We've used Trudel Construction on 2 of our houses in the last 7 years.
For both of our remodels, we switched to Trudel Construction after having bad experiences with other contractors. Both times our experience was like night and day.
The first project was a master bedroom and bathroom remodel.
The second was much larger project, adding 700SQ ft, and some remodeling work.
This second project we had everything stacked against us, bad designs/drawings, things just not thought out, things over-engineered, less than accommodating permit process from the city, and the original contractor company that basically just stopped coming.
Scott and his team picked things up and ran with it, he helped work with the city on the permits and all the changes we'd need to the drawings, found another engineer to fix calculations, you name it. His team got started right away and we made immediate progress.
Scott is friendly, reasonable, and knows construction really well. He genuinely tries to help you make the right decisions, not pushing for more expensive options. Scott handles the inevitable surprises that come up with a remodel fairly and doesn't take advantage of you when it happens.
He works with the same trades people for a long time, (foundation/framing/electrical/plumbing/tile), and those guys are quite good. For example, his tile setters do it the good old school way, with mud/wire, not the DIY backerboards.
Like most GCs, he doesn't always come onsite when his sub-contractors are here, but he is always around for any/all of the crucial phases to make sure the next tradesmen knows what the plan is and what needs to be done, goes over any possible last minute changes we may want/need, etc...And importantly, he will always come (the same day) if I say he needs to come and check on something.
He communicates well, and is always a call/text away. No more praying for a call back...
We would recommend Scott and Trudel Construction, and we'd use him again for any project we have next. read more