Update - going with Summerhill. They were very thorough and spent a lot of time addressing what we wanted and letting my wife ask a million questions. Not the cheapest but gave us the best recs and best info. They listened to and addressed everything we wanted
Riverbend: came out and spent maybe 15 minutes with me. Gave an inexpensive bid that missed a lot of what we talked about. They wanted me to be my own GC in the deck. I didn't get a good feeling. They were cheap but I didn't like they had omitted a lot of things we talked about from the bid. This felt like a lowball, loss leader
Foley: spent a lot of time with me and took measurements and gave me a lot of good info. Nice guys. I had high hopes. Promised me a bid by friday or, worst case, the following Monday or Tuesday. I gave it until the following Thursday and sent and email and phone call asking for the bid. No reply, and no bid. Sorry - if I'm trying to give you money and you don't want it, I'll go elsewhere
Anyways, I'm excited to get the remodel done. I'll take before and after pics
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