Lester Building Systems Review

Worked here for 3 summers. Fun people to work with. Hard labor work, but fairly easy going. Quality is good but sometimes overlooked. Wouldn't mind working here long term if they paid better. They probably pay less than their competition, but they are also more laid back than other places (so I've heard).

Awesome manufacturer to work with, quality materials, great design, unmatched software, innovation and dedicated to service.

My husband and I bought a mini-farm lot in 2016 and built a house on the front acre. Then this year we decided to construct a pole building. The process of interviewing pole building construction companies was daunting, to say the least. Having no knowledge to begin with as to how they are normally constructed and best practices, etc. we relied heavily on online reviews --- which, can be down-right frightening. Based on a few of the major competitor's reviews, at one point we even thought maybe we should just avoid a pole building and build a giant garage instead. Unfortunately, and understandably, most online reviews will be negative by nature. Most people who feel they have gotten a raw deal will, simply by virtue of human nature, will only speak up when they have a complaint. That being considered, we forged ahead and did as much of our own research as we could while interviewing sales reps from four of the major players in the pole building industry here in SE Wisconsin. We chose Lester mainly because of the sales rep and his awesome efforts to answer each and every question that we came up with, as well as the fact that he treated us with complete respect. He never once made us feel like we were unreasonable or that his potential paycheck was most important to him. He showed genuine concern for our needs. The other major deciding factor as to why we chose Lester was because of their superior roof system, their framing system and post construction as well as the quality of their exterior wall panels. The quality of the building materials and building process were important to us because we wanted our building to be air and water tight!
To make a long story short ... the entire staff at Lester were super! Lester's staff exceeded our expectations: Brad (our sales rep), Sandra (our project manager), Bob and Martin (warehouse & delivery), and finally, and most importantly, Luke (and his whole construction crew) - We are so glad that we chose Lester Buildings to construct our pole building --- we thank everyone at Lester Buildings and we would highly recommend them to anyone considering a pole building!

We were very happy with our Lester Building. We were awarded the 2005 Award of Excellence. Our building is beautiful. The issue we have is the fade on our roof. We hired a roof cleaner and after an hour they were able to clean a 4x4 section. The person we hired told us that he would do more damage and it would look worse if he proceeded. Our roof cleaner did use the product and process recommend to us by Lester. Lester then sent one of their employees out to test for fade. The Lester employee cleaned small spots then tested for fade. The tests came back as acceptable fade levels. So we now have a roof with small spots that they cleaned and the rest is still very faded with no acceptable answers. The back side of the building is shaded and has no roof fade. We are unsatisfied with Lester's warranty.