Shelter Building Company

We hired Christian to fully renovate our home in South Lake Tahoe. Our project was especially difficult because we live in Pennsylvania and could not be onsite other than occasional trips. Christian could not have done a better job. We communicated often over the phone or via text message pictures. His crew and subcontractors did excellent work and I would hire them again in a heartbeat. Best of all, their work exceeded our expectations in every way. Christian helped us troubleshoot issues and made suggestions that really helped the design of our home. For instance, he noticed a Parallam beam in our living room that was covered with plaster. Simply tearing off the plaster and applying a simple stain gave us a beautiful wood beam in a central sight line in our living room. Christian also helped us control costs by suggesting economical solutions to issues encountered along the way. I would highly recommend working with Shelter Building Company.

Christian was so helpful navigating the permit process as we rebuilt our deck in South Lake Tahoe. He was very accessible and responsive when I had questions or needed suggestions. We are extremely happy with the end product and highly recommend Shelter Building Company. BTW I found Shelter on Unilocal

Christian worked on our place in here in South Lake Tahoe and he and his crew did a superb job! The jobs ranged from building and installing custom doors to an area in our loft that we wanted to make into a closet, to coming up with extremely creative solutions for remodeling our bathroom. His work is A+, and his prices are very reasonable. As nice a person as you may ever meet — with a very high level of integrity and honesty — qualities that you certainly want in anyone that you do business with…

Christian Hurst is not only an excellent contractor, but a wonderful person to work with as well. His crew and subcontractors are also very nice and they are all clearly skilled workers with a great deal of experience. I have had the experience of working with different contractors in various locations over the years, with 4 major house remodels besides this one, and Christian and his crew were by far the easiest people to work with on any of our remodels. The project was completed as estimated, at a very fair price. The areas of the project that included «unknowns» (as all remodels do) were billed very appropriately for the amount of work completed, even though we could not receive initial estimates, since it wasn’t possible to fully assess those pieces in advance. The quality of workmanship is outstanding, with great attention to detail and forethought about how to complete the project with the best quality of construction and aesthetics. Christian’s thoughtful suggestions for improvements as well as his complete knowledge of TRPA rules and regulations were extremely helpful. The worksite was always kept clean and safe. We could not have been more pleased with the way things turned out.
Our project included:
Addition of two large windows and increasing the size of one window and a slider
Building a large ground level deck and stairway, including a hot tub
Building a storage area
Rerouting front stairs to avoid ice buildup in winter
In summary, I highly recommend Christian and Shelter Building Company. You cannot find a better contractor to work with.

Christian is one of the best contractors working in Tahoe. He built us a redwood deck, moved an existing slider and replaced it with beautiful french doors. He moved a wall to open up the master bed room and built a mud room on the front of our house. Shelter Building took care of all the design, permitting and materials. Christian has a great eye for what the final product is supposed to look like and will give you exactly what you want.

If you want quality work and excellent service at a good price, Christian is the contractor for your job.
We had Christian remove a wall between our living room and a bedroom to make a great room. He replaced the carpet in the old bedroom with the same flooring as in the living room, painted walls and ceiling, and installed a bar.
There is no sign that it used to be two separate rooms, it looks like it was always this way! We had to live in the house during the job and Christian was fast and left the house clean every night. We highly recommend Christian!

We can’t say enough about contractor Christian Hurst. His ability to listen to your vision and make it a reality is wonderful. He and his crew worked hard and on time. He was very adaptable to my design changes. We worked along side Christian doing as little or as much as we wanted. Constantly smiling and easy going yet very professional. Best experience with Tahoe contractors we have ever had. I have to say we have seen the worst and now the «Best». We highly recommend Shelter Building Company. We will use him again!

Christian and his crew have completed many projects on my house and always done a FANTASTIC job at a very reasonable cost. I’ve worked with a handful of other contractors in Tahoe and NONE were as quick, as high of quality, or well priced.

My husband and I bought a little 1950’s house and wanted to transform it into a modern cabin. I’m a designer and very particular about what I want. Christian clearly understood my vision, was very easy to work with, and offered ideas to make our place even better. And most importantly, he kept within our budget.
Below is a complete list of what he and his team did for our cabin:
OUTSIDE:
* Painted fence and bear box
* Painted exterior and trim of house
* Opened up entry way ceiling, added decorative wood beams, and installed new deck flooring, as well as new front door
* Installed new stone patio
* Built a custom deck and bench and installed hot tub to go on it.
* Cleaned chimney and brick
* Installed new circuit breaker
INSIDE:
* Installed new entry way stone flooring
* Painted all of the interior walls and ceilings
* All new light fixtures throughout
* Grounded all outlets
* Replaced hot water heater
* Built a custom reclaimed wood fireplace mantle and painted fireplace
* Installed a custom storage cubby under our stairs
* New stair railing and wood trim (probably my favorite transformation)
* Wallpapered 2 rooms
* Opened doorway between living room and kitchen
* Installed decorative corrugated metal and wood trim in our bathroom (gave it that industrial/​rustic look we wanted)
* Built custom reclaimed wood shelves (truly a unique piece that makes a statement in our room)
* Painted our kitchen floor with porch paint (it looks amazing)
* Painted our kitchen cabinets (saved more money than replacing them)
* Built custom wood shutter to replace window blinds (another one of my wild ideas he brought to life)
* And probably more that i’m forgetting!
He tackled everything from as large as building an entire deck and patio for us to as small as installing a new door knocker on our door. I would recommend him to anyone who is looking to give their home a fabulous update!