Cultivate Construction

Morgan, staff and crew are fantastic. Clear, timely communication, attention to detail, collaborative and informative. I’ve worked with many contractors: they’re the best!

Morgan delivered! I took on one of the biggest projects of my life: designing and building a 500 sqft ADU in my backyard - from scratch. This involved hiring an Architect, working with structural and construction drawing sets, permitting through the County and City of San Diego, leveraging most of my savings, and hiring a GC to build this dream into a reality.

I was very anxious about all the risks in the beginning with this big investment. It’s common enough to hear the bad stories about some General Contractors – and Morgan is definitely NOT one of them! She stayed consistent to her word and our signed contract all the way through.

I interviewed 5 different General Contractors for this project and she presented the best out of all of them. For the first consultation, she came prepared with a large, printed construction drawing set. We went through page-by-page, and she asked me questions about the design and wanted to understand what I was looking for. For me, what separated her from the other GC’s was her ability to answer some of the finer detailed construction questions, and her communication skills. She also didn’t make me feel rushed and took the quality time to really absorb the scope of the project.

Let me mention again, her communication was on point! Before I decided to hire a GC, I was having a little challenge working with the Architect on the finer roofing support design and whether it would pass the city permitting process. While I was at work, I called her and asked what she thought about this dilemma. She was honest and said she wasn’t sure – but would look into it for me. I got a call back 15 minutes later with an answer from her family’s construction experience – which sounded very reasonable to me. She laid out each decision and how to mitigate the risk (of spending more unnecessary time and money). It was at this point I knew I was going to hire her; which I don’t know if she realizes that :)

As an Electrical Engineer who works full time with clientele like coal fire power plants, I know that projects never go 100% according to plan. What makes them successful is the execution and coordination around unforeseen obstacles. Throw in some pandemic uncertainty, lead time issues with a couple parts, and material costs increases - Morgan was able to adjust on the fly with relative ease. I never felt like I was left hanging or misunderstood why we needed to make some design changes. Around some of these bigger decisions, we were able to challenge each other’s ideas in a friendly way!

Overall, I worked with Morgan for about 6 months, and I could tell she enjoyed doing this type of work (which is a huge plus). In the end, I was very pleased with hiring her as my General Contractor!

Morgan and her staff are amazing! They took our vision and gave us a beautiful master bath. She was very accommodating and considerate of our every concern. I highly recommend Cultivate Construction!