Rob Burrington (VDC Builders Inc.) is an amazing builder and General Contractor, he has an a very extensive list of wide ranging projects that go back over 20 years. My project was a 32 by 15 feet addition to the side of my house for the purpose of an art room studio, a laundry room and a shop space. I had already visualized exactly what I wanted and had sketched out some rough plans. Rob took those plans and refined them and had engineering blue prints made. The design phase went smoothly as we hashed out various changes needed for code requirements, and a realistic cost estimates. Rob is extremely knowledgeable of building techniques and all the local building codes, so in most cases he could say straight away off the top of his head if something I wanted could be done or not. He handled getting all the permits. Rob gave a very detailed estimate of the project costs, schedule and the sub-contractors he would be using. Rob’s practice of passing the sub-contractors bills directly to me, to be paid by me directly was a nice way for me to see exactly where my money was going and for what. My projected started in the beginning of June, and Rob was there at the beginning of every work day to make sure sub-contractor knew exactly what needed to get done. Rob has had a long working relationship with pretty much all the sub-contractors, and they were all really skilled and very experienced in their specific trade. Everything was done right the first time, and nothing needed to be redone. Vancouver city inspectors passed all phases with only a couple minor changes requested throughout the whole project. By about the first week in August my addition was done and ready for me to do some finish work. Rob was flexible and accommodating in letting me do some finish work myself which allowed me to save a little on the final project cost. The project went very smoothy, there was almost no down time in the 2 month project. Nearly every work day some big change got added to the project, which was a nice feeling. I tracked the total cost of the project very closely in a spreadsheet, and final cost was very close to what Rob original estimate was done back at design phase. The final cost was about 8% over budget, and I can pretty closely match that 8% to places where I asked sub-contractor for something extra, such as additional wall outlets/switches and adding a decorative pattern to the patio walk-way cement. Rob is very professional and skilled at what he does. Very honest, does what he says he will do, shows up on time when he says he will. He's very good at making sure you know what is happening, and that there will be no bad surprises. My wife and I are very happy with our new addition, and happy that we chose Rob and VDC Builders to build it.Read More