Renovatio Remodeling Contractors

Like a lot of typical contractors, Dave Lewis of Renovatio does NOT follow through on his work. Details are always left unfinished. He also REFUSES to allow you to get anything in writing – and once he has an idea in his head as to how a job should be done (materials and style) it’s as if his ideas are written in stone – in other words don’t try to talk him out of the way HE WANTS to do things – even if you see major flaws in his approach. If you have problems with his work after the fact, he won’t lift a f***ing finger for you – it’s just on to the next job for him. I completely agree with another reviewer who says that he knows nothing of real construction work – don’t let him do any concrete work for you. He’ll also give you ridiculous verbal estimates on the time for a job. He told me a few weeks on a major construction job – almost three MONTHS later he was still not finished and I had to keep calling him and bugging him to see when he would be able to finish the job. And again, I had some pretty major issues with part of the job he did after the fact, contacted Dave to see what could be done. He didn’t lift a finger – and even LIED about how some of the work had been sub-​contracted. I finally hired my own concrete guy who knew what he was doing and fixed Dave’s mess – but at a pretty significant cost.

Renovatio Remodeling started by Mr Dave Lewis and Mr Mitul Patel is a big crap. Too bad that Unilocal does not allow negative stars. Here is my recent horrible experience dealing with these 2 people.
Both these guys have ZERO knowledge of construction. They stand in your house scrolling through their mobile phones and your house is at the mercy of temporary people they hire to get the work done.
I hired Renovatio Remodeling to remodel my house in Campbell in April 2015. Remodeling involved, removing existing kitchen, constructing new kitchen at different location, moving living area, adding a new bathroom, chaning half bath to full bath, changing flooring, interior and exterior painting, sun tunnels etc. Total project cost was around $ 85K to $ 90K.
To make their bid attractive, while negotiating on the contract cost, Mr Patel intentionally gave me financial discounts on the work to be done at the end of the project, like flooring, painting, sun tunnels.
But as the work started I started realizing I was getting robbed and also failing inspections due to their no knowledge of california code.
Excessive charges:
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As the project continued, I realized, I was charged exorbitant amount for small work like $ 800 for replacing 3ft by 3ft rotten wooden flooring base or $ 790 for digging 1 ft deep and 3 ft wide trench.
For Kitchen remodeling I was given quote for $ 10 000 for material and $ 4000 on labor and the funny part was even if you find cabinets worth $ 6000 you still have to pay them full $ 10 000 for material.
ZERO construction knowledge
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1. Both these gentlemen claim to be in the business for many years, constructing houses every day but they were not aware of basic California construction codes that PGE gas meter can not be 3 feet of a window or door. They constructed a new window at my house which was right next to PGE gas meter (1 ft away). This failed gas meter inspection for the house and cost me $ 5000 to move the PGE meter to a new location.
2. Mr Patel could not even read architectural diagrams correctly. We designed a peninsula in our new kitchen and they constructed a tall breakfast bar. On top that they asked for more money for this construction. They were not even aware that tall breakfast bar requires 2 electrical outlets by code.
3. Mr Patel has no clue that remodeling that involves electrical redesign requires new 200Amp electrical box instead of old 100Amp box. Or they intentionally kept this information hidden so that they could charge me additional $ 3000 for replacing electrical box.
4. Unfortunately both these experts were not even aware that as per California law, sewer clean out needs to be installed outside. All these information came to light after we started failing inspection one by one and I started getting additional cost emails totaling more than 10 thousand dollars.
Excessive anger when confronted on cost
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They regularly showed excessive anger and frustration if you ask to explain the charges requested. In one such incident I was charged $ 400 for 2 hours of plumbing job. I called plumber and asked whats your rate per hour when I knew plumber only worked for 30 mins. But because I called plumber directly these 2 gentlemen got so angry that they got into fight with me as to why I called plumber and challenged their charges.
Everything subcontracted and marked up
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As I said, these 2 guys have no clue how to even hold a hammer. Every section of my project was sub contracted to some one else that they had no control over.
But still every invoice I received had markup charges (A term used to charge 10% additional amount on the material used) on sub contracted items.
Zero respect for commitment
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When they made most of the money that they could by robbing me blind folded, they found a different work outside and left my project in the middle after sending a single email. This email listed exactly all the work on which I was given cost discount at the start of the project. I realized they never intended to complete my work to begin with.
I have so many horror stories more with my experiences with these clowns. If you like searching different contractor mid way and enjoy the suffering of getting robbed by bunch of Uninformed greenhorns, I definitely recommend these two layman for the job.

When it came time for replacing a fence between my neighbors and me, I had the very good fortune of being introduced to Renovatio. Dave had a great sense for how to translate our design into reality and made a number of excellent, yet cost effective, suggestions to enhance the final product. He was extremely cost conscious, timely and highly dedicated to finishing the project on time and on budget. My neighbors and I are thrilled with the final outcome.
Dave is a true credit to his profession. He is a total professional, is well equipped with all the tools and materials he needs, has a phenomenal work ethic and is totally focused on customer satisfaction. I would use Dave for my next project in a heartbeat.

I would like to say thank you to David for the job he did. The condo above mine had a leak and caused serious damage to my ceiling. The owner of the above unit asked me to find a person to fix it and I found David’s company online. He did a great job and even installed a ceiling fan that I had purchased. David has a good company and they are not overpriced.

Dave showed my landlord the nasty truth about my bathroom and convinced him to gut the room, tearing out all the cheap repairs and shoddy work from the past. He started from scratch and built a beautiful room that’s clean and easy to use. He added those extra touches that made the room look like a million bucks. I love my new bathroom!