Franke Contracting Inc

Dec 2023

We interviewed four contractors for the remodel of our Rancho Santa Fe casita. Both of us were impressed with Fred from the start, making our choice easy. He came across as friendly, knowledgeable, articulate and responsive. Over the course of the project, our confidence in him just continued to grow. He was always accessible and never once made a promise he didn’t keep. We ran into a lot of bumps along the way, mainly due to post Covid supply line issues. Through no fault of Fred’s, the project took over two years to complete. One vendor in particular caused a one-year delay. Fred was our strong advocate with this vendor and was masterful in negotiating...read full review

Oct 2023

We found Fred Franke through our architects, after we had a poor experience with the contractor we had originally planned to work with. Our architects, who are very discerning, both said that if they ever need a contractor for their own homes, this is who they would choose. We are so grateful for this recommendation. We did a massive remodel, down to studs, on our 1939 historic home. I cannot imagine having gone through this with our original contractor, or really anyone else. Fred gave us an accurate and honest estimate of costs and timeline, he made sure to keep us updated throughout the process, and welcomed all of our questions. Whenever we thought there might be...read full review

Oct 2016

We had a great experience with Franke Contracting. Fred and his team remodeled both our master and hall baths this summer. We did our due diligence before starting the remodels and got quotes from a number of different sources, including a design/contracting company (Lars), Lowes and two other general contractors. Ultimately we went with Fred because he came highly recommended by a coworker who has extremely high standards, and his quote was very detailed and fair considering the work we were asking him to do. We reconfigured our master bath and Fred had great suggestions on the layout. He was extremely detail oriented with regards to things like the placement of the...read full review