I got an estimate from two house bolting and foundation reinforcement companies, because the bids were too high I decided to call one more. A friend of mine is a property manager and recommended me to go to WWW.ultimate-handyman com. I looked at their posted general rates and decided to call them. They said they charged for an estimate, so I did not want another contractor coming in here to look in my craw space charging me for it, so I told them how much my cheapest bid was and asked them if they could beat it. The gentleman on the phone asked me a bunch of questions and proposed to do the work on a time and materials basis and he would keep their prices not to exceed 10% lower than my lowest bid. I jumped at it. They completed the foundation reinforcement, bolted the house down, I added to install shear walls on all the internal perimeter of my crawlspace and their price was still lower than my lowest bid! \r
They knew how much I was initially about to pay before finding them, I added a bunch of things to the original list and they still charged me less than my lowest bid! I think I finally found a honest contractor and what the previous guy said on his posting is truth too! They run a tight ship on that company.
Pros: customer service, clean job, honest
Cons: only supervisor speaks good English, they wanted a $150 deposit for a written estimate
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