You’re shopping around, looking for the best foundation repair contractor to fix your home. Well . . . maybe not the *best contractor on the planet*, but the one that aligns most closely with your expectations and the goals you have for your home.
It’s tough to tell who will take care of you the way you want to be taken care of, isn’t it? If only there were an easy way to match up your needs with the contractor that was made to meet them.
At Anchor Foundation Repair, we’ve been helping Brazos Valley homeowners with their foundation problems for 40+ years. We’ve been around long enough to see that it’s important for customers to find not just the “best” contractor, but the contractor that going to meet their needs best.
This article covers the type of homeowner and repair needs that Anchor is a good fit to work with. We tell you what makes a homeowner a perfect match for our services and what kind of customers we serve best. We also review customer needs and characteristics that our services tend to not be compatible with.
Matching Up With Your Foundation Repair Needs
A homeowner has a great repair experience when the contractor and customer are compatible. Not every company is a good match for every customer – we have an ideal customer as much as you have an ideal contractor. Anchor Foundation Repair is a good match for your home if you:
- Are a homeowner living in the forever home that you love,
- Are okay with waiting a little while to get your repairs completed,
- Are willing to pay more for a higher-quality product,
- Want a local business with local area knowledge,
- Want a superior repair method for more longevity,
- Want a good warranty from an established in-town company, and
- Want to know what is going on with your repairs at all times.
Don’t worry, we’ll elaborate on these qualities in the coming sections. But first . . .
What Needs Are Not a Match for Anchor
What makes a homeowner not a particularly good match for Anchor Foundation Repair? To keep it simple, think about the opposites of the list above. We are NOT a good match if you:
- Your property is a rental, you’re a house flipper, or not planning to stay in the home long-term,
- Are in a hurry to get the repairs completed,
- Want the cheapest foundation repair cost you can find,
- Would rather work with a large corporation than a small business,
- Don’t care much about what method is used for the repairs, i.e. you just want it fixed,
- Aren’t that interested in a warranty because you never plan to use it or need it,
- Are okay with being a little in the dark on what happens with your repairs each day.
We’re not saying that the *not a good match* characteristics are bad in any way. We totally get that sometimes people need the cheapest or quickest repairs, or don’t care how long the repairs last because they won’t be around. You’ll find no judgment from us about wanting things that we can’t provide.
If any of the items listed above apply to you, then we’re probably not your ideal foundation repair company and that’s okay. We can’t meet everyone’s needs and aren’t trying to. We are perfectly happy for you to select another contractor that can. We’ll even help you out with this list of other foundation repair companies that serve our area.
More About the Foundation Repair Needs We Can Meet
If you’re one of our ideal customers, we know that you’re the kind of person who wants more information. In this section, we’ll get more into the *whys* explaining who we are a good match for with a little more detail. Here’s why Anchor is a good match for these kinds of folks:
1. Someone In The Forever Home They Love
When you’re in the forever home that you adore, you want the best for it. Homeowners who plan on sticking around in a home long-term are more interested in repairs of higher quality and greater longevity. You’re not looking for cut-rate repairs. You’re looking for something that will be worth it for the long haul.
You want to do foundation repairs right the first time even if that means spending a bit more money or taking a bit more time. Anchor Foundation Repair is a good match for homeowners who want better and are willing to do what it takes to get it.
Listen . . . every foundation repair company is going to say that their repairs are “better than the other guys.” That’s an expected message when businesses compete. We use drilled bell-bottom piers and the other most common slab foundation repair method in our area is pressed pilings. We’ll let you decide for yourself which repair method sounds right for you with this comparison article:
Foundation Repair Methods Comparison: Drilled Piers vs. Pressed Pilings
2. Someone Okay With Waiting
Our foundation repair method admittedly takes more time to complete. If this were a fable, we’d be the tortoise and not the hare. If you’re in a hurry to get the repairs done, we’re not likely to make you very happy with our work timelines.
Slab foundation repairs with Anchor take an average of 3-4 weeks to complete from start to finish. By comparison, the other common method of foundation repairs (concrete pressed pilings) takes 3 – 4 days.
Yes, that’s a big difference and you might wonder why. For more info on that, check this out:
How Long Does Foundation Repair Take: Pressed Piles vs. Drilled Piers
Also, as an in-high-demand repair contractor, we already have a list of homeowners we are helping who got here before you. You have to get in line and that might mean waiting a month or two for your project to even get started.
We don’t love that it takes longer for our repairs to start and complete. But this is what it takes to maintain quality and provide you with the longest-lasting, most stable repair method so we do it anyway. If you want the repairs we’ve got, then you’ve got to be okay with a bit of wait time.
