Growing a Team That Treats Your Mahomet Home Like Their Own

Beautiful Thursday here in Central Illinois. Just finished a couple of sales appointments, and one of them committed—going on the schedule for late May.

Quick update on where My Guys is at: we're growing faster than we expected. Austin joined the team about a month ago. Today, Jackson committed to coming on board. That brings us from two people—just Chris and me—to four in the first few months of 2026.

We're booked into late May right now, with more assessments filling up the calendar every week. That's a good problem to have, but it's still a problem if it means customers have to wait too long.

So we're adding the right people to keep up with demand. But "right people" is the key part of that sentence. Because growth only matters if we can maintain the standards that got us here.

When Chris and I started My Guys, we knew we'd eventually need help. We just didn't think it would happen this fast.

The plan was slow and steady. Build a reputation, do quality work, let word of mouth grow naturally. And that part worked exactly like we hoped. Maybe a little too well.

The phone keeps ringing. Assessments keep getting scheduled. Jobs keep getting booked. We went from "we can handle this ourselves" to "we need another set of hands" to "actually, we need two more sets of hands" in what felt like a blink.

Austin came on first, about a month ago. He's been great—gets the work, cares about the details, treats customer homes with respect. Exactly what we needed.

Now Jackson's joining us. That puts us at four people total, and honestly, we're already looking ahead to who might be next.

We're booked into late May right now. Every time we add an assessment to the calendar, that date gets pushed back a little further. Customers shouldn't have to wait months for crawl space work. But they also shouldn't get rushed, sloppy work just because we're trying to move fast.

That's the balance we're managing every day.

Here's the thing about being a small, local company: you can't hide from bad work.

Big corporate crawl space companies can absorb a bad employee. They've got systems, managers, quality control departments. If one crew messes up a job in Champaign, it doesn't affect their reputation in Peoria. They're big enough that one mistake gets lost in the noise.

We don't have that luxury. Chris and I both live in Mahomet. We've been here our whole lives. When someone on our team does a job, they're representing us—not some distant corporate office, but us personally. Our names. Our families. Our reputation at the grocery store and the coffee shop.

One sloppy job and people talk. One homeowner treated poorly and we hear about it at our kids' football games. One crawl space left a mess and our neighbor's cousin knows about it by Monday.

That's why hiring matters so much. We're not just looking for people who can install vapor barrier or dig a trench. We need people who understand what it means to work for a local company where accountability isn't just corporate speak—it's real.

Austin gets that. Jackson gets that. They both understand that when they're under someone's house in Mahomet, they're not just representing themselves. They're representing everyone at My Guys. And that changes how you work.

Growing the team doesn't mean changing our standards. It means training people to meet them.

Complete cleanup still happens on every job. Vapor barrier installed properly, not just thrown down. Lights installed throughout the crawl space, not just near the access. Old materials hauled out completely, not shoved in a corner. The space left clean enough that you could walk through it without stepping on debris.

Treating homes with respect still matters. Shoe covers. Protective throws in hallways. Cleaning up our workspace. Not using your crawl space as a trash can for our leftover materials.

And here's something important: Chris or I are still involved in every job. We're not hiring a crew and sending them out unsupervised while we sit in an office somewhere. We're on site. We're overseeing the work. We're making sure things are done right.

Austin and Jackson aren't just "the crew." They're part of our team, and we're training them the same way we'd train family members. Because in a company this small, that's basically what they are.

The "treat it like your own home" standard doesn't change just because we've got more people. If anything, it matters more now. Because every person we add is another chance to either reinforce that standard or lose it.

We're choosing to reinforce it.

So what does this growth actually mean for Mahomet homeowners?

Shorter wait times. Instead of being booked out three months, we're working to keep it closer to four to six weeks. That's still a wait, but it's reasonable.

More availability for assessments. We can get out to look at your crawl space faster, give you answers sooner, and get you on the schedule without a huge delay.

Same quality work. Austin and Jackson aren't cutting corners to move faster. They're doing the job the same way Chris and I would do it—because we're right there making sure of it.

You still talk to owners. When you call, you're getting Jeff or Chris. When we come do your assessment, it's one of us. When there's a question about your job, you're not getting shuffled to some customer service department.

And you're still getting Mahomet locals doing the work. People who live here, care about this community, and understand that your home matters. Not a rotating crew of whoever the big company could find that week.

Growth that actually benefits you, not just us.

The easy path would be to just hire fast. Post a job ad, bring on whoever applies, get them started next week. Problem solved, right?

Except that's how quality slips. That's how you end up with crews who leave trash in crawl spaces, skip cleanup, and treat your home like just another paycheck.

We feel the pressure. Every time someone calls and we're booked out six weeks, we want to say yes right now. Every time we have to push a job back because the schedule's full, it's frustrating. For us and for the customer.

But rushing the hiring process would be worse. We've all heard the stories about contractors who grew too fast and couldn't maintain quality. The company that used to be great but got sloppy once they got big. The local business that sold out to a national chain and lost what made them special.

We're not doing that. We'd rather grow slower and get it right than grow fast and become just another crawl space company that doesn't care.

It's a tightrope, but it's one worth walking carefully.

We'll probably add more team members in the coming months. The demand is there, and we want to serve our community well.

But we're going to use the same careful process. Same standards for every hire. Same focus on finding people who actually care about the work, not just the paycheck.

We're building something sustainable here in Mahomet. Not a company that burns hot for a year and flames out. Not a business that grows big and loses its soul. Something that lasts. Something our kids could be proud of. Something this community can count on for years.

That takes patience. It takes saying no to shortcuts. It takes putting quality ahead of quick growth.

And it takes hiring the right people—like Austin and Jackson—who understand what we're building and want to be part of it.

If you need crawl space work done—encapsulation, drainage, floor supports, or just want to know what's actually happening under your house—give us a call.

Yes, we're booked into late May. But we're still taking assessments, and we'd rather get you on the schedule now than have you wait even longer.

You'll talk directly to Chris or me. We'll come out, do a thorough inspection, and show you exactly what we find. No pressure, no gimmicks. Just honest answers from guys who live right here in Mahomet.

Same quality we've always delivered. Just growing our capacity to serve you faster.