Inside Design Firm
Cabana Residence
What does being voted the very best imply to you? Cabana Residence house owners Steve and Caroline Thompson say, “To begin with, we’re grateful that our purchasers and clients took the time to vote for us — we’re so honored to be voted the Finest Inside Design agency in Santa Barbara. We’re thrilled that folks proceed to care about high quality of their furnishings and of their inside design. We’re recognized for working first with what you might have, after which including the items that could be lacking. We see the method as artwork, making many parts match collectively for a stupendous, completed room.”
Runner-Up: Santa Barbara Interiors
Vintage Retailer
The Blue Door
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Runner-Up: City Flea Market
Carpet Cleansing
Star Rug Cleaners
Washing Santa Barbara’s rugs for greater than 100 years, Star Rug Cleaners has been serving its clients in the identical location on Cota Avenue since its founding in 1921. The oldest rug-washing plant on the town, the family-owned enterprise makes a speciality of preservation of specialty, silk, vintage, and Navajo rugs.
Runner-Up: All Pure Carpet Cleansing
Contractor
Allen Development
Why is Santa Barbara a very good place to work/have your small business? “We’re most likely not alone in considering that is the very best place on this planet,” says Allen Development CEO Aaron Choose. “Now we have been working on this group for 40 years, and we’re extremely lucky to be in a extremely relational enterprise. Having labored on hundreds of tasks in Santa Barbara over that point, we see a part of our mission as ‘being for Santa Barbara’ in all that we do. It’s why we consider so strongly in sustainability, worker possession, and doing what we are able to to present again to the group.”
Runner-Up: Beneath Magid Development
Gardening/Landscaping Companies
Kitson Panorama Administration
“We’re honored and humbled to as soon as once more obtain this prestigious award and need to lengthen our overwhelming gratitude to our clients, enterprise companions, and everybody who nominated and voted for Kitson,” says Kim Waggoner, Director of Enterprise Administration. “Our crew will proceed to attempt each day to be the premier panorama contractor in Santa Barbara County as we offer the highest-quality panorama via security, teamwork, innovation, conservation, and integrity. KLM is proud to be Santa Barbara County’s trusted panorama supplier and environmental steward as we do our half enriching our county’s magnificence and conservation efforts.”
Runner-Up: EcoLawn S.B.
Handyman Service
S.B. Handyman
“S.B. Handyman desires to say thanks to everybody who has voted and supported our enterprise, particularly through the pandemic,” says proprietor Holden Ploch. “We admire all of our purchasers in Santa Barbara County for supporting us through the pandemic when there was nonetheless plenty of uncertainty and concern occurring. This actually means rather a lot to us that folks nonetheless had our belief and help to nonetheless use our providers through the 2020-2022 years whereas COVID was occurring. Thanks to everybody who supported our native enterprise and continues to make use of our providers. We admire it rather a lot.”
Runner-Up: Edward the Repair It Man
{Hardware} Retailer
Santa Barbara Residence Enchancment Middle
This makes 26 years in a row for Santa Barbara Residence Enchancment Middle because the choose for Finest {Hardware} Retailer in Santa Barbara. Proprietor Gary Simpson says, “Successful this award yr in and yr out means the world to us, and I like seeing clients and workers throughout city and listening to from them how a lot they love our retailer.” Born and raised in Santa Barbara, Simpson says, “There’s no different place that I might slightly attempt to run a enterprise. Thanks to our loyal clients!”
Runner-Up: Miner’s Ace {Hardware}
Photo voltaic Energy Firm
Brighten Photo voltaic Co.
“Photo voltaic accomplished in another way” in a method that is smart and appears good is the experience and the imaginative and prescient that Brighten Photo voltaic Co. brings to the Central Coast. Successful the Finest Of bragging rights for the second yr in a row, the crew prides itself on offering the newest in photo voltaic applied sciences and dealing with clients on their design preferences, electrical energy wants, and their budgets to create the very best photo voltaic set up for them.
