More than a handyman service
Three Crowns Inc.
Location: 380 E. Washington St., Sequim
Phone: 775-9897
On the web: www.threecrownsinc.com
Office hours: 9 a.m.-noon Monday-Friday
Your honey keep begging off on your honey-do list? Is moss taking over your home? Need to have piles of junk go to the dump but drive a mini-car?
To the rescue is Three Crowns Inc., a property management company owned and operated by fifth-generation Sequim businessman Eric Godfrey. After living and working as a general contractor in Sweden for 20 years, Godfrey returned to his deep roots in Sequim and started a handyman business in 2013.
Client response was so good that in 2014, Godfrey decided to incorporate the company as Three Crowns Inc., a nod to Sweden’s national emblem.
Just three short years later, Godfrey has a crew of 10 highly skilled employees and more than 300 customers.
One-stop shop
“Three Crowns Inc. is your one-stop shop for property maintenance services,” Godfrey said from his small office with a large work assignment calendar. “We do it all … handyman services, home maintenance, moss control, gutter cleaning, power washing, dryer vent cleaning, landscaping, painting, remodels and much more. No job is too big or small. We change light bulbs to building new construction.”
Other services include building decks, fences and sheds, product assembly, lawn care, home organizing, installing locking mailboxes and even installing/removing Christmas lights.
Three Crowns has earned the trust — and repeat business — of home owner associations in Sunland and Sherwood Village in Sequim, plus real estate agents in helping sellers ready their homes to go on the market. Property management companies like Landmark and James & Associates also keep Three Crowns’ crews busy.
Having the right team members who also buy into Godfrey’s insistence on quality, integrity and superior customer service is key, he said, adding he’s proud that six of his employees are over age 50 and approach each job with decades of experience.
“We’ve doubled the business every year since 2013 and it’s the team building that’s making a success of my business,” Godfrey said, “especially the quality of guys and their attention to detail. They treat customers’ homes like their own homes. We have a great team with a bunch of different trades and skills. I want to keep the quality high at reasonable prices and also put food on my employees’ tables.”
Teamwork, character, integrity
Crews work with honey-do lists, seller checklists and buyer inspection lists. Godfrey said after clients call, he comes to their property with an intake sheet on the jobs to be done, quotes a price and after reviewing their needs, schedules the right crew mix to complete the projects.
All employees wear company uniforms with the logo also on their vehicles.
“We take pride in our work, as each home was our own. There are no short cuts. We answer the phone and call back!” Godfrey grinned. “We are on time, efficient and consistent. We follow up on our work and my guys leave the job site as clean as it was when they arrived.
“Teamwork, character and integrity — that’s what we promise.”
Godfrey’s goals for the future are within the next five years to have shops with 10-15 member teams in Port Angeles and Port Townsend and he believes that he can achieve them because Three Crowns has a strong foundation.
“I’m excited about building this business for the long haul and I want to give jobs and opportunities for others,” Godfrey said.
“I love this city, this community and the people in it. My reward is giving services to homeowners and giving back to my employees.”
If you’re in a spring-cleaning frame of mind, call Three Crowns at 775-9897 to see what it can do for you.
