Shepphird Associates

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Great. He solved my problem.

THANKS A BUNCH

Our home is older, built in the 1930's. We remodeled our kitchen last year and added heavy granite on our raised foundation. I wanted to know if the foundation was still in good shape. I found Will on Angie's list, and he had such glowing reports I had to call him, even though he was in Los Angeles and we are in Southern Orange County. He listened to my concerns, and suggested calling a contractor he occasionally worked with to come and check out our house and, if needed, do the repairs at the same time. Shepphird Associates does not do the actual construction. I left a few messages for the contractor but he was unavailable (turns out his wife was having a baby!). In the meantime I contacted a local structural engineering company that came out and told us our entire foundation needed to be rebuilt at an estimated cost of $20,000 - $40,000. This left us very worried. This particular contractor did not follow up with a formal bid or report. So I called Will back and asked him if he would come out and give us his informal opinion. At this point I felt I did not trust the local structural company's assessment, since they would be the people actually doing the work. Will came out that very afternoon, crawled under the house, and then drew us some rough diagrams of what was under there and what should be strengthened. He said there was no need to worry, and the house had stood the test of time, and we were in basically decent shape. We were able to have a GC come out and do the repairs using the sketches. He was very professional, and a very nice person. I would highly recommend him.

He came out very promptly. He listened to what my project was going to be. He was very honest about how much this was going to cost. He helped me with flexing my budget. I would recommend him just in the end it was too expensive.

Mr. Shepphird drove over 2 hours round trip to meet me at my mother's home. He arrived promptly, was professional, and spent significant over an hour listening to what we wanted to accomplish with a complete renovation of our home. He made useful and really interesting suggestions as to how we could solve certain architectural and fundamental structural problems, and considered everything from how other homes in the neighborhood looked to how we could recapture our renovation costs if we decided to resell the home. He spent over an hour explaining to my mother what he felt were her best options and what decision process she should follow. He treated her like she was his own mother, and impressed me with his genuine concern for her comfort, his desire to exceed her expectations, and his respect for money she would be investing in the renovation. He even advised her to save her money and not remodel. How many people do you know who with that much integrity?

I spoke with Mr. Sheppird on the phone. He was warm, friendly, knowledgeable and professional. His price for the inspection would have been $250, however, he spent several minutes on the phone with me, explaining exactly how my husband and I could crawl into our attic space and find out for ourselves, whether or not the wall was structural, without spending a dime. Not only was his price the most reasonable of all the people I spoke to, he talked us out of the job, by teaching us what to do on our own. We sent him a $25 check for good measure, how often do you meet people like that these days?