Confido Builders LLC

Could not have asked for a better builder. The entire team was professional. They were on schedule, always available, polite and responsive to all of our questions and concerns. Our completed deck is a fitting testament to the excellent quality of their work. I recommend them without qualification.

This is an honest review of my experience conducting business with Aaron Steeves both in his capacity as a real estate professional and as the owner of his construction company, Confido Builders. Aaron is an expert in his field. He is well-informed, pays close attention to detail and is well-connected to any service you may need while conducting your real estate transactions. Aaron is responsive, he is honest, personable, easy to talk to and easy to understand. From start to finish Aaron guided the process of selling my home by combining his knowledge of the industry with his genuine disposition of kindness. His consistent results gave me reason to trust his process, a process that resulted in me declining 9 offers (all over-asking) and accepting an offer that was five (almost six) figures over my asking price in just 4 days on the market. I could not have been in better hands. Having raised 10 people in my home, 7 of them boys, normal wear and tear was present and I needed help in connecting to resources for the work that I needed done. Aaron assured me that he had a team of people at the ready and he did, although because he is so well-connected, they’re more like a small army than a team. Aaron is consistently transparent. No matter who he’s engaging with, he does so with a straight forward passion and commitment to doing what’s right. He’s open and fair across the board and because of this, the people he does business with go out of their way to do the best job they can for him. The kind of reputation and respect which Aaron has built for himself is something that money can’t buy. It was March and during the last winter storm, 26 inches of icy snow brought a 7-foot section of gutter and fascia board down on my bulkhead. I needed not only a contractor to get in a crane and go up 3 stories to make the repair, I also needed a stone mason to repair the bulkhead which had been badly damaged by the falling debris. A living room window had also been broken in the fall and needed to be replaced. Aaron provided crews to do the following work, all of which was completed on budget and on time. Outdoor crane crew for fascia replacement and repair, stone mason for bulkhead rebuild, indoor construction crew for major kitchen repair and interior painting, outdoor crew for exterior painting, rubbish removal crew with dumpster drop off/pick up, full cleaning crew and professional photographer. From start to finish the work took about 5 weeks and my home was on the market by week 6. Each of Aaron's crews were timely, responsive, fantastic to work with, flexible to my schedule and needs, executed high-quality work with great speed and were very, very fair on pricing. Aaron made the process so simple and easy that I did almost nothing while he handled every detail, made every phone call and ran point on all logistics on my behalf. The accepted offer waived inspection and the only contingency was the valuation of the home by the buyer’s financial institution. Again, Aaron managed this whole process and I didn’t so much as meet the inspector or have to make a single phone call. It was all almost too good to be true, but it wasn’t. From the time I decided to sell my house until the time we were under contract was 6 weeks. Aaron and I had our first and only zoom meeting on March 13th. We did a final walkthrough of the house on March 23rd. We put the house on the market on April 4th. We had our one and only open house on April 8th. We were under contract on April 11th. We closed on May 12th. It could not have been more perfect, more right, and I have Aaron to thank for that. Aaron's guidance, knowledge of his industry, his massive network and his insistence on quality literally MADE my home-selling process. I could not have done it without him. On top of that, he saved me a boatload of money as his team beat competitors pricing by a bunch, and he also made me a boatload of money with his selling strategy. Aaron is a fantastic representation of his profession and you will not go wrong by choosing him, whatever your needs are.

