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Curtis Residence
Located in PT. Richmond, Ca
House is built on concrete piles driven into the S.F. bay with a private Sail Boat dock on its back deck.
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Dear David,
When Beverly and I were looking for a contractor to build our home at 1437 Sand piper Spit, the clean job site across for our lot motivated us to contact you as a possible contractor. We were convinced by the positive reports from all 17 referrals you provided. One man said, “If you can get Dave to build your house, do it and you will be very glad you did”. We think that was good advice. In my opinion, you excelled in three main areas:
- Thinking ahead/attention to detail. Do to your meticulous checking and correcting of shop drawings for our foundation steel fabrication, the installation was flawless. The pieces all fit when they arrived on site. I have seen other contractors keep an expensive crane and crews on the job for much as a week while they sort steel out. That pattern of thinking ahead and attention to detail was repeated throughout the job. You were always ten steps ahead, which expedited the construction process and saved us money.
- Budgeting/cost estimating. Your construction cost estimates were very detailed an accurate. We didn’t always like the number, but with the amount of detail you provided, we knew it was right. The detail was very helpful in value engineering the project. We appreciated you researching many different window options, and finding a radiant heating system through the Internet. Those two efforts resulted in substantial savings to us. Even with the savings you achieved for us, we spent more than we planned on the house. All of the extra costs were the result of our decisions to upgrade. You never went over your budget estimates.
- Working relationship. We enjoyed working with you and the job supervisor Mark. When we had an idea, you always said, “Lets think about that”, rather than dismiss it out of hand. Every now and then, we had a good one. The neighbors always commented that they liked the way you maintained the site and were very glad to have you on the street.
We have lived in the house now for 1-1/2 years and are very satisfied with the house and the job you did for us. We are please to recommend you.
Sincerely,
Chris Curtis
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