We have a house that has been in our family since the 1940's. It had been rented for the last 20…read moreyears and the renters were very hard on it. When they left and we assessed the damage we found an extreme amount of mold and a few floor joists in the bathroom that caused the floor to bounce The rest of the rooms had been fairly abused too including thing like spray painting the kitchen cabinets with a dull black paint and cutting a 'new' sink into the counter top. There was a bunch of furniture left behind and it was difficult to see what else might need to be done. Since this job was too big for us to do on the weekends we looked for a contractor who could handle to whole job. Most of the contractors were very busy and we only were able to meet with four at the house to get estimates. The first estimate came back very high and lacked detail of what the contractor planned to accomplish. The second contractor wanted to replace our wood cabinets with inexpensive 'new' cabinets and paint over the mold. The third contractor never called us back. The fourth contractor Matt Goodenough was professional and gave me a good bit of information the day I met him. He brought one of his staff with him and they discussed ideas as we walked around the house for nearly two hours. He gave me a detailed estimate within two weeks of the costs of the project including each of the major jobs broken down for clarity. Matt was honest about how long the job might take and about the unknowns of breaking open a floor on an 80 year house. When the floor in the bathroom was opened up it turned out to be much worse than we expected. Matt and his staff worked with the county permits offices to bring the floor and the rest of the house up to code. Since the damage to the bathroom floor was so severe, the bathroom had to be taken down the stud walls. Once it was opened up, they proposed moving the bathroom door so that it would be entered from the mud/laundry room instead of one of two bedrooms which made it larger and more functional. The mud/laundry room was also made more functional with the addition of a folding table and a new farm sink. There were also some electrical and plumbing issues to deal with to make this place a home. Lastly they built a railing for the porch to make it safer, and finished off the house with interior paint. Matt and Amy (his wife who helps on the business side) kept us in the loop on all the changes and notes from the permit office. They were helpful in choosing the finishing touches for the house too including items that need replacing like most of the light fixtures, the kitchen sink faucet and counter top and all of the bathroom furniture. They followed up with their subcontractors, and made sure targets were met. They went out of their way to make sure that all work was up to their standards (replaced a window cracked by a subcontractor, repainted some slightly mismatched paint, saved all former fixtures for us in case we needed them, etc.) They were thoughtful and we appreciated it! Matt and Amy were great to work with on this project and we are very pleased with the results. We would highly recommend them for any contracting needs you may have in the future.

Matt built and Amy designed our new food pantry. This was our 2nd project with Goodenough…read moreConstruction, and the workmanship again was excellent! I love my beautiful new pantry and I'm sure we'll plan another project in the future. Thank you so much Matt and Amy!!