RECOMMENDATION FOR SOPRIS DEVELOPMENT…read more In December 2021, we lost our home and all its contents to the Marshall Fire in Boulder, Colorado. At age 77, facing this emotional event, insurance uncertainty, and the daunting prospect of rebuilding was overwhelming -- especially since we'd never planned to build a home. After exploring options, we chose to rebuild and were fortunate to work with John Stevens and Sopris Development. Sopris provided truly full-service support: lot remediation, design, permitting, vendor introductions, and construction. It is hard to imagine receiving better service from any other company! Concept and Design: We worked closely with John and his architect, describing what we liked about our former home and our future needs. Our goals included: - A home designed for "aging in place" -- one-level living with wider doors, halls, and shower entrances. - A modern design that still blends with the environment and preserves mountain views. - Features that balanced personal needs with future marketability. - Staying within our financial and insurance limits. Sopris delivered a design that met all these priorities, adding thoughtful features we hadn't considered. Preconstruction: Before building started, we selected everything -- appliances, flooring, fixtures, paint, etc. -- through Sopris's recommended vendors. This process ensured an accurate cost estimate, addressed supply chain concerns, and kept the project on schedule. The vendors were professional, offered great selections, and coordinated seamlessly (e.g., cabinet makers accounted for appliance sizes). Construction: Sopris's subcontractors and craftsmen were top-notch -- professional, skilled, and focused on quality. We especially appreciated having a dedicated project manager. Weekly on-site meetings kept us informed and allowed thoughtful adjustments (e.g., adding stair lights, extra outlets, etc.). Timing and Costs: Unlike some builder horror stories, our experience with Sopris was remarkably smooth. Many of our neighbors were told 15-24 months to completion by other builders; Sopris estimated 12 months and completed our home in 13. This was thanks to their planning, vendor relationships, and scheduling. Final costs came in under the original estimate, with minimal changes needed thanks to thorough up-front work. Insurance Support: Sopris's professional record-keeping and understanding of codes were invaluable in insurance matters. For instance, they successfully advocated for coverage of solar panels under our Ordinance and Law provision when initially denied. Sopris was more than a builder -- they were our advocate. One Year Later: We love our home. Any minor issues were promptly resolved. Thanks to Sopris, we have a beautiful, functional home where we can age in place, enjoy family and friends, and take in the surrounding beauty. We highly recommend Sopris Development. They know what they're doing and made the process enjoyable. Roger and Laura Bohart

Building a custom home can be a stressful experience, but it doesn't need to be. Sopris made it fun…read moreand easy. We had always planned to move back to my home state of Colorado from Ohio. As that time approached we looked at pre-existing homes and new home builders. We found Sopris and met with owner John Stevens. It didn't take us long to decide on Sopris. We were a bit nervous about building from several states away. Those concerns were unfounded. We decided on one of Sopris' existing floor plans but modified it substantially with John's help to meet our needs. Our home was finished on budget and on schedule. Craig T and Kurt C, two of John's employees worked with us every step of the way. They kept us informed, and on those rare occasions where issues did arise, they were quick to address them, in many cases beyond our expectations. We highly recommend the entire Sopris team.

This company is one of the best, for your remodeling service, friendly well manored people.read more

We delivered drywall for Jim in May and haven't been paid for the material. We have contacted him…read moreand he keeps saying he will pay but doesn't. Doesn't seem like much Integrity in this company to me. Brian Woods Pioneer Materials West

We heard about Will's work and hired him to do carpentry work needed in order to make a basement…read moreADU. This included installing a new exterior double Pella door, kitchen and laundry room cabinets, floating shelves and baseboard. Will has been doing his craft for many years. He's professional, responsive, super competent and we plan to use him on all future remodeling projects.

We hired Will in 1/22 when doing a basement remodel. His carpentry skills are exceptional and he…read moremade the daunting task of putting in an exterior basement entrance much easier for us. He installed the Pella exterior double doors, installed new cabinets in our kitchen and laundry rooms. As homeowners acting as our own general contractor on this project, we really appreciated Will's willingness to provide input on other aspects of the project that ended up saving us time, money and frustration. Can't say enough good things about Will's character, skills and reliability.

Excellent experience. I have a mostly brick house with gables that needed siding. Hard to find…read moresomeone to do a small siding job. Scott came out, explained my options, gave me an accurate estimate. His crew showed up when he said they'd be there, very professional, left not one scrap of debris or trash, made sure I was happy with the work. I wouldn't hesitate to do business with this company again.

We hired Kelly Construction to do a complete vinyl siding job on our home and we couldn't be…read morehappier. We got 3 estimates for this job and chose Kelly Construction because Scott Kelly was so easy to work with. He came out within a day of our initial contact and gave us a bid. He's very knowledgeable, friendly and there was NO high pressure sales pitch. His crew did an amazing job even working in the weather to get things finished up which we really appreciated. As business owners in the construction industry ourselves it's very refreshing to have a company owner that is easily accessible by phone when we had questions and that visited the job site to make sure things we're moving along. This company did a quality job and we love the way it turned out. We highly recommend Kelly Construction/Scott Kelly.

We had an amazing experience building our home with Mike Schroetlin and Schroetlin Custom Homes…read more From start to finish, the process was smooth, transparent, and enjoyable. Mike and his team delivered outstanding craftsmanship and delivered a home we have loved for the last 5 years. Even years later, we're still thrilled with the quality and design of our home. We highly recommend Schroetlin Custom Homes to anyone looking for a builder who values integrity, communication, and exceptional quality!

