BUSCH CARPENTRY & HOME MAINTENANCE INC

"WHEN TAKING ON THIS PROJECT WE KNEW THE HOME'S ANTIQUATED GRAVITY FED HEATING SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE UPDATED AS THE FAMILY WAS USING SPACE HEATERS AND WINDOW AIR CONDITIONERS IN WHAT LOOKED TO BE MULTIPLE ADDITIONS TO THE HOME. THERE WAS AN ILLEGAL, NON-CODE,UP-FLUSH TOILET TIED INTO THE STACK PIPE THROUGH A HOSE THAT WAS PLACED IN FRONT OF THE FUSE PANEL IN THE BASEMENT, THE DRYER WAS VENTED INTO THE GARAGE WHICH WAS NOT ONLY NOT UP TO CODE BUT DANGEROUS AND NUMEROUS OTHER ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING AND STRUCTURAL CHALLENGES. WHAT COULDN'T BE SEEN UNTIL CONSTRUCTION WAS UNDERWAY WAS THAT THE STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS WERE SO SEVERE DUE TO POOR CONSTRUCTION THAT AN ARCHITECT'S SERVICES WERE REQUIRED NOT ONLY TO PASS CODE REQUIREMENTS BUT TO MAKE THE HOUSE STRUCTURALLY SAFE. THERE ALSO WERE MANY CONCEALED PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS CREATED BY PREVIOUS WORK THAT HAD NOT BEEN PROFESSIONALLY DONE. DELAYS TO THE PROJECT WERE CAUSED LARGELY BY THE NUMEROUS AMOUNT OF CONCEALED PROBLEMS NEEDING TO BE RECTIFIED AND BY POOR SCHEDULING ON THE PART OF THE ELECTRICIAN WE WERE USING AT THE TIME. THE ORIGINAL SIGNED PROPOSAL FOR THE PROJECT WAS $64,695.88. THE COMBINATION OF CORRECTIONS OF THE HOME'S NUMEROUS CODE VIOLATIONS AND PROJECTS ADDED BY THE CLIENT DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS BROUGHT THE FINAL TOTAL TO $77,757.58. THIS DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE AMOUNT OF COURTESY WORK WE PREFORMED FOR THE CLIENT. WE PRODUCED BEAUTIFUL AND TECHNICALLY SUPERIOR WORK WITH UPGRADES BOTH TO THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THE HOME. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON THIS JOB AND THE OBSTACLES WE OVERCAME WHILE WORKING ON A HOME THAT IS 40+ YEARS OLD."