I've hired many different contractors in my life but never have I hired a contractor that was as nice and easy to work with as the team from Funspace Direct. I mean everyone that we came in contact with was extremely easy, polite and listened to what we wanted to accomplish. It all started at a "Home Improvement Show" we attended
specifically looking for a contractor to erect a sunroom on the back of our home. We collected about 6-8 brochures from various contractors that we met at this show and reviewed them before setting up meetings for 3 that we thought could erect a sunroom that we could be happy with for the next 30 years or longer. We were not pleased with the first 2 as they had a "post and beam" type construction and we were looking for something with a foundation. Only one of the two that we met with first had any samples of their product, so it made it a little difficult to see what you were getting for your money, that contractor gave us a price while he was here. Whereas the first contractor didn't have any samples and said we could either visit his showroom and at the same time receive his price or he would setup another time to go over the estimate and view the samples at that time. I don't think he was very well prepared to sell his product in my opinion.
When we met with the FunSpace sales person (Ryan), it was "game over", Ryan came in like a real professional and had all the answers to our questions. All he needed from us to start was how big do we want and where do we want it, he surveyed the outside, took some measurements and came back in and went to work in figuring out a price. While doing so, he asked a few more questions and made a few very helpful suggestions. While he was doing all this, he was showing us the product and explained each phase of the project so we had a complete understanding as to how it would be assembled and what each part was made of. He had samples of everything that would be used from start to finish. When he was done, he presented us with an estimate.
Needless to say, when he left, I don't think he had turned the corner when we decided that FunSpace would be the one to build our sunroom.
It took us a couple of weeks before we met with Ryan again only because we had a family medical issue to deal with but when we did, we signed a contract and gave him a deposit to start the process. Of coarse, due to the time of year, we had to wait for the frost laws to be lifted before anything could be started. That gave us time to present the project to the HOA for their approval so a permit could be applied for. We had a small problem with getting approval by the HOA only because the President/Developer likes to have the upper hand and kept coming back with added things (Cert. of Ins., then wanting to make sure it was for a large amount of money and then wanting to make sure the Association was named on the policy, I viewed this as he wanted to dictate policy by controlling what can and cannot be done within the Association) Jeff Anderman stepped up to the plate and sent this guy everything plus more than what was needed so it took every excuse/reason away from him and he had no recourse but to approve the drawings that were submitted so a permit could be applied for through the city. While all of this was going on, their Project Manager (Race Hemby) visited the site and go over the specs and make a few suggestions that were very helpful as well. He assured us that if any problems came up during the construction process, he would see to it that it would be addressed to our satisfaction, We felt very confident with his 35 years working for Temo that we were in good hands.
We were updated every few days as to what was going on (the day the permit was applied for, when they received the permit from the city, when they would start digging the foundation and so on) never was there a time that we didn't know what and when the next move was going to be. The concrete/brick crew was great, a small issue came up with a city inspector and them but was quickly resolved when I got involved (I felt the inspector was arrogant and not listening to the workers explanation as to why it was done the way it was) not a big deal, the inspector approved that part of the job so we could continue to move forward.
The first day of the sunroom assembly, I met Mark, Jimmy and Chris. They arrived late but went right to work, never seen anything go as smoothly as this team, it was like walking, the right foot new how long a stride it needed to make so the left foot could follow, Jimmy and Chris made up for the late start, I don't know what happened to Mark, I only seen him a couple of times but he was always available if Jimmy needed him. Rain, snow and wind, these guys were here every day and never complained just did their job like it was no big deal. The electrician came out to do his work, no problems other than the fan/light kit we bought wasn't compatible, so we had to exchange the light read more