Mr Deck Showpiece Decks and Arbors

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CONTACTING MR. DECK
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Contact info is at bottom of this page.


 

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 So, You Want To Do It Yourself ?

I have designed and engineered some very practical yet beautiful patio-covers that anybody with some common sense can assemble and erect by themselves, of course, with some buddy-help in handling the heavier beams. Interested? Click here.  

 

  
Projects that are of
no interest to MR. DECK:

  • Structures strictly utilitarian or low budget so as to be predominantly devoid of design.

  • Plans so involved or of long duration as to impact our ability to handle multiple projects in any one calendar year.

  • Any project involving repair or maintenance. We start fresh - existing structures are to be eliminated, not modified.

  • Projects on real-estate for sale, intended for market, or occupied by tenants.

  • Architectural plans that are of a style or use materials foreign to what is depicted here in my web site.

  • Absolutely anything on a steep hillside or taller than 16 ft.

  • Projects on common ownership property.

Further, I do no work where the realtor plays the middleman. If you are a realtor and desire to recommend MR. DECK's services, have your customer (current owner) go to this website and deal with MR. DECK directly. By law, a licensed contractor may not grant payoffs, kickbacks or finder fees to anyone.  MR. DECK also doesn't give free estimates or do appraisals of any kind.

 

    


Company Profile

In business in Santa Clara County since 1985.

MR. DECK is a privately held company located in San Martin, California
(south of San Francisco Bay and east of Monterey Bay).

California State Contractors License # 469141

    


MR. DECK CO. involves itself with outdoor structures having
distinctive architectural flair.

Decks must be fabricated on-site and are specified to use solid-plastic for the planking on a pressure-treated wood frame.

The company prefabricates all the arbor elements and designer deck components and then ships them to the job site for assembly and erection.

For residential deck and arbor projects, the company operates throughout California and hires local contractors to help with the excavation, construction and erection work. MR. DECK is involved in managing and  coordinating  the work on-site.

The company offers design work and structural engineering as key aspects of its services.

 

 

 California Operations

Review and evaluation of potential projects are handled differently within and outside our local area of operations. 

The
Monterey area does lie within our operating area (see below).

Areas outside our normal operating area include
the
Sacramento, San Francisco, San Diego and Los Angeles areas.

Outside of our local area of operation, projects are first evaluated by looking at digital pictures sent to us by e-mail. If we accept your project for further review, you will be required to pay a $250 up-front service fee for MR. DECK to visit your location and meet with you on-site to complete the evaluation.

During the on-site visit, if you wish to proceed, you will prepay a design-work drawing fee, usually in the range of $300 - $500 per structure. Each design drawing is necessary for doing a cost-evaluation because it helps me figure out what it will take to do the project as designed and it provides me the means for deriving the material portion. It's the material costs upon which the labor and shop overhead costs are based.

To do a cost-estimation, a $250 fee is charged per structure. This fee will be applied as a credit against the purchase price if you elect to have MR. DECK prefabricate the structure and its designated contractor participate in the building of it.

If you contract with MR. DECK to build your project, I will work with my local associate or hire local, licensed, qualified subcontractors to do the construction work. If its an arbor, I will monitor the erection of the structure myself. If it's a deck, you will hire a local licensed deck-builder, or my recommended associate to do the work under my supervision.

Take note: I don't work for anybody or sub-contract to anybody I haven't met face-to-face.

If you want more information on Out-of-Area work, click here.

 

 Within Our Local Area of Operation

Within our local area of operation, I personally oversee or do all the work.

MR. DECK provides on-site visits with short-notice in the following Central California Coast Counties:              

Alameda
Contra Costa
Monterey
San Benito

San Mateo
Santa Clara
Santa Cruz

 

A service fee is charged for all on-site inspections of potential projects -- no exceptions. The fee is based on the amount of travel time and mileage, round trip. The further away the site, the more time will be spent in the on-sight evaluation in exploring the possibilities.

Atherton
Almaden
Campbell
Capitola
Fremont
Gilroy (county only)
Hollister (county only)
Livermore
Los Altos Hills

$75
  45
45
60
65
  40
50
150 65

Los Gatos
La Silva Beach
Monterey
Morgan Hill
Pacific Grove
Pebble Beach Pleasanton
Portola Valley
Salinas

$55
70
 65
 40
 50
150
85
75
65

Stanford
San Jose
San Martin
San Ramon
Santa Clara
Santa Cruz
Union City
Willow Glen

 60
45
 40
95 50 75
60
50

If your city is not listed above and your jobsite is in one of the counties listed above, the on-site visit fee is $100, unless precluded below.

Places where MR. DECK has no real interest in building or doing designwork:

Aptos
Avalon Heights
Black Hawk
Carmel
Cupertino
Danville
Dunnville
Eagle Ridge
Freedom
Gilroy (city)
Halfmoon Bay
Hollister (city)
La Honda
Los Altos (city)
Marina
Menlo Park
Milpitas
Mountain View
Palo Alto
Pacifica
Pescadero
Prunedale (seaside)
Redwood City
Ridgemark
Ruby Ridge
Saratoga
Scotts Valley
Silver Creek
Skyline
Stone Bridge
Sunol
Uvas Canyon
The Villages
Watsonville
Walnut Creek
Woodside

 

Evaluation of a Pre-designed or Pictured Arbor

Independently of whether your project is local or otherwise, a fee is charged for evaluating the feasibility, modification or adaptation of any MR. DECK arbor with a posted or pending architectural copyright pictured in this website. The fee is $250, prepaid, to show me that you are serious about pursuing your vision or to compensate me for time already spent should you fail to follow through. This fee would cover the cost quote only. If you purchase the structure from MR. DECK, the prepaid fee will be applied against the purchase price.

Please read the copyright notice for restrictions and license fee that would apply to you for any MR. DECK arbor already pictured in this website by clicking here.

                 

                   Contact Info

Note: Because of the large volume of intrusive calls I have gotten requesting free advice or abusive calls from condescending arrogant snobs, I have deleted the Mr. Deck phone number from this website.

I've paid my dues over 24 years learning how to do the things I do – these are my trade secrets and they are not available for public disclosure. I'm not a public information service and I don't do anything for free.

If you want to contact me about your pending project, first send me an email in a respectful and proper manner stating clearly and fully the nature of your project. Pictures would be helpful for my comprehension of your description.

CustomerService@MrDeck.com (hot link)

E-Mail

MisterDeck@Hotmail.com (my direct hot link)

E-Mail

P.O. Box 507, San Martin, CA 95046

U.S. Mail

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