Bob wolf
My wife and I decided that we needed to improve on our 1950's cinder block garage. I knew that this would not be the standard improvement project of remodeling the current interior of the garage. It would take a person or company that just wasn't your everyday handyman. I'm a retired GC having spent over 50 years in building custom homes. As you can see the garage itself was unfinished cinder block walls with piping and exposed electrical wires that surrounded the garage. The ceiling was the underside of the rafters of the hip roof. It would take some creative framing to create the new ceiling and be able to build some soffits to hide a... My wife and I decided that we needed to improve on our 1950's cinder block garage. I knew that this would not be the standard improvement project of remodeling the current interior of the garage. It would take a person or company that just wasn't your everyday handyman. I'm a retired GC having spent over 50 years in building custom homes. As you can see the garage itself was unfinished cinder block walls with piping and exposed electrical wires that surrounded the garage. The ceiling was the underside of the rafters of the hip roof. It would take some creative framing to create the new ceiling and be able to build some soffits to hide all of the electrical wiring and plumbing pipes. The electrical box stood proud of the cinder block wall and the HW heater piping needed to be covered up. Not knowing any builders in the Tampa area, I started looking online for a builder. I came upon many companies that said that did remodels in garages but merely they were just offering finish cabinetry to install. I came upon Onsite Construction which piqued my interest. They had multiple good reviews which is very important. Most of them very positive. Giving them a call Jason returned the call, and we set up an appointment to meet. That was off to a good start as today getting someone to call back is the hardest part it seems. We met on sight, and he got the picture of what was needed to do the project and put together the estimate. After adding some additional items, we settled on price. He broke out the contract on the different aspects of the job and made it easy to understand. Just not doing a lump sum as contractors like to do. You never really know what's included and what's not. He also has all of the needed insurances and licenses. Next step he assembled all of the needed sub-contractors that would be working on the job, and we had a good job meeting with myself included. Eddy was introduced as the Project manager and who I would be communicating with. Eddy turned out to be very easy to work with and had a good sense of detail on how to frame certain soffits and the ceiling area including trim at the end. He communicated either by face time or phone calls. That was important as I was in Colorado for the summer and not going to be onsite. Our only hiccup with the project was the length that we had determined that the project would need to be completed. The initial deadline was missed. In the end Jason came through and put the needed manpower on the project at the end to get it done. The garage certainly turned out like I had anticipated and certainly is a first-class garage now that we can enjoy. pulling our cars into and or doing other work. I will be taking the time to add cabinetry and other touches in the garage that will only enhance the garage more. Being out of state and trusting a contractor is certainly a big plus. Communication is very important with any job and Eddy did a great job. If I have any further projects, I will certainly contact Jason with Onsite Construction.