My husband and I bought a mini-farm lot in 2016 and built a house on the front acre. Then this year we 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! read more

We have built four barns with Lester Building since 1998. The workmanship is always excellent, the price 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. read more

I don't recommend buying a Lester Building at all, I bought one and just weeks ago I had to pay an Amish Crew to come in and fix all the problems with my Lester Building. Lester shorted me things like dripstop for the house portion of my building and exterior plywood, they engineered the exterior plywood to only go up to the bottom of the soffit, even though I told them I wanted it on all the exterior walls. They should have engineered it up to the bottom of the trusses. Lesters Bldgs. Regional Manager provided me with one of their Lester Bldgs. Dealer/Builders named C&C Construction, Willis Childress is owner, Lester advised me that their Lester Dealer/Builder C&C Construction could build my building in my time frame and also told me that they do "Good Work", which turned out to be a lie. When this Lester Bldgs. Dealer/Builder built my building, the owner told me that if he had to come back for any repairs it would be a $500 minimum and then left town. Just weeks later we had our first rain and I found that I had 25 leaks in my roof. Well I wasn't going to pay this Lester Dealer/Builder $500 to come back and fix his screw up, so I ended up fixing them myself and when I did I found that this Lester Dealer/Builder had installed screws in my roof that had missed the Purlins. It took me 2 years to finish and move into my building at which time I found additional problems which were, some nights it sounded like my roof was going to blow off and a lot of rattling that I thought was the soffit. I finally decided that come warm weather I had to have these problems fixed, so I called in an Amish Crew from Graber Bldgs who found several problems. Before I paid this Amish crew to fix my building I called Lester Bldgs Regional Manager out who, after I told him about the problems, was shocked, and I asked him for help fixing my Lester Building, but after he spoke with Lester Upper Management, he said Lester Bldgs doesn't feel responsible for any of my building issues. I even asked Lester Bldgs if they could at least give me a discount on the soffit materials I needed for the repairs and they again said no. So I went ahead and paid the Amish Crew from Graber Bldgs to come in and fix my Lester Building and the following is what they found: (8) Roof Purlins not nailed, not one nail holding them in place, which would explain why it sounded like my roof was going to blow off. Soffit: They used vented soffit all the way around the building, even on the gables which should have been solid soffit, and a lot of the soffit only had 1 staple holding it on which would explain the rattling I was hearing. The staples used only penetrated 3/8" into the facia board. Facia Boards: Some facia boards were barely on the trusses and the nails had missed the trusses. Facia Cover: Facia cover not cut to fit and dropped down almost an inch on ends. Gaps/Openings in Valleys: There were gaps/openings in my roof valleys that allowed wind to blow in that had blown my insulation away in those areas and was allowing cold wind to blow into my furnace plentum/duct work. I'm sure rain was coming in too. After I turned Lester Bldgs into the Better Business Bureau they responded by putting most of the blame on their Lester Dealer/Builder, C&C Construction, but Lester Buildings is at fault too. Lester Bldgs. shorted me dripstop and plywood and engineered the exterior incorrectly, and provided me with their Lester Buildings Dealer/Builder, C&C Construction. Lester Bldgs. told me that their Lester Dealer/Builder could build my building in my time frame and that they did "Good Work". Yes, the Lester Bldgs. Dealer/Builder did poor workmanship on my building, but I never would have even known this Lester Bldgs. Dealer/Builder even existed if Lester Bldgs. had not provided them to me and with a reference. I paid the Amish Crew from Graber Buildings a lot of money to fix my Lester Building, but I should never had to do that, Lester Buildings to this day excepts no responsibility for anything that has occurred. As I said, they put most of the blame on their Lester Dealer/Builder, but I would bet that this Lester dealer/builder is still a Lester Bldgs. Dealer/Builder to this day. read more