I could go on and on for days about how amazing the West Coast Kitchen and Bath team is!…read more
We had never done any construction before, but we started out with hiring a designer to give us some design ideas before we started looking for a general contractor. We ended up talking with 3 different GCs, Brennan from WCKB being one of them. Just a few minutes into our meeting, I knew we were going to move forward with West Coast Kitchen and Bath over the other GCs. Brennan was so incredibly kind, patient and understanding of the fact that we had never done this before and had a lot of questions. We also planned to live in the house with young children during construction. There were other GCs that didn't think that was a good idea, but Brennan was so understanding of the fact that we wanted to try and keep some normalcy for our kids. He put together a very detailed proposal for review and we signed the contract and started moving forward. They taped off all the areas that weren't under construction and put in plastic doors with magnetic closures to try and keep the spaces as clean and dust free as possible.
Brennan uses a system called BuilderTrend which was so incredibly helpful throughout the entire process - it includes the schedule, budget, invoice/payment, etc. He is incredibly organized and this is definitely due in part to the fact that that is how he operates so it's a seamless process. He quoted us 4-5 months to complete a full primary bedroom, bathroom, closet remodel, kitchen remodel, guest bathroom, and a few other areas throughout the house that needed some love. I mentally prepared myself that it would be 6 months...
Demo kicked off the last week of April, we were able to move back into all of the spaces on August 21st -- 16 weeks total. We still had some people in and out after August 21st, but the fact that we were only out of the spaces for 4 months says something. Any updated change order was all because of decisions we made, Brennan did not submit any change orders from his side because they were so meticulous from the very beginning about the cost and budget.
Not only is Brennan an amazing general contractor, but he has hired a fantastic team! His project manager, Sofia, is so great. She is kind, detailed oriented and so organized. She truly helps keep things running on a perfect schedule. The field manager, Jason, was helpful every step of the way throughout the process. He was in the house a lot throughout the entire process and did everything from demo, framing, glass installs, etc. and will even still come back to help with little things like installing smoke detectors. Nick, Jesus, and Sergio were also in and out of our house throughout the process too. They were always considerate about the fact that we lived here and worked from home during the construction. It truly says something about Brennan that he has been able to hire such amazing people - people that we didn't mind being in our house all day while we were here because they were respectful.
Like I said, I could go on and on but all this to say, we are SO happy with our remodel. It was a long 4ish months, but so worth it for all the joy that our house brings. At the first meeting, Brennan said she named his business West Coast Kitchen and Bath because the heart of the home is in the kitchen. At the end of the project, I shared with him that we had a group of friends over that weekend and we spent the entire time in and out of our new, beautiful, open kitchen. I said...you were right Brennan, the heart of the home is truly the kitchen.
Thankful that we were also able to find our forever contractor!