Level Engineering San Francisco, CA (Main)

We had a great experience with Level Engineering. Scott was very easy to work with and responsive to our revisions. We were taking down the wall between the kitchen and living room and needed an engineer to create plans to support the structural load. It took us a while to find a contractor to do the job and when we did he recommended a specific support beam. Scott was great about accommodating our General Contractor's request and drawing up the plans accordingly. The county was very unorganized and kept coming back to us with specific details they wanted on the plans. Scott was great about making these changes and emailing them quickly so the job could move forward. We would definitely work with Level Engineering again and highly recommend them.

Travis Smith is wonderful

They can do the inspection needed, but they do not do any work for repair on small jobs.

Very helpful. Provided me with drawing and advice on the materials to use

I hired this company to get a structural report for a house I was trying to purchase. The report was incomplete and did not address the needed repairs to the property to make it structurally sound. I lost the deal on the house because the engineer sent his incomplete report to the listing agent and then went out of town the same day and was unable to revise it.

Very helpful. Exceeded my expectations. Thank you!

Looked a what we needed him to . A little pricey.

Scott was very nice and Professional and I got my letter within three business days.

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Scott Z. came to my home to give recommendations on removing a load bearing wall. I paid him $250 for his time, visiting and as payment toward future work. He told me that for another $100 he'd give me a design for permitting. All that was required of me was to send him measurements and a drawing. It took me a few months to get to it. Once I did, he informed me that he completely forgot about my project and hadn't saved any of his measurements and had no photos of my house. Those were for me to provide, again. And he raised his price to $150 despite what we discussed. Nevertheless, I did what he asked. When I did send him the info, he ignored my emails. I never heard from him again even when I asked if he got the emails or if he was still interested. Thank goodness he flaked because I have found a much better engineer who has done a thorough assessment of my home's unusual make-up. The new engineer did not require me to send drawings or photos. If Scott had tried to calculate a beam or posts based on what little I could provide, it would have been wrong because he didn't have all the info an engineer needs. Either he never collected it or he lost it. And he sure wasn't going to come back to redo his assessment even though that would have been the right thing to do. My $250 was wasted on his advisory visit because nothing he told me was based on calculations or a thorough assessment. What he told me about the beam jutting up to a window was wrong and it wrongly influenced my decisions. What a relief to be free of him and not spend more good money toward bad. What a rip off!

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Scott was very responsive. Had my report to me as promised. Professional in every way. Note that there are two prices: one for verbal inspection and one for written inspection. Greatly appreciate his service.

Scott was a great guy who went out of his way to make sure our project was done on time and done well. Really appreciated his knowledge, experience, and assistance. Will definitely hire him again.

Scott listened to our concerns and what we wanted and came up with a great plan. Easy to work with, knowledgeable. Maybe a bit pricey, but worth it to have a professionally designed structural floor.

Scott was really easy to work with, showed up early and gave us a great plan for how to fix the issue. I felt like the price was a little high for the amount of work done, but having the piece of mind of an expert and a professionally designed plan was worth it. We ended up doing the work ourselves, but Scott said he would be available for any questions which was nice.

Scott came out very quickly, and he was extremely knowledgeable and helpful. He gave estimates for repairs that were within a wide range, which made me feel like there were several ways to address the issue, depending on an individual's level of comfort. I would definitely recommend Scott for structural issues.

On time & friendly!

He analyzed my sagging porch roof, determined that a supporting post had sunk several inches over time, and drew up a plan to jack up the beam, shim the post and attach metal brackets to brace the post and beam. Very nice solution at a fair price.

They were on time and offered ideas that I never would have thought of - and neither did some of the contractors that looked at the job!