Simple Construct: Naturally Healthy Homes

Rebecca and Michael are very good at what they do. We hired them to install American Clay on our living room walls. As we saw how thorough and meticulous they were at this, we added other leftover and quot;honey dosand quot; I never got to finishing. Since I am also a contractor, I am evaluating them as both the homeowner and one who has been in their shoes. As in most projects, there were some unexpected circumstances. My wife wanted new baseboards installed but we missed the specified thickness which Simple Construct had in our contract. So it was our oversight. But Rebecca and Mike graciously obtained new material and managed to reuse what we had bought. And they did not take longer to do the install. We added a number of things that I really appreciated they could take care of such as painting a kitchen pegboard just the right color, painted two walls in our bedroom--with a very high ceiling-- and fixing a poorly installed section of drywall. I felt that there was not much they either could not do or else they would figure out how to do it. Judy and I were both at ease having them in our home--since Judy works from home, this was really important. And the last but not least item in a contractor grade: did they clean up? I can say that I have never had a sub or contractor do a better job of cleaning up. Each day the job site was organized and swept. They prepped, tarped, and swept. They even cut up the old baseboards so it was easy to dump them. I know this sounds too good to be true, and perhaps the other shoe will drop at some point. In my work, the key is not if you make a mistake but how well you can fix your mistakes. We would hire Rebecca and Mike any time. Actually, we already have: they are working up a design for an outdoor cob and/or straw bale bench with a built in cob oven. We also asked them to build some shelves and install natural linoleum in our studio. Since I am a building performance consultant and trainer, I really appreciated that they considered elements like comfort, energy efficiency, sustainable materials, good indoor air quality requiring non-toxic paints and finishes as good general practice rather than options. We really appreciated that they are coming at construction from a natural building background. I urge Angies List to have a section which highlights such contractors and architects. Thank you Rebecca and Mike--we are lucky to have found you.

We saw the American Clay products at the Olive Branch Green Building Supply Store and fell in love with the colors. We were considering painting the inside of our house, and decided to go with American Clay instead, as it is different and adds texture to the walls. We met Rebecca and Mike at a seminar at Olive Branch, and immediately clicked with them. We liked how easy going and easy to talk to they were. We invited them over to see our house and talk more in depth about the product. We told them what colors we liked and they brought samples so we could see the colors and the textures. They were very patient with me, as I had a difficult time deciding on the colors for each room. We came to an agreement and they started work. We can’t say enough about the high level or work they performed and the open communication we had with them from start to finish. It was wonderful. Throughout the time, they treated our home with care and respect. We would highly recommend them, to anyone who is considering applying American Clay in their home.