Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Eric was great at getting things done for us. Christina was awesome with the design.

I came in with a total desired budget of $150,000-$200,000. Final bill from Kowalski came in at just under $250,000.00 and we covered another $50,000.00 outside of Kowaslke (provided tile, grout,sinks, faucets, appliances, lighting, flooring & installation). There were a few things that Kowaske missed that were then a plus, plus for the budget so I would tell people to expect to have the budget blown. What I LOVED is that Molly was always available for questions or confirmations, you stated a 3 month time-line that I did not believe would happen and it happened and your on-site crew were always friendly, answered questions and were super clean!

Clean

Clean - Every single day, they cleaned up after themselves and left a clean workplace. We really appreciated this as we were living in the house during the remodel.

Communication

Communication - Our crew chief Brian was always availalbe to answer questions and if he didn't have the answer, he would find out and get back to me. Molly was great to work with and always available.

Quality Of Materials

Quality Of Materials - I love the qualify of the cabinets and the finishes are beautiful and have created a fabulous kitchen/first floor.

Professional & Organized

Professional & Organized - LOVE the portal, the daily photos, the daily notes and the calendar. Well done!

Schedule

Schedule - It is one of the things I tell people over and over is we were told we'd be back in our kitchen within 3ish months and we were. I didn't believe it, but you all pulled it off.

Value

Value - Kowalske was one of the more expensive bids we received when getting quotes on this project, but the timeline was important to us as we had a son getting married the end of May. Brian worked hard to finish the punchlist and was even here finishing the very last of the items the morning of the rehearsal dinner to make sure we were ready for the celebration.

Sales Knowledge

Sales Knowledge - Molly was excellent!! LOVED working with her.

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - Communication, quality of products, Molly!!, openness to work with our ideas and changes when the initial design didn't work. Brian had to frankenstein a cabinet face onto the end of another cabinet after we discovered in real-time the opening into the kitchen from the foyer would have been too small. He did a beautiful job.

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - Love my kitchen and the beautiful gathering spot you helped create in our home. It truley is stunning and when our guests come to our home and see it for the first time, their initial response is "WOW!". You really would have won all the awards! :)

I have already told many people to use Kowalske.

Clean

Clean - I was amazed that EVERYONE spent time cleaning up before they left. Great process step to employ not only for the customer but also for themselves.

Safe

Safe - All the equipment and bathroom supplies were kept in my garage and they rearranged things, as they took them out, making sure I was safe when entering the garage.

Communication

Communication - My project manager, Aaron, constantly kept me informed as to who would be arriving each day and what they would be doing.

Quality Of Materials

Quality Of Materials - The best materials - Kohler and Kallista.

Quality Of Workmanship

Quality Of Workmanship - Excellent workmanship by all!!!!

Problem Resolution

Problem Resolution - They went out of their way to suggest a plan B when plan A wasn’t going to work. A great example is what Aaron did to make my secret/hidden two-step ladder, under the bathroom vanity, doable.

Professional & Organized

Professional & Organized - They get an A+++++++++++ in this category. From coming on site to check things out to the project plan, I couldn’t have asked for more.

Schedule

Schedule - They got things done quicker than originally planned. Yahoo!!!!!!!!!

Value

Value - I certainly did.

Design

Design - Kim, my Kowalske Designer, was the best. I loved working with her. Between the two of us, we designed a gorgeous small bathroom.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Both Kim (Designer) and Aaron (Project Manager)

Areas For Improvement

Areas For Improvement - They didn’t fall short on anything.

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - They got the job completed sooner than expected. The quality and expertise of all their contractors was superb.

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - I liked what they did in my bathroom that I have asked them to do my kitchen.

Sales Knowledge

Sales Knowledge - Kim was the best. Her talent, expertise and knowledge were so helpful to me.

Communication

Communication - Excellent communication by all. Aaron always kept me informed on what was planned for the next day or days and who to expect. Aaron was a great project manager.

Quality Of Workmanship

Quality Of Workmanship - Excellent workmanship by every contractor/subcontractor including Aaron.

Clean & Safe

Clean & Safe - I was amazed how every contractor/subcontractor cleaned up afterwards. Glad Kowalske mandates that before they leave. Great protocol.

Project Management

Project Management - Aaron, my project manager, was the best! He was my project manager for my bathroom as well as for my kitchen. He is a very talented man!

Designer Service

Designer Service - Kim always was there when I needed her. As stated above, I couldn’t have asked for a better Designer!

Punchlist

Punchlist - Loved the punch list.

Value

Value - I paid more for both my bathroom and kitchen but it was worthwhile because of the quality of all the contractors/subcontractors/project manager/designer.

