made our remodel a relatively stress-​free process. Ask for Victor! He is incredibly nice, knowledgeable, and responsive. We will be recommending him to all of our friends and neighbors.

Great job! Very professional, very punctual, very articulate, and very reasonably priced. I’d recommend them any day. Book an estimate today!

My wife and I were looking for a master bathroom remodeling, after a long research online we found three different companies, and Lumina was one among them. We got two estimates befofe Guy (project manager) arrived to our house. He was very professional, very detailed and gave us a different idea for remodeling the bathroom. So we decide to go ahead and do the project together with Lumina. Guy helped us to order the material, choose design for the bathroom, he was always available for us on the phone, and took care of our concerns. After 3 and a half weeks, the bathroom was done, Guy was really thorough and made sure that everything was done on time and completely like we planned. We wanna thank Guy and his crew, we will definitely recommend him to our friends and family and keep him in mind for more jobs down the road.

me and my husband In search of a contractorfor my complete kitchen and bath remodeling I asked everyone I knew for references and not a single person would recommend the contractor they’d used. I turned to Unilocal and lumina builders inc was there.
about the process.
it was painless, the end result was beautiful. david is generous with his time even before on-​site work begins, planning the project and laying the foundation for success. David and his equally experienced and skilled crew take pride in their craftsmanship and it shows in the finished product. The inevitable bumps along the way are handled promptly and without complaint. When I pointed out some minor thing that wasn’t quite as expected, but that only I would notice so I could live with it, david’s response was, «You don’t have to live with it. It has to be right.»
Communication: phone, text, or email is a breeze. Pricing is fair and comprehensive. The entire crew is pleasant, respectful, responsive, and trustworthy. It was a pleasure to work with such a dedicated, professional group. I will call them again when it’s time to make the rest of my apartment look as good as my kitchen and bath now do, and I recommend them without hesitation.
Thanks david and not to forget Tamari for the brilliant design.

I bought a house that had known foundation issues. I met with 3 companies that each surveyed the scope of the project and gave me a quote.
The first quote was high, but from a very reputable company. He never really followed up with me, however.
The second quote was better, but they didn’t ever follow up once and also said it would take a couple of months to get to me.
Then I got David’s quote from Lumina Builders. Not only was the pricing the best, but David spent the time to sit with me in my house and draw diagrams, explain the project, and look at other things that needed to be done. He followed up, scheduled quickly, and completed the work highly to my satisfaction.
I am so happy I went with Lumina Builders. They are professional, one time, priced right, caring and sensitive to the fact that this is my home, not just some project that they have.
Going forward I don’t need to search Unilocal again for my building needs. When I am going to put an addition onto my house I am just going to call David and ask him to come over and evaluate it with me.
My trust is with him, and in this market with different levels of sophistication and work ethics, your trust should be with Lumina Builders also.

Can’t put I words the amazing experience my wife and I had with Lumina Builders!
David was so professional. We have done a complete remodel of our kitchen, two bathrooms and new tile.
He gave us a great deal and the whole process was quick, Clean and pleasant !
My wife is so satisfied (the most important thing) and were are very happy we found this company. I give two thumbs up and highly recommend !!
Thank you David.

Called this place to setup an appointment for a pantry build in my kitchen… Set an appointment over the phone and when the day and time came for the appointment, no one showed. I called and inquired on what happened and their scheduler Sarah said I was no where to be found on their calendar. Totally unprofessional… But what can you do. Guess they weren’t interested in the job! One star for answering the phone.

