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Last update on June 02, 2026
Serving Columbus, WI and surrounding areas
Approved
Super Service Award Winner
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Credit card accepted
Customers say: True professional
"I crown molding installed on walls + kitchen cabinets, in addition to having window trim put in. Very happy with how everything turned out."
+46
Serving Columbus, WI and surrounding areas
Approved
In business since 2015
Free estimates
Warranties offered
"Not once during our entire basement finishing process did I question our decision to work with Mike Hessling at Catalyst (formerly Apex). The entire process took just over a month to go from a completely unfinished basement to a brand new, beautiful, rec room, office, and 3/4 bathroom. Mike even dealt with all the curve balls we threw him along the way, switching colors midway through painting, adding an additional cabinet here. He is the kind of contractor you dream of. He's hands-on, there first thing every morning doing so much of the work himself! And the coordination with all the subcontractors was amazing. Everyone knew when and where to be and what exactly needed to get done. To top it all off, he came in right on budget as quoted (which was very fair). Mike's brother Adam was also key in the build, working hard with Mike or on his own."
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Serving Columbus, WI and surrounding areas
Serving Columbus, WI and surrounding areas
In business since 1983
Credit card accepted
"Very smoothly. The contractors where very personable."
+19
Serving Columbus, WI and surrounding areas
In business since 2002
Free estimates
Emergency services offered
"They did a fine job, however, getting in contact with them was incredibly frustrating. When we finally did get them, they would say, "We called you," but if they did, they did not leave a message. My husband gave them our house phone, cell phone, email address, etc. and still it was very hard to get a hold of them.
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|Another thing that was nerve wracking for me was that they showed up with other people and wandered around our farm a couple of times, taking pictures. And they brought their dog who would bark and made our dogs bark, too -- plus they hooked her/him to the pasture fence a few times which made my animals nervous.
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|They were very friendly and worked well when they were working. Once they started the job, they finished it in a timely manner. However, because it was so difficult to contact them, they lost out on another job that we had. They wanted to do the whole job (we would have liked them to do the brickwork) and gave us a quote for everything -- however, we wanted to deal with the contractor we'd already started working with -- he said that he would subcontract with them so they could do the brickwork (this is before we had really tried to work with A O Handy). After trying to contact them numerous times, and some of the other unease about their wandering around the farm, we decided to go with a subcontractor that the contractor knew.
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|As far as using them in the future -- if we had a small job, my husband would consider them, he really liked their work -- as long as it wasn't something that had to be done in a timely manner since we wouldn't know how long it would take them to get back to us. My husband flat out said, "Please leave a message, so that I know that you called and when you plan to be here" and still they didn't.
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|I don't know what the cost of the service was -- I'll have to ask my husband, who is not available this week."
Serving Columbus, WI and surrounding areas
In business since 1974
Free estimates
Credit card accepted
"I would totally recommend this company! Ariel went above and beyond for me when replacing my roof and gutters! Ariel would call me and let me know he was on the way or if he was running even 5 minutes behind. My house looks great and I will be using them again come spring to start replacing some of my windows. Thank you Ariel! Your crew was great, too."
+19
Serving Columbus, WI and surrounding areas
In business since 1951
Free estimates
Credit card accepted
"There were conflicting stories between my property manager and Fireside. My property manager quoted me one price. The bill was twice as expensive. Ultimately, Fireside worked with me and I was happy."
+9
Serving Columbus, WI and surrounding areas
In business since 2014
Free estimates
Credit card accepted
"The people at Kitchen and Bath Solutions were helpful and responsive. The installers were efficient and accurate. And our kitchen is beautiful."
+65
Serving Columbus, WI and surrounding areas
Credit card accepted
"very well, they aloways do a great job and we are very happy with the service"
+25
Serving Columbus, WI and surrounding areas
In business since 2014
Free estimates
Credit card accepted
"They responded quickly to my request for quote and were very flexible with their schedule. Fair price and pleasant to work with. Highly recommended."
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General contractors are the ones that coordinate home construction projects. They are in charge of the day-to-day oversight of the subcontractors to ensure that the project is completed on time and to resolve problems as they arise. General contractors:
Complete pre-construction planning, both with the customer and crew
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Purchase supplies and materials
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Can you provide a list of references?
What is the expected timeline for this project?
How will my project be supervised?
Will you hire subcontractors for the job?
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