D S Bahr Construction Inc

DAVID MADE SURE I WAS THERE WHEN HE DID THE ESTIMATE SO HE COULD ASK ME QUESTIONS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS I HAD DIRECTLY. GREAT TO WORK WITH AND THE JOB WAS DONE WITHIN THREE WEEKS OF CALLING FOR AN ESTIMATE. WOULD DEFINITELY RECOMMEND.

IT WAS AN EASY CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE. CREW WAS POLITE AND WORKED HARD TO CLEAN UP. WE ARE THRILLED WITH THE WORK -- NO LEAKS WITH HEAVY RAINS. WE WERE SO PLEASED, AGAIN, WITH DS BAHR THAT WE HAVE ASKED THEM TO BID ON ANOTHER PROJECT. NICE TO FINALLY FIND A CONTRACTOR WHO IS RESPONSIVE, KNOWLEDGEABLE, EXPLAINS THINGS WELL, INCLUDES US IN THE PROCESS, AND TAKES PRIDE IN THE FINISHED PROJECT.

SET AN APPOINTMENT FOR AN ESTIMATE BUT HE CAME EARLIER THAN SCHEDULED TIME. THEREFORE I WASN'T HOME TO MEET AND DISCUSS WITH HIM. LEFT HIS BID AT THE DOOR. WHILE THE BID WAS COMPETITIVE I WOULDN'T HIRE SOMEONE I HADN'T MET AND HE DID NOT MAKE ANY FOLLOW UP CONTACT SO I ASSUME HE WASN'T INTERESTED IN THE JOB.

PRICE WAS RIGHT, REP WAS KNOWLEDGEABLE AND THE WORKERS EFFICIENT.

THE OWNER WAS THE FIRST TO RETURN MY INITIAL REQUESTS FOR AN ESTIMATE. HE CAME OUT ON TIME, PROVIDED THE ESTIMATE PROMPTLY AND RETURN MY CALLS QUICKLY, BUT I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE DISCREPANCIES IN COST. THE SCOPE OF WORK IS SO DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER ROOFING COMPANY.

THEY GOT STARTED LATER, BY 2 WEEKS, THAN ORIGINALLY AGREED UPON, BUT FINISHED PROMPTLY.

DAVE BAHR, THE OWNER, WAS PROMPT IN RETURNING CALLS, IN ARRIVING TO GIVE AN ESTIMATE, WRITING UP THE ESTIMATE, AND IN DOING THE WORK WHEN HE SAID THE WORK WOULD BE DONE. HE WAS VERY HELPFUL IN ANSWERING QUESTIONS I HAD AFTER I COMPARED COMPETING BIDS (TO MAKE SURE I WAS COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES). THE WORKERS STARTED ON THE ROOF AFTER I LEFT FOR WORK IN THE AM AND WERE JUST FINISHING THEIR CLEAN-UP AS I ARRIVED HOME, BUT THE FOREMAN TOLD ME TO LOOK AROUND AND COME TO HIM WITH ANY QUESTIONS, AND DAVE CALLED JUST THEN TO ASK WHETHER I HAD ANY CONCERNS. THE CLEAN UP WAS NOT PERFECT, WE FOUND THREE OR FOUR NAILS BUT LOTS OF LITTLE CELLOPHANE PACKAGING STRIPS, BUT IT WAS PRETTY GOOD. OVERALL EVERYTHING LOOKED GREAT WHEN THEY WERE DONE. DAVE BROUGHT UP THE ANGIE'S LIST DISCOUNT WHEN I FORGOT TO MENTION IT. THEIR ESTIMATE WAS THE MIDDLE-PRICED OF THREE ESTIMATES WE GOT, BUT THE LOWEST-PRICED SEEMED LIKE IT COULD HAVE A LOT OF ADD-ONS. OUR INVOICE HAD NO SURPRISE EXTRA CHARGES OR ADD-ONS.

WE WERE VERY IMPRESSED WITH MR. BAHR. HE WAS VERY PUNCTUAL AND PROFESSIONAL. HE PROVIDED A DETAILED WRITTEN ESTIMATE ON SITE. WHILE HIS ESTIMATED WAS VERY REASONABLE, WE DECIDED TO GO WITH ANOTHER COMPANY THAT WAS ABLE TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL NON-CARPENTRY WORK.

DAVE BAHR, THE OWNER, CAME OUT AND GAVE US AN ESTIMATE ON THE SPOT. HE APPEARED TO BE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT HOW TO BUILD THE DECK AND WE WERE CONFIDENT THINGS WOULD GO WELL. HIS BID WAS ALSO SOMEWHAT LOWER THAN A COUPLE OF OTHERS WE RECEIVED. WE WOULD HAVE HIRED HIM IF HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN TO THE JOB SOONER, BUT HE WAS BOOKED UNTIL OCTOBER AND WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO USE THE DECK THIS FALL IF POSSIBLE.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DIDN'T RESPOND TO MY EMAIL. COMPANIES SHOULDN'T OFFER ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION UNLESS THEY INTEND TO USE IT.

