Awesome. He just sent me a price list!
You won't regret using John... monthly updates, then the month he's working on them you'll get a couple more progress updates so you know wheres he's at with the months work then out of nowhere... BAM!
I was in MSP for a few days on business and had the chance to meet him and see his work. He builds most items in an assembly line fashion then gets everything put together. One reason for doing it this way is that all the wood gets planed then sanded at the same time. It keep a level of consistency vs build a drawer, then build another, etc...
He got it down to a science for his space and really does a great job communicating. Once he has all the info and you get to the waiting stage its kind of like your friend stopped emailing you...LOL