We discovered that our hot water heater was leaking so we reached out to Abel from RA Construction…read moreand Excavation because we didn't know who to call and our neighbor gave us his number. We were prepared to be without hot water for a few days, but he went out of his way to fit us in his busy schedule the SAME day, replaced the water heater, and we had hot water again the same day we called! I will be using them again for sure and will be recommending to friends and family.

R&A Construction and Excavation were great. We had several issues in our attic, which needed fixed…read moreimmediately. They wasted no time providing us with a quote for the repairs, which they explained in detail while answering any clarifying questions we had. Less than a week later we were scheduled and the repairs were completed to perfection in an efficient manner! We will be using R&A Construction and Excavation for any future needs as well as recommending their services to anyone we can!

I read the reviews about how great these guys are, but nonetheless I did my due diligence and got…read morequotes for a full tear-off roof replacement from four other Columbia County vendors. The reviews were right - RA Construction takes the time to go up and inspect and measure your roof to make sure their quote is comprehensive and on the mark. Some of the other vendors just "eyeballed" it from the street and their quotes came in noticeably higher. I was able to upgrade to higher quality Malarkey Vista shingles for a cost similar to what other vendors were asking for lesser quality shingles. My roof was done in just a few days, and each day the crew made sure everything was cleaned up. My back patio was cleaner when they left than it was before they started! Communication was great and my questions were answered promptly. One last thing ... I have a window on the second story of my house that doesn't open, and thus washing the exterior side requires a ladder and crawling onto the roof ... suffice it to say I am not able to clean it myself. One of the crew members graciously agreed to wash that window for me and I am so grateful! Thank you, RA, for a job well done!

We just finished having our second re-roof with RA Construction. They are great to work with…read more The crew is friendly, professional and always leaves the work site clean. They put in skylights for us this time as well as a brand new roof and gutters. I would recommend them highly to any one that needs any roofing services! Thanks.

We sold our townhouse with Flyhome agent Amber. She is one of the top professional real estate…read moreagents I have ever seen! It's our first time to sell a house and we need the money to buy next one. Amber helped us find a perfect buyer match and she is always responsive to our questions and concerns. With her help, we were able to sell the house at a great price and finish all of the complicated process within a couple of weeks. In addition to that, Amber saved us a lot of money and she has the contact with reliable contractors if you need anything. We highly recommend Flyhome and our agent Amber!

Used Flyhomes in 2019 to purchase our home after moving from out of state. With how competitive the…read moreSeattle market is we knew we needed a competitive advantage. Learning about Flyhomes Cash Offer program we knew we had to go with them. We won the first house we bid on and weren't even the highest offer! Our ability to offer all cash and a fast closing set us apart. Our agent was also incredible, there is no compromise on client service, in fact the experience was better than working with "traditional agents" in the past. They also have incredible technology and an amazing team of tour specialists which means you can typically tour a house with only providing a few hours notice.

Andrew the Technician was available the next day professionally dressed, well spoken & very…read moreknowledgeable in performing a system diagnostic & safety evaluation of my furnace heat pump combo in a very short time. Discrepancies were corrected & additionally other items noted. After contacting several other HVAC businesses in the Tacoma/Lakewood area, South West met my immediate need & far more reasonably priced. I also purchased the value added Full Home Annual plan, which is well worth it. Quality of work: excellent Value: excellent Technician: excellent My rating: 5 stars

I called to have them come to our home to look at a breaker that had tripped and wouldn't reset…read more Danielle helped me over the phone to have an electrician come out the same day. She was very helpful and kind. I had the electrician (Aaron) come in and inspect. He did a very thorough inspection and found out what had tripped the breaker. He went above and beyond. Figured there were some mistakes done by a contractor that had just remodeled our kitchen and bathroom. The price quoted seemed reasonable for the job needed. The inspection/diagnostic was waived for first time customers.

