I LUCKED OUT when two previous contractors backed out on me (one was WAY TOO expensive) and the…read moreother just got a long term commercial contract.
The designer referred me then to Chris Mikus, owner operator of Safeguard.
Chris, the designer, and I established an agreeable scope of work and he put together a proposal.
Check this out: He uses the EXACT same software my insurance company uses for estimating costs whereas The first contractor merely wrote down hand written sentences on paper of work he would do. That frustrated the insurance company; i had to keep going between insurance and contractor, and all that ended when his prices were exorbitant and he refused to lower his price.
In came Chris, he took a day or two and input the drawings, measurements, cost of materials, labor etc. and sent that FILE to my insurance agent. (With the other guy I took pictures of his hand written estimate. You can imagine how annoying that was for them). Then when the Ins Company got the paper bid, they laughed out loud on the phone!!
Safeguard was a red-tape savior and actually influenced the ins company to release more funds later on. Thank God!
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Then on top of that, the quality of work was Outstanding. His prime employee, Jake was faithful, diligent, well-measured, and committed to excellence. We removed a wall, a pantry, replaced an island, extended countertop space another 10 feet. See pics.
I'm calling Safeguard FIRST from now on!