Project takeover · unfinished jobs
Stuck with a foundation repair another contractor never finished?
It happens more than it should: a crew starts the job, takes the money, and then slows down, disappears, or goes out of business — leaving you with open holes, half-set piers, and no paperwork. We finish what they started, the right way, and we put it in writing.
Sound familiar?
If any of this is your situation, you're in the right place.
- ›The contractor stopped showing up and won't return calls
- ›They went out of business mid-project
- ›A deposit was paid and the crew never came back
- ›Piers were placed but the house was never lifted or leveled
- ›Pits and tunnels were left open in the yard or under the slab
- ›You were handed no elevation survey, pier log, permit, or warranty
- ›The work failed an engineer's or city inspection
None of it is your fault, and none of it is unfixable. The first step is simply finding out where the job really stands.
Why we re-inspect first
We don't assume the last crew got it right.
A takeover always starts with measurement, because we can only stand behind what we can verify. The elevation survey shows what the house is doing now; opening a pit shows what's actually in the ground. That tells us which of the prior piers are usable, which were stopped short of load-bearing soil, and what was simply never done — so the plan to finish is built on facts, not a hopeful guess.
How a Motmot takeover works
Six steps from stalled to finished — and documented.
Free re-inspection
We come out and measure — a full floor-elevation survey plus a look at what's actually in the ground. No charge, no obligation.
Assess the prior work
We separate what's usable from what isn't: which piers are sound, which were stopped short, and what was never done at all.
An honest plan to finish
You get a written scope to complete the repair correctly — method, locations, depths, and price. If part of the prior work is fine, we build on it and say so.
We finish it — our crews
Motmot employees complete the work. No subcontractors, no disappearing act. Piers pressed to verified resistance, lift done in measured stages.
Full documentation
Before-and-after elevation survey, pier log with depths and pressures, dated photos, permit where required, lien waiver, and our certificate of insurance.
Warranty + ongoing care
A lifetime transferable warranty on the work we perform — plus recommendations, drainage and home-care guidance, and a performance check-in at least once a year.
Straight about what we can promise
What we will — and won't — tell you.
We'll finish the job correctly and warranty the work Motmot performs with our lifetime transferable coverage. Where the prior crew's work is sound and verifiable, we'll build on it and say so — you won't pay to redo what's already right.
What we won't do is pretend. We can't warranty another company's work we didn't install or inspect, and we won't sign off on piers we can't verify. If something needs to be redone, we'll show you why on the elevation map before we touch it. That honesty is the whole reason takeovers come to us in the first place.
If your repair is already finished but the company that did it has vanished, that's a different need — see foundation warranty takeover.
It doesn't end at the lift
You also get the care the last contractor never offered.
Finishing the repair is half of it. The other half is keeping it stable. Every takeover we complete includes written recommendations, specific drainage-control guidance to keep water from re-soaking your soil, home-care recommendations for watering and trees, and a performance check-in at least once a year — we come back, re-measure, and catch any new movement early.
More on the paperwork you should walk away with: foundation repair documents.
Straight answers
Takeover questions, answered straight.
Let's find out where your unfinished job really stands.
A free re-inspection tells you what was done, what's left, and what it costs to finish — in writing. No pressure, no obligation.
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