Stone Creek Building and Development

Our initial impression of Mark Bierwagen, President, Stone Creek Building and Development, Kalin Beirwagen, Vice President, and Sean Leanders, Construction Supervisor, was some what favorable.  They are all seemed nice, affable people.  However, that is the extent of our positive experience with the Stone Creek Building and Development business.

My husband, Fred, is a retired, licensed and bonded general contractor, ( C.C.B. # 8095)  with over 40 years experience in residential construction.  We hired Stone Creek to build our  final home because of age and health issues that discouraged us from doing the work ourselves.  The project did not go well because our concerns about their building practices seemed to go unheeded.  We were assured our requests for corrections were addressed but later we learned they may not have tried to fix

things at all. 

Fred has spent weeks and hundreds of dollars repairing framing and underlayment, straightening walls and floors himself (back trouble and all !). In his opinion, in all his years of building homes he had not seen such poor construction.

We believe Stone Creek Building and Dev. uses inferior subcontractors and touts them as top-quality.  We are extremely disappointed in the work that was done, lack of communication, and in their philosophy of "making the customer happy". They seemed very defensive when we saw problems and asked for corrective measures.  In our view, we apparently insulted them by calling the work "shoddy".

If you are new at building a home

, be more observant. Look at the details.  Are the walls and floors straight, plumb, and level? Be sure to check your plans to see that everything you expect is there and installed correctly. Do not take for granted that your builder is really looking out for your best interests or checking the quality of their construction work. They are on a schedule, want to make money and move on to the next project.

 If you would like to get more detail and personal opinion from us, please contact us at 503-880-3975 (Fred and Sharon Isbell).















 















 















 















 















 

We could not have been happier with our new  home building experience with Mark and Kalin of Stone Creek Building.
This was our first time having a new home built from scratch. So we were very grateful for the patient guidance of Mark and Kalin
throughout the months long process.   Stone Creek was on board early in the project and helped sheppard the building design and permitting process through a difficult timeline imposed by our financing company.   Throughout the project, Mark and Kalin exhibited excellent management skills and resourcefullness in dealing with the subcontractors, suppliers, and the vagaries of the northwest weather.
We would hire them again in an instant.
 

After interviewing many builders, my husband and I were happy to find Mark Bierwagen with Stone Creek Building and Development. He was recommended to us by our construction lender who had worked with him on several projects. Mark is a knowledgeable and competent builder while also being personable and respectful to his clients. Mark was very mindful of our budget and helped to strategize solutions when the inevitable homebuilding issues came up. He was flexible and also made sure we maintained quality throughout our project. We were very happy with Mark and Stone Creek Building and Development and we LOVE our new home!