I am writing this review to alert anyone using Briley Contracting/Construction for any work to…read morereconsider their decision based upon my personal experience and a legal action against them based on a fire I had in December, 2023.. I can prove everything claimed in this review. Here's what you can expect after signing a contract with Roy Briley and discussing your project with them outlining what you want. They will agree to everythin; the sky's the limit. Then the game begins. The first thing Briley will do is pressure you to to surrender all the money the insurance company allocates for your job (if it is an insurance job) directly to them. Do NOT do it; keep the funds in a separate account specifically for your project and pay for the work as you go AFTER you confirm the work was actually done and completed according to industry standards in a professional manner. If you don't, you will lose any leverage you have later if something goes wrong. Your money will be gone. Briley's owner and key employees are in on the scam, willingly and actively participating in the crimes they devise to extort money from their customers; I believe this is considered racketeering which, from my understanding of the definition, are coordinated efforts by multiple people in an organization that typically use fraud, extortion, threats, and intimidation to repeatedly earn a commercial profit. They will tell you a date when it will be completed. It won't be. I was told I would be back in my house in 7 months; I have been stuck in a hotel for 19 months now. Work will start (eventually) but then it will stop often for months at a time. They will come and spend a couple of hours and then go to another job. They often go several weeks or months without even entering the premises. This was the case with me; 7 months and nothing inside was completed. The only work attempted was painting, drywall and paneling and it was a disaster, it looked horrendous, and they also punched holes in my walls that did not exist before. I fired them in August. Absolutely no remodeling work was ever completed. I came in after the firing and am completing the job myself. Immediately after I received 3 final invoices that varied by $31,000 between the three of them. He claimed he did 80% of the entire remodel. I asked which invoice was valid. He responded with a fourth one that was higher yet and started demanding payment again. I told him I wanted a breakdown of the charges, but they refused claiming it was proprietary. I told him I would happily and promptly pay them after I understood what I was being charged for. Had I turned over my insurance check they would have laughed all the way to the bank, but they were thwarted because I had leverage, having personally held the money from the insurance company myself, to fight back. To intimidate me further they demanded full payment for mitigation and storage after he was fired and held all of my personal property hostage where I could not access it for months. I consider that theft. Right after that he slapped a significant lien on my home for work he claimed he did. I asked for a breakdown of the charges. They refused and filed a full-blown lawsuit against me asking the court to order that my house be auctioned off so he could be paid. This company did nothing to earn what they were lying about in their perjurious claims to the court. I have/ am still being harassed, intimidated, threatened, frightened and pressured to pay. Now he ratcheting it up even more through unnecessary litigation in which Briley make perjurious claims to the court and do not follow statutory law relative to the process.. The cases are on Courtview. Briley's Mode of Operation is to choose an easy mark, promise them the moon, and get them to sign their contract. Then they blow you off and do what they want when they want. When you've had enough and fire them, they will threaten, badger and intimidate you like they have me, and then slap a lien on your house. If that doesn't work they file a lawsuit asking the court to auction your house off and give them the proceeds destroying your life, family, finances and mental health. Then the lawsuit gets calendared by the court. Briley's plan at that point is to delay the court action until you get so stressed and frustrated that you throw up your hands and cave, or run out of money so you can't pay your attorney anymore allowing Briley to take the property completely destroying their lives. The impact on so many people means nothing to Briley. Other people's nightmares with Briley parallel my experiences almost to the letter. I am a 72-year-old single elderly woman Briley wants to force me out of my home of 27 years and live homeless on the streets of Anchorage as soon as he can. I don't want anyone to have the same experiences I am having and would be interested to hear from anyone having similar experiences with Briley.

Wants $200 for an estimate that you get back "if" you hire them…read more This was the only one i talked to that wants money up front.

GSL did an excellent job of staining my cedar house, and painting the trim. They fit me in late in…read morethe summer, and worked steadily to finish on time. Everyone on the crew worked well together. Price was reasonable. I highly recommend them. Dave S.

I had Greg from GSL come out and give me a possible quote on painting my Condo. He was very…read moreprompt and very helpful on explaining the process of what work will be done. I was very comfortable and impressed with Greg. He did give me a rough estimate, which I found very reasonable. Roberta H

Quick and efficient service, professional, reliable, personable, reasonable price. Extremely happy…read morecustomer! Would absolutely use again.

