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Shawn was fast, communicative, and thorough! The report was detailed and very user friendly to navigate. Would recommend Columbia Gorge Inspections to anyone needing inspection services locally!
McLaughlin Design and Construction (MDC) designed and built for us a new home of 2150 square feet, with attached fully-finished garage in the rural part of White Salmon, Washington. We broke ground 28-Aug-23, moved in 3-May-2024.
Our overall experience with MDC could not have been better. Breff and Lisa listen to clients extremely well. They communicate (email, text, phone, in person) frequently, responsively, and clearly. Mainly, they make the whole process, design and construction, as stress-free as possible, efficient, and a pleasure. They do great work and they do it promptly. MDC is a design-build firm: They handle both. This greatly reduces the chance of miscommunication.
The old saying about projects is: The key things on a project are: Cost, schedule, and performance (or quality); you get to choose two of those. On this house project with MDC, we got all three. We are thrilled with the quality of the design, materials, and construction. We came in $20,000 under budget (Breff and Lisa are diligent and careful with your money). And we moved in 8 months after we broke ground (which is very fast for this area).
Design Phase: Breff very intelligently started the design with a baseline design that he knew would be close to what we wanted (we had seen a house that he had designed and built and liked it); but was somewhat smaller than he knew our final size would be. This was smart because making a design larger is much easier than making it smaller. He worked closely with us to refine the design and make it match our dreams. This went on through several iterations of the design. Breff and Lisa came to our home to review and revise the design. Especially helpful was the fly-through (or walk-through) feature of the software he uses, which helps people visualize the design who are not as familiar with design drawings. He made changes in real time to the design and the software would update the design instantly and we could see the effect of the changes.
We had to work to keep the design within our budget. We did this through several rounds of changes to reduce the overall cost, before we began construction. His strong knowledge of the cost of materials and construction techniques was critical to this process. Breff was clear and forthcoming with his advice on the design: He told us his opinion and then always cheerfully made any changes we wanted.
The construction phase went very smoothly and rapidly. We were impressed with the quality, diligence, and work ethic of all of the subcontractors that MDC used. It was clear that they had good relationships with high quality subcontractors and knew how to get the most out of them. In addition, MDC clearly has good relationships with the county inspectors and other county officials. Inspections were performed very promptly and issues with county offices were resolved easily and quickly. Breff and Lisa were diligent to look after little things such as keeping the work site cleaned up. And, perhaps most importantly, they were present, in person on the work site, for every important activity, at least at its start, to ensure that the work was being done correctly per the design and at the expected quality level and to answer any questions that the subcontractors had. The importance of this personal attention would be hard to overemphasize.
One of the challenges in building a house, especially for first-timers like us, is selecting all the materials that go into it, like flooring, fixtures, and paint. Lisa made this as easy as possible with a spreadsheet that included the need dates for each selection. This allowed us to prioritize our choices. MDC was also very helpful in providing good sources for the materials.
Breff also provided periodic reviews of the budget and accounting which was helpful for us to confirm that we were staying within (under!) our budget.
Overall, a wonderful experience buildin
The kindest owners you will ever meet. A relaxing time with a great pedicure.
Brenda Kinder was a most excellent person to purchase our house from; highly responsive and helpful!
Great job handling the reconstruction of my old failing deck. A pleasure to work with, highly recommend.
Kim was the absolute sweetest human! I reached out to her and 3 hours later was on her massage table. 10/10 for the best massage I have EVER had! Truly cannot recommend her enough. I left feeling like a warm little marshmallow. Thank you, Kim! I will come back again when I am in the area! Her pricing makes a luxury treament accessible.
Haircut was the best I've had in many years, short nice wait, and even better conversation with Becky. Professional shop with good hearted people.
It's one of the best tattoo shops in the that I have ever been to. I have been to one's on the eastcost and one's in the midwest. He is a real artist. He loves his work, and the tattoo is so detailed. 10 out of 10.
I highly recommend this business and the services they offer. It’s an authentic gentleman’s environment. Jose is a great barber.
The whole team at Kula provides such great care and healing. The exercise class is A+++.
Claudia is amazing and actually listens to what I need. I already booked another massage, only more time because it was so wonderful! I highly recommend her. She is very experienced in several techniques and a real healer. Terrific energy and personality as well.
Personable, Comfortable, Professional. Eric does a great job of making the experience feel easy; would absolutely recommend him and would love to work with him again.
Ordered balloons and A BIG stuffed animal for my Grandsons birthday. (very last minute) Palate Pleaser is alway available to help me out. Great Customer Service and beautiful floral arrangements from many past orders. I highly recommend this business.
Poablo Cortes was hired to replace our damaged yard and gardens. He was professional, on time, followed through on everything he said he would do. He and his crew did a beautiful job removing and replacing our lawn and gardens at a fair price. We Highly recommend Cortes Landscaping Service. Dirk & Tina Quick
Becka is amazing! Always listens and you walk out with exactly what you want. A true gem. And....it doesn't take 2 hours, since she is so efficient! Love her work! Very nice, pleasant and always friendly. A salon with zero drama...love it!!!!
Thanks Rosa’s, I’m glad I found you! Friendliest and most personable experience compared to everyone else in White Salmon, and she did an amazing job with my hair.
Staff are amazing, and Dr. Baldwin is exceptional! Dialed in a tricky prescription perfectly and explained everything very thoroughly. Thrilled to find this optometry practice, and highly recommend!
They handled everything when my husband died unexpectedly at our home. Compassionate, caring, professional. Gardner made an impossible situation bearable.
Greg from pronto plumbing is one of the best plumbers I've ever worked with very knowledgeable gets the job done fast He worked in my trench in pouring down pores mud up to his ankles didn't skip a beat didn't complain just got the job done this is the second job I've used him on excellent customer service always friendly and charges a fair price highly recommend these guys can't think Greg enough for all the projects he's done for me they're my go-to plumber in Trout Lake Washington
