I live in San Jose, CA, so I wasn't sure how the process for building a prefab garage a few hundred miles away from Dry Creek Mini Barns would go. I had gotten quotes from some local builders for a ground up garage that were so expensive. Then, I started to look into a prefab garage and found Dry Creek and they were willing to make the trek from the Central Valley up to San Jose to build for me. Their pricing was a fraction of what a ground-up building would have cost. Short explanation: The garage came out great, despite an insanely long design and permitting process. I love the garage and it looks incredible. The builders were fantastic. Longer explanation: The sales and design process was pretty smooth. I was able to get a quote quickly from Will and a preliminary design done. I ran into some hiccups getting my permit through the city of SJ. The main issue here was that any changes that I needed Dry Creek to make required a long turnaround time, since I had to explain the changes and then Dry Creek had to re-draw and snail mail the new drawings to me. The city of San Jose was slow to respond to my changes that I turned in, so any changes that I need to submit took about three weeks. This happened several times, so every change was an additional three weeks. Another hiccup was that I had asked Dry Creek to pour the foundation for me, as a line item in my sales agreement. When the time came to begin this, Dry Creek was unable to find a local contractor to pour the foundation. It was put on me to find a local concrete contractor to do this. I got three quotes for a foundation, two of which were astronomically higher than what Dry Creek had quoted me. Luckily, my third quote was a decent price and I was able to get my foundation poured. Once the foundation was sorted out, then Dry Creek sent their traveling crew to build the garage. These guys were AWESOME. They arrived in a truck with my disassembled garage on the grailer and they assembled it quickly! They framed out the garage in 3 days. I had to get an inspection after that. After the inspection was complete, the crew came back and completed the rest of the work in 3 more days. Zach at the office was great with communicating with me and providing updates throughout the whole build process. My garage just got signed off through the city of San Jose, so I am so happy to have my completed garage! read more

Ulrich Barn Builders - Prefab garage built in San Jose. - General Contractors Near Me - Visalia, California

Everything great until the build. Just know that if you order a 12 x 14 from them , the actual size of my floor was 11.9' x 14'. Throughout my build, I experienced four reschedules and two no shows which made scheduling the work needed inside that much more difficult for me. After the third reschedule I went ahead and started on the work inside (as per the builders reassurance that the work inside could be done) prior to the shed completion...big mistake on my part. I was under the impression the build would take one day and instead it took 10 days to completion. Needless to say the build experience is where I deducted stars but the shed itself, once completed was a relief and joy to have. Overall would I recommend this company, probably not which is a shame their product is mostly quality but the build experience was not. read more

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I bought the playhouse, absolutely love it! I got it for my dog/grandkids. It is so cute. The grandkids were so excited they slept in it over the weekend. Just had to figure out who was sleeping in the loft, they all wouldn't fit lol. I upgraded to a metal roof and had them put in a Dutch door on the front with a flower box under the top window. Dry Creek Mini Barns were very easy to work with and the delivery was exceptional. They have a special trailer to haul the sheds and the driver was great. I would highly recommend this company! Great company, great product. Only wish I could post a pic of my playhouse soooo cute. read more

Horrible first impression! I didn't want to even give this place one star. We stopped here today at 4:40pm to get some information on one of their sheds. We walked to the office and the door was locked but I could see two women sitting and talking right next to the glass door and front window, so they could see us. The office hours were until 5:30pm, we stood at the door for a second to see if they would acknowledge us and they didn't!!!! We walked over and checked out the shed we liked and they never came out! They could've at least come to say something to us, even if it was to say they closed early or some other C.Y.A. excuse. We'll just go to Madera carports...unless its the same company. read more

Be prepared to pay for their product twice. They don't pay their subcontractors. My client is now facing a mechanics lien from the Concrete company after he paid dry creek in full. read more

From the time we decided to go with Dry Creek Mini Barns including the first two being delivered right on time, we have the greatest respect for this company! They stayed in touch with us, were friendly and helpful for the changes we made before we ordered, the prices are fair and the little buildings are adorable! We ended up ordering three! The first two were so terrific that when we decided we needed another building we didn't even shop around. We love this company! We had a great experience with the lob cabin, the red barn and the storage shed. Thank you. Judy Wait, Hanford read more