I can’t say enough great things about Lumina Builders! I work in construction contract management and have also completed a few major renovations in downtown San Diego at my private residence and on a rental property. David, Tamari, Josh and the rest of the Lumina team are by far the most professional, competent and courteous builders I have ever worked with! I contracted Lumina builders for a major kitchen renovation which included the demolition of a structural kitchen wall to open up the living/​dining space. I also got quotes from Home Depot (and their preferred General Contractors, New Life Construction) and another San Diego General Contractor. Lumina was by far the best priced, completed the work on a demanding timeline (only 4 weeks, with renters scheduled to move in shortly thereafter), and talked me through every step of the process, ensuring my satisfaction. The proof is in the pictures – I got a beautiful kitchen, done RIGHT, for a great price! More detailed information, broken out by Cost and Quality and Professionalism follows below.
Cost:
Working in the construction industry, I have developed a bit of a healthy distrust of contractors. Not that all contractors are evil, but you become more familiar with some of the tricks that the bad ones will make to improve their bottom line. When I got Lumina’s quote, it was so low compared to the other two contractors’ quotes that I was actually hesitant to go with them. I was worried that they would attempt to make money up on the back end by claiming certain items of work weren’t included in the original estimate. Unforeseen conditions did occur on my project as they inevitably do on any construction project. In all cases, Lumina quickly developed corrective action, educated me on the best way ahead, and NEVER up-​charged me! Not only did they not nickel and dime me, they even threw in a few «freebies,» such as installing a new dining room pendant lamp so that it matched my new kitchen, fixing a sticky door, and hauling some stuff to the dump for me. I was concurrently doing some DIY projects and they were happy to give me project tips – I got such great added value from their input.
Since I intended to rent the property, David reigned me in when I was making design choices that were too costly or too personal to be wise for rental purposes. He has the experience and the industry contacts to keep costs down. At his suggestion, we got my entire countertop from a prefab supplier for under $ 1k. It is a beautiful piece of quartz and it looks like marble for a fraction of the price and with less maintenance. Lumina Builders completed the entire project for what Home Depot wanted to charge me just to replace the cabinets and countertops.
Quality and Professionalism:
After spending over 2 weeks working out a design concept for my kitchen with Home Depot, I was so frustrated when their preferred builder told me they WOULDN’T EVEN DO THE WORK because of the liability involved in structural reconfigurations in a multi-​story downtown condo. Opening up the kitchen floor plan was the most important element of the kitchen renovation for me, and I just wasn’t interested in doing the work if I couldn’t eliminate the kitchen wall. When I explained my vision to David, he didn’t even bat an eyelash, and then he showed me DOZENS of pictures of completed kitchens where he had successfully eliminated kitchen walls. David’s willingness to take on a bit of a riskier build proved to me that he is more than just a fly by night builder who wants to rip out your cabinets and replace them as quickly as possible.
Despite having many ongoing projects, I was personally contacted by either my project manager or the company partners every day. They kept close tabs on my project’s progress and updated me regularly throughout all the different phases of work. They worked under close scrutiny of the downtown inspectors and passed all of the rigorous inspections.
Josh, my Project Manager, embodies the kind of friendliness and customer service that you just don’t find anymore these days. When I was asking him some questions about the project, I apologized for being what I considered a painful, micromanaging customer. He actually genuinely THANKED me for my questions and said (to paraphrase), «Your questions and input are great – keep them coming. We want to make sure you are completely satisfied with the finished product!» It is such a rarity in the construction world to have a crew so attentively listen to and address your concerns!
Oh and by the way, did I mention that they did all the work while I was living in the condo with a 2 month old infant, my husband, and my mom? They entire crew was very conscientious of the effects of the dust and noise on my family and neighbors and worked within the very strict guidelines of my Home Owners Association (HOA).
If you’re considering building with Lumina, you will NOT be disappointed. I’d type more, but out of room!

I was extremely lucky enough to stumble across Lumina Builders on Unilocal while shopping for a 5 star, highly rated contractor to take over a bathroom remodel project in my home which was not going very well. I will not get into too much detail about the first two «contractors» that I hired and fired, but let’s just say the first two turned out not to be licensed and had no idea what they were doing.
When I first called Lumina Builders, one of the receptionists had initially stated they usually book appointments with the owners a week or two in advance. However, after I explained my situation, the receptionist called David/​owner on his cell; David dropped everything he was doing and met me in less than an hour. David’s experience and knowledge was immediately evident; he pointed out so many things the previous contractors had missed which would have cost me dearly later. I signed the contract the next day, the bathroom remodel was completed much sooner than scheduled and the finished product turned out much much better than I had hoped for. Without a doubt, Lumina Builders will be my go-​to company for all of my future projects.
THANK YOU David, Tamari and your entire crew!

The project manager, Mor, did a great job keeping me informed and organizing contractors to complete my beautiful new bathroom.