Areas For Improvement

Areas For Improvement - There wasn’t any area they fell short on.

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - They treated me like I was their only customer which I know they all had many customers they were serving at the same time as me.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Kim and Aaron

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Monica

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - I mainly worked with Stacy and she was excellent.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - I would like to recognize Kim Anderson for her exceptional service. Also, I would like to recognize Brian for his exceptional service.

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - Kowalske Kitchen & Bath met or exceeded my expectations with their overall planning and coordination.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Brian, project manager, was fantastic! He is not only a talented carpenter but also a dear person. Christina’s vision of what I shared with her as my wish for the space became a perfect rendition and more! I am so very pleased and would highly recommend Kowalski

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - They did an amazing job on the project

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - We were very pleased with the work and oversight of both our designer, Monica, and construction manager, Brian.

Areas For Improvement

Areas For Improvement - There were none.

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - Kowalske exceeded our expectations once again.

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - We would not hesitate using Kowalske for future projects or recommending their work.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - I would like recognize Teri Meiners. I enjoyed working with him while coming up with the design. The design met my needs but also stays true to the character of the home. It's modern in quality yet consistent for the style of the home. I would also like to recognize Aaron Piasecki, he was the project manager. He has a fantastic ability to handle questions and requests promptly. Aaron is able to thoroughly interact and manage with different members of the crew. He has a really good handle on being able to work with them and handle our questions.

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - Kowalske Kitchen & Bath met my expectations with the timeline of the project. It was faster than expected which was great! Their ability to resolve anything that didn't quite meet our expectations was great. Whether it was something wrong with the tile work or a pipe they resolved it quickly.

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - I am very satisfied with the job and we are absolutely working with Kowalske Kitchen & Bath for our next bath remodel.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Aaron did a great job managing the project. Communicated well and was super easy to work with; Christina did a nice job understanding our needs and designing a space that met our expectations and budget.

Areas For Improvement

Areas For Improvement - no where specific - expectations were met

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - the overall organization and communication were excellent. Appreciated all of the great people who helped on the project

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - Overall great experience - we would definitely use Kowalske again for future projects and would recommend them to others

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - I would like to recognize Terri Meiners my designer and Aaron Piasecki my project manager.

This is a top notch company that does excellent work in all ways. We are delighted with our new master bathroom suite and its beautiful design and especially the walk-in shower, with excellent tile details.

Respectful

Respectful - I was particularly happy that they respected the need to not do damage to hallways and the concrete slab drive way.

Communication

Communication - easy to comunicate.

Quality Of Workmanship

Quality Of Workmanship - Brian and Vinny were superb. Vinny's tile job is the show piece. Everyone who has seen it wants to hire him. Brian listened to what we wanted and delivered superbly. I always enjoyed Brian being around, and he supervised everything meticulously.

Problem Resolution

Problem Resolution - when minor issues arose Brian quickly addressed them.

Value

Value - The price is fair and reflects the high quality we received

Design

Design - Christina is a great interior designer, and we love her work.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Vinny Holamari (tiles); Brian, the project manager, Christina for design, and we also felt good with Byron overseeing everything.

Areas For Improvement

Areas For Improvement - none

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - everything

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - We regret we didnt use your services on another bathroom. We would use them again if needed.

Kowalske has delivered to complete satisfaction on three major projects on my house and every person we've worked with has been attentive and thorough.

Communication

Communication - The use of group chat for quick resolution on unexpected problems was extremely beneficial. It kept an open line of communication with multiple team members.

Design

Design - We are getting so much use out of our renovated space.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Aaron Paisecki

Kowalske Kitchen & Bath is fantastic and convenient. I love that they worked with us every step of the project to first design and figure out what we wanted and then to execute the whole project. They were great about working on our timeline. They were great at communicating and at making sure everything was perfect. We will definitely be using them again in the future.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Eric and Christina were both excellent in communicating and helping us complete this project.

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - The finished basement is even better than we hoped for. The cabinetry and built in aspects are stunning and very well made.

The people we worked with at Kowalske listened to our ideas and incorporated them in the design when possible. They were helpful in helping us make decisions.

Value

Value - Kirk: We got our money’s worth. Marilyn: We weren’t able to get everything we wanted and stay within our budget.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Christina and Sarah (design team) and Eric (project manager)

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - They made the design process easy (and fun), and for the most part the construction process was painless.

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - I have already recommended Kowalske Kitchen & Bath to several friends.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Ashley Capron and Byron Bye were both extremely professional and great to work with. Not only were they low bid, but they were also on time and did everything that they said they would do. They also had good suggestions on how to improve the project.

