Carpentry By Jim

Hired Carpentry by Jim to perform critical path work on a home renovation so that we could move in without complications later. Jim and his crew failed us on multiple levels. They showed up several days in first week, then he left things to be done by Brian on his crew. Brian showed up sporadically, didn’t show up when he said he would, didn’t have proper tools, used our saw horses & tools for his work when we needed them for ourselves. Found that Jim had multiple projects going at once and spread his workers thin instead of getting our work done quickly and get out. Delays caused complications with other contractors getting their work done and gave Jim excuses for not showing up. Made multiple calls to Jim asking him to come by to finish up work; always got the, «we’ll take care of you.» response but still he/​they did not show up and did not get work done on time. Had to pay others to finish some of his work because he didn’t return phone calls and we hadn’t seen them for over a week — we didn’t think he was coming back. The day we had movers here bringing in boxes and furniture Jim shows up, installs closet doors and then wants to argue with us about what he is owed and demands payment while we’re trying to manage the movers. Nice timing. Electrical work — had Jim move a electrical box in a ceiling for a dining room light; electrician installing the fixture tells us the electrical box is not attached properly to a solid structure in the ceiling — will need rework performed. When I removed not one, but two new bathroom lights installed by Jim in order to paint, I found packaging material (Styrofoam and plastic bags) left inside both fixture bases. Fire hazard? Shall I go on?