This is an honest, detailed review of my experience conducting business with Aaron Steeves both in his capacity as a real estate professional and as the owner of his construction company, Confido Builders. I will start by saying that Aaron is an expert in his field. He is well-informed, pays acute attention to detail and is well-connected to any service you may need while conducting your real estate transactions. Aaron is responsive, he is honest, personable, easy to talk to and easy to understand. From start to finish Aaron guided the process of selling my home by combining his knowledge of the industry with his genuine disposition of kindness. His consistent results gave me reason to trust his process, a process that resulted in me declining 9 offers (all over-asking) and accepting an offer that was five (almost six) figures over my asking price in just 4 days on the market. It is my opinion that it would not have been possible for me to be in better hands than Aaron’s. I met Aaron when a carpenter working across the street from my house gave me his number. I owned a 124 year-old Victorian home with 7 bedrooms, 3 stories and nearly 4,000 square feet. I also had a second detached 3-story building on the property that served for storage. My adult children had since moved out leaving just 2 of us and I wanted to sell quickly with no fuss. My introduction to Aaron was with an interest in him as an investor willing to buy the house, allowing me to avoid the hassle of putting it on the market. Aaron listened on that initial phone call and offered to come by for a cursory look. His easy way of being is disarming and after a few visits and an exchange of photos he made me an offer. I was surprised when he then advised me to consider putting the house on the market, where I would make more than I would selling to an investor. Ever the class act, Aaron demonstrated from the beginning that his sole consideration was to act in my best interest by maximizing my return on investment. Having raised 10 people in the house, 7 of them boys, normal wear and tear was present. I was interested in finding an investor because I didn’t want to do the heavy lifting of preparing a house that size for sale. After the years I had invested in getting the house to where it was and maintaining it, I was unwilling to touch another paintbrush ever again. Aaron assured me that he had a team of people at the ready and he did, although because there are so many professionals that he works with, they’re more like a small army than a team. With this in mind, plus a great deal of trepidation, I took the plunge and decided to put the house on the market. It was March and during the last winter storm, 26” of icy snow brought a 7-foot section of gutter and fascia board down on my bulkhead. I needed not only a contractor to get in a crane and go up 3 stories to make the repair, I also needed a stone mason to repair the bulkhead which had been badly damaged by the falling debris. A living room window had also been broken in the fall and needed to be replaced. Having never utilized my home-owner’s insurance, the thought of filing a claim was daunting but Aaron proactively and skillfully walked me through the process. (The best thing about Aaron is that he is consistently transparent. No matter who he’s engaging with, he does so with a straight forward passion and commitment to doing what’s right. He’s open and fair across the board and because of this, the people he does business with go out of their way to do the best job they can for him. The kind of reputation and respect which Aaron has built for himself is something that money can’t buy.) It was on a Friday that we talked about the fascia board and the next day (even though it was a Saturday) Aaron’s stone mason, a talented craftsman named Andre from Amazonia Landscaping came by. He was happy to give me a fair, up-front estimate on the spot for the bulkhead work. The following Monday Aaron had another crew out assessing the fascia board repair and within 24 hours I had an estimate for that work as well. In less than a week I had everything in order to file an insurance claim, for which I received a check to cover the full amount just 3 weeks later. 2 days after that I came home from work to find that Andre and his crew had come over and entirely rebuilt my bulkhead, poured concrete, brick and all! When I called Aaron to thank him he chuckled and said, “no problem, just send him a check when you’re ready”. Literally 3 days after the bulkhead repair Aaron’s crane crew arrived to make the repair to the fascia board and gutter. Because I was at work I wasn’t able to interface with them so Aaron ran point and arranged every detail of that job, INCLUDING getting them to drop what they were doing and come back just one week before closing because the doggone squirrels ate a hole in a different section of fascia board. When I say that Aaron handled everything, I mean that I never laid eyes on that crew, never had to speak to or deal with them, even down to making the payment, which was extremely fair for the work they did. I know without question that Aaron negotiated on my behalf and got them to bring their price down. Both times, the work was done in less than a day and blended seamlessly with the original fascia board, right down to the mitered corners and paint color. It was remarkable. When it came to interior work I wanted to have the kitchen painted as well as having the whole house deep-cleaned from the 3rd floor to the basement. Again I turned to Aaron to find out if he had any indoor contractors he could direct me to and man, did he ever. Aaron introduced me to Anthony, a talented, hard-working up-and-coming contractor whose quote to paint my kitchen came in at less than half what I was expecting. Anthony got to work immediately, doing all the prep work of taping off the kitchen, repairing cracks including removing and repairing a decades-old protruding section of plaster, and picking out paint colors. He understood what I wanted and executed beautifully. Because his work was so thorough and quick and his price was unbeatable, I asked Anthony if he would consider painting my back staircase. All in all, Anthony and his crew wound up painting the kitchen, upstairs bathroom, 2nd floor bedroom, 3rd floor bedroom, 3rd floor loft including re-painting the painted floor, the back staircase down 3 flights and a long front entry hallway of about 25 feet. He also replaced my broken living room window, fixed the upstairs bathroom vanity, fixed my kitchen sink AND replaced and painted any missing cedar siding shingles on the outside of the house all the way up to the top. I was minimally involved and Aaron made all the arrangements for everything I needed, including scheduling Anthony on evenings and weekends for me, ensuring that the work was completed from start to finish in less than 4 weeks. With my permission Aaron put a lockbox on the door and gave Anthony the code. More than once I came home to find my son listening to Anthony as he explained the importance of doing a task right, whether it was painting a wall, fixing a sink, or whatever. Sometimes my son would just sit there and watch him, listening to whatever was playing on Anthony’s radio. This was more than transactional, this was personal and I knew enough to know that this was a reflection of the respect and esteem that this young contractor held for Aaron. When it came to the second building on the property that had been used for storage, I decided to have a dumpster dropped off that my adult sons could fill for removal. Again I turned to Aaron and he introduced me to Tom and the folks at I’ll Take That Junk who expertly dropped off and picked up a 20 yard dumpster in my very narrow driveway not once, not twice, but three times. Yes, it took three whole dumpsters to empty the years of broken furniture, cribs, couches and the rest from my carriage house. Tom and his partner were super easy to work with, pleasant, communicative and understanding. Twice I had a tight time constraint and twice they went out