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• HISTORICAL HOMECRAFTERS INC

  5.0

  James (Historical Home Crafters) has built two houses for us (one in 1996 and one in 2019). We learned during the first construction project that James is professional, respectful, and takes pride in his work. Choosing him to build our new home was based on the experience we had the first time. His construction knowledge and experience combined with his integrity takes a lot of the stress out of building a new home. We highly recommend Historical Home Craftersshow more

  Dave E.
• HISTORICAL HOMECRAFTERS INC

  5.0

  We had been working with an architect, considering whether to remodel or start from scratch. James Wagnon, owner and founder of Historical, was very helpful during that phase with price estimates and descriptions of challenges we would face in remodeling and expanding, which convinced us appropriately that we would be better off replacing the old cabin. Everyone agreed, including the architect, once James explained all the issues. The architect’s designs were significantly beyond our price range, however, so we put the project on hold. James stayed in touch with us and told us he thought he could deliver most of what we wanted within our price range, so we started working on plans with him. He produced new plans himself which required many long conversations. He was extremely patient as we worked up all the details of the new house, also offering great advice based on his experience. He wouldn’t start work, and didn’t charge anything for all of his time on the front end, until we had negotiated a firm price on the completed house which could only be changed through a well organized and transparent change order process. Once the contract was settled, James immediately started work and delivered us a beautiful new house with 3000 square feet of heated and cooled space over 4500 feet of space under roof in 7 1/2 months. He was totally hands on, always available to discuss issues, and made changes as necessary; in every case, he was able to tell us the cost in time and money of any change we contemplated to the original plan. We really enjoyed working with James and were impressed at every turn by his organization, his work ethic, and his integrity. My wife’s only complaint about James was that he was so committed to his schedule of completion, which he met, that she felt pressure from him to meet with designers to pick out colors, cabinets, hardware, etc. He has also been thorough and committed to resolving all punch list items, which are inevitable in a project of this size. We recommend James absolutely without qualification for any job of any size he is willing to take onshow more

  Will R.
• HISTORICAL HOMECRAFTERS INC

  5.0

  James proved to live up to his reputation, being both knowledgable and capable in all aspects of site preparations, home and property design, as well as things such as energy management and construction techniques, as well as the financial and manpower management aspects of the project. Further, he always kept us well informed of the status and progress of the workshow more

  Roger E.
• HISTORICAL HOMECRAFTERS INC

  5.0

  James was a complete professional. He met with us for about 2 months on a weekly basis until we were comfortable with all of the details of the home, the budget, etc. He got to work immediately. He is very creative and takes pride in his work. He managed all subcontractors, and any little detail we were not 100% pleased with, he had it corrected. He is very detail oriented. Nothing gets past him. We looked through lots of his open houses for about 5 years before we could afford to build and knew we wanted him to build our home when the time came. The thing we are most impressed with is the quality and how structurally sound his homes are. Our home is an Energy Star home, and we anticipate our energy bills to be minimal as a result. Our third party home inspector commented that "You don't see houses built like this much anymore." We would highly recommend this company to anyone looking to build a home, do a remodeling or landscaping project or to improve the energy efficiency of their current home. We plan to use him again as we add to our landscaping and when we get ready to finish our basementshow more

  Daniel J.
• TURNER BATSON ARCHITECTS

  5.0

  These folks helped us with the remodeling of our church and the construction of a new building for classrooms, offices and an elevator. They were extremely polite and very helpful in dealing with committees and ornery individuals. We took a long time making up our minds and they never lost patience. The design was excellent. They addressed needs we didn't even know we had.We had to have them come back for a few minor glitches (roof leak, bad carpet) and they responded quickly, cheerfully, and thoroughly.We have no complaints and high praise..show more

  John G.
• Tim Barron, Architect, Inc.

  5.0

  I liked everything and Tim was very professional and very helpful. He made sure all the work was done correctly. Tim does a very professional job.

  Linda K.
• Harmony Remodeling

  5.0

  This was the first project I had done by Harmony Remodeling, but not the last. I couldn't have been more pleased with the outcome of their work. Mike Jones is very honest and knowledgeable. The crew was courteous and professional. Even the sub contractors for plumbing and wiring were wonderful. The job began on time and was finished within the time frame given. Great company, great work, great peopleshow more

  Victoria R.
• Banks Home Building Inc

  4.0

  I met with Stuart Banks at 144 Woodmont Drive in Homewood and we discussed my interest in finishing the basement with a bathroom, laundry room, workshop, storage and family room. I gave him the original construction plans for the house, which was built in 1960 and has never been altered except for the addition of a screened porch. I was a bit disappointed in the quality of the sketch since I had provided scaled floor plans, but I got the overall idea he was attempting to get across, so it worked out OKshow more

  Valerie A A.
• Creekside Designs

  1.0

  It is unfortunate at least 1 star needs to be selected since this company cost us money, a negative rating would be more appropriate. Creekside Designs run by Jimmy Parker and Christy Parker at 427 2nd Ave SW, Cullman, AL 35055 ((256) 735-6586) is not a company I would ever consider hiring again. After finding Creekside Designs on my LOCAL craigslist we hired them to design and do the permit drawings for our HVAC system. Not only is Jimmy Parker and Christy Parker (nor anyone at Creekside Designs) NOT engineers, they are also not local to me in Florida. This design company operates a very shady business. Their business practices are manipulative and deceitful. Please consider any other real design firm over this companyshow more

  Mark M.
• Harmony Remodeling

  1.0

  guess our wants were to much? job too big? but it would have been professional of him to tell us?

  mary h.