Wilkinson Design+Construction

I have photographed many Wilkinson Design + Construction projects and cannot speak highly enough of them. Pav Wilkinson is a joy to work with. He is extremely dependable, 100% honest, smart, proactive, and dedicated to quality work. As a photographer, I know a job with Pav will be a smooth one, resulting in a beautiful image. His designs have great lines and are masterfully crafted. I am proud to display Wilkinson Design + Construction's exquisite work in my portfolio and eagerly await our next chance to work together. I would highly recommend them to anyone.

Wilkinson Design + Construction is a real pleasure to work with, and to watch them work, and even to pay them. Pav and his team work efficiently and cleanly and they are meticulous in all things. Also on-time and on-budget… and, to a client / owner very-importantly, Pav is really good at paperwork and communication… It is great to be able to do email efficiently with a contractor: that is a significant time-saver for a client — so many contractors nowadays have websites and Facebook pages but still use the landline-fone for their real communication, or far-worse the cellphone, so that voicemail-tag with them becomes a nightmare -- and some of them text & even tweet, but there you have no record or one difficult to maintain and consult. Pav however does email, & images & attachments & followups & the rest: so that if you yourself have a complicated & busy schedule, Pav can fit-in with you, and you with Pav, and so the normal wait-times on a project get minimized or even eliminated entirely. He is very efficient. And he understands his own paperwork well: another nightmare with contractors is when they don’t, when they rely on “the office” and so their invoices & receipts & work orders & change orders & permits & all the rest get tangled-up and delayed, too often — Pav understands all this, and his paperwork is clear & concise so that you can understand it too. The job is what counts, though: Pav did a major all-over siding inspection & repair for us, on our old wood-frame Noe Valley house which we love — along the way he gave us a new front steps, and cured some raccoon-damage, and fixed a few other bumps and bruises the place has endured over its 100+ years, and he is helping us now with the design and installation of an elegant / functional “awning” over our back-door. We spec’ed the work to several, originally, and Pav's prices were competitive, right in the middle, and his accreditation was sound and up-to-date. And when change-orders came up he explained everything, suggesting alternatives & discussing, all patiently & in-detail & even in-writing: if a contractor’s profession is not your own, "job-site verbal" doesn’t work well— and if you’re busy it’s always nice to get back to that “writing”, on your own time, to be sure you understand what was said — Pav is good about providing that. So we recommend Wilkinson Design + Construction, very highly. Give him a chance with any job — he’ll tell you if he can’t handle it, and find someone else for you who can — and if he takes yours on he’ll finish it, on-time and on-budget.

March 18, 2014 To Whom It May Concern: I highly recommend Wilkinson Design + Construction Inc. In the Summer of 2013 my family home needed a renovation so that we could revamp the property and attract a newer generation of renters. Wilkinson Design aided the transformation at every stage with expert execution so that the home was on the market by September 2013. Working with Wilkinson Design was easy because meetings were set and kept, communication was prompt, and options were presented with my needs in mind. Mr. Wilkinson personally met me at various locations to aid my choices for materials that were best suited to our house. His teams for the demolitions, installations, and other various procedures were adept, and reliable. The attention to detail provided by Wilkinson Design was helpful. One specific example: The original front door was exposed to the elements and had become withered. Instead of just replacing the door, Wilkinson Design created a solution by building a simple protection barrier to the area, providing shielding from the elements, preventing damage to the door in the future. We are very happy with the remodel of the home, and were successfully able to rent out the home very quickly and at a competitive price. We are confident that the changes made will help raise the value of the home. For future projects, we will assuredly work with Wilkinson Design, and would recommend him to anyone. Sincerely yours, Margaret Hsu

Mr. Wilkinson and his crew designed and executed a very effective and solid soil retension project under my property on a steep slope exactly to my wishes and his crew did a very precise and clean job of excavating and building concrete retaining walls around obstacles without any slippage of soil. The job was performed within the time and estimate and even some extra work was performed without extra charges. It was very easy to communicate with Mr. Wilkinson and he was straight forward with his dealings. I can highly recommend him for any design and construction services you need for buildings.

WDC remodeled our 1970's kitchen to a very high standard, including repairing a water intrusion problem in the crawlspace underneath, and other issues with the wiring, and structure. The work was completed on schedule and we were pleased that everything was done properly, to code, passed inspection, and finished beautifully. Six months after the job was done (following a big rainstorm and on his own initiative), Mr. Wilkinson was back to inspect and verify that the repaired foundation was successfully excluding the runoff as intended. All work was properly budgeted, documented, and agreed in advance and all issues and questions were resolved to our satisfaction. (In the attached photo our new kitchen is decorated for Halloween.) We recommend WDC without reservation.

Pav listened very well to our needs and dreams and designed a significant remodelling plan for our Tahoe cabin. He was an excellent listener; understanding we did not have an unlimited budget, and was very able to propose changes to balance our hopes and our budget! In addition to an exceptional design, he created very detailed architectural drawings and construction plans.