of their way to pick up / drop off at my convenience, including after hours on a Friday. When I had some leftover debris after the third dumpster was picked up, Aaron arranged for Anthony to come over and grab the last remnants with his truck. When it came to the deep cleaning of the house I asked Aaron if he knew anyone and incredibly within 15 minutes of that conversation, Luiz from Brazilian Cleaners knocked at my door with his partner. We did a brief walk-through, which Luiz followed up with a phone call asking me to send him a detailed list of what I needed him to do in order for him to provide me with the most accurate estimate. It’s worth mentioning that my regular housekeeper declined to do a deep clean because she didn’t have a big enough team for it. It’s equally worth mentioning that Luiz’s estimate came in for less than what I’d pay my housecleaning team of 3 for a single visit. Luiz and his crew of 8 others arrived fully equipped in three vehicles, ready for business at 7am sharp. They gave my house the best cleaning it had ever seen. This incredible crew, again brought to me by Aaron, did twice as good a job as my regular housekeeper, in half the time, for half the price. It was unbelievable. AND they were done an hour ahead of schedule and had the house sparkling from top to bottom for the listing photoshoot. Incidentally my only open house happened to be on the Saturday before Easter Sunday and in spite of this, at Aaron’s request, Luiz brought his crew out again for a touch up the morning of the open house. Amazing! When it came to the need to have photos of the house for the listing Aaron said “I know someone” and by this point I was more than sold on his ability to follow through flawlessly. When I asked about the cost of a professional photographer he replied that because he considers it a part of doing business, he pays for that part himself. Not only is that astonishing, but so are the photos that his photographer made. Never in all my years of living in it had I seen my home look so beautiful as the pictures his photographer made. When Aaron sent me the photos for my approval I had to catch my breath, they were simply stunning and even now 6 months later I still look at them with astonishment. Everything I’ve said occurred over the span of about four and a half weeks. During this whole time, not only was Aaron running lead and managing the logistics for what turned out to be 6 different crews, he was putting together his selling strategy for my house. He did way more than researching comps, Aaron knew the area personally. His family home is just a few minutes away from my home and in fact the house that the carpenter who introduced me to Aaron was working on, that was a house that Aaron had just purchased himself. And it’s not that I was Aaron’s only client at the time, he was in the middle of several large-scale, really cool projects that he would update me on from time to time. Regardless of what he was doing or how busy he was, Aaron always made sure that I knew that he was there for anything I needed. If I texted him a question he was calling me back in a matter of minutes. If I had a concern he was on the phone with me walking me through it until I came out on the other side of it. If I needed anything, anything at all, all I had to do was shoot Aaron a text, it didn’t matter the day or time. The part where Aaron exceeded himself (as if this wasn’t enough) was in the strategy he put together. I will say honestly that I was terrified. The market was changing and becoming more of a buyer’s market than a seller’s. This was my first home, which meant it was my first home sale. There is so much to consider, so many things that can go wrong, particularly when you’re at the cusp of a sea-change in the market. But I needn't have worried because this man is BRILLIANT. Aaron had everything laid out right down to what is the best day of the week to list the home on the market, where and how to list it, and the verbiage to use to generate as much interest as possible. His plan was simple and clear, his pricing was aggressive without being obnoxious and his mantra to me was “moderate your expectations”. He made clear his confidence and also kept me grounded, aware that like any market, housing can be volatile and can sometimes fluctuate without any apparent rhyme or reason. He kept me in a sweet spot of being excited, but not overly so, which was just right. We pulled the trigger and listed on a Tuesday and set the open house for that Saturday, the Saturday before Easter. By Wednesday we already had requests for private showings. We had maybe 5 or 6 of those before the open house and Aaron got to the point where we declined further private showings and instead he steered buyers and their agents to the open house. My family and I decided to go for lunch and a movie the day of the open house to help us deal with the nerves. After lunch on our way to the movies we decided to drive by just to see how it was going. I was amazed. It looked like a block party. There was no parking within a block and a half of my house on either side of the street. Aaron’s word had spread so far and wide that when I tried to count all the people milling around the front yard I lost count at 32. The doors and curtains were open and I could see excited potential buyers on every floor of the house, eyes sparkling with wonder the same way mine did when I first saw it. We decided that with the observation of Easter, we would wait until Monday at 5pm to request all final offers. By noon on Monday Aaron called to say that we had so many offers that we didn’t need to wait until 5. In total, we had 9 offers, all of them over the asking price, the highest 2 of which were identical. Aaron quickly did due diligence, vetting financing and all other pertinent aspects of each offer and by Monday evening he had compiled a list of the strongest standings. I decided with my family which offer to accept and gave Aaron the verbal ok, then I went off to the grocery store feeling relieved. While I was at the grocery store Aaron called to say that we had another offer come in from out-of-state for five figures OVER the offer I had already accepted. It was surreal. I ultimately declined that offer because I had already accepted another offer, a move which I’m sure Aaron personally thought was crazy but he supported me and understood why I decided the way I had. The accepted offer waived inspection and the only contingency was the valuation of the home by the buyer’s financial institution. Again, Aaron managed this whole process and I didn’t so much as meet the inspector or have to make a single phone call. It was all almost too good to be true, but it wasn’t. From the time I decided to sell my house until the time we were under contract was 6 weeks. Aaron and I had our first and only zoom meeting on March 13th. We did a final walkthrough of the house on March 23rd. We put the house on the market on April 4th. We had our one and only open house on April 8th. We were under contract on April 11th. We closed on May 12th. It could not have been more perfect, more right, and I have Aaron to thank for that. Aaron's guidance, knowledge of his industry, his massive network and his insistence on quality literally MADE my home-selling process. I could not have done it without him. AND he saved me a boatload of money, and made me a boatload of money. Ultimately, because of Aaron, I sold my house for twice what I paid for it. He laughed with me when I was stressed, he never once treated me like he was tired of my endless questions and "yeah but what if?" scenarios, h*** I think even his wife must have known my name by the time it was all said and done. The only thing I could think to do to express my gratitude for what Aaron did for me was to give him the biggest tip I've ever given anyone and somehow, even that wasn't enough. Trustworthy, whip-smart and honest, Aaron is really not only a fantastic representation of his profession, but of the human race. You will not go wrong by choosing him, whatever your needs are.

