Compass Construction LLC

After discussing details, I got a good idea of what materials they would be using on the projects. I felt the project went smoothly and was within the timeline & cost I expected.

So far, we have been extremely pleased with the entire experience. Gary at Compass Construction is extremely committed to sticking to the schedule to make sure that the project is completed on time. In fact, he is so committed that at one point, they were three weeks ahead of schedule, which meant that when there was a permitting delay due to the a backlog with the city permitting office, it didn't derail the entire schedule. Nathan has been a pleasure to work with - extremely responsive and easy to work with. He is always available to discuss design ideas or talk through the schedule and plans. Both Gary and Nathan are extremely talented - they're pretty much fountains of knowledge and ideas, which is what I'm looking for in a contractor since I personally don't have that eye for design. As my husband and I would walk through the space with them during construction, they'd just rattle off all these cool ideas for adding a bookshelf, integrating our old fireplace, coming up with a creative space for storing our stereo, etc. Any issues we have had have been promptly addressed. For example, one night the furnace wouldn't go on - it had been moved because they had removed the floor beneath it, which caused a minor issue. Someone was out here to get it back on within a half an hour. All of the subcontractors have been excellent. And also really nice - which is a bonus considering we continued to live in the house during construction. Also on that topic, the workers have all been very respectful of our space. One other thing worth mentioning: these guys run a very tight ship in terms of keeping the workspace CLEAN. One of my friends who is an interior designer couldn't believe how clean the basement was even in the middle of the construction. Overall, these guys are easy and fun to work with and they do very high-quality work!

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Nathan was really nice and knowledgeable, but his subcontractors did sub-par work for us. The hardwoods were never really done right. They werent done right the first time and Nathan did have his guy redo them in an attempt to rectify the situation, but they just were never done correctly. The guy cut corners--not sealing under the baseboards, for example. And the electrical guys he sent out really cut corners and did not want to put in any effort to help us figure out some issues in our older home. They told us several things were impossible that I have since had done with another electrician. My theory is that our jobs were too small to garner much attention.

The entire project was managed poorly by Compass and they used many subpar workers.  Overall, it was a bad experience and I wouldn't recommend using this company.

Nathan is a fair, honest, responsible guy. I've worked with him on several smaller projects around my home and he listens and does a really good job. He will bring in the right tools and guys to get whatever job done. He is able to help with small handyman things and much larger construction needs. I feel like this is someone I want working on my home and I'd recommend him highly to my friends.