TonyaG

We met the crew at Beetham via our general contractor after we had a house fire. They did the electrical in our home for our insurance claim and after meeting with them and speaking with them we hired them to do some additional upgrades and install the electrical for our hottub. Scott and the entire crew (as we met several workers during this renovation) are all stand up guys, they are knowledgeable, honest and very transparent with the scope of work. The guys are site where very professional, treated our home with respect when conducting their work and always a pleasure to deal with. I would absolutely recommend Beetham for all of your electrical needs.

We met with CRCS after we had an house fire in October 2022, they are a preferred vendor for Cooperators Insurance ( I have no idea how they obtained that certification, what a joke). They did the clean up and removal of fire debris in a timely manner. Once we got to the point of deciding if we would stick with them to do the renovation portion we had an onsite meeting with Chuck a project manager. After some discussion we felt that this was the most logical route to take as they came recommended by our insurance company and it was also going to be difficult to secure a contractor for this project working in a tight deadline when everyone we contacted seemed to be booked up. Chuck talked a good talk and made us feel taken care of and he seemed on the ball so to speak. Little did we know that in a matter on month CRCS would DROP the ball on our project leaving our home vacant for several months without even getting the permits submitted to be able to start the renovation for the basement apartment. It wasn't until I got involved and started to project manage the project manager that we started to see some momentum but I had to involved one of the main managers at CRCD Fred before we started to see some movement. The house was not even a full gut and it took them WAY to long before we started to see some progress. The quality of workmanship that some of the trades they hired to work on our house left something to be desired. We paid to have a steel beam installed in the basement so that we could obtain the required ceiling height in order to meet one of the requirements for a legal basement apartment and we had to check the work and the beam had to be reinstalled twice before they followed the drawings to spec. Chuck swearing that it was installed correctly when in fact it wasn't. They didn't get the proper plumbing inspections along the way, the overall project management was horrible, workmanship for some stuff was disgusting, drywall nails coming through the "finished" drywall, they damaged my front door, damaged my wood floor, the frames of the screens in our windows are all dinged and damaged from when they did a cleaning, they didn't itemize the contents of our fridge so we didn't get to recoup all the lost food in the fridge and freezer, trades peed all over the floor and all over the toilet and CRCS tried to tell me that the final clean was done when it wasn't. Chuck often tried to play it up like he was going above and beyond for us. It was a total headache. I would not hire this company to do any renovation of any kind. Yes, they did a great job at the fire damage and preparing the site to be renovated but that's as far as I would go with them. SO many things to note that went wrong, had to be ripped out and redone. We had to be onsite checking their work. I could go on and on and on and on about all of the deficiencies and just overall incompetency of this company and the project manager. After just over a year we are finally home and finally done with CRCS.

We hired Durham Backhoe in May 2023 to waterproof the exterior of our house after having some water issues in the basement over the winter. We met with George for our initial walk through and quote and he was outstanding. Very knowledgeable and professional, he was honest and gave us a couple of options while educating us on the process. The crew arrived on the day we agreed, they where all so nice and very professional and skilled at the trade. The job was done in a few days. They left the job tidy and clean. George kept us updated as the process was being done and when we discovered we had no weeping tile he walked is through the additional work that was going to be needed. We felt very confident that we were in good hands. I would recommend Durham Backhoe to anyone that is looking for a professional and knowledge company. George was awesome to deal with.