So Cal Home Remodeling

I hired So Cal Home Remodeling for my mom’s house. She needed a bathroom remodel, since I know Danny, I called him directly. My mother is a perfectionist and is beyond difficult. I won’t lie, my hesitations were there, because she can be very difficult and I wanted the project to go smoothly. Danny and the team took the time to reassure my mother with plans and designs (way awesome), thank you for that. Her project went well and smoothly, she’s beyond happy with her new bathroom, which all in all it is a huge relief for me. Thank you to the crews and the wonderful customer service you provided my family.

This project was an absolute nightmare almost right from the start. It began with a rather slimy gentleman coming to the house to give us a general estimate of our job. We were looking to build a concrete/​stucco courtyard wall and gate. It quickly became apparent that the man who was sent was a salesman rather than a contractor or builder, although he definitely tried to come off as an expert. He kept referring to our job as a «retaining wall» even after we corrected him several times (it’s also clear when looking at our yard that there was nothing to «retain») He quickly pitched us an estimate during that same visit and told us that he would take a certain (and significant) percentage off of the price if we signed the contract that day. We were lured in by the deal as his bid came in at least $ 1000 cheaper than most of the other companies who came to give us their quotes. BIG MISTAKE! We were also told that the job would take 2 weeks. It ended up taking over one month for them to complete.
When I asked him for a simple rendering of the project plans, he was quick to reassure me that «this is an easy job. You don’t need a drawing.» Um. Yes. We do… I told him that this was an industry standard and that we just want to be sure that everyone is on the same page and that the idea in our head matched their plans. After going back and forth with me about it for nearly a week, he finally agreed to send us the same plans that the builders would be using in order to do their work. The day before they were to break ground, I was finally sent the simple drawings. Low and behold, they were WRONG! I let him know where the problems were and he assured me that it would be fixed by the next day. The next day, my husband went out to find that the workers had dug trenches at the wrong angles. When they showed him the plans, we found them to be the unchanged drawings from the day before.
The entire project was riddled with mistakes and delays. For example, we wanted a sleeve placed under the wall to allow for irrigation and electrical, however we found them pouring concrete into the trench without first placing the sleeve. My husband ran down to home depot right then purchased everything for them so that it could be placed before the concrete dried.
The men working on the wall were very nice and one of them told us that we had been grossly under-​bid. Apparently there was no way they could do the job at the price we paid, however that’s what you get when you have a slimy salesman selling the job he knows nothing about. They also said, «this happens all the time and it’s the biggest complaint of the homeowners.»
In the end, we got our wall, however our gate doesn’t close properly. In fact, it doesn’t close at all after a good rain. We ended up being our own foremen and we saved some money, but it absolutely wasn’t worth it.
I can’t speak for any of their other work, but we were anything but impressed. We learned the hard way that if it seems too good to be true, it probably is… Well it was… Don’t do it!

Years ago I contacted this company about a remodel. I didn’t like the person they sent out to do a bid. He talked down to me, told me I shouldn’t ask questions, treated me like I was stupid and kept alluding to the fact that my husband should be the one talking to him. But this company keeps calling me and calling me and calling me. I am on the no call list and I have told them numerous times to stop, but they keep calling. They change the phone numbers from which they call so blocking the number doesn’t help. If you value your money, your time and your privacy, do not give So Cal any information about yourself, especially contact information, because they will abuse it.