General Remodeling & Construction

We used this company to re-​wire our home. They started out friendly, professional and personable. They stated that they employed their own electricians and drywallers, so they could control the amount of damage that they would do during the re-​wiring. They gave a timeline of 5 days to complete the wiring and 3 days to patch the walls. We purposely scheduled the job during our 2-​week vacation to accomidate this timeline.
The re-​wiring took 7 days, with the workers staying past 10 pm on the last 2 days to finish. During the re-​wiring, we were told that the foundation of our house was not braced to code and that we needed to fix this. We were told we needed a permit and that the electrical inspectors might not pass us if they saw this. We were charged over $ 6000 for the foundation T-​bracing. During this job, we were told that a beam also needed to be replaced due to rot. We were quoted $ 2400 to replace the beam. We were also told that a lot of other work was needed that totaled up to $ 4500. We decided to get another quote from a structural engineer for the rotted beam. He replaced the beam for $ 600 and told us that the T-​bracing was not needed for code for our house and that not only was the job not necessary, but if it had been, it should have only cost us $ 1000 — $ 2000. We complained to the company management and got no response and no restitution. We did not pass our initial electrical inspection. The inspector did not look at or comment on the T-​bracing. When we asked when the inspection for the T-​bracing was, we were told that a permit was not required after all.
After the electrical fixes were completed, the wall patching nightmare began. A drywaller foreman came to our house, the night before the work was to began, to see how many holes needed to be patched (#164). The next day, no one showed up. When we called the project manager, he said that his drywaller was in a minor accident and couldn’t make it. They sent one person the next day to began patching the walls. After speaking with this individual (limited english), we found out he wasn’t licensed and was called that morning to come work on this job. The following day, he brought another worker with him and proceeded to finish patching the walls. Eight days later, the job was supposedly complete. Upon inspection, most of the outlets were set so far into the wall, that the face plates could not be secured. Some of the outlets were plastered in a way that you could not remove the outlets if you had to (screws holding the outlets were plastered over). There were drips and splatters where the texture and paint was redone. We called the project manager to correct the problem. He sent out the same team (2 men) to redo the plastering. 4 days later, the job was supposedly complete. Once again, outlets were set too deep to attach the face plates. Walls had bulges, splatters and drips where texture was placed. Texture was on the baseboards, ceilings, and floors. The project manager was called again to inspect the work. We insisted that a different team of people be sent to repair the walls. A second team was sent and they finally completed the job after 2 days. The job was far from perfect, but we just wanted this company gone. We cleaned and repainted after they left. We also found 2 junction boxes in the attic that were left uncovered with the wiring exposed. When it came time to make the final payment, we were told we owed an additional $ 700 for taxes and $ 400 for «city fees». We refused to pay the «taxes» as it was not in our contract and they could not provide a receipt. We agreed to pay the «city fees» as this was noted in our contract. We asked for a receipt or copy thereof and we were told that we could check with the county for proof. We insisted on a copy of the receipt and were given a copy of the electrician’s bill. It turned out that they sub-​contracted out both the electrical and the drywalling jobs. We have not received a copy of the «city fees», but have found out the cost was only $ 168 not $ 400. We would not recommend this company to anyone. They will lie to your face to get you to pay for work that you do not need.

Run. Fast.
Here was our experience. Rani was our «project manager» and we should have been clued in to what was going to occur when in one of our initial sessions he did magic tricks. He is adept at making money disappear. He made a bunch of promises, breaking most of them. We asked for how money was being spent as the loans were drawn and he gave us nothing but — «general building supplies». He told us we’d be done by Christmas — we were not done until mid February. He said he’d be in communication with us every step of the way as to what was occurring — we only saw him when it involved getting more money or us raising a stink. We went with this company because they could do the financing and everything. Here is the good news — the top guy on the crew is amazing — his name is Sergio and he can do everything. His work is beautiful, he is honest and committed. My guess is that this company will lose this guy because he is too good and too ethical to stick around with the behavior mentioned above. He was frustrated because they wouldn’t give him the crew to get the job done and Rani would come and stand over his work making comments every now and then but ignoring what he needed. We ended up buying quite a bit of the fixtures to complete our project out of pocket and they still came in significantly over budget. My guess — whatever financing you qualify for — they will spend every penny and more. We just talked with Rani’s boss and he seems to be a pretty stand up guy — but they are cutting off their feet by having people like Rani represent them. He appears to be interested, honest and caring — but then when offered with feedback, complaints — he always has some excuse or story as to why it isn’t his fault. No responsibility.