The first job was demo the whole kitchen by Miguel Romero. He was suggested by my friend Donnie Meals, a recording studio owner. Miguel did some work on his studio and highly recommended him.

Miguel works with his wife, Claudia. She coordinates the jobs. Once she and their 2 teenage boys came to help out. Having boys myself, I knew they’d rather be playing video games, but came to help their papa. I appreciated it.

The demo was hard, so much heavy tile. We hoped to save the subfloors but there were so many layers of various wood, tile, and unknown materials. Miguel had to cut out the subfloors, between the joists, piece by piece. It was really hard work. But all the while Miguel had a great enthusiastic attitude and whistled while he worked.

It really impressed me. There have been times when you hire workers and they start complaining if things get a little difficult.

Plus I found out that Miguel does all the parts of construction!