Kansas City Foundation Contractor:

[Michael Glaser]

Looking at a house that has some foundation issues. The seller says it needs minimal work to sure things up via a contractor they’ve had bid the job. The pictures seem to show it’s a bit more of a job. I’m in need of a foundation company or someone that can tell me what I’m getting myself into. This will be a Rental, but I’ll sell it at some point. Any recommendations in foundation based company’s for SFH in KCK?

[Dennis S.]

I would strongly recommend that you instead of starting with a foundation company, have a structural engineer come out and take a look at the property to get a feel for exactly what foundation repairs are needed.

You can then have foundation companies bid on the engineer's report to resolve the issues to avoid a situation where you are allowing the foundation company to come up with the estimate themselves as I have heard that foundation companies estimates tend to come in all over the place without an engineer's report to work off and limit their repairs.

I will PM you the guy that I used for a property I was looking at recently.   His charge was very reasonable and he came highly recommended by other people in the area.