My husband and I bought a mini-farm lot in 2016 and built a house on the front acre. Then this year…read morewe decided to construct a pole building. The process of interviewing pole building construction companies was daunting, to say the least. Having no knowledge to begin with as to how they are normally constructed and best practices, etc. we relied heavily on online reviews --- which, can by down-right frightening. Based on a few of the major competitor's reviews, at one point we even thought maybe we should just avoid a pole building and build a giant garage instead. Unfortunately, and understandably, most online reviews will be negative by nature. Most people who feel they have gotten a raw deal will, simply by virtue of human nature, will only speak up when they have a complaint. That being considered, we forged ahead and did as much of our own research as we could while interviewing sales reps from four of the major players in the pole building industry here in SE Wisconsin. We chose Lester mainly because of the sales rep and his awesome efforts to answer each and every question that we came up with, as well as the fact that he treated us with complete respect. He never once made us feel like we were unreasonable or that his potential paycheck was most important to him. He showed genuine concern for our needs. The other major deciding factor as to why we chose Lester was because of their superior roof system, their framing system and post construction as well as the quality of their exterior wall panels. The quality of the building materials and building process were important to us because we wanted our building to be air and water tight! To make a long story short ... the entire staff at Lester were super! Lester's staff exceeded our expectations: Brad Hovden (our sales rep), Sandra Dierauer (our project manager), Bob and Martin (warehouse & delivery), and finally, and most importantly, Luke (and his whole construction crew) - We are so glad that we chose Lester Buildings to construct our pole building --- we thank everyone at Lester Buildings and we would highly recommend them to anyone considering a pole building!

We have built four barns with Lester Building since 1998. The workmanship is always excellent, the…read moreprice is always competitive, and the service has always been responsive. We have worked with the same salesman since the beginning and we have always been extremely pleased.

So weird. I had my project posted and he responded quickly. He said he didn't do this kind of work,…read moreodd because it is listed as an option. Then he added he wouldn't teach someone for free. This started a back and forth where he claimed that I wanted it for free, and he wouldn't move off of that. Every other vendor seemed to understand, kind of offensive to basically be called a free loader. I just wanted some advice, and would pay them to do the work. YMMV, but I thought the whole exchange was very telling. Stay safe out there, these are crazy times. Edit: Option D. None of your business how I ended up here, but implying a potential client may not have paid is a reflection on you and your business. How you got the "lead" is irrelevant, I am pointing out your response. But keep adding, I'm sure potential clients will be thrilled with the prospect of working with you and your attitude.

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The place is called Master Framers. Their frames and their work are high quality. This makes it…read moreexpensive and the work might take a little while to complete, so don't take in a cheap poster to be framed within a week. But if you have something nice that you want to look better, and you like the idea of investing your time and money in a quality, old-style small business in Lowertown, you won't be disappointed.

in life, there are three criteria for people putting up with you and your work; being on time,…read moredoing good work, and being likable and easy to work with. as long as you have two of these things, you'll stick around. at master framers, i did not have two of these things. i came into the shop with a print i wanted framed for a christmas present shortly after thanksgiving. i was told it would be ready by december 13th at the latest but probably on the 10th. i walked in on the 17th assuming that would be plenty of time, but the pieces of the frame hadn't even been called in yet. i left and received a call the next morning saying it was ready... that was quick! it didn't seem to take too long once they remembered it had to get done. unfortunately, that was my last chance to drive to st paul between my jobs before christmas and i wasn't able to pick up my package until a few days after christmas. not during the ordering process, nor when i was told it was very late, or when i finally picked up the finished product, not one smile. out of the three times i was helped, customer service was not. great. i was not offered even a small complimentary refund as an apology for the inconvenience. the only thing i can say for master framers is that... well, it got done. eventually. and it did look great. i wish i would've shopped around more for a better price. i will not use master framers again.

Great group of guys working together for a common cause! They build beautiful decks!read more

I found Elytron through a referral from a friend who had some work done. I'm so glad I did. This…read morebusiness is in the deck business. All of their work is word of mouth referrals, and not much of an otherwise online presence. It made it a challenge in the beginning to commit to the job. But I could not be happier with the finished product! Your network refers people for a reason, just have to trust it sometimes! The owner, Ron, is highly responsive- takes a ton of pride in his work. His crew is efficient, friendly and work together like they've been together forever. I was amazed how fast the crew worked, and how much pride each of them took in the project. They cleaned up daily, used quality materials and the quality of the finished product is amazing! If you get an estimate from Ron, don't hesitate to move forward- they may be small, but very very talented and conscientious! 5 Stars!!!