
Serving La Grange, TX and surrounding areas
Free estimates
"I hired an architect and an structural engineer (a city requirement for new construction in Austin) to design the structure and then began shopping the produced plans around. Acting as my own GC, I fully expected to have to hire different subcontractors for demolition, foundation, framing and cornice, painting, electrical, and roofing. I reached out to Jon Wehr, owner of Rawskos Renovations, and was pleasantly surprised that with the exception of electrical, he was willing to bid on the project as a whole with me as the GC. Rawskos prices are fair, about mid way between a large-scale commercial contractor and a guy you found on Craigslist or in the Home Depot parking lot. As with any construction project, you sort of expect a certain amount of flakiness from your subcontractors, miscommunications, no shows, inflated hours or extras charges, but not with Rawskos. The crew were professional and courteous, prompt, thorough, and gave plenty of advanced notice as to scheduling. In fact, we faced battles with the local power company, the city inspectors, and my own architect and engineer, all of which caused unforeseen delays. If not for the flexibility and willingness of the crew to quickly shift gears and do some unaffected part of the job while we waited for clearance, approvals, passed inspections, or missing structural validation reports, this job would have failed dramatically. Jon's estimate for completion was about two months for this project and it finished in just about three months. However, if you subtract out the two week delay caused by discrepancies with power company spotter's approved clearance, 5 days delay caused by the city incorrectly filing our application as a renovation instead of new construction, ten days it took to get a Foundation and Framing Validation report from my engineer that should have taken 30 minutes to write, not to mention a 2 week delay in materials caused by Hurricane Harvey, you can see that Rawskos stayed on task and kept busy, without ever having to put the job on hold or take time off (except during the three days of the actual hurricane). I also wanted to mention that the team constantly made recommendations that enhanced the final outcome or addressed design shortcomings throughout the project. As a beginner GC, I needed a little coaching and they were more than willing to accommodate to ensure they had the materials and design decisions they needed in advance, which kept the project rolling pretty much at full steam."





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