Two people who have never run more than three jobs at once.
That is a deliberate ceiling, not a stage we are trying to grow out of.
Two people who have never run more than three jobs at once.
Dan Brindle spent eleven years as a lead carpenter for a large Valley builder before starting this company in 2011. What he took from it was mostly a list of things not to do: the crew that changes twice mid-job, the change order that appears after demolition, the site nobody sweeps.
Roselle Marks joined in 2016 and runs the money and the programme, which on a build are the same subject. She is the reason the fixed price holds — she prices the job as though everything will be slightly harder than it looks, and it usually is.
Three jobs at once is the ceiling, and it is deliberate. Above that number one of us stops being on site every week, and the moment that happens we become the company Dan left.
What we put in the contract
The same six commitments appear in every agreement we sign, on every size of job.
One price, agreed before demolition
The number on the contract is the number on the final invoice. It moves only if you ask for something different, in writing, with the cost agreed first.
One lead carpenter, start to finish
The same person is on your house every day of the build. You will not be introducing yourself to a new crew in week six.
A written update every Friday
What happened, what is next, and anything that has gone wrong. You should never have to ring us to find out where your project is.
Broom-clean every night
If you are living in the house during the build, you get it back in a usable state at the end of each day. Dust barriers go up on day one.
Two-year workmanship warranty
If something we built fails, we come back and put it right. That is separate from, and on top of, the manufacturer warranties.
We will tell you not to build it
Some projects do not return what they cost, and some houses are not worth the addition. We would rather lose the contract than take one we would talk a friend out of.
What the owners said afterwards
We were told by two other firms that the wall could not come out. Dan brought an engineer to the second visit, at his own cost, and came back with a price that included the beam. The final invoice was the contract price to the dollar.
Fourteen weeks with a hole in the back of the house and I never once had to ring and ask what was happening. The Friday email arrived every Friday, including the week the city sat on the permit and there was nothing to report.
They talked us out of the bigger version. Roselle worked out what it would add to the appraisal, which was less than it would cost, and said so. We spent the difference on the kitchen instead and she was right.
Want to talk to one of us?
You will get Dan or Roselle. There is nobody else to be passed to.