My mother's family has had land in Welches since 1898. The 12 ares that my granmother owned is now down to five and belong to my wife, Patti, and me. The house (a garage hastily moved into after a fire destroyed the main house) that has been on the propety for the last 70 or 80 years is acting much like the house of Usher, decaying and falling in on itself. My sister, Paula, her husband, Terry, Pattis and I wanted a house on the property that we could use for a vacation home-one with an roof that actually kept the rain out. We got Jim's name and another contractors from the hardware store in Welches. We interviewed both of them, called references and (and probably because both Jim AND his daughter Jess, who works for him, were both left handed) decided on Cherryville Construction. We couldn't be happier with our selection. Jim and Jess helped us through the entire process of siting the house, going through the onerous permitting process and....and picking out doors and windows. (We had to pick out the medicine cabinet by ourselves, but Jim did put it in even after the wall above the sink was finished.) One thing Jim and Jess did that we weren't expecting was to use lumber, milled from the trees cut down to clear the area for the house, for much of the trim in the house. The house is tight and quiet. our main concern thought, is that it feels odd to have a vacation home that is built better and feels more home like than the house we live in here in Portland. Joe Spooner
Mike and Connie Jarrett's kitchen remodel:
"The owner, Jim Gunesch, specializes both in home remodel and new construction. He worked with us throughout the project to insure the outcome would match our expectations for this historical home. His crew prodived a high level of craftsmanship as well as technical expertise to the project. Jim has been in the business for over thirty years, but has made a point to evolve with the industries fast moving technological change. Much of our project included methods and materials associated with much newer homes, but designed to maintain the flavor of the 1870's." Mike and Connie Jarrett