BAHR CONSTRUCTION'S PROPOSAL WAS BOTH ROOF AND NEW GUTTERS (ONE PRICE FOR BOTH). HAVING A COMBINED BID FOR BOTH ROOF AND GUTTERS MADE IT DIFFICULT TO COMPARE PRICING WITH OTHER PROPOSALS, WHICH WERE SEPARATE BIDS FOR ROOF AND GUTTERS. I DEALT WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY, AND I LIKED HIM A LOT. THE FACT THAT HE WAS THE COMPANY PRESIDENT AND OBVIOUSLY EXPERIENCED IN CONSTRUCTION WORK (AND NOT JUST A SALESPERSON/ESTIMATOR) WAS A REAL POSITIVE FACTOR. WORK WAS NOT PERFORMED BECAUSE I FELT THE BID WAS HIGH. HOWEVER, I WOULD CONTACT HIM IN THE FUTURE IF I WAS CONSIDERING ANY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. IN HINDSIGHT, I SHOULD HAVE ASKED FOR A SEPARATE BID FOR EACH JOB. THIS WOULD HAVE MADE IT EASIER TO COMPARE PROPOSALS. THIS COMPANY DID OFFER A DISCOUNT FOR ANGIE'S LIST MEMBERS.

DAVID BAHR WAS VERY PROMPT IN PERFORMING THE QUOTE AND GENERALLY COMMUNICATED WELL PRIOR TO THE JOB COMMENCING. HE LOCATED THE HIGH-END SHINGLE WE SPECIFIED IN A DISCONTINUED PACKAGING LOT THAT SAVED US SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS AFTER THE JOB HAD ALREADY BEEN BID; A MUCH APPRECIATED SPIFF FOR US. THE CREW WAS EXTREMELY HARD WORKING, BUT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM DUE TO LANGUAGE DIFFERENCES AND MR. BAHR WAS NOT PRESENT DURING MUCH OF THE WORK. HE HAD AGREED THAT THE CREW WOULD MANUALLY UNSCREW THE EXISTING LEAF GUARDS, BUT THEY RIPPED THEM OUT WITH FORCE INSTEAD. THIS LEFT SOME MINOR DAMAGE TO THE GUTTERS THAT, WHILE PRINCIPALLY COSMETIC, WAS AVOIDABLE AND WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED IF THEY WOULD HAVE FOLLOWED THE AGREED PROCEDURE. BUT WITH THAT SAID, THEY WORKED VERY QUICKLY, EFFICIENTLY, AND THE JOB LOOKS GOOD AND (SO FAR) IS HOLDING WELL. THIS IS A QUALITY ROOFER, BUT I DO RECOMMEND THAT YOU BE AROUND AND STAY VOCAL DURING THE INSTALL. BY FAR BEST PRICE.

REMOVED AND DISCARDED A PATENTED FLUE COVER WITH A NON-PATENTED SINGLE 8" FLUE COVER INSTEAD OF THE NEEDED DUAL 4" AND 8" FLUE COVER CAUSING ME TO CONSTRUCT SOMETHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVED HIM! HE IS SO RESPONSIVE. EVERY TIME I WOULD CALL HIM THERE WERE THINGS I DIDN'T LIKE OR I WANTED TO KNOW SOMETHING AND HE CALLED ME BACK IMMEDIATELY. HE FIXED EVERYTHING I DIDN'T LIKE RIGHT AWAY, EVEN AFTER HE WAS PAID IN FULL. HE WAS ALSO VERY HONEST. I THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL WORK AND HE TOLD ME I DIDN'T REALLY NEED IT, SO HE DEDUCTED THE AMOUNT FROM THE BILL. HE WAS WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH. HE GAVE ME A 5 YEAR WARRANTY ON ALL OF THE WORKMANSHIP AND AN ANGIE'S LIST DISCOUNT. IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND I WOULD DEFINITELY USE THEM AGAIN.

