D.T.R. Construction, Inc

Daron is not just a skilled craftsman and contractor; he is an artist, and an innovative one at that.
When I began the process of remodeling my family’s home, I consulted a design team who suggested a gut-​renovation of the main floor kitchen and living room. Because I had grown up in this house, there were elements I couldn’t part with and elements I would have been crazy to tear out. Instead Daron listened to me, and recognized my desire to update and modernize while retaining the classic style of the building. Daron seamlessly blended new construction into the existing structure. He shared my value for creative re-​use of materials, such as wood, stone tile and glass, and composed incredible features throughout, in ways I couldn’t have even imagined.
Daron involved me in every aspect of the work and his attention to detail saved me from many, many design mistakes. His professional network is expansive and impressive. By sourcing local materials and tradesman, the project progressed much more quickly than I had anticipated. He kept me within budget and made my bookkeeping a snap for tax purposes later that year.
I consider Daron an expert in the field and would not hesitate to recommend him for any job from new construction to renovation. His care and expertise has made an indelible mark on my family home. For all this and more, I cannot thank him enough.

Daron and his crew are what you want in a contractor. It’s just as simple as that.
They’ve worked with me now for nearly a year, first for a deck/​remodel on the east side of the pass and then, after they finished that, we hired them again for a kitchen/​bath remodel in Seattle.
Their work is A+, they show up when they say they will, his billing is completely transparent and he knows how to use a cell phone! Phone, email, txt, most contractors don’t seem to think communication is important. You call, Daron answers! You txt, he txts back. Not the next day, usually immediately!
And when I say the work is A+, I really mean it. I’ve never met a contractor as concerned about doing the job such that not only are you happy right off, but you won’t be unhappy in 5 – 10 years when shoddy workmanship starts to show up. You hire Daron and his crew, it’s done right!

My wife and I have a home in Snohomish where we have completed three major remodels. Daron worked on all three of those remodels, as DTR on the second and third. The first remodel, conducted immediately after we purchased the home in 1996, added three bedrooms, a full bathroom, TV room, work-​out room and home office to the unfinished basement. This work was done through an architect who recommended the general contractor for whom Daron worked. This was a $ 75K project.
The second remodel finished in 2001 started with an excavation of basement and foundation to patch multiple leaks through the uphill basement wall and continued with the addition of a patio, hot tub and pool, with a cedar arbor built onto two sides of the home including over the excavated space. Also a dormer was added to an upstairs bedroom and additional work on the bedroom and attached bathroom in that space. This was a $ 200K project.
The third (and final) remodel finished in 2012, in Daron’s words, built «a house within a house». This was a demo of the main floor master bedroom/​bathroom and kitchen to be replaced by a guest suite and much larger kitchen and including a significant widening of the home entry area and hallway. The upper floor that had received the dormer in the second remodel was also demolished and converted into a new master suite to die for including a second dormer and too much more to describe here. This was a $ 425K project.
Along the way in 2004 we demo’d and reconstructed a large new deck on the downhill side of our home and in 2006 attached a new, large carport to our detached garage and added an arbor off the basement home office, both styled to match the patio/​pool arbor built in the second remodel — these were $ 20K and $ 35K projects, respectively.
After the initial remodel all the work we did was through DTR Construction with Daron and his crew. My wife and Daron did all the design work together, mostly in real time in the third and final remodel. We absolutely LOVE our «new» home. Daron is a joy to work with, and he and his crew do only the highest quality work. When you are doing the kind of significant remodeling we did, you get to know your general contractor and crew very well, so these words are related with that experience. We would not consider any other general contractor than Daron doing any major work on our home. But we do hope we are finally done with this sort of thing ;-)

Daron and DTR Construction have done our bathroom remodel, kitchen remodel, and even built us an amazing fence and new front porch. His work is the definition of quality craftsmanship. He is all about the personal customer relationship & satisfaction and always made us feel like we were informed and part of the project without us having to stress about the details — especially when the bathroom remodel was the result of a flood and there was an insurance claim involved — ugh. Our house was built in 1941 so nothing is really ‘square’ anymore but he took the time to ensure everything looked perfect. He’s not the cheapest guy out there (hey, you get what you pay for) but he is completely reasonable for the custom work and results that you get. It’s refreshing to know that your project won’t just look like everyone else’s or like it came out of the Ikea catalog. He is knowledgeable, trustworthy, and the kind of guy whose handshake means something. We couldn’t be happier with the projects DTR Construction have completed for us!