Who you actually deal with
The person who surveys your building is on site during your build. That is not a slogan,
it is a scheduling constraint we accept: it is the reason we run fewer projects at once
than a firm our size could, and the reason we will sometimes tell you the start date is
eleven weeks out rather than three.
Chicago
Eleven people, a shop on West Fulton and four crews. Greystones, brick two-flats, 1920s
bungalows and mid-century ranches, most of them within eight miles of the shop. Illinois
roofing contractor licence 104.017842, Chicago general contractor TGC-104882.
Marcus Reyes founded the firm in 2007 after nine years as a carpenter and four running
someone else’s sites; he takes the first call and he is on every survey. Dee Okafor
runs the sites — the programme, the trades and the Friday photo log are hers, and if
your job slips a day she is the one who tells you why.
Lisboa
Thirteen people, a studio on Rua da Boavista, and a structural engineer on retainer rather
than on call. Pombalino and gaioleiro buildings, 1940s-70s prédios and Cascais villas.
IMPIC alvará 91744, with the statutory five-year structural guarantee on every job.
Ana Salgado opened Lisboa in 2019 and had spent eleven years in conservation before that,
which is why we splice a notched gaiola member rather than replace it. She works in
Portuguese and English, and she is the one who sits in front of the câmara with your file.
What we do not do
- New-build houses. Different business, different risk, different crew.
- Design-only packages. We price what we can build and stand behind.
- Work outside the service areas below, however good the project sounds.
- Free estimates. A sales call has to be paid for somewhere, and we would rather it was not in your tile.