Lumina Builders Inc. was great. I’ve worked with contractors before and it was a completely different experience. The project manager Mor was great she always made sure I was aware of what was going on day to day. She would come to our house every day to find out what the subcontractors were planning to do and hold them to that. The subcontractors Osmond finished the entire project when they said they would even when with unexpected problems arose. Osmond was always friendly and respectful of my home. I would skip dealing with any other company.

Yesterday marked the completion of our project with the Lumina Builders. It was a big project and we are very happy with the outcome. There are many episodes happened in the process — remodeling is a big daunting work, and you need the best professionals standing on your side. We are very happy that we chose Lumina Brothers as our general contractor (especially Tamari).
We started the remodeling project with extensive research on general contractors. We interviewed greater than 10 contractors. Some were expensive, some were rude, some were too good to be true, some said to get back to us in two weeks. When Tamari showed up, we had very good chemistry to begin with. He really took ownership in the project, and when we tested which cabinet /​counter top /​floor he would like to use, he picked exactly what we were thinking just a day ago — it was amazing. We signed contract right on site.
The first thing Lumina Builders impressed us was the speed. While other contractors estimated it need about 2 months to finish everything, Tamari promised to get everything done within 4 – 6 weeks, and the most time consuming part was to wait for the custom cabinetry. The subsequent events proved their efficiency — it took 1 day to do the demo of kitchen and master bath, installation of flooring, painting, electrical, all happens at lightning speed without compromise of quality. If you are in a situation where you want to move out of rental and move in as soon as possible — call Tamari. They put a lot of folks on site, and they are all very nice and easy to work with.
It’s very common to have the outcome different from what you expect during the project — nothing is perfect. Tamari’s response is always — ‘I’ll take care of it’. (I can already mimic with his accent now). He rarely argues it can’t be changed, but rather, get to fix things right away. I would text him certain things we would like to change, and next morning 8am his guy is already working. For example, there was one tile in the bathroom, the initial installation was a little bit uneven. I told Tamari and he asked his men to replace that piece immediately. It looked nice until one night, we found the color of the replacement tile looked very different from the rest, made it look like a patch at night — but during the day they all looked identical! This is probably because of a manufacture issue, and when I told Tamari he asked his men to change it right away. That tile need to be cut to fit the trim of the door and it’s not trivial task, and he never argued. There were many other small things (laundry lists) we asked Tamari to help and he delivered all. We were very happy.
Finally — the long story about counter top. When Tamari ordered the countertop we liked, it was out of stock. We really liked that one and Tamari fought with the regional owner and eventually got us a special shipment of the specific stone. Shortly after installation, the stone got a very, very small crack (which is barely noticeable until the stone got heated up around noon by the sun). Tamari immediately acknowledged the problem and stated the replacement process with the stone manufacturer. It was a very, very low probability event and the manufacturer and the installer were both surprised. Eventually he got a brand new replacement for us and we were very satisfied.
Finally — remodeling is indeed a big undertaking. We are very happy to have lumina brothers on our side build a place where we could call our lovely home. Give them a call — and I am pretty sure you will love to work with these great people ! :)