Areas For Improvement

Areas For Improvement - Kowalske did all of our work at our Brookfield home. It had been a few years since we hired them for a project. We were very impressed with their new computer program interface, which provided daily updates with photos of the project's progress.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Everyone that worked at our home was exceptional.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - The entire team!

We had a great experience. Our designer, Teri, came up with options and ideas that none of the other contractors we talked to envisioned. We appreciated the communication and response to our concerns. Aaron was great especially with attention to detail and keeping on schedule. Best of all the project was completed ahead of our timeline. The end of project clean up crew was meticulous. We have gotten so many compliments from our friends and family.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Monica was great.

Good quality work

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - Project completed to our satisfaction

We are so happy with our kitchen remodel! From start to finish working with Kowalske was a great experience!! Kim listened to every idea we had and made it a reality!! Communication and project updates were superb. Every detail was covered, project was completed on time. We highly recommend Kowalske kitchen and bath!

They were wonderful to work with and the quality of their work is excellent.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - I would like to recognize everyone. Everyone I worked with was great. Aaron did excellent as the project manager. Mike the installer was good and Christina did great planning the whole thing. I am very happy with everyone who I worked with.

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - I had high expectations. My friend had recommended them to me because they did an excellent job for them. One thing I did appreciate was the three ring binder they gave me stating what jobs would be done and when and who would be coming on which day. They did what they said they were going to do by the three ring binder. I expected high quality from them and that is what they gave me.

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - If anyone wants to ask me any questions who are thinking about using them, I would be happy to talk with them and recommend Kowalske Kitchen & Bath.

Kowalske has a great process - from design to project development to ultimate construction - they take care of you, and we always had a clear path for resolving questions or issues. We loved the bathroom work so much, we are having them look at a potential kitchen redesign.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Stacy Nelson for creativity and finding a design that worked for us. Brian Andree for outstanding leadership in managing the project and providing great communication.

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - We are so pleased with the guest bathroom work that we have asked them to look at the redesign of our kitchen.

Kim helped us design the bathroom remodel and followed up at each stage of the project. The workers were very professional and efficient.
We are very pleased with the results

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Kim Anderson helped us throughout the project and gave excellent advice.

Areas For Improvement

Areas For Improvement - No, they responded promptly to our concerns

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - Overall design turned out better than we expected. Friends and relatives were impressed

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - Keep up the great work

Design

Design - Monica is increadible

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Brian and Monica made this such a pleasurable experience. Thank you !

Overall great experience, good communication, stayed close to the agreed upon schedule, and Brian Andree was awesome to work with.

Great design and team!

Respectful

Respectful - Team was always respectful

Design

Design - Great design!

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Monica and Dan

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - Design and customer service

The experience we had with Kowalske Kitchen and Bath was beyond amazing. The workmanship, the team and design were superior.

Clean

Clean - Every single day our job site was clean and organized

Respectful

Respectful - The Kowalske Team treated my home as their own.

Communication

Communication - Builder Trend application was key for communicating while we were out of the country for a period of time during the project.

Quality Of Workmanship

Quality Of Workmanship - Exceptional!!

Design

Design - Our designer was outstanding. Understood our wants/needs and also suggested creative ideas that have added character to our kitchen.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Monica, Eric, Byron, Steve, Matt, Malissa and the entire demo crew.

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - The entire project exceeded our expectations!!! Our kitchen/first floor transformed into our dreams.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - I would like to recognize Byron Bye and Ashley Capron for their exceptional service.

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - Kowalske Kitchen & Bath met or exceeded my expectations in the areas of craftsmanship, communication, and adhering to their schedule.

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - I would highly recommend Kowalske Kitchen & Bath.

Have had good experiences in the past, but quality of final work and cost make giving a recommendation questionable going forward. I like the people that work here quite a bit and they're very accommodating.

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - Kowalske Kitchen & Bath exceeded our expectations with their professionalism, cleanliness of the job site, and respect for our home. For the most part, except on a few occasions, communication during construction was phenomenal as well.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - I would like to recognize our project manager, Aaron Piasecki. We were really pleased with the customer relations person, Olesya Pidkalyuk. Overall, we really did love our designer, Monica Boldea.

It has been an absolutely amazing experience. We built our home and have completed 2 major additions before this kitchen remodel so we knew what we were getting into. This is by far the best experience. The entire team was professional and respectful. Our designer, Monica, knocked it out of the ballpark…..the rest of the team executed her vision.

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - Design and structural changes

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Monica, Byron, Olesia, Brian our finish carpenter and Robb our painter but the whole team ( all those we didn’t see daily) were incredibly.

