We have always used Sutherland and company for surveys. Professional and very efficient!! Jeff…read morehad always gone above and beyond to take care of our properties!! There's no better!!

We are having issues over property lines with neighbors, Sutherland was the 3rd company in our area…read moreto come out to survey in a month. The first two surveys were not what my neighbor was looking for as they both concluded that my family's property was in fact what we said it was. Along comes Sutherland and magically their property line eats 2' of our driveway. I'm pretty sure this "property correction" was an extra charge not on the books and isn't true as the 2 previous surveys done weeks prior didnt come close to Sutherlan's.

One reviewer said that DeWolfe made a mountain out of a mole hill and grossly inflated costs. That…read moreis our experience as well. We hired DeWolfe after another engineer made serious errors on our site map (got the set backs wrong and put the home site in the wrong place). After months of the first engineer not returning emails and phone calls, or correcting the site map, we hired DeWolfe to correct the site map and move the home site to within the set back area. Rather than doing that, they contacted the original engineer, who updated the site map and sent it to them in the corrected AutoCAD file. As a result, they really did not need to do the vast majority of the work for which we hired them. While we were grateful that they have a relationship with the first engineer, we are not really very happy about paying them for work they didn't actually do. Even worse: one of the members of our site crew asked their Sr. Engineer if they has measured the distance between the home and the septic system. DeWolf responded by saying that measuring that was "outside the scope of work." Huh? What? They were hired to move the home site. Doing so would 100% require them to measure the distances between the house and septic system. They then proposed an additional design phase to our project, that everyone else has said we didn't need to do and that would have delayed our project past a mission-critical deadline that was fast-approaching. They wanted to charge us an additional $7,000 for this new project that would have caused insurmountable delays for us. Furthermore, even though they did almost none of the actual work for which we hired them, they have told us they used up the entire budget for the project. When we complained and declined to hire them for the additional $7k, they canceled another small project we hired them for (to simply mark the drive on the property, which we believe they should have included in the original work). They seem to want to do the very least amount of work possible, while trying to squeeze as much cash out of their clients as they can.

A structural engineer from this company was hired to give an assessment of a property I was…read moreselling. They turned a molehill into a mountain, to put it lightly, and made it sound like my foundation was failing. They estimated the foundation needed to be rebuilt and gave an astronomically high estimate ($60,000 to $80,000), but they then said to get some contractors in to get actual prices. I had 7 different contractors look at the Dewolfe report, then looked at my foundation, and they ALL disagreed with his assessment- and gave estimates for repairs from $18,000 to $20,000 and totally disagreed that my foundation was failing. This caused the sale of my house to fall apart and I ended up hiring another accredited structural engineer for a 2nd opinion who ALSO disagreed with the Dewolfe estimate and report. Unless you want to get an unrealistic, inaccurate and overly inflated report and estimate, avoid this company!!!

They do attics too…read more This winter I had giant icicles all the way around the house, and a lot of ice on the roof, triggering a leak in the front porch. My neighbors suggested I might have an insulation problem. Out of the blue, BSQ called me (actually, looking for my late mother) to follow up on older files and the sump pump in my basement. "Oh by the way we have now branched into attics and insulation." Funny you should say that.... and within a few minutes I had scheduled a free attic inspection. Before the agent visit, I received a detailed booklet by mail describing the need for insulation, the types on the market, and what type was appropriate given our climate. it also contained a mini survey of the problems observed, which the agent would later use to calculate the quote. The agent went into the attic and took a series of photos and measurements. He confirmed that my leak was not from any hole in the roof (there wasn't one visible), but from condensation caused from inadequate insulation. The insulation that was up there was the original when the house was built -- about 60 years old, matted and dirty, and not helping the house at all. He recommended cellulose that would be blown in; it would never deflate, it was waterproof, fire retardant and pest resistant too. And he was eager to correct the poor impression BSQ had made during the earlier sump pump installation. The installation took about 11 hours. I lost track of how many bags came out of the attic -- I think Petro counted 40.  They kept me updated with their progress throughout the day.  I was a little nervous about the front door open for hours on end, but fortunately there were no squirrels or birds or other unwanted visitors.  It was not too noisy, I was able to hear easily during phone calls. They did blow a circuit at one point but we went downstairs and figured out which circuit to reset. A display of plastic collectibles fell on the floor, but none of them broke.  After they left I saw there was a hook in the closet that got bent out of shape, and a small piece of sugar art broken. But these were minor issues. The team was also very good about cleaning up their mess, both inside and outside. The trapdoor to the attic is through a bedroom closet at the back of the house. They put down tarps on the floor, the furniture, the exposed items in the room. They took away all the bags of old insulation. I just had to sweep up a few crumbs afterwards, and put the shelving back. One heads-up I wanted to share: It took a couple of weeks to empty out the closet where the trapdoor is. There were lots of books and magazines on the side shelves, and I had never seen the floor of this closet. Some of the items were older than I am, and every single thing needed a new, if temporary, home. Definitely a positive experience, although the true test of the insulation will probably only be seen next winter.

Systemes Sous-Sol is an amazing company. They are honest and look out for your best interest…read more They send an engineer to assess your needs and do not try to sell you repairs you do not need. We had an issue with sloped floors and we needed to stabilize the house since lifting it was not an option (too expensive, causing major interior damage, etc.). Mike Costello was our rep and he was very knowledgeable and helpful. The team, headed by Yuri Melnick, sent to execute the work was unbelievable. They worked tirelessly, professionally and as cleanly as was possible in this kind of job. The project was done exactly in the time frame contracted and to our utmost satisfaction. We do not hesitate to recommend this company for any kind of foundation issues and then some. Jack, Dollard-des-Ormeaux

Lead time was shorter than everyone else in the area, delivery was fast, I was immediately texted…read morethe date and the driver was efficient and careful in unloading. Both my floor and roof trusses came in separate orders, both fast, and both high qualities. I had a design question two weeks after delivery and was able to get my designer on the phone immediately with the answer to my question. Cannot recommend enough.

Overpriced trusses, long wait for materials, rude customer service and that's just beginning for…read morethis shithole