FROM THE LINK IN ANGIE'S LIST I EMAILED MY INTEREST IN A SKYLIGHT BEING INSTALLED. DAVE BAHR CALLED BACK THE SAME DAY TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT. WE MET AND AGREED ON PLACEMENT AND WHEN THE WORK WOULD BE DONE. THEY DID A GREAT JOB MAXIMIZING THE OPENING FROM THE SKYLIGHT ON THE ROOF TO THE KITCHEN CEILING. WHAT HAD BEEN A DARK (EAST-FACING) ROOM MOST OF THE DAY IS NOW BRIGHT AND I'M ABLE TO WORK WITHOUT TURNING LIGHTS ON. PREVIOUSLY I HAD NO LUCK IN FINDING A SKYLIGHT INSTALLER EVEN THOUGH I HAD SPOKEN TO SKYLIGHT MANUFACTURERS AT THE HOME AND GARDEN SHOW IN THE SPRING. THIS IS PRECISELY WHY I SIGNED UP FOR ANGIE'S LIST; TO FIND THE KIND OF CONTRACTOR I NEED, WHO HAS DONE GOOD WORK FOR OTHERS.

DAVID WAS ON TIME FOR APPOINTMENTS. DAVID RETURNED PHONE CALLS. THE WORK WAS WELL DONE.

DAVE BAHR CAME OUT TO GIVE US AN ESTIMATE AND ENDED UP DOING THE REPAIR RIGHT ON THE SPOT FOR ONLY $100. HE CAME AT THE APPOINTED TIME, AND DID GOOD WORK. GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE. POLITE, FRIENDLY GUY.

THE ONE THING THAT CONCERNED ME WAS THAT THE RUBBER ON THE ROOF HAS SOME PUCKERS IN IT. HE ASSURED ME THAT THE ROOF IS INSTALLED CORRECTLY HE EVEN OFFERED TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY, DOUBLE.

AFTER WIND BLEW DOWN PART OF ONE SHINGLE, I THOUGHT IT BEST TO HAVE ROOF INSPECTED AS RAINY SEASON BEGINS. DAVE BAHR OF DS BAHR CONSTRUCTION RESPONDED TO MY E-MAIL INQUIRY AND MADE A PROMPT APPOINTMENT. HE INSPECTED THE ROOF, ASSURED ME THE ROOF, AS A WHOLE, IS IN GOOD CONDITION AND DOESN'T NEED TO BE REPLACED FOR A FEW YEARS YET. HE THEN FIXED THE SMALL SPOT WHERE PART OF A SHINGLE HAD COME LOOSE, EVEN THOUGH HE REPORTED THE AREA WAS STILL AIRTIGHT. HE WAS PROMPT, PROFESSIONAL, AND HONEST. WHEN IT COMES TIME TO REPLACE THE ROOF, I'LL BE CALLING HIM.

THEIR PRICE WAS SO LOW COMPARED TO THE OTHER 2 ESTIMATES, I WAS AFRAID I WOULD GET EITHER SHODDY WORKMANSHIP OR EXCESSIVE ADD-ON CHARGES, SO I DID NOT USE THEM. THEY WERE RESPONSIVE IN COMING OUT TO SEE THE JOB AND PRESENT A PROPOSAL.

DAVE IS AN EXCELLENT CONTRACTOR. HE PROVIDED A LOT OF ASSISTANCE AND ADVICE TO US AS FIRST TIME HOME BUILDERS. I WAS MOST IMPRESSED WITH DAVE'S PROMPTNESS OF RETURNING PHONE CALLS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE.

DAVE WAS EXCELLENT AT COMMUNICATING WITH US BOTH ON THE PHONE AND IN PERSON. HE WAS WILLING TO COME QUICKLY TO OUR SITE WHEN WE REQUESTED HIS SERVICES. HE GAVE US OUR ANGIE'S LIST DISCOUNT WITHOUT QUESTION.

DAVID WAS GREAT. COMES ACROSS A LITTLE AGGRESSIVELY, BUT HE KNEW WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE AND DIDN'T WASTE HIS TIME OR MINE. VERY STRAIGHT FORWARD. ONLY COMPLAINT WOULD BE THAT THEY DIDN'T CLEAN THE GUTTERS OUT VERY WELL AFTERWARDS AND SOME OF THE ADHESIVE CAULKING THEY USED WAS SLOPPILY PLACED AND SHOWING. OVERALL EXPERIENCE VERY GOOD.

PRICE QUOTED FOR COMPARABLE WORK WAS NEARLY 30% HIGHER THAN WHAT WAS QUOTED BY ANOTHER REPUTABLE COMPANY.

ESTIMATED $4000 TO TEAR OFF AND REPLACE ROOF. ENDED UP NEEDING TO REDECK ENTIRE ROOF, AN ADDITIONAL $3400. CLEAN UP NOT DONE WELL. WE KNEW THERE WAS GOING TO BE A 'FIRST' SNOW, BUT THEY DID NOTHING TO CLEAN UP AROUND HOUSE PRIOR. IN SPRING FOUND NAILS, ROOFING MATERIALS, RUBBERBANDS, PLASTIC STRIPS, AND PLASTIC WRAP THAT HELD SHINGLES. NOT TO MENTION CIGARETTE BUTTS, CANDY BAR WRAPPERS ETC.