Building a Home - Service Providers

[SouthTulsaCountyDude]

hi... I am started to build a home... and would be looking for some service providers..... anyone have any of the following service providers... who gave you excellent customer service and did job well at decent price? 

I am looking for:

Furniture movers
Garage door installers
Home inspection services
Sprinker system/landscape installers
Fence installers
Insurance agents
Alarm system installers


Let me know what they did to make the service great.    Thanks!

[Conan71]

Movers- I've used Two Men & A Truck twice before and had great results using them.  My mother has used HOW Foundation and also was pleased.
Garage Doors- Tulsa Overhead Door seems to be the one to call here
Home Inspection- Knox or Atkinson.  I've used both, was pleased with Knox, though I've heard from others who were not as happy with them.
Insurance- I sent you a PM with my wife's contact info
Alarm- TNT- We had one of their wireless systems installed in our Oklahoma City house and were very pleased with their rates & professionalism in their sales approach and installation.  My mother uses them as well and is very pleased.

Fence, landscape, & irrigation- sorry no idea there.  I may be looking for a good fence referral very soon.

[SouthTulsaCountyDude]

anyone else care to chime in???

[AquaMan]

Travelers is a good insurance provider. Better than Farmers. I don't think it matters much the agent. Whoever is most convenient and fits your demographic.

[Mike 01Hawk]

Another vote for Knox, pricey though at ~$800 to do the full bells and whistles on my house in 2009.  Very thorough and documented everything.

Cornell Insurance is my agent.  Suzan is a hoot and worked with me on my needs and she responds to my email/phone questions almost immediately.  Feel like a person and not a #.

I can't speak for any of the other requests though.

[SouthTulsaCountyDude]

Thanks for the replies so far!   Appreciate it...

[patric]

Honestly it seems all the big local names have some skeleton in the closet, but you can also check here for more options:
http://www.myalarminstaller.com/SearchResults.aspx?zip=74101

Also, you pay full price for your system, then some installers hold it hostage by locking you out of any programming changes, or remotely kill it if you decide you don't want them monitoring or servicing it anymore.

How long would people put up with, say, a cell phone provider charging you $499 for a phone AND locking you into a 2-tear contract where they can turn your phone into a brick at will?

I would recommend seeing how much the hardware actually costs before spending any money. 
Some offer complete kits:
http://www.homesecuritystore.com