Continental General Construction Corporation
“I started working with Marco, Mike, and their team at Continental in early 2024 for a major basement project in Yonkers. Our home is a ranch-style house with a crawlspace that stretched about half the length of the home. We wanted to excavate that space and convert it into a fully functional basement apartment, including a bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, living room, a separate entrance, and interior access to the first floor.
We hired them to:
- Excavate the basement crawlspace and extend the foundation footings
- Remove existing brick piers and steel girders and replace them with an LVL beam
- Pour a new slab
- Cut out and install new windows and window wells
- Build an exterior stone staircase with a new basement entrance
- Regrade the yard to accommodate the new doors and windows
- Install a new interior staircase to the first floor
- Frame the new basement apartment
From start to finish, working with Continental has been a pleasure. Marco was easy to communicate with and provided clear, detailed quotes at each stage of the project. We compared quotes from eight other general contractors, and not only was Continental one of the most competitive, but Marco also demonstrated a solid understanding of the complex foundation work involved. There were no surprise change orders — Marco was transparent throughout. Every inspection was passed on the first try.
Continental always left the work space clean. When an existing chimney used by our furnace needed to be removed, Continental's workers sectioned of other parts of the house so that dust was contained. They also swept and vacuumed after every major leg of the project.
Continental's stonework is very nice too. We had an existing stone retaining wall removed and remade to run along the house's main staircase. Continental matched the stone laying pattern and made the new wall look seamless. They also installed stone veneer that matched existing stone on the home around the window wells and new exterior staircase leading to the basement. All additions match the style of the home perfectly.
Marco was also very accommodating. When a stud wall was found to be slightly out of square, his team corrected it promptly and at no additional cost. When our original engineer became unresponsive, Marco even recommended an alternative architect who helped keep the project on track.
I would strongly recommend Continental for any general construction work, from framing and exterior masonry to complex foundation and underpinning jobs. Their professionalism, quality of work, and integrity really set them apart”
