Ask these before you sign with anyone.

Registration and insurance, with the number

Idaho registers contractors. Anyone legitimate will hand you their RCE number without being asked twice.

Our answer: On the record: Idaho RCE #2671087, insured, on every page of this site.

Who actually runs the job

Plenty of ADU websites are marketing layers that resell your build to a contractor you've never met. Ask who runs the project, who hires the subs, and whose name is on the schedule.

Our answer: The people who own this company run every project and hire every sub directly. You'll have met us before a contract exists.

Whether the price includes the site

A build price that never mentions trenching, demo, or fees isn't a price. It's a first installment. Ask what happens to the number after they see your lot.

Our answer: Fixed price on the City plans, and site work scoped line by line in writing before you sign. The number you sign is the number.

Who carries the permits

Filings, plan review, corrections, inspections. Someone does that work for months. Find out if it's them or quietly you.

Our answer: We file, we carry corrections, we meet the inspectors. You get the weekly update.

A finished build you can stand in

Renders are cheap. Ask to walk something they've completed and to speak with the person who paid for it.

Our answer: Meridian, by appointment, and the homeowner will take your call.

What happens when something goes wrong

Something always comes up. The tell is whether surprises arrive as a documented scope conversation or as an invoice.

Our answer: Surprises get written into the scope like everything else, and you hear about them the week they happen, from the person running your job.