Kowalske has now completed two large projects at my home. The first included the kitchen, mudroom, and dining room. The second, just completed in 2023, included the two full bathrooms. The project was completed quickly and efficiently with minimal disturbance to my busy household with young kids. Communication was consistent and continuous, the work was excellent, and the employees were efficient, competent, and respectful.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Aaron did a really great job of communicating, getting things done in a timely matter, keeping things clean and organized.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Byron Bye

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Aaron was fantastic! It was really great having a familiar face among all the rotating people in and out throughout the project.

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - Communication, their website, attentiveness, and the overall project and the people.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - I would like to recognize Monica and Brian.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Because I had the most contact with Justin I must commend him. I cannot say enough good things about this young man. A great representative of your company. That is not to forget Martine & Steve & his assistant. All very helpful as well as office staff. My thanks to you all for making this a smooth remodel. JessicaBoebel

I’ve already recommended them to neighbors and friends.. we already are planning another project with them!

Sales Knowledge

Sales Knowledge - Efficient, high-quality work .. Christina Kolb was the best designer we’ve ever worked with!

Professional & Organized

Professional & Organized - Extremely professionally, always prompt and trustworthy

Communication

Communication - Communicated daily with photos as well as email and text

Quality Of Workmanship

Quality Of Workmanship - Tiling, plumbing, electrical, painting.. all excellent

Project Management

Project Management - Always addressed our concerns/questions

Designer Service

Designer Service - Christina Kolb went above and beyond our expectations

Value

Value - Couldn’t be happier!!

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - Design and carpentry

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Christina, Dan, Byron and Steve

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - Brian K was very professional and helpful.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Brian K. He understood our expectations and did all he could to meet them.

They were very helpful throughout the entire process. I couldn't have made all of those design choices myself or even know how to get started. I would definitely recommend them for big projects.

Areas For Improvement

Areas For Improvement - They fell short in no areas.

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - They met or exceeded expectations in the quality of work.

The Kowalske team did an amazing job with our office renovation. The quality and efficiency was spectacular as they were able to finish our remodel on a time crunch. Aaron was our lead on the project, he was very professional, and responsive. We had a great experience with the Kowalske team and are extremely satisfied with the results!

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - Efficiency & Professionalism

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Aaron

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - We were very satisfied with all aspects of our remodeling project, from our initial design meeting to the final clean-up.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - We were very happy with our designer, Monica Boldea, and all of her ideas. I would also add that we were very happy with everyone we dealt with at Kowalske.

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - We would definitely consider using Kowalske on future remodeling projects and highly recommend their services.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Kim was amazing. The workman were great.

After going through multiple remodeling projects I can’t say enough about what a pleasure it was working with Kowalske. They kept to their timelines, budget, and provided us with an end result that we absolutely love.

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - Quality of workmanship. Creative design. Pride in providing an excellent end result

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Monica goes above beyond to make sure everything turns out from a design perspective. Tom was a pleasure to work with and was here every day, sometimes multiple trips, to also make sure everything was getting accomplished and up to their high standards. Your contractors were always courteous and polite as well.

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - Looking forward to our next project with Kowalske!

Professional & Organized

Professional & Organized - The Kowalske Kitchen & Bath staff and subcontractors were very professional and organized.

Quality Of Workmanship

Quality Of Workmanship - I am very satisfied with the quality of the workmanship.

Clean & Safe

Clean & Safe - The job site was absolutely kept clean and safe throughout the project.

Project Management

Project Management - Eric was great!

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - They met all of our expectations. They did a great job!

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Eric, the project manager, and Monica, the designer, provided exceptional service.

Would absolutely recommend this company.

Professional & Organized

Professional & Organized - Everyone that came through my house was fantastic. Great experience.

Communication

Communication - The builder app that tracked progress was helpful and provided updates immediately.

Quality Of Workmanship

Quality Of Workmanship - The quality is top notch. Love my new space.

Clean & Safe

Clean & Safe - Loved that they cleaned up as they went along.

Problem Resolution

Problem Resolution - One problem came up and the team jumped on it immediately and resolved it.

Punchlist

Punchlist - All good.

I found Kowalske Kitchen & Bath much more responsive than other contractors that I contacted about this project. Everyone was very nice and helpful. A refreshing change to what I encountered with other contractors. Kowalske was the best, and I will use them again for future projects that I am planning.

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - The people on site during the project were all excellent.

From start to finish on my project, the communication was poor. We waited two months before finding out parts had been discontinued? I was told repeatedly the project would start soon and it took months and it's still not complete.

Areas Of Satisfaction

Areas Of Satisfaction - The quality of the components was excellent; the mud work was exceptional.

Recognized Excellence

Recognized Excellence - Aaron and Justin were fantastic--they communicated exactly what they'd do and then asked questions to make sure I was satisfied.