Garza Contractors

As a first time home buyer, I heard from pretty much everyone to beware of contractors… they would upcharge you, add expenses and delay work. I found Garza Contractors on Unilocal and I am SO GLAD I DID! (1) Competitive pricing (2) Quality work (3) All-​around nice people.
The team leader was Guillermo, with Gustavo and his capable crew doing the core work. Guillermo is unbelievably professional and patient, explaining what was going on and next steps.
The staff was polite and kept me informed and updated on the progress. Here’s the kicker… they started when I was in town but I had to leave halfway through for a trip out of the country. I made some mistakes in the prep (I am a renovation moron), such as picking lighting fixtures that were too big and choosing a wood stain that was actually for outdoors rather than indoors. Rookie mistakes that they dealt with professionally and completely. Being out of the country, I couldn’t hop out and buy new lights but they did. Beyond that, they only charged me for the purchase price not their time. They even FaceTimed so I could see what was going on.
The work included pulling up the carpet, sanding and staining the hardwood floor (that had to be fixed in several places), painting all the interior walls, tile work, patching and fixing drywall, replacing all lighting, replacing bathroom hardware and replacing an electrical panel. Unexpected issues, like a hidden rusted pipe, were fixed after providing me with an estimate (reasonable) and photos.
I came back from my trip to a beautifully renovated home. And I didn’t worry about it (much) while I was on travel. I trusted Guillermo, Gustavo and their team to take care of things.
I started looking for a contractor with the idea of having a relationship. I have that with Garza, confident that work with be done well, with straightforward billing and no surprises.

This is honestly my first review on Unilocal,but I wanted to reach out to the renovation community and say how impressed I was with Garza Contractors. They were prompt, professional, quick and gave me everything I wanted and more! I’ve had so many contractors on my house, but this one is the best by far!

I was in need of some work done in my basement due to a flooding issue caused by a storm in June. One company came in to clean up the mess but did not provide restoration services. I had to schedule everything on my and needed someone to repair the damages including sealing the window that had leaked.
I don’t use Angie’s list because I don’t require the services of contractors often but I looked on Unilocal and they provided a list of contractors able to perform the tasks needed to get my basement back in order for guests from out of town to stay there. I was very skeptical at first because the first person I called did not return my call as promised. I saw that Garza had high marks and gave them a shot. The owner and his project manager arrived on time and inspected what needed to be done. They promised they would seal and repair the damages in a professional manner and meet my time frame.
Garza contractors showed up on time and began to work. At first I didn’t think they knew what needed to be done as the owner and project manager were not on site but by the days end you could see they knew what they were doing and were very professional. Total time onsite, one and half days. The project was completed and they even went the extra mile to plant grass where the work was done on the outside. After all the work was done, the completely painted both areas where the work was performed and now can’t tell the difference between the newly painted areas and the old undamaged areas.
Both the owner and project manager visited the site to make sure all was well and to answer questions I may have had.
Garza Contractors is a very professional group and I will be using them again in the future for other projects. I would highly recommend them to anyone for general contracting projects.

Very professional and prompt service. I was tired of hiring non licensed individuals who never kept their word and didn’t do a quality job. I had two exterior and storm doors replaced and they did a fantastic job.

I don’t normally write reviews but I felt that Garza and his team deserved some recognition. We had our kitchen redone, removing an interior wall to open up the space as well as adding an egress window in the basement. His guys finished in record time and didn’t cut corners but really were careful and thorough. His men were pleasant (Gustov and Valentin and others), polite, VERY hardworking and always cleaned up at the end of the day. As expected with renovations, minor mishaps and unexpected surprises did occur but they were dealt with reasonably and courteously. They priced their work fairly and really did a great job. I would definitely call them again.