Increased timelines are why we are not always a great match for property owners, house flippers, or homes in real estate transactions. Time is of the essence to get things done quickly for tenants or to flip and/or sell a home.
3. Someone Willing to Pay More for Quality
Our slab foundation repairs are not likely to be the cheapest bid you get. Yes, we freely admit that our repairs tend to cost more than other companies and methods. But the good news is that we’re confident that you are getting a more effective product for handling the expansive clay soils prevalent in this area of Central Texas.
Drilled bell-bottom piers are similar to the type of industrial foundation footings they put on commercial buildings when they are first built. Other foundation repair methods cannot say this.
You’ve got to wonder why that is . . . check out these articles for more understanding.
What Is the Main Function of a Bell at the Bottom of Bell-Bottom Piers?
Average Cost of Foundation Repair: Pressed Pilings vs. Drilled Piers
Want an idea of how much it would actually cost for Anchor slab repairs without talking to anyone? Try our Foundation Repair Cost Calculator.
4. Someone Who Wants a Local Business
Many consumers today are interested in supporting local businesses for several reasons Local businesses:
- Support and contribute to the community,
- Employ area residents, and
- Know the local conditions.
Despite our elevated branding, we ARE a small, local Brazos Valley business. We work here, we play here, and our kids go to school here – some of us are even Aggies! Anchor supports the Brazos Valley Food Bank and Brazos Valley Cares.
Anchor serves a limited geographic area and has no branches or other locations. Our service area is our area of expertise. We know how to work in Central Texas soils better than anyone else. Some of the larger communities we serve are:
- Brenham,
- Bryan,
- Caldwell,
- Calvert,
- College Station,
- Hearne,
- Madisonville,
- Montgomery,
- Navasota, and
- Smaller communities centered around BCS.
Here’s a map of our service area for a better visual of where we work.
And here’s an article about our business compared to our biggest corporate competitor.
5. Someone Who Cares About the Method
There are several foundation repair methods to choose from in Texas, and the choices narrow more when you get to our local area. If you’re the kind of person who is interested in understanding how things work and why they work, then you’re going to be more interested in the product we offer.
Drilled bell-bottom piers are quite different than all the other slab foundation repair methods out there. When you’re dealing with geometry, math, physics, and science in general – drilled piers just make more sense. Even Aggie Engineers agree that drilled piers are where it’s at (warning – this report is written in engineer’s language and hard to understand).
Here’s an easier interpretation: What Is a Drilled Concrete Pier? Home Foundation Repair Spec Sheet.
6. Someone Who Wants a Good Warranty
We’ve got a lifetime warranty for our slab foundation repairs. So if you’re looking for a good warranty, I’d say *lifetime* is the best you can get. Even better, the warranty is fully and easily transferable should you decide to sell your home. We honor lifetime warranty work on any address we have on record.
What’s even better than the lifetime transferable warranty is our longevity in business. A warranty doesn’t mean much if you get your repairs from a company that has only been in business for a short time and could feasibly close after one rough year.
We’ve been fixin’ Brazos Valley foundations since 1985 and have weathered many financial climates so far. We’re not going anywhere and our warranty commitment stays with us too.
Be advised that a lifetime warranty does not mean a free-for-a-lifetime warranty. Make sure you understand warranty policies and service agreements and don’t get confused by common misconceptions about warranties.
7. Someone Who Wants Communication
Many times, homeowners feel in the dark when repairs are underway at their homes. This is even more true when the work is going on *under* your home because you can’t tell what’s happening for the most part. We make sure that homeowners understand the foundation repair process with educational resources.
Anchor also makes it a point to check in regularly during your foundation repair project. We document our work with photos, videos, and daily logs. You have online access to all that info with our BuilderTrend system.
Our Operations Manager, Leo Ochoa, also calls and returns calls to homeowners frequently throughout the repair process. Many of our online reviews mention the excellent communication they get from our team, so we know it’s important to homeowners.
Everyone appreciates being in the loop when it comes to major home repairs and we’re committed to maintaining those open lines of communication.
Are You Clear on Your Foundation Repair Goals?
Now that you know what the ideal Anchor Foundation Repair customer is, do you think you are one? Or maybe you’re not clear on what you really need or want when it comes to foundation repair. We can help with that too.
With Anchor Foundation Repair working for you, you’ve got 40+ years of expertise in the Brazos Valley and a 5-star Google rating too. On top of that, our drilled piers are the gold-standard, tried-and-true foundation repair method with a lifetime guarantee. You get a well-planned, well-communicated, well-executed home project because you deserve the best that your hard-earned money can buy.
Check out this article for help defining your needs and guidance for what kind of foundation repair contractor you should be looking for with the Top 4 Questions to Guide Your Foundation Repair Decisions.