The Douglas is university housing for Seattle University. Even though there's a 1 star review…read moreposted in 2014, clearly the building still has tenants. Most of the students that live in the Douglas are upperclassmen. The atmosphere is pretty similar to dorm living, since you probably know or at least have seen everyone that lives on your floor. It's great for those looking for roommates but wanting their own bedroom! I lived here for 1 year and my experience was great. There wasn't many roommate or floormate issues. There may be some issues with the room or appliances that can easily be fixed by putting in a work order or contacting the RA for help. There is actually a 24/7 number that can be used in emergencies, but it's just not given out freely. The RA can help with that if you call RA on Duty. (I remember using the number for an extreme clogged toilet.) Truth is, you either choose to live here or you don't. The experience you get from living here is solely dependent on how much you put into it. It's still university housing.

So I lived here for a few months over summer break while I was trying to find more permanent…read morehousing for the school year. Location: If you're a Seattle U student, it's a great location: close to campus, a block from the bus, convenience store across the street, etc. However, a lot of the rooms face 12th Avenue, which is incredibly busy at all times of day and night. I lived on the fourth floor, which was basically the third because the first floor is an underground parking garage. I had to buy a huge fan because I couldn't open the windows at night due to the noise (and I've lived in Seattle for two years now). Rooms: I lived in a 4-bedroom apartment where each tenant had their own room. There was a large living room that the kitchen connected to, and to the left were two of the bedrooms and one of the bathrooms, to the right, the same. There was lots of storage closets, which was nice, and the appliances and bathrooms are pretty new. The bedrooms themselves vary in size, mine was rather small considering the price. Basically, it was shaped like a long rectangle, which made it difficult to put anything in. I constantly felt like I was living in a hallway, and the giant desk they provide wasn't very helpful. However, the closet was phenomenal: huge, lots of storage space, and no door, making it really easy to get ready in every day. Furniture: One of the reasons I chose to live here was that it was furnished (yay!), but that ended up not meaning much. The bedroom came with a bed and mattress (twin size), a desk, and three very large drawers in the closet for clothes. In the kitchen, you get two stools by the counter, and a couch, two chairs, and a coffee table in the living room. None of the furniture was at all impressive, but it's college students, so I kind of understand. However, I was hoping that "furnished" meant at least a small bedside table and maybe a small dining table and chairs in the living room. Heat/AC: It would have been really nice to know I had air conditioning. Too bad that when I moved in, no one told me how to work the incredibly confusing thermostat. I didn't even know it was there until I had been there for a few days, and I only discovered the AC after I moved out. Plus, it only worked in the living room in my unit. Hooray. Can't say much about how the heat works because I was only there in the summer, but from the looks of things, there was only a small heating vent in my room. Amenities: don't pay for parking, there's free street parking all around the building. Gym was eh, but at least it was open 24/7. It had two elliptical trainers, one treadmill, one bike, and no weights. Not very encouraging. SU gym is just a block away and it's so much better. I never used the giant kitchen downstairs because I already had one in my unit, but it looked like it was only the management who ever used it. No one was ever downstairs or outside, but maybe that's because it was summertime. The front desk was really helpful, but that was all on Housing and Residence Life. However, whenever you had to get to the front desk, you had to swipe your card to get into the lounge area (which made no sense to me), only to swipe your card again to get up the elevators or into the stairs. Overall, not so great. Management: This is where I started having issues. From the beginning, the landlord wasn't exactly understanding with me. It was my first time leasing an apartment (which is the case for a lot of the tenants), and I originally was going to sublet, but then the girl I was subletting from decided she'd rather I takeover the lease. Having never leased before, I wasn't sure of the difference, so when I called in to ask about what paperwork I needed to fill out, the landlord got very snappy and rude with me when I wasn't sure. Couldn't he just pull up that information on the computer he is literally always on? I usually ended up working through the desk assistant, and when I showed up to pick up my keys, she wasn't there, so the landlord told me to come back later when she was. It's not like I need to move in or anything. I hit problems again when I had an issue with my second month's rent: the check, and instead of leaving me a voicemail or email to tell me they didn't get my check, they called, left no message (I was at work), and left an eviction notice on my door. Overall, the management didn't care, was very unpleasant, and felt less than helpful. Overall: the management sucks, but everything else is okay (JUST okay...heaven forbid they go for good).

