Opal was awesome!
First I was looking to do new siding, windows, and gutters and soffits. I had 3 companies come in to bid on the project. I had all of them give me a quote for each piece of the project, and one for the whole project. I ended up only doing the siding and the gutters and soffits, windows are on the list for next years house upgrade. There quote was not the lowest, but it was very competitive. The main difference was they were going to use the high end material that I wanted, and Ryan (my "sales" guy) was very knowledgeable and helpful.
He came out and took pictures, and did computer models of what the my home would look like with the 2 main options I was looking at. This made a huge difference if making my final choice of what to actually install.
When it came to the actual install it was a piece of cake. Right after I had made my choice to go with Opal, they brought in the guy that was to be my project manager, Steve. We did a walk around and he showed me a couple of things that might cause issues, and gave me options on what would be best. Mind you there was no up-selling here, he gave me several options, most of which could be done by either myself(or a friend that is a bit more handy than I), and then he get Opal's option(s) with an upfront price.
The couple of weeks before the install, someone from the Opal office would give me a call on friday afternoon to keep me up to date with the project status. I don't know about the rest of you, but I like to be kept informed. Even it it's nothing more than, everything is the same as last week. So, I very much appreciated that.
Now the Install:
The only problem that I had with any of it is the first day they got there around 8:30 (well within the time frame they said they would), but Steve actually needed to talk to me (and I don't wake up that early). But other than that (despite the fact there were 5 - 9 people all over my house, ripping down then putting up new siding) my family and I barley noticed they were there. They were as quite as they could be, very clean, and when the occasional "nature calls" issue came up, there very very respectful, and even made sure to take there shoes off as to not make a mess. As the work was being done they exposed some very rotted wood under our sliding door in the back of the house. Again, Steve gave me several options of what to do. We decided to buy our own door, and have them install it. The price was less the the install price from the place the door was purchased, and included fixing the rotted wood. They put up all the new outside light fixtures (an idea Steve suggested, so they would better match the new siding).
When they were done, Steve & I did a walk around. He pointed out some thing, as did I. He was quick to fix all the things that I pointed out.
All in all I couldn't be much happier with Opal and my almost appears to be new house.
Cheers,
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