By Liv Stecker
Owning a home is not for the faint of heart. Without fail, homeowners and landlords are faced with the delicate balance of maintaining the value of their home with regular upkeep and repairs. Even for the do-it-yourselfer, sometimes unexpected events require expertise or time that a homeowner just doesn’t have. Then comes the dilemma of finding a reliable, trustworthy contractor that is willing to undertake jobs of all sizes that arise. Enter H&S Legacy, a licensed and bonded, full service home maintenance and repair contractor serving Stevens, Pend Oreille and Ferry County.
As a homeowner and landlord, owner Jim Hall understands the struggle of taking care of properties while trying to work a regular job. As a contractor for 20 years before he stepped into a career in law enforcement, Hall did maintenance and repair on rental properties throughout the area, specializing in mobile homes. Now a full time police officer for the Kalispel Tribe, as well as the minister of a church in Ione, Hall also owns and maintains rental properties. It was the demands of his own properties that led to the establishment of H&S Legacy: the H is for Hall and the S is for Strickland, the married name of his daughter who helps take care of the bookkeeping for the business along with Hall’s wife Debbie who is the area manager for H&R Block.
“We wanted the business to be a family thing, a legacy,” Hall says about the name and the involvement of his family. His son, Jimmy, is also part of the business.
“Our hope is to specialize in home maintenance - if people have a broken window or a rotten floor, they don’t know who to call.” He says. Large scale contractors doing new construction often aren’t interested in bidding small repair jobs, and the wait for help can be months, especially when homeowners are looking for someone they can trust.
If Jim Hall the pastor, law enforcement officer, husband, father and homeowner can’t offer trustworthy service to the rural area where he has lived his whole life, probably no one can. Hall is a fourth generation resident of Stevens and Pend Oreille Counties, the descendant of homesteaders in Ione and Prouty Corner near Colville. His small, hand picked crew is based out of the Colville and Chewelah area, and will travel as far as Ferry County for repair jobs. “We don’t plan on getting into heavy construction or new homes,” says Hall. But they can do excavation work, remodels, additions, outbuildings and decks, as well as much more. They also offer rental maintenance to landlords, lawn equipment repairs, gutters and finish work.
For more information about H&S Legacy and the services they offer, call Jim at 509-680-6417, or check out their Facebook page, H&S Legacy, LLC.
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