Mike was the original builder of the home we purchased. When we had it inspected the home…read moreinspection team couldn't get over how well constructed it was. No short cuts, just extra features that most builders would have said no to or overlooked. I have never met Mike personally, but every time I have had a concern or needed a fix he has taken care of it, no questions asked. If we are ever are in the market for another home, Mike will be our builder of choice.

We hired LSE Builders Group to build our business second location in a commercial space and they…read moreexceeded my expectations, with a quick build out from start to finish. The attention to detail and finishes were outstanding. Chris is one of the nicest and hard working individuals you will meet in this field. I recommend LSE Builders Group for any of your construction needs. Thank you Steven and Chris at LSE Builders Group.

Relationship: Client Project Date: November 2016…read moreProject Price: $10,000 - $49,999 Job had no significant delays, was well within budget, and looks better than we ever expected. Good communication about what and when to expect about stages and completion goals. Thanks for a great job, Steven and crew

Little Home Builder was a great company to work with. Communication was excellant and our project…read more(a garage conversion) was completed in a reasonable amount of time, even with the extra work that we requested. There were a couple of minor problems, but they were corrected immediately. We also appreciated their design input, which we incorporated into our project. Thanks Christy, Brian and Robert for making our new tiny home so lovely.

If we could rate this company a zero we would because that's what we got, zero. Actually, we got a…read morebroken contract and 2 weeks of wasted time looking for a contractor who could handle building a barn kit in the mountains. Christy was actually good to work with and presented us with an acceptable signed (by her) contract that we accepted in return. Then she showed up with her partner (?) for what we thought was a quick look at our property an to pick up our deposit. That's when the whole thing became untenable. Her partner (?) began by saying the contract was simply an estimate that could be cancelled at any time. He could say it a hundred times but that doesn't make it true. It is very much a signed contract that uses the word contract within it more than 35 times. He also announced many times that they weren't making any money off this job; that makes no difference to us as that's a problem within their company and it's cost estimating process. We just wanted a barn kit built with the least effect on our pocketbook. He also was very aggressive and would interrupt us when we would attempt to put forth a solution to one of his supposed problems, ie. too expensive and/or difficult to get equipment up here in the mountains. Our answer was to offer the use of our skid steer (frankly we didn't really want a stranger using our expensive machinery but we were attempting to mitigate his "problems"). In response to this supposed "difficulty of getting here" we cited the moving vans and equipment delivery we had recently employed. Also cited was the cost of a porta potty from town. First I offered our RV toilet then, in an email the following day I forwarded information from a local company that would charge only $250 for the time of the entire project. (Obviously I didn't want a bunch of workers using my rv toilet but again, we were attempting to solve a problem.) He was so rude that I finally had to tell him to stop interrupting me. Unfortunately, when I'm furious I get teary and that gave him the excuse that he needed after wasting our time for two more days before saying I was "too emotional" and they weren't going to continue. I even flat out asked him when he was here if they were pulling out of the job and he couldn't even be honest enough to say "yes" at that time. Two wasted days later he cited my email as, again, "emotional" although it was simply a reiteration of the solutions we had offered and the positive experience we had had previously of a mountain house build and that it was neccessary to think outside the box when working in the mountains. Frankly, I'm not sure they had legal grounds to cancel the contract but it keeps me from having to tell Christy that her partner cannot step foot on our property again. I'll gladly share the contract and email to anyone so they can make up their own minds. During the visit Christy stayed very business like but her partner (?) completely took control. He did her no favors for advancing the company she founded.

Having experienced a homeowner's worst nightmare by one contractor, I contacted Jim DeCuzzi to…read morerectify things based solely upon meeting him just one month earlier when he actually recommended against undertaking several minor/moderate sized projects in our home - believing the timing wasn't right (i.e., He was more interested in us rather than just collecting a paycheck - a rare trait in his field). Based on this experience I was impressed with both his technical competence to tackle our current large scale "rehab" project (he's a walking "construction/building encyclopedia"), and even more importantly, the sense of INTEGRITY we were looking for in a contractor (never realizing I'd be calling him one month later). Having just completed 2 1/2 months of renovations D&K proved to be everything a service company should be - professional, efficient, reasonable and most importantly - trustworthy ... a company that respects its customers and places their interests first. Equally impressive was Jim's partner Steve Kessler ... every bit as technically competent and with the same sense of CHARACTER to match. As the onsite supervisor, we couldn't have hoped for a more forward thinking or forward leaning individual to address the countless day-to-day decisions and activities inherent in coordinating all the efforts associated with restoring our home (electrical, plumbing, carpentry, drywall, painting, etc...) As with any project this scale, it was not without its share of unanticipated problems. Jim and Steve were quick to diagnosis the issues, recommend a solution and employee the necessary resources to rectify the situation (i.e., no wasted time "evaluating" the situation while racking up unnecessary labor charges). Both were especially empathetic to our situation keeping us current on all developments which was a huge relief in alleviating the stress of trying to manage all the unknowns from a distance (we live in Boston). In sum, Jim and Steve are a one-of-a-kind TEAM. They are exceptionally polite, personable, competent and knowledgeable - with the energy, enthusiasm and "esprit de corps" to tackle anything thrown at them. As a Marine I especially appreciated their professionalism, sense of urgency and attention to detail. It is also obvious they approach their work not so much as a job... but as a profession... a refreshing change from the norm, which makes a huge difference in the end result/product. I only wish we could find more contractors with the same work ethic and sense of service to their clients. We'll obviously be engaging their services in the future, and if you're starting the search process to evaluate contractors, you'll save yourself a lot of time and energy starting with Jim or Steve - great guys dedicated to their customers and with a truly remarkable gift for doing things right.

Jim wore a mask and took off his shoes before entering the home. Overall very professional and got…read morethe job done very quickly. Jim was very knowledgeable and great at his job. 10/10 recommend!