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Raising the Standard
Who we are

Do it right,
seen or not.

Put in writing what most contractors only say, then be held to it. That is the whole idea behind the name.

What we hold to

The standard holds whether or not anyone is watching.

Most of what goes wrong in a renovation is not craftsmanship. It is a number that moves after you have signed. A date that slips without a phone call. A house handed back dusty because nobody decided it mattered.

So we wrote down what we are prepared to be held to. A fixed price you can hold us to. One person who answers the phone. Your house handed back clean at the end of every day. Photographs every week so you are never guessing. Dates in the contract rather than in conversation.

None of it is complicated. It just takes deciding that the standard is the standard, whether the job is a powder room or a whole house, and whether or not anyone is looking. That is the entire idea behind the name.

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Who you are hiring

I started this company because I got tired of watching people get treated badly in their own homes. Quoted one number and billed another. Promised a date, then left waiting with no call. Told it would be clean, and coming home to it anyway.

None of that is hard to fix. It just takes deciding that the standard is the standard whether or not anybody is watching. That is the whole idea behind the name, and it is what I want this company to be known for on every job we take.

The Standard BuildersRaising the Standard
Do it right unseenThe work behind the drywall gets the same care as the work you show people.
Say the hard thing earlyIf your budget will not cover what you want, you hear it on day one, not in week six.
Answer the phoneBefore the job, during the job, and after the last invoice is paid.
The Standard

Every builder says they are different.
Here is ours, in writing.

Ours is not a slogan. These five go in your contract in writing, and you are entitled to hold us to every one of them on every job we take.

  1. A fixed written price

    You get a line-item written quote before a single tool comes out of the truck. The number you sign is the number you pay. If we missed something, that is our cost to carry, not yours.

  2. One person, start to finish

    You get one name and one number. The person who walks your home on day one is the person who answers when you call in week six. No call centre, no dispatcher, no being handed around.

  3. Your home, left clean every night

    Floors covered, dust contained, tools cleared. You get your house back at the end of every working day, not at the end of the project.

  4. Photo updates every week

    You see progress every week whether you are home or not, sent to your phone. No wondering what happened while you were at work.

  5. A date we commit to in writing

    You get a start date and a finish date in the contract. If we run past it for a reason that is ours, we tell you early and in person, never by going quiet.

If we miss one of these on your job, tell us. We would rather fix it than be told about it later by somebody else.

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What you can verify before you sign anything
NJ LicensedHIC registered
Fully InsuredCertificate on request
Free ConsultNo pressure, no fee
Fixed PricingBefore we start
Written DatesStart and finish
Clean NightlyEvery working day
No pressure, no fee

Let’s walk your space together.

We come to you, look at the room, and tell you honestly what it takes and what it costs. If we are not right for the job, we will say so and point you somewhere better. No deposit to book.

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