The River to Shore Group prides itself on provided exemplary service and service beyond the call. We checked on a house we represent for an absentee owner as many of our other clients called us to say they could not take any showings because they had water in their basement for the very first time. 

A beautiful spring scene. You just don't want the stream in your basement. 

In this case our seller has never had water in their basement for 25 years. However, when River to Shore Group member arrived at the home and went to the basement she found 2.5 feet of water. My first thought was to upgrade the listing feature to include an indoor pool, however, getting this fixed seemed more important. 

2.5 feet of water and a potentially hazardous situation

As a member of the Riverside BNI (appropriate name in this case) I thought of Joe Shea, owner of A J Shea Construction in Essex for many years. As a member of this chapter I can't count on a quick call back and then some. Joe called me within the hour and was on scene for me within 3 hours. 

What I like about Joe is that he does what he says he's going to do. He calls back and shows up which flies in the face of the contractor stereotype. Joe is a service company. He can do anything. He's great on a ground up commercial project or doing a residential remodeling job. He does great work for a great price and his work is guaranteed. But I digress...

When Joe arrived and determined the power needed to be cut to the house he broke the seal on the meter and pulled it and went into the dark wet basement to assess why the owner's sump pump failed. 

Joe discovered that the exit pipe separated for the pump and thus the pump was merely circulating the water within the basement. Joe set up the pump he had on hand and went back to Essex to get yet another high volume pump to remove the water. 

Joe Shea in action.

Joe told me he had his whole crew on water issues for the past 3 days and only had one carpenter working as a results. Fire departments were flat out and ran out of pumps and had called another BNI member, Tom Kelhenbach of Sea Tow and PromoFloats for any he could spare. It's been epidemic. 

Joe came back to finish the job today which included wet vacuuming the remainder of the standing water and setting up drying fans. Joe brought appropriate talent to restore the well's jet pump to working order that was submerged and restored the permanent sump to working order. 

Bob Nason of Dutch Oil came to the rescue to evaluate and restore the furnace to working order, yet another BNI member whose dedication to exemplary service returned his call in 5 minutes and immediately scheduled his man on the job when Joe completed his work. 

I should mention that Joe is multi-talented in that he is an expert in green technologies like Geothermal heating systems, uses green construction techniques when you're looking to build an addition to your residence or simply remodel what's there. Building a new home from the ground up? Do yourself a favor and get him to quote your job. 

Thanks Joe for a great job and getting there as quick as you did. 

Visit Joe's website: http://www.ajshea.com/