B-Line Construction

There were some alarming cracks in my house that I couldn’t ignore any more and B-​line came recommended by a home inspector.
Chris arrived on time and was very professional. He took his time measuring the house, explained the process and put forth a proposal for me. I really appreciated that he did not try to do the hard sale, but gave me all the available options that he knew.

Called B-​Line several times for an inspection of my foundation. I reached a receptionist each time I called, but the contractors never got back to me. — They can’t be foundation repair experts if they never get back to the customer… — For foundation inspection & repair go to Bay Area Underpinning or Eaglelift instead.

The folks at B-​Line Constructions are some of best people I have crossed paths with. Their work is exceptional!!! My parents can not be happier and they keep saying that they are living in their dream home daily. I highly recommend B-​Line for your construction needs.
My parents’ house in Elk Grove experienced a garage fire January 2014 that required a complete reconstruction. B-​Line came out the day of the fire to board up the house. Mike was my first contact the day of the fire. He was very kind and gave us lots of helpful tips.
Since my parents were so upset and emotional, B-​Line reassured us that they will board up the house and we can think about what construction company to use for the rebuild. There was NO pressure from them to use their company.
I went home to Santa Rosa and started researching construction companies but I kept coming back to B-​Line. I decided to take my chances with BLine. Mike came back out and appraised the fire damages. He immediately began working with my home insurance company. His communication with the insurance company was so smooth that we were able to receive enough money for the rebuild.
We were then assigned a general contractor, Tony, to supervise our construction. Tony is the kindest man and was very approachable. So Tony and I went to work rebuilding my parents’ house. Tony understood my design vision and made the whole process EASY.
Since I live in Santa Rosa and my folks live in EG, we would communicate via emails and phones. We met up to review blueprints and select appliances, carpets, tiles, granite etc. Tony was always organized and every meeting was very efficient. We were able to design the house and complete the house within reasonable time.
They now live in a beautiful new home that has their dream kitchen, bathrooms and bedrooms!!!
Thank you Mike and Tony of B-​Line for turning a very stressful life event into a positive experience.
I do highly recommend B-​Line.

Chris and his team at B-​Line are impressive. They have a cool showroom on site so you can pick out things, maybe you never even thought of, for your remodeling project. They are also very adept at the painstaking, but worthwhile process of getting grants to refurbish homes for disabled veterans. Nice work. On time and they clean up after themselves!

I really needed to get in touch with David Tan, owner of B-​Line. Apparently the phone number has been disconnected. I never hired him, spoke to him or authorized any work from him. I never received an invoice, contract, telephone call, never signed anything. nothing. However I got this REALLY threatening notice sent to an address of a rental property that I own. The unopened letter of the notice was given to me by some people that reside on the property. Inside the envelope was an undated letter with the postmark of Febuary 6, 2013 that I owe B-​Line $ 970.57. There was NOTHING in it that stated what the Hell he did on my property. For all I know. he f*cked things up!
In the letter David Tan threatened me that he is going to get his «Attorney» to collect the amount he states is owed to him by placing a «Construction Lien» on my rental property.
You don’t need to be an attorney to know that «Mechanics Liens» in California do NOT work that way.
8410. A claimant may enforce a lien only if the claimant has given
preliminary notice to the extent required by Chapter 2 (commencing
with Section 8200) and made proof of notice. tice.
Guess what?. I never HIRED YOU David Tan, and if you sent me a preliminary notice, I would tell you if you set foot on my property, I would have you arrested for trespassing!
I guess David Tan got conned by someone and it certainly was NOT me! I do have a suspicion on who it was. Was it Cliff or Maureen that hired you, David Tan? By the way. my name is Dave.
Since David Tan apparently did NOT pay his telephone bill, how in the Hell can I help David Tan recover his money? That’s really too bad. I really wanted to speak to him to possibly help him get it for him.
So now I have no alternative but to post this on Unilocal.*Shrugging my shoulders*
I am giving B-​Line Construction (If it is still in business) no stars, NOT because they do lousy work, in fact, I have NO idea what the Hell they do. I am giving them ZERO STARS because the are UNPROFESSIONAL. THREATENING and IDIOTS and hopefully they are OUT OF BUSINESS! DON’T THREATEN ME unless you want me to go further and make a former complaint to the California Contractors State License Board or maybe I will just sue your ass.

