They were contracted by my mother to do a bathroom remodel. Many details were left out of the contract. It only has a few lines that they can actually put in work details, so it will be vague. The rest of the front/back contract is full of legalities to protect them...including that you have to notify them in writing within 3 days to cancel, and that any cancellation after that you will be required to pay 50% of the cost.
My mom was pushed into signing the contract on a day when she was alone with the salesman (Matt). This was in about March of 2022, and $10,000 was paid up front. Here we are in May of 2023 and this $27000 bath remodel isn''t done yet, although they claimed it was. Within 24hrs of claiming it was done, Matt was threatening a lien on the house if the remaining amount wasn't paid in full.
There were many verbal promises made, and when it comes to the end, they want to fall back on the contract and remind us that they don't have to do anything that wasn't in writing. Folks, get it ALL in writing. Add some lines to protect yourself, such as a firm deadline, discounts for delays, standup days, etc. I'd suggest something like $200 each day that they are beyond the contractual completion date, and $200 for each day that they say they are coming and don't work a full day. If they aren't willing to do this, then consider that they aren't confident in their ability to do the job in the time stated, and to show up as they say they will.
During this process, my mother was stood up over 40 times. My mother tried to call the owner several times and couldn't get any response until the time they claimed completion and she said she was waiting to talk to the owner before making any payment.
The shower did look nice, but there were issues. It was supposed to have a seat that would be 18" deep. They built it 15", even after her telling the guy several times that she wanted 18", even on the day he built it. The material used was like a faux tile look, and appears to be quality material. However, they turned it sideways on the short wall, so it didn't match the rest of the shower. When she said something, they told her that they didn't buy enough material to do it the other way and that it would be weeks to get more if they ordered it. We also have found that the wall is more than a foot shorter than it should have been. These idiots didn't even order enough material to do the job as the contract states.
One door was changed from left to right. They completely butchered the new hinge recesses and didn't even attempt to fill the old ones. It looked like a blind beaver chewed it. I hope yelp lets me post pictures.
She also wanted to go from carpet to a laminate. Everybody knows that laminate is thinner than carpet+pad. For this reason, baseboards need to be lowered or the subfloor raised. Otherwise, it leaves big gaps below the baseboard. They simply pulled the quarter round and put new material lower. This left the line on the baseboard where the old quarter round had been caulked. At the doors, they were going to leave gaps of over 3/4" to the floor. The proper thing to do is remove the door frame, lower it to the floor, and repair/patch a little at the top of the door trim. Instead, they decided to cut small pieces of trim and put them into the space. I'm hoping this lets me add pictures so you can see this. They now claim they can put filler on this and make it look right. I know better. It's much more time effective to do this the right way with the right materials than spend much more time patching and getting poor quality workmanship.
My advice is to go elsewhere. They spend a lot of money on advertising and talk a good game up front...but once they got my mom's money, they were in no rush at all. Over 1yr later and they were still in no rush to do a bath remodel, but a day after they claim completion, they are in a such a rush to get paid the balance that they begin making threats. It's a good thing for them that my mother hasn't followed all my advice, or she'd have already told them to go kick rocks without any more money at all. read more