Texas Attorney General
P.O. Box12548, Austin,TX. 78711-2548
I'm no friend of A. Paradise Construction and Remodeling or Preston McGuire owner nor would I hire them to do any kind of work or recommend him to anyone. All I can say is beware of A. Paradise Construction and Remodeling if you're in need of any kind of work to be done and considering them.
On 8/23/2017, I signed a contract with A. Paradise Construction and Remodeling, Preston McGuire owner at, 10648 Towerwood Dr.. Ft. Worth, TX. 76140 Ph. no. 817-713-5479, to remodel a small bathroom. This contract carried a 4 year warranty against workmanship and leaks. The work consisted of; 1. Remove and replace when complete the vanity and towel .2. Some minor construction work on the shower door opening, replace the shower value (which we furnished), remove all the existing tile and backer board replace with hardy board type backer board retile the shower walls and floor. 3. Retile the bathroom floor. 4. Texture the bathroom walls and repaint. All work was to be completed 4 to 5 days no more than a week. Work started on 8/ 29. Preston McGuire's step brother Ryan Little, owner of RL Construction & Remodeling out of Lawton, OK. Ph. no. 580-559-3722 did all the work. Due to him having personal and business problems in Oklahoma there were a lot of delays, after installing the shower floor Ryan had to pull it up and retile due to poor quality cut tile around shower drain. Most of the work was completed on around Thur. 9/28/17. Ryan Little, had some personal problems in Oklahoma so I agreed to grout the shower floor and reset the towel so he could be in Oklahoma on Friday the 29th. .
I had some paint work to do plus have the granite vanity top installed so we didn't use the shower until 10/20/17, at which time I discovered the shower didn't have any water pressure and hardly any hot water. Plus the shower floor wouldn't drain properly. The center drain was higher than rest of the floor allowing up to ¼" of water stand in shower that wouldn't drain and it seemed like the drain itself had a blockage (possible due to some of the material falling into the drain when Ryan tore out the old shower pan). I have scheduled a plumper to look at this situation/problem this week.
The cost of the contract with A. Paradise Construction and Remodeling was $2600.00. A $1000.00 up front and the balance when the job was finished, which we paid to Ryan Little on 9/28. This was before we knew we had these problems. And it appears the 4 year warranty isn't worth the paper it written on.
I started trying to get in touch with Preston and Ryan on 10/21. Called every day the following week. As far as Preston McGuire, one day they answered and hung up, every other time it went to voice mail but it was full and you couldn't, leave a message. With Ryan, I left a message every day but never got a return call
On 10/24/2017 I called Home Advises who originally listed A. Paradise Construction as a reliable contractor. They told me they had dropped him from their listing as a reliable contractor and had not been able to get in touch with them.I also filed a complaint with the Ft. Worth BBB early Dec. Talked with both Home Adviser and the BBB on l/ 12/2018 neither had gotten a response from Preston McGuire by phone or e-mail. read more