We worked with Miguel and team on repairing one of the floors in our house after flooding. We solicited quotes from three different companies and chose to go with Garza Contractors due to (a) raving Unilocal reviews and (b) a very detailed estimate providedby Miguel and Soraya (none of the other two companies cared to write everything down up to moving the furniture and putting it back in place). Miguel is very knowledgeable of his business and provides great advice. Miguel went with us to the store to select materials and provided valuable advice on what we should be choosing and why. Even though we were working with the budget from the insurance company, Miguel treated it as though it were our own funds and suggested ways of saving money while increasing the value of the house post-​renovations and overall look. They finished the entire job (800+SF of full floor remodel, baseboards, repainting walls, updating kitchen cabinets, repairing dry walls) in 8 days. Miguel and his team are very hard working and Soraya (Miguel’s wife handling all email communication) is beyond polite and friendly.
Miguel was very patient with us answering any questions we had about the renovations and explaining what they were going to do an why. We are in LOVE with the way our floor looks now and are extremely happy with the job Garza Contractors have done. I would recommend their work to anyone without hesitation as I know you’ll be in good hands and will love the end result of your project.

I’ve been doing business with Garza Contractors for over 6 years; the level of service is second to none. Miguel and Soraya Garza, the proprietors, have impressed me as honest and trustworthy. Two qualities sadly missing from today’s businesses but the opposite in my experience with Garza Contractors. I know I’m in good hands when I hire Garza from the integrity of its owners. In many respects, Miguel/​Soraya conduct their business very similar to my Dad, a retired contractor for over 40 years.
Garza Contractors has completed a considerable amount of work, increasing value of our home: updating the kitchen and baths; remodeling our deck, updating the our basement; woodwork/​molding, and painting.
Garza Contractors is a full-​scale general contractor; there’s so much the company offers… Much like my Dad, Garza is a jack of all trades. I wish I had met Miguel/​Soraya a year earlier when I was searching for a replacement-​window company… URGH. Unfortunately, the company hired, a popular replacement-​window company out of Baltimore, failed to live up to its name, hype and promises; as a result, I paid dearly… Lessons learned!
Never again, however, as my wife and I are extremely pleased with the work and level of service of Garza Contractors. We are blessed to have Miguel, Soraya and the Garza Team as friends, our goto Contractor. We look forward to an even greater relationship with Garza Contractors, as our contractor of choice, when we sell our current home and upgrade to a larger home.

I cannot rave enough about Garza Contractors! I asked my realtor for a recommendation and I could not have been happier with Garza Contractor’s service, price and the quality of their work. They were a dream to work with! They are completely trustworthy, very reasonable, incredibly responsive and do great work!
I needed to do some renovations, including a kitchen remodel, to a house on the east coast before putting it on the market to sell — while living on the west coast. I started the work with a different contractor and halfway through I fired this contractor because I realized I had been gouged price-​wise and had a number of trust issues with this other contractor. I turned to Garza Contractors and am so glad I did!
Miguel Garza and Soraya Velasquez are a husband and wife team. She is in the office and Miguel is out on the road. Any time I would contact them, whether it be by phone, text or email I would either get right through or get a response within minutes. On a quick trip into town, I met with Miguel to discuss the scope of the work. I quickly received a detailed written proposal, was presented with samples and catalogs and was able to make decisions in the short time frame that I was in town. Along the way, Miguel made a number of recommendations of things that I might consider taking care of that I had not thought of. He was my eyes at the project and I never once felt that he was trying to up-​sell me. In fact, there were things I thought I needed to do that he talked me out of. I trusted him implicitly and was often surprised at how low his pricing was. They completed the work in a very timely fashion. Once the initial work was completed I kept adding things. They were able to squeeze in extra projects at a moment’s notice. This is especially important when trying to get a house quickly onto the market. At one point we had a miscommunication about some tile work and Miguel offered to completely change it at his cost, no cost to me. I wound up keeping it the way it was but his attitude of «whatever it takes to make a client satisfied» was so refreshing.
Doing big house remodeling projects is stressful but is exacerbated by living long distance from the property. I felt that I was in such good hands with Garza. I wish I could hire Garza for my house on the west coast!