I had four companies give me quotes on rebuilding my deck. One did it over the phone, three came out to meet with me. Of those three, two were interested in just "the bare minimum" information, to get the job done. Nick was the only one who asked a lot of questions and shared ideas he had for improvements.

With Nick's questions and suggestions, I could tell a few things. One, he had experience and that is important. Two, he's thinking about the project and what I might want and what it would take for him to do it, rather than just "bidding on a job". And three, his goal is NOT to just come in and slap up a new deck and move on to the next one. He wants to do quality work that the customer will be very happy with.

So, I hired him and I'm glad I did. Nick is skilled and he really cares about the quality and detail of his work. He shares ideas and gives options and points out things that need to be done and tells you the reasons...

Also, he did ALL of the work himself. The reputation of his company comes from what he does, not from other people he hires to do it for him.

If you want someone to hire a bunch of people and slap together your deck in a couple of days, don't go with Nick. If you want someone who really cares about giving you a product you can be happy with, then give him a call.