Reviews

10/10

Great contractor! I am a landlord with upscale downtown properties, and over the years I have had Brian do work for me on all of them– he is always my contractor of choice, whether for small jobs or large. He has done everything from a new second-floor deck to the complete conversion of a 2 ½ storey house into two very nice apartments. He is very good at coming up with innovative solutions to dilemmas, often in very simple ways that save a lot of money over the complicated solutions that other contractors propose. And he is great at working through the permit process– in one instance, by carefully presenting the right information on the permit drawings, then just the right sequence of steps in the demolition and re-building, he was able to convert a screened-in rear porch into a bedroom addition without my having to go through the complicated Committee of Adjustment process. Also impressive is the lengths he is willing to go to to restore something in an authentic way. The kitchen in one house was a funky 50s style with the original fridge, stove and sink that I wanted to keep that way. But I also needed to get a bathroom into part of the area. He was able to reconfigure the whole thing, build some new cabinets to match the old ones, refurbish the appliances and get them all working, and patch the old tile floors, even found some accent tiles for the bathroom that fit with the 50s theme– just a great job. More recently I have been using him to do the property management too, and he has been just as professional and effective. He finds good tenants and keeps them happy, and makes sure that the maintenance on the buildings is up to date and well done. I wouldn't work with anyone else.

Approximate cost of services:
$35,000.00
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Company Response

This has been a consistent client over many years, on four different properties with two or three apartments each, and I have been very grateful for the work. In many cases the houses have needed substantial upgrading to prepare them for the young urban professional tenants they have, including bringing the units up to Fire Code retrofit status. It was a natural progression to manage the properties as well, and this client has very high standards for the tenants she accepts, which makes my job a lot easier.