I contacted B-​Line in late August, via email, on behalf of a relative. No response. I then called B-​Line in early November and asked if the anyone had received my email. The receptionist didn’t know, so I went ahead and sent a copy of the same email again. She saw it, and then asked for my phone number — something I did not want to give to her since I prefer to have everything in writing. I simply asked her to have someone contact me. That never happened. I followed up with another call within a few weeks, and still no reply has been given.
Thank you, B-​Line, for saving us from what obviously would have been an extremely bad situation. If you can’t even contact potential customers via channels that you have set up on your site, then you have saved us having to wait to hear from you when you have started a job and possibly not finished it.

B-​Line is one of the few firms that does serious foundation repair involving pier jacks to raise and level uneven foundations. I hired them to install six pier jacks and a couple of support posts, to address settling and heaving in the Land Park home.
What was most impressive at the start of job was that Chris offered up several options on addressing the problems, and was very up front with the expected outcomes. These ranged in price and expected lifetime. He also advised against addressing certain issues, due to the risk involved. This type of dialog was missing from the other two specialist firms I reviewed, which seemed focused on maximizing the job cost. I in fact hired another firm to do an engineering survey, but when the survey came back with additional recommendations, I expanded my search and found B-​Line.
The entire work went smoothly and professionally, and the results were as expected. The only hiccup in the process was getting the final permits signed off. If you are having your foundation level addressed be sure to consider this firm.

B-​Line Construction provided us with excellent workmanship, professionalism and courtesy. I highly recommend and stand behind their construction and repair services.
I own a house in mid-​town Sacramento and noticed unleveled floors and slanting doorways. After weeks of reviewing many bids, I was struck by the thoroughness and candid assessment of Chris, the president. He took over an hour examining our foundation and support piers in the 3 –4 foot crawl space under our home, measured each room, and gave us honest feedback and resolution. I pitched all the various ways of resolving our foundation which I heard/​learned from other competitors, and one by one, Chris was patient to explain to me why his approach was the most valuable and most effective for our home. In fact, his bid came in at the most competitive rate with the highest quality.
His integrity and honesty made our selection of B-​Line to perform perhaps the most «foundational» and important work of our house easy.
Before even asking for payment, he offered to come by personally to sit down and discuss construction and contract questions first. I brought my fiancé, my dad, and a family friend to attend this meeting. Chris was gracious and patient in fielding every question from my panel of judges!
Despite the busyness of other ongoing projects, Chris was always responsive to my emails, texts and phone calls. Shortly thereafter, his team came out to do another measurement and begin work. I met his team leaders Kim and Jorge who were there daily for 2 weeks. Kim, Jorge and their team began digging 3+ feet of holes for the concrete pads in the crawl space. I admire and respect the difficulty of this work. Their team was courteous, respectful and professional.
The team worked efficiently and excellently. In fact, they exceeded my expectations in that they got my home within ¾ths of an inch to perfect level! They performed great work over and above the agreement. For example, Kim saw that the pipes underneath the house from my kitchen sink were leaking and corroded. Even though it was not part of the foundation repair, he and his team purchased 10+sq feet of PVC piping and repaired the leak so that I didn’t have to have my fiancé crawl down there to fix it or hire another handyman.
At the end, Chris met up with us for a walk-​through, helping us with advice on how to fix additional items in our home, shared some secret tricks of the trade, asked us on a scale of 1 to 10 what our satisfaction level was and was eager to do all else needed to get it to a 10. My family was more than pleased with their work — which is why I am giving them 5 stars.
I will likely use them again for smaller remodeling projects because I trust their workmanship and the value of their work.