Klockner & Company

How many people come to the end of a major remodel project feeling sad that the builder won't be walking through the door each morning at 7:00? Not many, but that's our experience working with Joseph Klockner and his colleague Evan Donaldson. We're done and we miss the guys. We look around the house and everything we see reminds us how great their work was and how much we enjoyed partnering with them to make our home much, much better. We have a historic home, a very idiosyncratic structure in Arlington -- the last original log cabin. It had been sloppily enlarged and remodeled 35 years ago. We engaged Klockner to replace the kitchen, replace an ancient heart pine floor, rebuild and expand a deck, rebuild and replace our roof, and construct retaining walls on three of the four sides of our home to deal with an escalating and serious erosion problem. Every phase of the work involved serous challenges tied to the unusual character of the house and the poor quality of the work done decades ago. Moreover, we needed the work to fit with the historic significance and prominence of the house. We got exactly the right partner in the Klockner team. Evan was a genius in anticipating and dealing with challenges. He understood our goals, had creative ideas for solving every problem, and brought a superb level of craftsmanship to the work. I'm a detail oriented guy with lots of building experience, and there's nothing that the Klockner team did that I could ever have done better, and nothing left undone or done poorly that nags at me now that the work is behind us. Joseph and Evan were true to their commitments, kept to schedule, helped us stay on budget, and made the whole experience as painless for us as any remodel can ever be. We are deeply grateful to these guys. First rate work, first rate people. We could not be more enthusiastic in our endorsement.