INTEGRAL CONSTRUCTION

When I was working on projects at my Seattle rental house, this company was doing extensive foundation work on the house next door. I asked them to look at my house's foundation (both houses are on a steep slope). Luckily the foundation was fine but the lower deck and its stairway supports had shifted significantly downhill. The owner of the company, Mr. Russell, gave me an estimate of $5,600 (I felt I was getting off easy since the neighbor had to have $60,000 worth of work done.) I asked the neighbor if he had checked the company out and he told me that he had done a lot of research and Integral was the company that developers and construction companies recommended. When I received the final invoice, Mr. Russell noted that when they began work it became apparent that their original plan for reinforcing the deck was not advisable, so he put new connections to the foundation and used threaded rods to the deck footings. He wrote that it ended up "costing me more than I had bid on this portion (of the job) but I just could not do something that I did not consider the proper fix." He stuck by his original estimate, which he didn't have to do, and I'm very impressed with his concern for doing the job right. (Please note, I live in Portland and the house is in Seattle: At the time of this review, I hadn't yet been up there to see the repairs firsthand. But a neighbor sent pictures and it appears the area was left in good shape.)