I've been living here for 8yrs,, it's definitely turned around for the better and I'd recommend…read morethis place to anyone quite and peaceful..not the best place for baby daddy or baby momma drama.. respectful neighbors live here and you can definitely call this place home ..staff is very well versed with rules and regulations and have no problem enforcing them security is good now and overall this is an amazing community to call home..check it out!!!..

UPDATE: Garage and security gates are almost always broken. People break into cars and the building…read moreall the time. Have stumbled upon homeless people sleeping outside under the stairs, and sneaking into the building to sleep at night. Over the course of summer '21, there was atleast 1 homeless person living in the roof stairwell of the South Building for an extended period of time. Food wrappers were everywhere. Again, leasing did nothing to improve security. Delana acted as if she did not know about the 3 homeless individuals who we found sleeping under the outside stairwell, either. One individual was let into the building over winter; he knocked on doors and tested to see if any were unlocked. Even getting Elizabeth in Leasing to do anything about finding and escorting him out was difficult. Packages have been stolen, including from in front of my door. Leasing knows about the security issues, theft and trespassing. They don't care. In the 3 years I've been here, nothing has ever been done to improve security. There have been 4 fire alarms in 2 months (one of which was on a night where the outside temperature was 17F, because a pipe was not properly insulated and burst). They spent money to increase Package Concierge, (w*hich means that the workspace in the lobby was gotten rid of) but have +-never made a single move to install more cameras in the hallways or fix broken security doors. They do not care about your safety. Maintenance staff is incredibly rude. One resident had asked for the maintenance man not to ride in the elevator with her, due to COVID and him being unmaked. She said he got in with her, put a mask on, and when she asked him again to please take the next elevator due to COVID concerns, he took off his mask, got in her face, verbally accosted her and accused her of not living at the apartments. I and others have had nothing but rude interactions with Dave in Maintanence. The Array has one of the highest rental rates in the Seattle area, in an area that is riddled with gun and drug violence. Over the summer of '21, there was 4 drive-by shootings on LCW in the span of 2 weeks: 2 targeted at Solara (1 man dead); 1 at Chipolte; and the other closer to The Array. Prior to the "Healthy Street" being set up, active drug deals were a regular occurance. Homeless still sleep in the park during summer, needles can be found in the vegetation. In '19, a man was murdered in Little Brook Park, directly across from The Array. A month or two later, there was an attempted robbery, where a man was shot as he fled to The Clocktower. There's now a sign that was found on the back path inside The Array warning about a pedophile. Again, Leasing was notified and nothing done. If you have kids, please be extremely careful. Original: First, someone tried to break into my apartment, while I was sleeping, not even my first full week in the apartment. I could hear my blinds hitting my door handle. At first, I wrote it off, "maybe someone coming home drunk and forgot which porch door was theirs". Then, some asshole in the garage has deliberately been scratching my car for the last two weeks. No, I don't think either is a coincidence anymore. Not a safe community. Worst decision to move here. I'll amend my review if any of this gets properly 5\/addressed, but I doubt it. Don't live here if you value your safety or life. There's a reason rent is low. Update: last week we had a HUGE p32021| olice presence because someone got shot in the ass at 143rd and 32nd, then chased to the Clocktower. Common spaces are often dirty. Maintenance is quick, but it sucks to live in such a dirty place.

