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OMNI HOUSE, INC.
May 1, 2012
Harry Kalashian, Glenn Highsmith and the
crew of Harry & Sons Co., Inc. donated their time, skilled labor
and supplies to replace ten sliding glass doors at Cromwell
Fountain condominiums. Home Depot Foundation provided a gift
card and Maryland Affordable Housing Trust a grant toward the
purchase of the doors.
Harry & Sons provides residential, commercial and
industrial roofing and other services. Omni House warmly thanks
them as well as local business leaders Juli Blanton of Keller
Williams and Bill MacMillan of Huff Insurance for referring Omni
House to this outstanding firm.
The mission of Omni House,
Inc. is to provide psychiatric and rehabilitative services for
adults with mental illness and co-occurring disorders. Omni
House Inc.’s comprehensive programs and services allow
individuals with mental illness to live in the community as
productive citizens with greater freedom, privacy and dignity.
If you would like to join our community of supporters to
continue renovations of our residences, please visit Omni House,
Inc.’s website at
www.omnihouse.org to donate.
Mr. Harry Kalashian
Mr. Glen Highsmith
Harry and Sons Contracting Co., Inc.
3403 Windom Road,
Brentwood, Maryland 20722
Dear Harry and Glen,
Words can't describe how grateful we are for your overwhelming
support for our Omni House members. On behalf of the
board, staff and members, I want to thank you both and Harry &
Sons Contracting Co., Inc. For your generous in-kind
donation of services. Your contribution of labor in the
removal and replacement of ten glass sliding doors for our
Cromwell Fountain renovation project means a great deal to our
members who are one of the most under severed members of
our community adults with severe and persistent mental illness.
We at Omni house, Inc. believe that our clients deserve to live
in safe, affordable and quality housing the equal of their
peers. Your part in helping us to maintain the quality of
their residences shows a signal commitment on your part to
service the underserved far and beyond the call of duty, so to
speak. we realize the tremendous investment in time and
energy this project took.
Thank you and all your staff for their generosity and caring.
Warm regards,
Lois Miller
President and CEO
Mr. Harry Kalashian
Harry and Sons Contracting Co., Inc.
3403 Windom Road,
Brentwood, Maryland 20722
Dear Harry,
Harry and Sons is the real deal. a commercial roofer that also
does residential. What that means is that getting your job
scheduled is going to be a real bear, but once Harry and Sons is
onsite, they work continuously till the job is done. Harry and
Sons also busted their kiesters to get a bunch sub-contractors
on board for a complex job that also involved insulation and
upgrades to my attic HVAC.
The combination shingle/membrane system that they recommended
was high-quality and affordable. Unlike one other roofer that I
solicited a bid from, Harry and Sons did not try to sell me on a
"Cadillac" system that was way more than I could afford and way
more than I needed.
Now I'm no expert on roofing and roof repairs, so anything I say
about the quality of the job is probably suspect, but the works
look solid, and Harry and Sons gave me a set of high-res digital
photos covering every aspect of the work.
All in all, I'm very satisfied.
Kvatch K.
Mr. Harry Kalashian
President
Harry and Sons Contracting Co., Inc.
3403 Windom Road,
Brentwood, Maryland 20722
Dear Mr. Kalashian,
I would like to express my complete satisfaction with the new
roof and the siding you placed on my home. The experience has
been a pleasant one with great attention to details. The
concerns and issues I raised were addressed in a timely manner
without any difficulty. Your crew was courteous, responsive and
clearly concerned about the quality of the job they did and the
care of the job site.
To remove a roof of that size and dispose of the old slate and
bring in the new materials shows that all members of the work
crew are well trained and well coordinated.
I would highly recommend your company to any and all that
mention to me any major roofing or siding needs. It is so rare
these days that consumers are treated with the patience and
understanding that jobs of this size require. Again, thank you
for a job well done.
I will clearly be able to enjoy my Christmas thanks to you and
your crew.
Sincerely,
St. Elmo W. Crawford Jr. D.D.S.
Harry & Sons Contracting Co.,
With my payment I wanted to enclose a note expressing my thanks
and satisfaction with the experience of roofing my house with
your company. Glenn Highsmith was very good with the estimate
process, explaining what would be done, the products to be used
and getting back to me quickly with answers to question as I was
debating different quotes from other companies. He scheduled the
job to fit around my schedule so I could be at home to watch the
project.
The crew under the supervision of Philla did a good job of
installation and cleaning up. When issues did come up, as they
do in any job, he was quick to see that my concerns were
addressed. My thanks for their hard work on a brutally hot day,
they continued in the heat until the roof was at a point that
the inevitable storm that evening did not penetrate into the
unfinished areas.
As a home inspector, I see a lot of sloppy, poorly installed
roofs. I look forward to not having to worry about mine for
years to come and will be happy to mention your name as I work
in the region.
Sincerely Yours,
Michael Santini
Dear Mr. Glenn Highsmith
I would just like to thank you for the exceptional job you and
your crew did on my new roof.
On July 23rd, your crew came out and replaced my roof. While
they were here they were very focused on getting the job
completed. When they were finished they cleaned up everything in
my yard as well as my next door neighbor’s when some shingles
went into their yard.
You should be very proud of your crew! I thanked my neighbor for
recommending your company to me. I would recommend you and your
company to any on else who needs a new roof or repair. Thank you
again for a job well done!
Sincerely,
Chauncey Morse
Dear Mr. Highsmith:
I want to express my praise and appreciation for the truly
excellent job Harry and Sons’ crew did in shingling the roof of
my house in Lanham Maryland, and at a very reasonable price. The
house looks marvelous.
Alex, the crew chief, deserves to be commended in appreciation
for the efficient, thorough and neat manner in which the job was
conducted.
Thank you,
James W. Kehoe
When we bought our house a couple months
ago, we knew we'd be needing to fix the roof. The outside rafter
on a dormer had pulled away from the decking and was hanging by
a hair. A couple of shingles had slid off the roof into our
neighbor's yard.
I had a couple of folks look at the roof, and Harry and Sons
quoted a reasonable price for removing the old shingles,
repairing the dormer, and installing new gutters. They also
talked me in to installing a ridge vent--a relatively cheap way
to save money on air conditioning.
I didn't hear back from them once I sent the contract and
deposit in, so I called to see what the status was. A string of
thunderstorms we had in June was playing havoc with their
scheduling, so Harry himself called me back and gave me a
ballpark idea of when they'd start work. Their salesman
confirmed the color of shingles and the extras we wanted, and we
got a call the Friday before to say that they'd start on Monday
morning.
They arrived at 8:00 in the morning, ready to go, and it was
nonstop from then on. A team of five removed the old shingles
(three layers, plus an odd layer of insulation sheeting!?!),
replaced a bunch of decking that was weak, fixed the dormer, cut
the ridge vent, and installed the shingles all in one day. Well,
they were replaced by a second shift of workers, but that's
because it took until past 9:00 pm. All the neighbors were
impressed by their speed.
Now, in the process, some old shingles and tar paper flew into
the neighbors' yards on both sides, and a couple of our flowers
and bushes got damaged by the falling debris. However, I think
that's mostly because the heaps of old shingles were three feet
tall all around the house. The workers took care to do a
meticulous job cleaning our yard and our neighbors'.
The next day, a team came to finish some last details, and
another team installed the gutters. It was all done in a blur.
As first-timers, we sometimes weren't sure what stage of the
process things were in, but it's clear that Harry and Sons will
do a good, honest, affordable, and FAST job fixing your roof.
They aren't much for hand-holding, but in retrospect, we never
really needed that.
Andrew Hunt