Runner-Up: Mac’s Photo voltaic
Residence Furnishing
Habitat Residence & Backyard
“Santa Barbara is such a particular and distinctive city; identical to our merchandise, it is filled with character, historical past, and appeal. The relaxed, cool, and coastal model of Santa Barbara is an ideal match for the pure, natural, and California-inspired designs Habitat is understood for,” says Kaj Maloney, president of Habitat Residence & Backyard. “We love serving to our clients carry their visions to life … and rethink the environments of their houses and companies. When their areas don’t really feel like a mirrored image of themselves and are usually not inspiring to them, we introduce high-quality, distinctive, and compelling furnishings and decor to supply them with an atmosphere that’s energizing, nurturing, and becoming to their distinctive personalities.”
Runner-Up: Mattress Mike’s Furnishings Gallery
Home Cleansing Service
MasterCare Residence Cleansing
Requested if successful Finest Of has particular significance to them in any case that we’ve been via with the pandemic, MasterCare Residence Cleansing house owners Robert and Linda Mangione say, “Contemplating the pandemic and ongoing well being issues have put priorities in perspective of significance, it’s a good affirmation that the service industries nonetheless resonate with the buyer.” They add, “Santa Barbara affords small companies to be efficient in two methods. First, it permits a enterprise like ours to be related year-round, and second, providing a high quality product on a constant foundation has intrinsic worth to the S.B. client.”
Runner-Up: Queen of Clear
Architect
Jeff Shelton
Jeff Shelton’s uniquely artistic architectural tackle Santa Barbara’s Spanish Colonial Revival model has as soon as once more captured the hearts — and the votes — of our readers. From Vera Cruz, the “home of a thousand work” homage on Santa Barbara Avenue, to the now-iconic Seussian skinny curves of Ablitt Tower on West Haley Avenue, Shelton brings an unique, colourful, and pleasant exuberance to every thing he touches. We’re wanting ahead to seeing his designs for the State Avenue underpass come to life ultimately, in addition to Augie’s, the cool new tequila-forward eating expertise he designed on the nook of State and Ortega Streets, which must be open for a spirited toast to Shelton’s win by the point this publishes (no less than in keeping with their web site).
Runner-Up: AB Design Studio
Mattress Retailer
Mattress Mike’s Furnishings Gallery
Serving up candy goals since 1994, the family-owned Mattress Mike Furnishings Gallery now has roomy new digs within the outdated Sears constructing in La Cumbre Plaza. This implies extra room to showcase far more than mattresses, together with dozens of bed room and furnishings traces, recliners, sofas, sectionals, and extra. Praised for his or her high-quality merchandise at truthful costs and nice customer support, it’s no shock that Mattress Mike is our readers’ choose for Finest Mattress Retailer as soon as once more.
Runner-Up: Santa Barbara Mattress
Mortgage Agent
Austin Lampson
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“Getting Finest Of for the sixth yr in a row is past humbling and exhilarating,” says Austin Lampson. “Our group, our world, has modified so drastically because the pandemic started years in the past. I’ve over 20 years’ expertise in lending and have seen numerous modifications, and what we confronted in these first few months in lending have been like each crash ever rolled into one. Pointers, charges, and choices have been altering so quick for purchasers that even a 13-hour work day wasn’t sufficient to remain forward. Successful once more implies that the stresses, highs, and lows have been all price it to serve these for whom we care. Thanks!”
Runner-Up: Kelly Marsh
Mortgage Firm Financial institution
Montecito Financial institution & Belief
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“This recognition celebrates the excellent dedication of our Montecito Financial institution & Belief associates to serving their group, even when the situations are fully unsure and unfamiliar,” says Chair and CEO Janet Garufis. “Mike Towbes [the bank’s late founder] used to say that in actual property, crucial factor is location, location, location, however in banking, it’s service, service, service. We’ve received a trifecta! The very best location on the Central Coast, the very best clients, and the easiest service suppliers in our associates.”
Runner-Up (Mortgage Firm, Financial institution): American Riviera Financial institution
Transferring Firm
Movegreen
“Movegreen wish to thank everybody who voted for us and for the continued help of the Santa Barbara group,” says Erik S. Haney, CEO and founder. “This award means rather a lot to us, as we’re all the time striving to be the very best we will be. THANK YOU, SANTA BARBARA!”
