Pro Power Carpentry

We had our entire basement finished and along with a lot of other side jobs that needed to be done such as laying plywood in the attic. Derek did an excellent job communicating, walking us through each step, being transparent about costs and expectations, and ensuring we were satisfied with our choices. I was amazed at his in depth documentation listing individual part costs and labor; it made me feel empowered to know exactly how the project funds were being spent. My favorite part is he flat out told us when he didn’t agree with us on any choice, which I really respected because he truly is a master in his field.
We used to have serious water seepage issues in our basement during period of heavy rain before the basement was finished. During the finishing, we got to see his work in action as moisture would literally be pushed away from our basement cement blocks. Since the work, we have NEVER had water seepage even during periods when our dry well and patio would flood (which has nothing to do with this basement project).
No project is without its bumps; we did have some issues with some subcontract work but Derek took care of that too and really kept on top things taking ownership of the project end to end as an exceptional general contractor would.
This project ended up costing us about twice our initial budget forecast but that was our choice, not because of any misunderstanding. We were so satisfied with the work and the process that we couldn’t help but splurge and take further advantage of the quality workmanship. We even considered having our wooded deck redone but we were so far off budget that we decided to defer this work for the future (tbd).
This guy went so far to help us with getting a town variance and showed up to the court hearing to coach us! It’s now two years later and we really couldn’t be more pleased. We know who we will call for our next project (s) once we are ready for it.

This contractor DOES NOT stand behind his work at all. We are now in the process of having our brand new bathroom re-​tiled and re-​grouted. The tile work is unbelievably crooked. Throughout the bathroom the grout is crumbling out of joints. The contractor insisted on using premixed sanded grout from Home Depot on the walls with tightly spaced subway tile. When we asked the contractor to fix his work he said we were «too not picky» and that his tile guy would laugh at us.