My husband and I contracted with GUS North Bay to structurally stabilize our almost 90 year old cottage on a “pocket lake” north of North Bay. We’ve owned it for 8 years. It is a lovely place, on a gorgeous small peninsula. It has a proud DIY history, but was falling into significant disrepair.
We began with planning for replacement and expanded decks on 3 sides of the cottage, new interior floors, door replacements, new siding, facia etc, some window replacements, and what we thought were some minor “foundation” reinforcements. At the beginning of the project, we asked Tim LaCelle, the GUS manager, to make the cottage sound for another generation (30 years). He and Brian Mason, the master jack of all trades assigned to our project, set out to do just that. There were many surprises along the way, requiring a significant amount of structural shoring up.
GUS was fully transparent every step of the way, with careful explanations of what was required, and the cost and time implications. We found the costs reasonable and trusted the GUS approach to revised project estimates. Communications between us were excellent. Tim was always there on his phone and often at the site.
We just cannot say enough about the meticulous and highest level of skill that Brian Mason, the lead hand, and his colleagues gave to our project. We believe that we received as much skill, craftsmanship, professionalism and care as any firm could provide to a client.
We liked GUS so much that we asked them to do some additional work on our large sleep cabin, which they completed quickly and again with meticulous work.
We are now happily enjoying the results of these efforts, are confident that our next generation will too, and fully endorse GUS North Bay as a renovation and restoration contractor. They treated our place with care and skill, as though it was their own.
Judy and Dan
2020