Confido Builders did an excellent job converting a tiny hallway from my garage into a beautiful, functional mudroom. They stayed on schedule and on budget and provided a number of creative solutions and alternatives along the way. The craftsmanship and attention to detail were superb. The crews were professional, communicative, and cleaned up after themselves. Confido was an absolute pleasure to work with, making me feel as if mine was their only project. I would use them again in a heartbeat.

Very well. Excellent workmanship . On time . On budget . Very knowledgeable

Had a good experience with Confido overall and the bathroom looks great. Like any other home improvement project, there were bumps along the road. With that said, I found that Aaron and his Project Manager, Wesley, were very easy to communicate with and were quick to address issues. Aaron did his best to stick as close to the intended budget even when unexpected expenses presented themselves which was extremely helpful. The project took longer than we had hoped for, but it was certainly worth the wait! Pros: 1) Easy to communicate with Confido 2) The final product is great 3) Fair prices Cons: 1) Difficulty scheduling inspections with the town (not a Confido issue). 2) Language barriers with some of the workers made things tricky at times. 3) Sometimes the workers wouldn't show up on the day or the time we were told they would. This is the nature of the industry it seems.

Could not have asked for a better builder. The entire team was professional. They were on schedule, always available, polite and responsive to all of our questions and concerns. Our completed deck is a fitting testament to the excellent quality of their work. I recommend them without qualification.

I’ve worked with Confido Builders on several occasions and it’s always gone exceptionally well. The entire process was handled professionally and diligently. Confido is who I recommend all my friends and family to and I will continue to do so. 11/10!

Aaron and his crew were flexible, responsive, easy to work with, great at communicating, rolled with changes, helped work with me on my budget, worked efficiently and did a great job. I will definitely use again for the next home disaster project!

Aaron and his team are top notch. Communicative and upfront about process, timing and costs throughout the entire process. And the work - it’s really fantastic. Our new deck and railing are beautiful and our living room makes our home! I was so impressed with the level of professionalism and all of the staff that worked on our home. We will definitely be using Aaron for all of our home updates!

Aaron is very responsive and communicate all aspects with me for my project. Job is done quickly and in good quality as well.

Confido Builders is a first class development company. I continue to refer business to them and all the clients I refer them to have nothing but excellent things to say about them. 10/10 would recommend!