What a fantastic product they created! A kitchen leak disaster brought on an unexpected kitchen remodel. After spending an unproductive and emotionally draining two months with Mission Restoration — we left them and found Lumina waiting with open arms and a reasonable quote that left the «other» guy in the rearview mirror. Customer service is top notch — the product exceeded our expectations, and the Tamari/​Mor sales team closed on a great deal. We have plenty of positive things to say, but for those looking at critical perspective (nobody is perfect, right?), we want to share some comments for those planning on using them.
Contract signing happened fairly quickly. Colors, design and details were all decided within a 4 – 5 hour period (maybe shorter, but it felt like that!). As the project wore on, we noticed multiple contract vs verbal promise discrepancies. Some were our fault (convenient listening :-) but others were definitely not what was verbalized. Despite that, Tamari worked EXTREMELY diligently to resolve them regardless of the fault, and worked with us to come to a satisfactory outcome (this is a HUGE plus — there will always be problems… only the true professionals resolve them well). As is always the advice, ensure you get everything in writing (especially stuff that is verbalized, but not on the contract). There were numerous grammatical/​misspelling on the contract that surprised us… but those fortunately didn’t transfer to the project itself.
The project started ON TIME — without delay on Monday, the 2^nd of November. Within 2 days, our kitchen had been stripped bare of any resemblance to it’s older self. We were initially pleased with the oversight — Lumina used a sub-​contractor who was in charge of executing the project. A couple of «slight» hiccups left us wondering about the communication between Lumina and the contractor, but Tamari squared things away immediately. It’s his dime when it comes to mistakes, so he definitely has a vested interest in correcting project errors. While we had NOTHING to do with city inspectors, we were quite troubled by multiple visits with the same uncorrected discrepancies that ultimately led to delays. It appeared to me as if the contractor didn’t believe what the inspector was directing him to do, and it took a couple of visits before he did what the inspector wanted. We sincerely hope Lumina takes a hard look at that contractor and either advises them appropriately or utilizes another.
Of significant note, there was one major mistake that set the project back quite a bit. While the correct countertop had been ordered by Lumina, the wrong color was delivered and installed before the mistake was caught. We notified Tamari immediately, and the VERY NEXT MORNING, he and Mor were in our kitchen, assessing/​advising and ultimately ordering us a new countertop. Unfortunately, that set the whole project back over a week. We should have been completely done with the project around the 3^rd of December, but close out didn’t happen until the 17^th (2 weeks longer than originally anticipated). Most of you reading this won’t be surprised by that, things happen — but I want to tell you about one of the things that really grabbed my attention with Lumina.
Twice during verbal negotiations, Tamari said his company pays $ 150 a day for every day they are late. WOW! Whatever reservations we had prior to that all disappeared as we realized this was a man who stood behind his product and timeline. My wife and I had zero problems signing with them because of that. Sadly, we realized (after the project was late) that the late charge was NOT in the contract. It was with a bit of trepidation that my wife reached out to Lumina wondering if the late fee would be honored. Despite the fact that it was not in the contract, Tamari still agreed to a late fee that was reasonable to us. What a great company!
Folks, THIS is a great company to work your next project. As most of you know, just getting a contractor to be honest and communicate is difficult enough, and these guys do both of those exceptionally well. PLEASE feel free to contact me us if you have any questions or want to discuss our experience.
Mike Rzeczycki 760−889−2425

Me and my wife Jackie have only one thing to say… Thank God for sending Guy from Lumina Builders to our house you help us design and remodel the guest bathroom. it is exactly what we wanted and so we even decided to remodel the master bathroom as well! Guy was great and I was so fortunate because he was so patient with us and helped us make every little decision with price and style in mind the whole time he helped us to choose the best style of countertop, toilet, sink and even helped design the tile on the floor too! He seriously helped us with every small question, we have so say he was so professional and we appreciate his time and patience because we are not easy customers…
I really recommend Guy and his fast crew thank you for making are dream come true!
And my mom will call you soon because she has a bathroom to remodel too, thanks again!

Needed my rental property renovated for new tenants and called them to get an estimate. When Guy arrived, he was pushing the high end work that comes with pricey tag. It seemed he was more interested in upselling than preparing the house for rent. We’ve ran into this type of contractor before and they are better suited to folk with deep pockets and a high/​no budget. He changed his tune somewhat after some other people showed up to give us bids.
Too bad we didn’t have the same goals in mind.

Professional company can’t believe the job they have done in my house I remodeling my bathroom and they did phenomenal job I’m amazed and definitely recommended thy come over on June 26 i’m very satisfied with the job I can’t believe how fast they did it I will post picture in the future very happy now I can wake up to a new bathrooms Stayl me and my wife want to thank you for the great job keep doing what you’re doing we like a Family now :)

We used Lumina builders to remodel our store in downtown.
After having four different estimates, we decided to go with David. He was the only one that explained every possible detail of how he will do the floors, fix the drywall and painting the place.
That was a big project for us and we are very happy that we decided to use Lumina builders for the project.
We are highly recommending Lumina builders. They are standing behind their word. Everything was done on time and a reasonable price.

This company is Professional, Respectful, Courteous, Honest, Knowledgeable, & they Communicate very well. These are experience pros and request to be paid as such, so if you are looking for a killer deal, hire a handyman and risk low quality work. They find a way to make each job nice, and do a little extra for their customers no matter how small the job. David tries to please and does a good job of trying to meet customers expectations.
These two partners are trying to build a business and do each job in a way that will lend them good reviews like this. I highly recommend this company and encourage you to meet them before hiring anyone else.