Who we are

Michael Sankin has 20 years in the construction business. In Russia he ran a company that built signage structures: storefront signs, lighted signs up to 16 feet tall on shopping mall roofs, freestanding pylon signs up to 50 feet, highway billboards, and steel-and-polycarbonate canopies. They had to be designed for heavy wind loads and Russian winters. The company worked in many cities for retail chains and shopping malls. The work was concrete, steel and plastic. Wood hardly came into it.

In early 2023 he moved to California with his family.

Here he opened his own company and started with small odd jobs. As his English got better and he learned the local market, the company moved to fences. We used good materials, screws instead of nails, and built to code. Clients often couldn't see the difference. With a fence it shows up three or four years later, and almost anyone can put one up.

A deck is different. It is an engineered structure, and many contractors miss the basics. With a master's degree in engineering from Russia, Michael knew he could do this work at a higher level. So we switched to decks. The first ones were small. Each one after that was bigger or harder, and we kept trying new materials. Today, with 420+ reviews on Thumbtack, Yelp, Google and Angi, we have a solid place among Bay Area deck contractors.

Michael runs the company. He meets clients, comes to the estimate visits and reviews the estimates, orders the materials, accepts the finished work, and handles marketing. He lives here with his wife, his daughter and his son, who helps with the business.

“America gives a real chance to people who work honestly and do good work. I believe we can raise the level of service in the Bay Area building market.”