The Ar-Jay Center

Terrible place to do business! We went through KBD in iowa city for our fireplace and a 2 day job took 5 months! We ended up getting LEGAL ADVICE and having a much more reliable group «FIX» and finish the job. No communication with this place and very, very, very poor quality of workmanship! Even when I called to speak with the hire ups they were very rude! We will never recommend this place to anyone! Negative rating stars would be our choice!

Horrible experiences.
We’ve had Ar-​Jay work on multiple projects for us. There have been problems with each project. The work has been sloppy and amateurish. Actually, had I done the work myself, as a non-​handyman, I would not have done such a poor job. They don’t appear to take any pride in their work, and they don’t seem to have any professional standards, either in the work they do or the way they do business.
They leave messes all over the place. They don’t pay attention to detail. Their communication is horrible — don’t expect a call back or a visit when it’s scheduled, and don’t expect them to let you know they’ll be late or have to change plans. They come back to fix things… only to leave some other problem behind.
SUMMARY:
Don’t have these guys do any work for you. They’re nice guys, but that just makes it harder to have to call them out on how lousy their work.

Ar-​Jay is persona non-​grata in my book. They get one star, but only because you cannot leave zero stars. Without getting into a long and drawn out essay, I’ll just say they do not stand behind their warranties.