Two Ells Home Improvements

We bought a new house in Clarence and it had this front «sitting» room across from the dining room. I know from previous home owning experience that these «sitting» rooms are seldom used. It ends up being this place you put your «nice» couch and forbid anyone from coming in contact with it. I started to think about what could I do with this «sitting» room? My husband and I both enjoy drinking and since that room is right across from the dining room, why not turn it in to a lounge where we can put in a Kegerator and store our wine and liquor?
Problem with that plan is the room was wide open with no dividing wall. We wanted it walled up, so we could shut the door so our toddler can’t hit our booze. I also watched too many episodes of Scooby Doo as a child, so I decided I wanted the door to be a «secret» entrance. I started researching online how to do this, and decided to go with a door built by the Murphy Door company that looks like a built in bookshelf. My husband is not handy, so I needed a contractor to put up the drywall and install this special door. I saw on Unilocal that Two Ells comes pretty highly recommended, so I reached out to Brian, the owner, about my project idea.
Brian got back to me and we hashed out the details of what I wanted and could he do it. I was more than pleased with the price he quoted me. He tends to do a lot of bathroom re-​models so he was pleased to get a different kind of project and was not put off by my odd request for a secret entrance. He is a busy man, especially in the summer months so he needed a few weeks before he could start my project. No worries on my end, I needed to order my Murphy Door and get it delivered anyhow.
My door comes and Brian and his helped guy, Dave, started putting in our drywall and getting the door frame in. I was super impressed with how fast they got the frame work done, it only took them a few hours to get that put in. The next part to drywall takes place in stages, because there is a lot of what I believe is called «mudding» and sanding where they make the drywall have no seams and be smooth. Plus the painting. And then we ordered a electromagnetic lock for the door, so there was electrical work with our door.
My secret entrance (although if you post about it on Unilocal,is it really a secret?) is complete. When you walk in to my house you now think you walk past a hallway with a built in bookshelf but it’s really a door that will unlock our booze. It’s AWESOME. It just got finished so I need to decorate it but I couldn’t be more pleased with how it turned out. Brian did a great job with it and he kept the final price pretty much inline with his original quote. I was really impressed with that because he and Dave spent a lot of hours here working on it. I would HIGHLY recommend Brian and Two Ells for remodel services or the odd project. Just be patient and know quality work takes time, so if Brian tells you he needs a few weeks it’s because he’s so good he’s in high demand.

Back in the Spring when my family needed to hire someone to renovate our crumbling bathroom, I turned to Unilocal to ask who knew a good contractor for this kind of work. Kelly B recommended Brian at Two Ells. I called him that day, left a message. He returned the message that day and we set up a time for an estimate. I love prompt responsiveness, and right off the bat, I had a good feeling about Brian.
My parents haven’t had any major work done in their 1980-​built house since they moved in, circa 1984. Partly because they didn’t want to spend the money and partly because it can be difficult finding an honest, affordable contractor, which has to do with the first reason really. Two of the several things I’m super grateful for regarding the way Brian works are his honesty and his ability to see projects in a cost-​effective way. He is also extremely patient. My Mom had some health issues arise during our plans and Brian was so patient with us and having to push the date back (& our slacking on picking out materials, mostly because my mom is a perfectionist procrastinator).
While we were waiting on the bathroom finalization, Brian painted our upstairs hallway and our family room and did a great job. He also replaced all of the gross fluorescent tube lighting in our kitchen and powder room with recessed lighting. I swear if you can only change one thing in a house built in the 70’s-80’s, the upgrade in lighting will make a WORLD of difference.
My parents home only has one shower so it was VITAL that the tub and shower tile work was done relatively quickly. Brian and Bryce had the tub, tiles, and fixtures installed and ready to be used in 3.5 days. We were blown away with how quickly they worked and how beautiful the tile work turned out. The remainder of the bathroom work (new floor, new toilet, new lighting, painting, new doors, new vanity and counter top) took about 7 – 8 work days, at the most. We had a delay in getting the vanity and counter top from the materials supplier, but Brian checked in every couple of days to let us know what was going on. The project altogether probably took about 10 days. To remodel a full bathroom. Yay!
I highly recommend Two Ells. Their pricing for our projects was SUPER reasonable and Brian is a really good, honest guy. He had great communication with us throughout our projects. We had estimates from a couple of other contractors initially but we got the best feeling from Brian and knew he was the man for our job! We look forward to working more with him in the future! It disappoints me to see so many of the reviews for this business filtered because I’m sure they are legit. Brian deserves all of that praise for the quality work he does. Thanks Brian! We’ll see ya’ soon! :D

This is the best and most caring professional I have met. Great on time and budget service. You will not bet disappointed!

We have utilized Two Ells for a variety of big and small jobs and have never been disappointed! We first hired Brian at Two Ells as the general contractor for a complete kitchen remodel. Brian met with us and and our cabinet maker prior to starting the remodel to collaborate and work out all the details so we could have the kitchen we’d dreamed of. Our old farm house provided plenty of challenges during the process. We were really impressed at the creative solutions Brian devised to address them. He did everything he could to get the main elements of the kitchen up and running quickly to minimize our down time. He was absolutely committed to making us happy. Brian and his crew showed up on time every day and cleaned up at the end of each day. Definitely the best home improvement experience we have had. There was none of the typical contractor — start the job and then go off for days or weeks to another job that so many contractors are guilty of. Since the remodel (2011) we have utilized Two Ells for a number of smaller jobs and they put the same level of care and professionalism into fixing a closet as they did when remodeling our kitchen. I have also recommended Brian to several people and they have all gratefully thanked me for introducing them.