I don't know if the handy man is coming at the specific time we agreed on. Kind of left me hangingread more

I have worked with a lot of painters over the years for commercial construction - Campbell is the…read moreONLY company I recommend for residential work! I can't say enough good things about the crew that was working in my house. It was a big job so they were there for a few weeks. The drywall could not better - exceptionally clean lines. They were great about working to limit the dust all over the house. Highly, HIGHLY recommend Ben and his Campbell team!

Kenny's proposal up-changed from what our communication was in the house to his paperwork. We…read morediscussed in detail; I pointed to each door and each window and repeated twice what he said--"$100 per door and $200 per window; and then $200 for mobilization charge." He agreed. However the written proposal came at "$150 per door and $300 per window and $250 per mobilization". He did not explain this when I questioned. Instead he said the total cost came in higher because of things he forgot about. That part I can understand, but not the manipulation of the individual costs that were agreed on. The proposal was incomplete and lacking information such as # of doors and # of windows. Just a dollar amount. Very unprofessional and lacking information. Based on this, I wouldn't trust any further work, just because of this one person. While the actual workers may have done a great job, this employee cost the company this job.

Eric and his crew at Harris Roofing have done four or five different roofs for me and my Property…read moreManagement company over the last couple of years. They are my number one go-to roofers because they are fast, knowledgeable, and finish the jobs on time, every time. Eric is easy to get a hold of, call back promptly, and his invoices are for exactly what he quoted. I highly recommend them.

Harris Roofing was a real pleasure to work with. They always responded quickly to any…read morecommunications, used high-quality materials, and left the worksite extremely clean. Very friendly folks and we absolutely recommend them.

DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH DREW!!!!!!…read more I gave him a deposit and he never showed up. Only gave me excuses after I called him to see what time he was coming. I asked for a refund and the excuses continued. He asked if he could give me half of the money now and the other half the following week and he didn't give me any money. He said he had to get money from his other jobs before he could pay me because he did not have the money. I tried on several occasions to get my money but it was excuse after excuse. He even said the bank was closed and that's why he couldn't get me my refund only promising to give it to me the next day and no money the next day. This is not a smart business man who wants the deposit ASAP but do not give you your refund. BEWARE!!!!!!!

Drew did a fantastic job. He was about to replace a door very quick and it came out great, would…read moredefinitely recommend!

Bruce Irvine is a great handyman. He can tackle a lot of the around the house jobs you may not…read morewant to do. I am a real estate agent with The Kristan Cole Team, and we refer Bruce to many of our buyers and sellers. Bruce does a real good job for our clients. Contact him and experience world class customer service! His email address is Bruceirvine@gci.net

We were in a real jam with our deck replacement after we discovered a rot issue along the side of…read moreour house. CMC gave us a fair bid and were able to start the job in a very reasonable amount of time. The crew was amazing. Fast, courteous, and kept me in the loop to make decisions as needed. Steve was a strong foreman and his team worked very hard for him. If you have water damage, fire, rot, or whatever, CMC is now the standard go to in Anchorage

Unresponsive to the extent of ghosting the insurance company and myself and provided an excuse I…read morewill not put words to it since unable to know what is 100 percent true, 80 percent true, or 10 percent true.Channeling personal challenges can occur when buying time or blowing off a customer since possibly not enough money to be made and possibly pad the estimate so the insurance company denies the claim and business owner, Jason, can say "did all he could" are my ongoing concerns since my home is still unrepaired and I now need to find someone else not flaky, disinterested, disillusioned, disingenuous, or just not to be involved with on DAY ONE? $24K for a small room and adjoining bathroom with floor damage and removed sheet rock six inches above floor level from a 2 hours toliet flood (clean/not black water) should not be over $24K with added hourly supervisor fees and other weird stuff in the estimate to the insurance company and my common sense says are you trying to get a claim denial? APPARENTLY padding and inflating an estimate and not communicating with the examiner or myself to resolve the estimate disagreements, before anything is done, tells me if you do not want the estimate, bombard it with as much ridiculous billings so as to sabotage the estimate with the insurance company and then blame the insurance company for the failure to agree and get out of the job without looking bad or get bad reviews. I have verified noncommunicative with all and that is a big red flag. Contractors in Alaska can be flaky, lack intergrity, just not worth having any communication. VERIFIED! Good luck...reviews last forever. I will get my home back but months later, I am mildly pi$$ed off.