Great experience from start to finish!
We had an 5x8 front window that started with a tiny crack, and ended up splitting all the way across. We spoke to a few contractors from Homestars, and we were really impressed with Alex Davidovitch from Canadian Choice. He was very friendly, came prepared with tons of similar pictures, and supplied us with a ton of reading material. He even sat on the phone with me for 45 minutes one night after 8pm just answering all of my detailed questions. (I'm super picky).
The install was booked, and Gena and Edward showed up promptly at 9am. They were efficient, professional and kept everything clean. They even pointed out some wall damage that happened due to water damage to my old plaster wall. I wasn't hugely worried about it; knew that it wasn't their fault but they took the time to patch it with plaster anyway, unasked! You could tell that they really cared about the quality that they provide.
The window looks great, and the room is SO much warmer than it was even this morning. The whole front of the house is warmer! I never noticed until the window was replaced how dingy and foggy the old one was. The room is now brighter, feels bigger, and we are even inspired to repaint the room.
One minor quibble. The guy who was booked to measure the window between the quote and install was rather unprofessional. Maybe he was having a bad day, but we had booked a specific time with him, rearranging our schedule to fit the day he wanted. He called 20 minutes before the appointment asking to change the time, because he had another call in our neighborhood later that day and didn't want to be inconvenienced by coming twice. We rearranged our day again, changed the time to accommodate him. I waited for him and he called again to say he would come AFTER his other call, changing the time again. I never saw him, cause I didn't really need to be there for him to measure, so I told him to come whenever he wanted after that.
Again, a minor annoyance that will be forgotten as I admire the beautiful investment we made in our house. All it does is reduce my rating for Canadian choice from 11/10. to 10/10.