Buying property in NW Montana’s Flathead or Lake County? Here is a helpful list of most common utilities and professional service providers that either we or other Realtors in the Flathead Valley have recommended.
Architects:
Keith Beck Architecture 406-261-2883
George Gibson Architecture 406-837-6898
City Water & Sewer Services:
Kalispell Public Works: 406-758-7720 Billing Dept: 406-758-7745
Bigfork Water & Sewer: 406-837-4566
Whitefish Utility Department: 406-863-2457 Billing: 406-863-2400
Lakeside County Water & Sewer District (Lakeside & Somers) area: 406-844-3881
Columbia Falls Utilities – Public Works: 406-892-4391
Polson Water & Sewer: 406-883-8201
Lincoln County general contacts
Libby Utilities: 406-293-2731
Troy Utilities: 406-295-4151
Clean-Up Property (Selling Home, New Build):
Take Care Home Repair – Dennis & Kim Lewin 815-531-7401 takecarehomerepair@gmail.com
Johnson’s Home and Garden – Jessica & Craig Johnson 406-212-8876 jessica14412@yahoo.com
Clean Slate Elizabeth & Dominick Bergeron 406-253-7086
Ashlie Burris 406-260-3790
Erica Person 206-579-4154 PersonFamily04@yahoo.com
Cleaning (Maid) Services:
Infinitely Bright – Wendy 406-640-4739
Cassadie Hill – 406-871-6623
Real Clean – Kiley Real Facebook page
406 Cleaning of Columbia Falls
J Crew Cleaning 406-890-5533
Bright and Shiny – Lara 406-471-2281
Sunshiney Dae Cleaners – Dae 406-270-8201
Erica Person 206-579-4154 PersonFamily04@yahoo.com
Docks:
Valley Docks – Frank 406-249-5446
Electric Service Providers:
Flathead Electric Cooperative – Flathead County and some areas in northern Lake County and the Swan Valley (Service Area Map)
406-751-4483
Mission Valley Power – Most of Lake County
406-883-7900
Engineers for Septic Designs, Land Planning, Environmental Consulting:
Plan4Approval – Jacob Feistner : 406-515-9113
Evenson Engineering & Consulting – Andy Evenson: 406-885-4064
Lozar Engineering – Dan Lozar: 406-240-7929
Larsen Surveying and Engineering – Jeff Larson: 406-752-7808
Todd Environmental Consulting – Jill Todd: 406-314-1888
APEC Engineering: 406-393-2127
A2Z Engineering: 406-755-7888
Western Montana Land Services/Carstens and Associates – Marc Carsten: 406-883-2672
FIRPTA Attorney
(Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act):
Lori B. Miller P.C. – Withholding Agent Services in Montana: 406-730-2752
Handy Man – “Jack of all Trades”:
Take Care Home Repair – Dennis & Kim Lewin 815-531-7401 takecarehomerepair@gmail.com
Derick Tungwenuk – B.T.P Service 406-212-1844
Half Price Handyman – Glen 406-885-6363
Home Inspectors:
Home Advantage – Steve Robinson: 406-250-9013
Glacier Inspections – Barry Wilkins: 406-885-1325
ACC Home Inspections – Bill Joseph: 406-250-0091
Pro-Check Home Inspections – Jim Marty: 406-257-3805
Ponderosa Services – Chad Wade: 406-351-9478
406 Inspections Pros – Robin Patrick: 406-201-1573
Be Sure Home Inspections – Jay Matteson: 406-250-2552
Gunlock Home Inspections – Mike Parker: 406-253-8333
Internet Connectivity:
More and more buyers are coming into the area that need good quality broadband not only for their favorite movies and shows but for their day to day work operations. In this rural area there are a few choices and over time they are getting better. Here are the vendors to check:
Spectrum This national cable company is primarily in the higher density developed areas. Users typically bundle their phone, television and internet in package deals.
CenturyLink Internet in Montana This is the local communications company that most homeowners use for phone service. They also offer bundled phone and internet together. You can check the address of the property via their online form.
MontanaSky.net This is a locally owned internet company offering great customer service has been investing in rural Montana for 25 years.
MtnMAX Locally owned claims include providing their customers more bandwidth and more routes out of the valley than competitors.
Bullitt Communications Locally owned this company is the leader in 911 and public safety communications in addition to providing internet service in the valley. Primarily offering service in and around Kalispell.
HughesNet When all other connectivity options come up empty you can check on satellite service through this national company. They have several levels of service and in some places this company might be the only connection available.
Starlink Right now our area is on a waitlist status. High-speed, low-latency broadband internet in remote and rural locations across the globe.
Lawn Care
David Zavala 406-253-6764
Total Lawn Care (TLC) 406-755-5296
Moving Companies:
A-Team Moving and Storage – 406-890-7133
cdmars@ateammovingandstorage.com
Two Men and a Truck – 406-233-6999
For local moving furniture out & back in for example to change out carpet:
NW Contents – DJ Motley 406-871-4897
Alpha and Omega Movers (box truck) – Brian Loop 406-314-9294
GKN Enterprises – Chris Lofgren 406-249-0693
Natural Gas Provider:
Northwestern Energy – This is the only natural gas company servicing NW Montana
888-467-2669
Propane Supplier & Tank Installation/Rental Companies:
CHS Kalispell
406-755-7400
AmeriGas Propane
406-257-3406
CityService Valcon
800-343-3835
Axmen Propane now Silvertip Propane (for propane out of Bigfork, Polson and Ronan)
Bigfork: 406-837-3159
Polson & Ronan: 406-676-2200
Northern Energy
406-257-3406
Septic System Services:
Septic Pumping:
Shur Clean out of Bigfork: 406-837-4715
Sure Fire Septic (Pumping and drainfield line inspection): 406-756-1806
A-1 Sanitation: 406-755-3938
Pedersen Pumping: 406-752-4321
Ray Baier Septic Service: 406-752-6904
Reddy Freddy: 406-752-4552
Septic repair and maintenance:
Advanced Septic Design & Maintenance: 406-752-1507
Septic Installation:
Cody Herring – Glacier Supply 406-249-5960
Sprinkler System
Bill Kohlbeck 406-212-4578
Staging & Organizing Services for Home
Hydrangea Home Staging & Design: Jamie Wenzel and Candi Van Houten 973-216-5111
Liberty Home Staging: Candy Nelson 406-250-5782
The Shelf Helper : Organizer Jeni Felts 406-570-7383
Simplisize Your Life: Downsizing / Moving Assistance Maria Betts 406-616-3535
Caring Transitions: Downsizing / Seniors Relocation 406-203-0162
Surveyors:
Duffey Surveying – Polson, MT 406-885-6727
Glacier Surveying – Kalispell, MT 406-756-9633
Larsen Engineering & Surveying – Kalispell, MT 406-752-7808
Carstens’s Surveying – Polson, MT 406-883-2672
Marquardt & Marquardt Surveying – Kalispell, MT 406-755-6285
RAB Surveying -Robert Brown 406-756-5779
Breckenridge Surveying & Mapping – 406-752-3539
Telephone Service:
CenturyLink: Phone company in NW Montana. They also have internet & cable bundle packages.
1031 Exchange Services:
Exchange Services – Catherine Witmer: 406-862-6995
Window Cleaning & Washing:
Mountain View Window Cleaning 406-270-8022
Glacier View Window Cleaning 406-890-8348
Little Brother Window Cleaning 406-250-7787
Derek Peel – Polson area 406-250-7071
