What are some words and phrases to describe our experience with Melton...? Here are a few that come to mind: A+. 5-star. Top shelf. OMG, I cannot believe this is my home.
We started working with Melton in the summer of 2017 to do a major remodel of the main floor (living room, entryway, kitchen, dining room) of our tired and dated early 70's Boulder home. From the initial contact, thru the many planning meetings that we had at Melton's office, to the construction itself, everything has wildly exceeded our expectations. We really didn't know what we wanted going into the project, and so didn't want to hire some ordinary general contractor who would show up with a toolbox and ask us what we wanted done. We wanted a company that could handle it all -- from interior design, to picking out everything from cabinets to toilet paper holders, to taking care of all of the demolition and construction, so we chose Melton Design Build. We really felt that we needed the 'Design' part that they brought to the table.
Melton has their own in-house staff of planners and interior designers. Their office is a wonderland of cabinets, floors, countertops, etc. to look at for ideas and to choose from. The only choices we had to make that didn't involve their showroom were for appliances, and for that they sent us to yet another wonderland that I didn't even know existed (Specialty Appliances in Louisville). Through our many planning meetings they opened our eyes to many possibilities that we would not have even known existed if we had tried to plan this out ourselves. Thank you to Steven P, Christine D, and Jessica W for the many planning sessions and ideas about what was possible. Your work shines in the finished product.
When it came time to start the demolition and construction, I was really impressed with not only the quality, but also the consistency of the crew. Melton has their own staff of carpenters and it was wonderful to have mostly the same Melton crew there at our house every day. Well before construction started there was a very detailed schedule that laid out start and end dates for every little aspect of the project. That schedule called for the project to be done on 4/24/18 -- the project finished on 4/26/18, two days "late" due to an unexpected situation that revealed itself only after demolition started. A 90 day project that ripped apart and put back together our entire main floor that essentially finished exactly when it said it would -- I call that amazing. We and our pets continued to live in the house (basement) throughout the whole project, and I was impressed with the respect that the crew afforded us in that regard. No pets escaped, the house was cleaned up (as much as reasonably possible) at the end of each work day, the crew arrived and departed at reasonable and consistent hours, etc. Thank you to Jim G (lead carpenter), Andy D, Peter K, and others on the Melton production crew who helped and who I'm sorry I didn't get to meet enough times to remember your names.
We could not be happier, not only with the finished result, but with our choice of Melton Design Build to get us to that result. A few years down the road, when we are ready to turn our attention to other areas of our home that need a facelift, it will be a no-brainer on who we are going to work with.