Local Neighbor Recommended Service Providers

This is a list of tradespeople and businesses recommended by residents of Sam Hughes. They are not submitted by the
businesses, nor are they paid ads. Most of them were taken from responses to requests for information sent to our neighborhood email group.
Your neighbors were happy with their work, but you should do your own due diligence.

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Type of Service

Company providing service, telephone, Web, email

SH Neighbor recommending this, their email, and their comments.

Month/Year
of Service

Bee removal

AA Africanized Bee Removal Specialists Inc.
520-743-8000
aaabeeremoval.com

Dr. Art.   Dr.Art [at] Lipski dot com

05-2008
Bee removal

Killer Bee Guy
Reed Booth
877- 227-9338

This gent from Bisbee can remove them without killing them and is fairly reasonably priced. He also has some of the best honey products and coffee around.
Janys Neill. jlneill [at] msn dot com
05-2008
Contractor

Romero Custom Builders
991-8192

"Remodel/addition at 2321 E. Hawthorne, as well as garage at 2304 E. Hawthorne. They have done other projects in the neighborhood, are really easy to work with.  
Randy Downer. Randy [at] webprivatedetective dot com

 
Contractor

Herb Unru
907-2128
unruhbros.com

He did an excellent job of completely renovating and modernizing our main bathroom without sacrificing its 1927 identity. Ernest Rubi. e_rubi [at] yahoo dot com

 
Contractor

Rocky O'Malley
603-1838

Rocky subcontracted out a job for me which involved raising the height of the entire wall around my yard, rebuilding part of it and stuccoing, painting it. I would definitely recommend him based on that. JoAnn. sonoran78 [at] yahoo dot com  
Contractor

Pro Remodeling and Restoration
John Almond
745-9769

John Almond, owner, is most honest and responsible . All my work was done perfectly and on time at a reasonable cost. 
Dr. Art.   Dr.Art [at] Lipski dot com
 
Glass/windows

Columbus glass
327-6009

I used Columbus glass to replace window panes in old windows with double paned, "low e" glass so that I could retain the character of my house but still have more energy efficient windows.
Katie Cox. scoutkatie [at] hotmail dot com

09/2009
Electrician

Gateway Electric
405.3491

Mark lives in the SH hood and does great reasonable work.
Scott Cummings. scottjcummings [at] aol dot com
 
Electrician

Roy Najera
955-3884

He has been doing our new construction electrical work at 2321 E. Hawthorne. 
Randy Downer. Randy [at] webprivatedetective dot com
 
Kitchen tile counters

Jeff Hawes
982-6278

"He's done a lot of work for us and clients. He also had worked for McCaleb Remodeling who is well known in Tucson for remodels of vintage homes. Rich Kenney. tucsonliving [at] aol dot com

 
Kitchen tile counters Pete Cambridge
349-7355
He has done some remarkable work for us, is responsible, accountable, and very reasonable. He is also incredibly creative. Randy Downer. Randy [at] webprivatedetective dot com  
Painting Mike Kapel
861-1816

He’s done a lot of good work for me, and the price is right.
Randy Downer. Randy [at] webprivatedetective dot com

 
Painting Mike Koullias
325-0825
Is very good, takes a lot of pride in his work and his price is reasonable. He used a sponge-like process in my living room with great results. JoAnn. sonoran78 [at] yahoo dot com  
Painting & stucco Vic & sons
751-1653
They have worked very efficiently and do a good paint job. They repaired some stucco cracks in a courtyard wall as well. Betty Guarraia. Lguar [at] aol dot com 11-2006
Piano teacher

Lira Makarova
888-0214

Is a very good teacher but she is over by Fort Lowell Park. 
Skip Andree. andree [at] noao dot edu
12-2008
Roofing Hoffman Roofing
Oscar.
745-5602

Excellent quality, great customer service. I give them a 5 star ranking on 5 being the highest, 1 the lowest. Tell him I referred you. They've done 2 jobs for me, both time quality and excellence. Louanne Panapento. lpanepento [at] yahoo dot com

04-2010
Roofing

Roofsavers
884-1288
roofsaversaz.com

I have had good luck with Roofsavers and Jon’s Roofing.
Debbie Stertz. debbiestertz [at] gotucson dot com
12-2007
Roofing Rincon Roofing
888-6660
I use them too, have had good luck, no leaks. 
Christine Curtis. ccurtis [at] scstucson dot org
04-2010
Roofing Tribolet
622-2123

We have had very good luck with the roofer Tribolet.
Norma Wilson. wabnormal [at] msn dot com

12-2007
Tree service Romeo Tree Service
603-0143  
Insured tree service right here in our Sam Hughes neighborhood; was impressed both by his professionalism and by his friendly personality. Vytas Sakalas. vsakalas [at] dakotacom dot net 03-2009
Upholstery, leather

Baca Upholstery
622-2898 "

Mr. Baca has re-upholstered several chairs for me and also the seats in my son's car. He has always done an excellent job at a reasonable price. I would highly recommend him.
Denise McEvoy. denisemc0727 [at] yahoo dot com

 
Upholstery, leather

Fermin Gil
883-7705

"He did my living room couch and chair and has done numerous projects for friends. Very professional, does great work and is very reasonable. He also builds furniture. 
JoAnn. sonoran78 [at] yahoo dot com