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E.A. Knight Construction
Founded in 1979, E. A. Knight Construction Inc. has grown over the years to become one of the largest residential building and remodeling companies in Southern Illinois with a service area that spans the entire region. Our crews bring decades of experience to every project. Despite our size we still maintain focus on every job, whether large or small. The magnitude of the project is of less importance than performance, quality, and overall customer satisfaction. In addition to the custom homes we build, we complete over 360 remodeling jobs a year and we also maintain our own roofing license. Our carpenter and crews aresupported by a full time office staff so that there is always someone to answer your call. Show more
Founded in 1979, E. A. Knight Construction Inc. has grown over the years to become one of the largest residential building and remodeling companies in Southern Illinois with a service area that spans the entire region. Our crews bring decades of experience to every project. Despite our size we still maintain focus on every job, whether large or small. The magnitude of the project is of less importance than performance, quality, and overall customer satisfaction. In addition to the custom homes we build, we complete over 360 remodeling jobs a year and we also maintain our own roofing license. Our carpenter and crews aresupported by a full time office staff so that there is always someone to answer your call.
Edd Knight has been an active member of the National Association of Home Builders for many years, and was President of the Home Builders Association of Illinois in 2005. While serving as Legislative Chair he was able to facilitate the adoption of a building code for the seventy-six counties in Illinois that previously had no building code in place.
E. A. Knight Construction was one of the first companies to sign on to the Illinois Quality Assurance Program. This system spells out, in laymen's terms, workmanship standards that must be met on every project.
In 2008, E. A. Knight Construction was recognized by Hanley Wood Remodeling Magazine as one of the fifty best remodeling companies in America and Glen Knight was highlighted as "one to watch" for inovative ideas in the remodeling industry. We were selected as HBASI Remodeler of the Year 2005 and HBAI Builder of the Year 2003. We are also utilized by local code inforcement, building officials and news outlets as a resource for building practices and techinical advice. Hide
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Of 100 customers surveyed, 70 respondedReviews 62
Of 70 respondents, 62 left a reviewRecent reviews
Brian K.
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Areas Of Satisfaction - Quality of work
Review in Carbondale, IL
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Areas Of Satisfaction - The quality is what were for hoping for and it looks great!
Paula S.
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Areas Of Satisfaction - I think the way they communicate was very easy.
Brenda E.
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Additional Comments - I will use E.A. Knight Construction again.
Gateway F.
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Areas Of Satisfaction - Good customer service. Dependable.
Charles P.
Trustworthy, and they do what they say they will do in a timely manner.
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Areas Of Satisfaction - Glenn Knight came over and saw the work before we started and helped us with the decision that needed to be made.
Bonnie W.
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Areas Of Satisfaction - Professionalism
Claudia B.
E.A. Knight is outstanding, I will be calling them for my next project!
Lorie A.
Everything they do is honest, and they stand by what they do. You can't ask for much more than that!
Lee F.
They do quality work.
Cathy S.
The employees of EAK feel like family, because they do the same quality work for me that my Dad and Brothers would.
Review in Marion, IL
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Areas Of Satisfaction - I am most satisfied with their professionalism. They did exactly what they said they were going to do.
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Additional Comments - They did a great job.
Review in Makanda, IL
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Areas For Improvement - They did not fall short in any way.
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Areas Of Satisfaction - They had put in hand rails and they work very well.
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Additional Comments - I give them a 4 on everything.
Review in Murphysboro, IL
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Areas Of Satisfaction - They are very quick to respond to requests and call. We had wind blow shingles off our roof and they were here promptly to tarp until the roof could be repaired.
Review in Herrin, IL
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Areas Of Satisfaction - I think their professionalism and quality of installation.
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Additional Comments - I cannot speak very long but I wanted to relay my satisfaction with E.A. Knight and would easily use them again in the future if they maintain this quality of work.
Review in Carbondale, IL
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Areas Of Satisfaction - I liked that the job was completed on time.
Lead Source
Lead Source - We've used them for over twelve years.
Review in Carterville, IL
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Areas Of Satisfaction - They did what they said they were going to do and they did quality work.
Review in Makanda, IL
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Areas Of Satisfaction - I would have to say the timeliness of the job, it was very quick.
Review in West Frankfort, IL
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Areas Of Satisfaction - With the local sales rep that lives in town, he was very responsive and returned calls promptly.
Review in Herrin, IL
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Areas Of Satisfaction - We had the young man come out here to look at the project as we had envisioned and he came up with some ideas and I did too. I think the results exceeded what I had anticipated in the first place and we got more problems corrected than we knew were there. As soon as the workers found something wrong they fixed it.
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Additional Comments - We were totally pleased with our experience. We will recommend them if someone ever asks.
Review in Carterville, IL
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Areas Of Satisfaction - I was most satisfied with their professionalism, the way they handled this project, and they way they kept me informed.
Review in Carbondale, IL
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Additional Comments - Incredibly easy company to work with. Quality work done by friendly and helpful professionals.
Review in Murphysboro, IL
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Areas Of Satisfaction - When we made them aware of an issue, they resolved it without question and did an excellent job of making sure we were satisfied.
Review in Makanda, IL
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Areas Of Satisfaction - They did some work on the front porch which is really nice.
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Additional Comments - They are very easy to deal with, they are friendly, and they call me back, and I just think that's good.
Review in Carbondale, IL
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Areas For Improvement - They have always responded to any request that I have had and they are there to rectify it. They have not really fallen short in any area,
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Areas Of Satisfaction - I think their desire to satisfy what I want to have done.
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Lead Source - They built my home 10 years ago and I have used them ever since. I respect their work and I really believe they are the best contractor I have dealt with.
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