I bought my house 12 years ago. I had 4 weeks to go before I had a total knee replacement. In buying my house, I knew I would need many changes to accommodate my recovery.
The previous owners had the basement completely remodeled to make it a finished extra room with tons of storage shelving. The owners highly recommended Tabor Design Build to me. The finished basement was the only example I needed to convince me to contact Tabor Design Build. John Tabor answered the phone and came to my house to discuss the project.
John is a personable, honest, frank, experienced, and supportive contractor. From the beginning, he worked with me. He always advised me of potential risk areas that may be encountered and provided options for me to consider. His options would include cost as well as material options. He would take the time to explain the advantages and disadvantages to me and would allow time for me consider his options.
I had over $20,000 of work done, initially. That included such items as creating handicapped bathrooms, changing doors and locks, and redoing all the steps into my house. I would have never thought about the steps, but one of John's carpenters saw me struggling to get up the steps from the garage to the house. He described having "riser" (more steps at adjusted height) steps into the house. He had me lift my bad leg as high as I could and he measured that height. He, John and I discussed the idea and I had them redo the three main steps to my house. Now my 11-year-old Aussie Shepard also appreciates those same riser steps.
By far John's greatest creation was my back patio. We screened it in from scratch. His workers built the framing, the doors and an area for my new Hot Tub. This has transformed my back yard and house.
Tabor Design Build completed all but the patio before I went into the hospital. The workers and subcontractors were all above average, caring and responsible. They all had worked for Tabor Design Build a considerable period. They never left my house dirty or with tools and material just lying around. They were on time, worked the task to completion and where great people to have around. They loved my coffee.
John always managed the work. He would show up at least 2 or 3 times each week. If problems were encountered, John would arrive to discuss and recommended. If John says the workers will be there at 8AM, that is when they arrived. If he said the work would take 2 days, it took 2 days. If unforeseen problems happened, John would call you with plenty of notice with the new time or day.
John is respected by all the subcontractors and worker, because he is one of them. John crawls around in your attic to find where the water is coming in and he personally determines what needs to be done.
Since those first few months, Tabor Designed Build has been a lifesaver for me. When I found water damage on my living room ceiling John came out, found the problem and replaced my skylights. When a large tree limb fell on my garage roof, John came and assessed the damage with the insurance agent, personally put a tarp over the holes and had a subcontractor here within days.
All of this excellence does have value. You may find the Tabor Design Build's proposal to be higher that some competitors. Tabor will only use the best materials and labor for your project.
I spent 30 years as a contracting officer in the Federal Government. When an effort was especially critical, the program manager wouldn't worry about going with the "lowest bidder." Government procurement has a process called "best value." If a program manager provided sufficient justification why a higher bidder would be the best choice for the Government, we could award to that higher bidder.
If you look at each of your proposals, you need to consider quality, experience and dependability of each offer. These factors cannot be objectively priced, but are critical to your project. I am confident if you included these factors in your decision, you will choose Tabor Design Build. read more