General Contractor

Q. Describe the most common types of jobs you do for your clients.

A. Mostly tricky carpentry projects at the moment. However I find myself being commissioned to do a lot of small and mid size projects requiring several trades such as framing, plumbing, electrical and finish carpentry. Kitchens and Bathrooms are also somewhat popular.

Q. What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A. First of all do your research about any potential service provider. Second, ask as many questions as necessary to gain as much understanding about your project as you can. Third, make sure you get along and communicate well with the person who will be handling your project. Fourth, ensure you have all agreements in writing. If you do those things you should end up happy with your project.

Q. Why does your work stand out from others who do what you do?

A. Well it doesn't hurt that I have been retained to build some cool projects! HA! But all joking aside I feel what sets aside my work from a majority of contractors is my desire to see a quality product and my attention to detail in the pursuit of achieving that goal in each project that I do.

Q. What do you like most about your job?

A. I love seeing something that I have built with my own two hands and put sweat, blood and tears into making as much of a quality product as possible. There is nothing to me like the satisfaction that gives me aside from possibly seeing the satisfaction of a client who now owns the thing I have built.

Q. What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?

A. Where did I learn to do what I do? and how long have I been doing it? would be the two most common I would say.

I began doing construction over 10 years ago and have worked many construction related jobs in many trades during that time. Mostly I desired working for small contractors who did projects that demanded a higher degree of quality than average as I enjoy a good challenge. In the process I learned a great deal about pretty much every trade that goes into building a home and ultimately applied for and received a GC license. But truthfully building things is as much who I am as a profession and I am constantly attracted to any opportunity to learn something new about building and its this that I think has allowed me to learn so much about the art and craft of building.

Q. Tell us about a recent job you did that you are particularly proud of.

A. Well I have been doing a lot of work in a bunch of art lofts in Venice beach. I have done a couple of doors made of reclaimed wood which I've been pretty satisfied with. One was a large 4'x86" pocket door and the other was a regular 32"x80" door hung on barn door track hardware outside a bathroom.

Q. Describe your most recent project, what it involved, how much it cost, and how long it took.

A. Well I just finished a winding staircase made of reclaimed wood. I have posted pictures of it on my profile here. I also filled a section of it with 1/2" all-thread covered with 5/8 steal pipe making up spindles to fill an open section and hold up the stairs.
A second project in the same home was a bar top (pictures of which are also posted on here) made of Fijian hard wood and is also a project I liked although not a particularly large one.

Q. If you have a complicated pricing system for your service, please give all the details here.

A. I guess our pricing system is complicated in that it takes some experience to figure out; as my estimated cost for a project is made up of material cost, labor cost and business overhead and profit. So you either have to have a pretty good idea of what the material cost will be, a good estimate of the labor hours at different skill levels and adding a fair cost for overhead and profit and you could probably get a ballpark figure. Or you could just contact me and I will give you an estimate for free.