Benchmark Innovations in Renovation

I find the old maxim - good, fast and cheap - pick two, to be true. Given my choice, I'll always pick good and cheap. That's what Mark at Benchmark provides. I've used Mark at two different houses over a decade now, so I had no hesitation hiring him to do a large project at a new house. I know that I am exacting, and I want things to be just right. Mark shares my commitment to having things come out right - he does the project as if he would be living there afterwards. For this project, he did many different things: Install a wine closet under my stairs (thanks to Houzz for the idea!) Build a pergola behind the house for a hot tub (required modifying the existing deck) Install a whole house water filter Install a tankless gas hot water heater (this was very involved as it wasn't piped for gas originally, and another contractor said it couldn't be done because the crawlspace was too small) Install a new front door Various 'fit adjustments' - small things around the house that I wanted changed The only 'drawback' is that Benchmark is a small company - they can handle any size job, but not several of them at the same time. Here's my take - call him now and get on his waiting list, it's worth it. Once he gets started, he'll knock things out very quickly. The best contractor I've ever hired in over 13 years of home ownership.