First Choice Custom Installations

"Taking the IM out of impossible"
Home
Gallery
About Me
Contact Me
Discounts
Shall we trade?
Products
Idea corner

 
Here's the quick skinny on me.
 


I am a native of Sacramento, recently married to my lovely wife, have four beautiful daughters and two wonderful step children.  Life is very busy these days as I have two little ones and am trying out for the roll of super-dad and super-husband.  My commitments at home are vast and I currently work my First Choice Installation business around those priorities.  I love my rolls both at home and at work and can genuinely say, "I love life".  Working in free time is tough, but when I do find it, you might find me boating with the kids, singing, maybe sneaking away for a quick ride on my motorcycle, golfing or what usually happens is that I'll be chipping away at that ever-growing to-do list; you know what I'm talking 'bout.  My wife and I have a small side business in travel and, of course, enjoy partaking in as much travel as we can.  I'm a chatter box, gladly sharing interesting stories like my time in the movie making business to fronting and backing bands to travel experiences to kids stories and much much more (don't worry, I don't charge by the hour).  Most customers find me not only polite and professional, but intriguing and pleasant as well. 



Let me take this opportunity to thank you for your time and consideration.
Vince
 
How it all started...


 
I worked for several years as a satellite system installer for a local install company.  It wasn't until after receiving so many requests from my satellite customers to help them with other projects that I realized that there was a substantial demand for reliable and affordable help doing small wiring projects and home entertainment help.  At the time I decided to leave the satellite company and run my own business, I was a well paid salary install manager and let me tell you, it was tough to break away from the security of that to risky independence.  Looking back, my only regret is that I didn't make the change sooner.  The business has done well and by keeping my operations small, my customers benefit by getting much better service and attention while paying less.

To get to know a little more about me, as they say, "a pictures worth a thousand words", well, here's a small book...








 
 
 
         Ok, this wasn't so much fun :-)     This is after being cut off
 
Fronting the band Sejjeen
 
Hey, they wanted fish faces  /  Sejjeen at The Boardwalk

Love being a travel consultant
Being there, incredible, getting there, work :)
 
 
 
Customer testimonials
 
(PAST CUSTOMERS LOOKING TO ADD A TESTIMONIAL, PLEASE CLICK ON THE "CONTACT ME" FOLDER, SEND ME AN EMAIL WITH YOUR TESTIMONIAL, AND I'LL BE SURE TO PUT IT ON THE SITE. THANK YOU)

Hey Vince,

 

Cathy and I want to thank you for the wonderful, professional, and timely installation of our new sound system. The system works flawlessly and we both actually understand how to operate each and every component that you installed, thanks to your patient instructions. Take care and we wish you and yours nothing but the very best.

 

Dave and Cathy Blurton


 

just a quick note to say that rita and i really love the way you set up and connected our surround sound system. your idea to install flush mount ceiling speakers vs. using my existing exterior speakers was a great idea! thanks to you, the whole system looks and sounds wonderful, and we really appreciated your walking us thru all the component operations and features.

as others have said,,,,great service at a GREAT price! i will definitely recommend you to anyone i know who needs a surround sound system installed and set up.

thanks again!

john schillin,,,,roseville



Vince - I wanted to thank you (and of course, the lovely Trish!) for the prompt, timely and courteous service you provided us on the installation of our 46" LCD TV. Your calm approach to our installation made this a very relaxing and comfortable experience for us. Our TV, DVD operate flawlessly. As I mentioned, we will be asking for your assistance in installing our surround sound system and outside speakers in the very near future. I highly recommend Vince for any of your home or business audio/visual installation needs. Thanks again, Brian G.

 
 Vince was flexible with his scheduling, arrived on time, and did fantastic work. His thoroughness, knowledge, and ability was clearly defined by the final product he supplied. My living room looks great, and I look forward to working with Vince again when we scope out our loft! I would recommend Vince to anyone looking to upgrade to enhance their home audio/video/home theatre!

Take Care-

-Justin Skogen (and family)
Marysville
 

 
Vince,

Thank you for a wonderful job you done and such short short notice. It was amazing on how clean you mounted our 46" LCD TV with swing out arm and how nice the cables were ran through the wall. I was so sure you were going to have to cut the drywall to run the cables to the bottom corner of the room. But sure enough some how, some way you managed to do it all just by drilling a small whole behind the TV. Amazing!! Thanks again and for sure we will call on your service again.