I like renting from Aboda. Staff are friendly…read more Two years ago, Myself and 2 other people rented a furnished apartment from Aboda. I called the lady about how I am going to get the keys and she was super friendly. She said she was drafting an email to me on how to pick up key when I arrive. She also reminded me to leave my license plate with the office. I give a thumbs up to the service. I rented in Bellevue

Overall: Livable corporate housing…read more It was organized in advance that we would get ABODA corporate housing for a month or two when we relocated here. On arriving in Seattle after a 9-10 hour flight and feeling exhausted, we had to get a cab all the way to Redmond to pick up the keys for our apartment/town house. The cab then had to drive us to Talus in Issaquah. Half asleep but awake from adrenaline we finally arrived, it was pitch black and we dragged our four suitcases and two pieces of hand luggage to the front door. On getting in we were pleasantly surprised - we had a spacious fully furnished town house with two large bedrooms. They had left us a "welcome" pack, which contained chocolates (disgusting ones), crackers and some other bits and bobs. The housing was newly built (although not to a very high standard), tidy, neat and livable. We even had cleaners coming in every other Thursday, however they didn't do a very good job - they made one of our Egyptian cotton pillow cases disappear! I phoned them up and they offered to pay for a replacement. In December 2006, when the wind storm hit we were without electricity for 3.5 days. On the 3rd day, ABODA called us to arrange another place for us to stay, either in Redmond/Bellevue - as I was confirming the details the electricity came back on. I'm not too sure whether I would recommend ADOBA, but they did give us a relatively decent roof over our heads for 1-2 months before buying our own house.

DISCLAIMER: I did not use their installation or repair services. This review is about their…read moreestimation process and sales tactics. Their tech, Noah, was pushy with his proposals. He wasted time by having me watch a video of their process, and attempted to get me to agree to a proposal the day of - estimates running in the $15k-$50k ranges. Their estimates came in higher than their competitors by about $5k including Groundworks. When I informed him that I would not be using their services, he replied with, "What are your plans for your sagging floors? How do you plan to address this?" I have met with many contractors on this same issue, and no one else aside from Groundworks and TerraFirma has attempted to blow our issues out of proportion. However, Noah did offer to do a side by side comparison of the other offers with his, which I did not take. I ungraciously assumed it wouldn't have been attempt to price match, but to take another opportunity to push me more on his proposals. Don't use them, if you want to avoid fear mongering and overpriced services.

***Please note -- I updated my review from 1 to 5 stars. Terra Firma took the initiative to reach…read moreout and assess any next steps needed to correct the problem. Trust is 100% restored knowing that if problems come up they will take any action needed to follow up. I will also say that the work they originally did was actually to code, and we agreed that the moisture problems arose due to the nonstandard setup of my dehumidifier, NOT because of errors in Terra Firma's work. Thank you Terra Firma.*** Unfortunately, I have to drop a negative review in the interest of warning other folks that their work has gone downhill. I previously had an excellent experience with Terra Firma for management of a water problem in my crawlspace. I hired them without question again for my current property for management of moisture issues, and I didn't check their work upon completion as thoroughly as I should have. Unfortunately, about 1 - 2 months after completion of work, I discovered a large mushroom growing out of one of the structural posts in my crawl/basement. On closer inspection, I noticed that the dehumidifier water discharge line they installed was dumping less than a foot away from my foundation, corresponding to the exact spot the mushroom was growing. Moisture was the exact problem they were supposed to fix, but now they have created a severe structural problem secondary to moisture with the dehumidifier line dumping large quantities of water right next to my foundation. In other words, they created the exact issue they were purporting to fix by collecting the moisture and depositing it into my foundation. Once fruiting bodies are growing out of wood, this is an indicator that the wood is severely compromised and the fungus network has grown extensively. I now have a very expensive and serious problem to fix. I called to let them know about the problem, not sure if I will hear back from the coordinator/ the team who did the work. I am not sure if I would trust them to fix the issue after the damage they have caused, but I would accept financial remediation. If they take steps to make things right, I would update my review. I would not hire Terra Firma again for any crawlspace work, be it structural or moisture related because of the big problem they have caused. Again, just would like to warn others.