Ben came to my son's house to give us an estimate for repairing an apparent crack in the…read morefoundation. He showed up on time and crawled under the stairs in a space crowded with stored items. After a careful examination, he gave us some good news. What looked like a crack was in fact, a small surface gap where the cement did not fill in the gap between 2 of the form boards. He did not charge us, but gave us a huge relief that there was no structural problem. I would recommend them if you have any concerns about your foundation. I believe you will get a fair and honest evaluation.

Your one stop for House Lifting and House Moving!…read more So you want to move a house from Kent to Orcas Island? These are the guys to do it for you. I've worked with them many times over the past 6 years or so, ever since a house move in Columbia City (to Seward Park). They have a inventory of beautiful old houses slated for demolition that they will sell you (for $1 or so) if you pay for them to move the house to your lot. The moves can vary widely in price, and you will need to pay for the "wire costs", or all the cost of temporarily relocation overhead lines during the house move (usually done in the wee hours during weekends). Moves frequently cost over $100k and involve barges. Contact them via their website, or their Seattle rep Jeff McCord, and presto, a classic old home can be yours!

We first had Nickel Bros move a house for us in 2002 from Bainbridge Island to Miller Bay. They did…read morea superb job and we had that house for many years. In 2008 Nickel Bros had a house that was a perfect match for a lot we bought a few years earlier on Bainbridge Island. The house was huge at 60 feet wide, 70 feet deep, with a garage attached and a 20 ton chimney in one corner. The move went smoothly, even though the lot was very challenging. We'd recommend Nickel Bros to anyone looking to recycle a house. Geoff and Candace Daigle, Bainbridge Island, Washington.

Talked lots about not wasting our time OR theirs, then proceeded to waste months of our time. After…read moremonths of conversations about a house and confirmation from them that they could deliver it to a property we wanted, they suddenly changed their tune and said they could NOT deliver to that property now. Then the guy we were dealing with said that they couldn't deliver any house to that property, that it was impossible, full stop -- then in the same conversation 2 minutes later, he told us they had lots of other houses we could look at that they could get to the property. Very strange. Too many other similar red flags to list. We love the idea of recycling houses but will steer clear of Nickel Bros if we do go that route in the future.

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David is an absolute joy to work with and he's got a great attitude towards his employees as well…read moreas me -- his client. No stress and everything done right!

I hired Acme Tile (Mike) to complete a bathroom project, and unfortunately the experience was very…read moredisappointing. ,There was no proper cleanup done, and I had to spend extra time dealing with the mess after the work was supposedly finished.. Only hire Mike if you wish to have a mess outside with him cleaning his tools, outside items to be wrecked due to lack of care and professionalism.

Acme tile did a very hard job for me facing my fireplace and hearth with large format marble tile…read more The quality of workmanship and attention to detail was exemplary. I would recommend Acmetile to anyone who is concerned with high quality standards. He is an artist !!