When I was looking for a contractor I wasn't just looking for the ordinary general contractor that you can find I was looking for someone who would give me more of a concierge service. Someone who would take the time to actually understand my project and give me his honest opinion. I was looking for a contractor who's actually patient and willing to listen so that I can give him all my ideas and he can come back to me and give me The Good The bad and The ugly. After interviewing several general contractors I decided to go with advanced builders and contractors. From the beginning these guys were excellent. They were patients they gave me enough time to be able to express my ideas they brought out kitchen designers to help me with my kitchen they brought out a structural engineer to help me with the plans and to redo the plans in the middle of the construction project and they were also awesome because they were a One-Stop shop. Construction is very stressful as it is so it's always good to have a friendly contractor who can guide you along the way and show you what will be a good outcome.

ABC is a first class company from the bottom to the top. They made the entire process clear and transparent for us from day one. Their customer service is one of the best that I have ever dealt with when it comes to a construction company. Nick the owner was very involved with us and reassured us every step of the way. By following his and his contractors direction we added tremendous value to the home. Nick and is very detailed oriented and demanded high quality from his contractors. One thing we loved about ABC is that they always provided us different options that would suffice our budget. Based off of our budget renew what we could afford and hence we were able to add value to the home. A lot of the ideas that we thought of from day one quickly changed once we realized how much things cost and how much value they would add to our home. Another benefit of working with Nick was that he was very patient and took the time to explain to us in great detail how each step of the process would work. When it was time to remodel our kitchen he brought in a kitchen designer who completely blew us away with her ideas and ultimately we ended up going with her design rather than our own design. We would have never thought of opening up the kitchen the way she did and adding an island. I know in the background that Nick and the kitchen designer worked many hours to come up with the ultimate design and plan that would make us happy. I would like to add that I am extremely happy with this company and would like to thank all their office staff and of course all of the contractors that came to our house to work.

Just like many other homeowners when it comes to an extensive construction project you really don't know the proper steps or where to start. My partner and I started looking around at different websites and trying to understand what we wanted. We finally came up with what we envisioned our new home to look like. It turns out that this was not going to be just a simple home remodeling. There were so many moving parts that it was hard to understand sometimes. You speak to an architect first to develop a full set of plans or do you speak to a contractor first to get a idea of cost. We started interviewing several contractors all of them were good and gave us an idea of how we should approach our home remodeling. Some of them said that it would be better for us to knock the home down and start building from scratch others told us that it would be better just to extend and add a room addition to the side and back of the home. It seemed like we were more confused than the beginning. Then we interviewed a couple of architects. Which let me tell you their prices were all over the place. One of the architects wanted to charge us on a hourly basis while others would work on the entire file from beginning to end for flat feet. Somehow we landed on advanced builders and contractors. We met with Nick early in the spring. Just like the rest of the contractors we met with he was extremely professional and took his time explaining the process. He was intuitive and fully engaged. His answers were to the point short and easy to understand. In a way you could say that he didn't sugar coat anything but rather was very cantor. I remember the meeting being extremely insightful and eye opening. It was after that meeting when we decided that Nick would be a good contractor for us to work with. But we still had a long way to go. We have to come up with a design that would work with our house, the architect would need to draw up the plans so that it made sense and then afterwards we will need to submit everything to an engineer to see how bad or good the structural would be and after all that we could take everything back to Nick to see that if we could afford to do such a project. It took us a good year to get a complete set of plans. Throughout that time Nick would reach out to us every once in a while and ask if we had any questions. Once we had a good standing on all the plans we then submitted to the city of LA. Once we had our permits we were ready to begin construction. We found a house nearby where we leased it out and then we began construction. ABC quickly tore down our existing home and the construction on the new home began. The entire process lasted for a bit more than a year. From the beginning they had given us a strict timeline to follow. Explain to us what materials we would need and when we would need it at the house. That also giving us a progress payment to follow. Nick was an integral part of the building process. Once again he was very resourceful for finding the materials we needed. We were able to use a lot of his vendors to source out the materials we needed. Our new home is now built and we couldn't be happier with the end results. If you're looking for a contractor to build I highly recommend that you if you at least and to make sure that you click with someone that makes sense to you. The same gos for an architect although there's a lot of good architects out there. The way they're on their business and the way they do their billing is very different. One other tip I would give you is to ask a lot of questions because once you settle with an architect and a contractor it's hard to go back and start the process with someone else.

My partner and I bought a home in Encino. From the beginning of our home journey we knew we wanted to buy a fixer and add to it. I had a good experience with the realtor, and that's who recommended advanced builders and contractors. She said she knows of this company and had referred them out to her previous clients who had done home remodeling with them. We had several different ideas and wanted to see what would make the most sense. We met Nick very early on in the process. He came out and probably spent a good 2 hours with us going over our remodeling ideas and what would make the most sense for the flow of the house. We had a bunch of rooms next to each other and really wanted to have an open concept home. So he recommended how we could remove some of the walls and have a great room this way our living room dining room and kitchen will all now be one room. In order to accomplish that we had to remove some walls redo some of our framing and obviously add foundation. Advanced builders and contractors took care of all the construction we just gave them ideas and what we wanted the different rooms to look like. The pricing was reasonable and they were always there when we needed the support or help. When we compared their clothes to other construction companies. There were almost identical but we just had a better feeling with advanced builders and contractors. I also appreciate everyone in their office staff because about once a week they would reach out to us to get an update on the project, they weren't too pushy but you can see that they really cared about their clients. I also appreciated the fact that they were in business for so long and had so many vendors that we could go to. This made the process much easier for us because it was a easy transaction from the vendor to the general contractor who was going to build our house. This is also a good time to thank the architect and engineer they introduced us to because they gave us a lot of good feedback and great guidance on how we should restructure this house to be able to get the maximum usable space out of it. It was probably two or three intense meetings with everyone involved from the foundation people to the architect. Those meetings were extremely important because since we had everyone in one room we were able to come up with a great set of plans that would fit our budget and we knew exactly what needed to be done. And everyone was able to participate and put in their two cents. Overall I'm very happy with everyone that worked on our home.

I am beyond happy with the level of care advanced builders provides. The attention to detail and customer service is second to none. Nick and his team were extremely hands on. They helped me from the very beginning and held my hand from the beginning of the construction project all the way to completion of construction. There are so many decisions to make when it comes to building a new house. There's so many people that you have to meet with and make so many decisions that sometimes this becomes overwhelming. What I liked about the ABC is that stuck with what they were good at and if something came up that they were not experienced in for example doing the actual plans , they introduced me to an architect and an engineer who did the plans for me. ABC and Nick were an easy decision for me. Because they made the process as simple as possible. They didn't sugarcoat anything. They always told me the truth whether there was good news or bad news. Several times throughout the project Nick would call me and tell me that they had come up against an obstacle and that he was working on a plan. Even though sometimes it was very stressful to get this news. I really like his transparency because it meant that he cared about the project and that he wanted to see it through. In life there are lots of different people that come and go and that promise you things that they can do. But I'm here to tell you that Nick is not one of those guys and he actually does what he says. Throughout the entire project he was very transparent, he was always able to tell us the truth even though sometimes it was very stressful for us. He always answered his phone and got back to us. He made sure that his crews worked long hours and made significant progress everyday. His Cruise were extremely detailed oriented and they actually cared about the outcome of the project. Not only did they care about their progress but they also cared about the progress of the other team members so that team could finish up a certain portion of the project and be able to hand it over to the other team in timely manner. Nick promised to build me a custom modern house and that's exactly what he did. I couldn't have made a better choice and I am certain that the work provided by Nick and his team is incomparable.