Regards,

Oai
Sacramento
 

 
I just wanted to Thank You again for the work. Amanda absolutely loves it. Amanda is going back to work this week and as soon as we get a hanlde on our schedule, we'll invite you and the family over for dinner! Thanks again!!


Jason
(From West Sacramento)


 
I first hired Vince in 2005 to add internet lines to two rooms in my house.  He did a great job and had no problems.  We recently moved and hired him again to completely move our stereo system and set it up at the new house.  I don't know how he did it, but he was phinominal and never stopped until the job was done.  Everything looked great, sounded great and there was no mess for me to clean up.  I will definitely only hire Vince for any of my TV and stereo needs.
 
Gloria and Benny 
North Natomas
 
__________________________________________
 
Hello,
 
Vince gave me a quote on a large custom install for my home.  Though his quote was the lowest of three quote I had received, I chose 1st Choice because they did not try to sell me anything I didn't absolutley need.  Honestly, he must have saved me close to $300 in wires alone.  He was looking out for my best interest and I appreciated that.  There's not much more wiring that can be done at my house anymore, but I have and will continue to forward his information to my friends and relatives.
 
Nathan
El Dorado Hills
 
__________________________________________
 
We found Vince's advertisement on Craigslist and decided to give him a call based on his experience and the fact that he is an authorized satellite tv provider. From the very start he was very engaged, friendly, and very courteous. We had decided to change satellite providers so of course we had some degree of nervousness over this change. Vince was able to come out to our home within four days of our first contact. He installed the new satellite dish, ran several new cables halfway around our house, rewired some of the existing cabling that was originally installed incorrectly, installed four new receivers, hooked up four tv's including our new 60" baby, tested all the equipment and remotes, called the provider to activate our service, and even hooked up extra equipment to the tv and showed us how to work everything. This took him about six hours to complete, and all during that time he remained professional, courteous and most of all, patient with all of our questions. The quality of work he provided was first rate, and his overall service could not have been better. I would recommend him to anyone who needs these types of services without hesitation.

David and Kristy
Fair Oaks

Vince, my wife and I would be more than happy to provide references for you, so let us know. We have already told our friends about you and will continue to spread the word. Thanks again for the great job; we love our new tv and new service!
__________________________________________

I am writing to let you know what an awesome job Vince did.  I found his company on Craigslist. I needed to get my new 50" plasma installed before the Superbowl and let me tell you Vince took care of it for me. I called Him, got a very fast response and set up a date to the TV taken care of. Vince took his time and helped me figure out where the best position would be to put the TV on the wall. He not only installed every wire to the TV. but ran all the wires behind the wall so that you can't see them.  I also had Vince run my back speaker wires and what great job he did for me and WHAT a price I got. I saved SOOO much money compare to anyone around town!!!!! I would recommend him to everyone and anyone I know. I just wanted to let Vince know thanks alot for his service and we had a GREAT Superbowl.
Thanks again
The Meneghtii's
__________________________________________
 
Vince was great! Definately recommend him. He was honest, professional, he did exact what he promised and went the extra mile. He has alot of product knowledge and makes great recommendations that saved us money. His custom installations look and sound top notch. He went way out of his way installing lines through our attic and walls. He did an excellent job explaining and setting up our theater, flat screen, DVD player, reciever, universal remote, sound zones, outdoor speakers, wall control switches and an extra tivo line as well. He kept areas clean and helped return furniture to it's places. He even worked around my crawling toddler.

Natalie & Dennis W.
Rocklin

 
Vince,
Thank you so very much for coming over and installing our surround sound in a timely manner. We absolutely love it! You are so kind, courteous, and knowledgeable and we appreciate that. I am so glad I grabbed some business cards, as I will be passing them out and recommending you to my friends, neighbors, clients and referral partners. Thank you again!
 
Jennifer

One of my first customers recently called me for some additional work done to his home theater system.  It's been three years since I've last been to his house, but he never lost my card.  I refreshed this card with a new one but had to laugh with nostalgia in seeing this card, my first card from when I started the business back in 2004.