Recommended Contractors

Mirian Quel 703-901-4537. She’s been cleaning my house for several years and does a great job.

BIG Plumbing:  The owner is a Master Plumber with over 10 years experience. His prices are 1/2 of what you'll spend with one of the biggie local companies like FH Furr or Dwyer. Give Hasib with BIG Plumbing a call: 202-845-0557.

Steve Gagliano ( a contractor who lives in the Village) recommended that I contact Darren Porter to get my house painted.  It feels good to pull up in my driveway and say "Gee the house looks nice. Reasonable price, and the work was done quickly.

Darren Porter

Porterbuil Internal/External Painting & Carpentry

P.o. box 68

Fairfax Station, VA 22039

(571)259-6159

porterbuilt@msn.com

My glasses slipped off.

Jason Henry (Edmonton Court) used Ismari Menjivar (703/477-3673) and his crew to dethatch and aerate his yard, pull encroaching English Ivy, clean his gutters, mulch leaves to condition his yard and then rake and bag the remaining yard waste. Jason thought Ismari’s free estimate was very reasonable and the quality of their work outstanding.

R&R Tree Service. We recently took down a very large Oak Tree (60 feet) located very close to our house. The R&R team came and did a free estimate and came to take down the tree following Ms. Utilities marking all utilities at our home the R&R team showed up early removed the tree with the utmost care and cleaned up at the lowest possible price. They offer a 15% discount with the coupon from the clipper magazine.

Stephen Gagliano, owner of Unlimited Service Construction Company, 6820 Barnack Drive, Springfield, VA 22152 (703/843-3191) for transformed John Hoffmann's 1967 vintage bathroom into a zero-barrier shower ADA compliant bathroom. Stephen paid close attention to John’s Parkinson’s needs determining where to place the “blocking” for the safety bars, pull down seat and shower fixtures.

• Lawn Services – Mark Gregris (Edmonton Court) recommends that team who left yellow ads taped to mailboxes for a variety of lawn services to include pressure washing and gutter cleaning. The man in charge is Ismari Menjivar at 703/477-3673 or neighborhoodgeneral@gmail.com.

Over the last twenty five years or so, My Le has done everything from sewing buttons for me to making skirts for my wife. This is an overdue recommendation, but the question keeps coming up on the Facebook page.

My Le's Needle

7706 Backlick Rd Suite E,

Springfield, VA 22150

Ed's quote was reasonable - a lot less expensive than another quote that I received.  His crew finished in one day, and I haven't seen any nails or other detritus since the job was done.

Contact Info:

Ed Vander Hoven

Atlas Roofing

7311 Highland Street