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The people on your project

You will not be passed between anonymous crews. A named lead stays with the scope, and the specialists below join when their part of the work begins. If you write to us, Hannah or the project lead answers.

Elena Marquez, interior lead

Elena Marquez

Interior lead

Elena sets the order of rooms so a lived-in house can keep working. She started on trim and still notices a door that will not close after a new floor. On painting projects she writes the sheen room by room and checks the cut lines herself before the crew packs up.

Clients usually meet her at the first walkthrough and again on the final day, when the sample cards come off the wall and the punch list is short enough to finish the same afternoon.

Marcus Hale, remodel lead

Marcus Hale

Remodel lead

Marcus runs kitchens and baths. He draws the path from sink to stove, marks where a door will swing, and will not order a cabinet until the measurements have been checked against the actual walls, including the ones that are not square.

He is the person who explains dust days, water-off days, and why a delivery sitting in the right room is worth a quieter week later.

Priya Nandakumar, color specialist

Priya Nandakumar

Color specialist

Priya tests color in morning light and again after lamps are on. She keeps a record of undertones so a gray that looked blue in a shop does not surprise anyone on a north-facing wall.

She also specifies stains for decks and benches, because exterior color fails for different reasons than a living room wall, and she would rather say that early.

Owen Briggs, exterior lead

Owen Briggs

Exterior lead

Owen looks after siding, trim, doors, and the edges where water likes to sit. He will scrape back to a sound surface rather than paint over a soft spot, and he schedules around weather instead of pretending a damp morning will behave.

If a board should be replaced instead of painted, that recommendation shows up in the scope before the first coat is mixed.

Hannah Cole, client care

Hannah Cole

Client care

Hannah keeps the written thread: estimates, finish lists, schedule changes, and the questions that arrive on a Sunday evening. She makes sure a note reaches the lead who can answer it, and she confirms what was decided so nothing lives only in a conversation.

If you are trying to choose between two dates or two samples, she is usually the first reply you see.

Diego Alvarez, finish carpenter

Diego Alvarez

Finish carpenter

Diego fits doors, shelves, shoe molding, and the trim that has to meet an old plaster wall without looking forced. He cares about the shadow line at a casing and about a drawer that closes without a second push.

On kitchen projects he is the one who notices a filler strip that would have looked like an afterthought, and he rebuilds it so the run reads as one piece.