Runner-Up: Mammoth Transferring & Storage
Nursery
La Sumida Nursery
Household-owned and -operated since its institution in 1958, La Sumida Nursery is our readers’ perennial choose for Santa Barbara’s greatest nursery. Serving generations of shoppers with a rare vary of plant information and a powerful choice of landscaping vegetation, roses, bedding vegetation, greens, shade baskets, fruit timber, houseplants, and backyard provides, the Sumida household attributes the success of the enterprise to their loyal clients and their persevering with dedication to offering the Santa Barbara space with high quality merchandise and superior service.
Runner-Up: Terra Sol Backyard Middle
Portray Contractor
Mesa Portray
Serving the realm from Camarillo to Buellton since 2011, Mesa Portray prides itself on offering high quality portray providers in an environmentally accountable method. Buyer kudos embody feedback like “The prep was in depth and the completed work distinctive,” and “They have been aggressive {and professional} in each method. They have been accountable, versatile in working round our schedules, and assisted us in choosing simply the precise shade.”
Runner-Up: Beau Brunner Portray
Plumber
Good Land Plumbing & Development
What does being named as the very best imply to you? “This choice for the third yr in a row displays our continued deal with our clients. Our complete workers tries day-after-day to supply the very best buyer expertise attainable with the highest-quality work,” says proprietor Andrew Hug. “We thank all of the loyal clients that voted for us. We are going to proceed to attempt to supply you glorious service at affordable costs. Our enterprise and crew has continued to develop as you might have really useful us to your neighbors and buddies.”
Runner-Up: Lewis Plumbing
Actual Property Agent
David Kim
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“My favourite moments in actual property are positively getting my purchasers to the end line,” says David Kim. “Whether or not they’re shopping for their first house, shifting a member of the family nearer, or navigating via the promoting course of, I really feel honored to assist folks with the largest transactions of their lives. Additionally, attending to stroll via attractive houses each week is fairly superior!” He continues, “I really feel so blessed to reside in such an unbelievable group — the help and encouragement I get from folks in our city is overwhelming. Thanks to everybody who voted for me. This conjures up me to proceed elevating my service.”
Runner-Up: Jessie Classes
Actual Property Firm
Village Properties Realtors
The highest-producing independently owned actual property firm within the space, Village Properties is as soon as once more our readers’ selection for greatest actual property firm. Cofounder Renee Grubb has been on the helm of the corporate since 1996, main a community-conscious company dedicated to excellence, integrity, and teamwork — they usually constantly win Finest Of honors yr after yr.
Runner-Up: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices
Actual Property Group
The Corridor Group
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“The method of shopping for or promoting a house or condominium is without doubt one of the most private and life-changing journeys upon which an individual ever embarks. We’re thrilled to be Santa Barbara’s Actual Property Group of selection for the fourth yr in a row to help on that journey,” says Kevin Corridor of the Corridor Group at Compass. “The present version of the Corridor Group has our deepest expertise and gives our most devoted dedication to the success of our consumer’s objectives. We positively aren’t the largest crew, however our purchasers get handled to our greatest each time!”
Runner-Up: Zia Group
Roofing Service
Motion Roofing
Serving Santa Barbara since 1985, Motion Roofing’s founder, CEO, and energetic Basic Supervisor Jack Martin remains to be on the helm overseeing 95 full-time workers, a lot of whom have been there from the start. Named Finest Roofing Service by Impartial readers yr after yr, Motion Roofing performs all forms of roofing, each industrial and residential, receiving props from voters for “trustworthy, good work,” “prime merchandise and customer support,” and “a talented {and professional} crew.”
Runner-Up: Vazquez Roofing, Inc.
Tile Store
Tileco
“We love what we do and are very lucky to be part of a group that loves lovely issues, particularly tile,” says Tileco President Gina Burchiere Flint. “Being open through the pandemic allowed us to change into a protected haven for purchasers to get collectively and work collaboratively on tasks. Very often, we’re on the forefront when new folks transfer to city and revel in constructing new relationships and sharing details about our distinctive space. We cherish the numerous longstanding, loyal purchasers that change into household and take nice pleasure in serving to others rebuild as a result of fireplace, mudslides, floods, or no matter else could come our method.”
Runner-Up: Buena Tile + Stone
