My wife and I hired Brent Barton to remodel our newly purchased home in May 2014. The contract specified completion in 75 days. Since we were living a long drive away from the new home, we visited once weekly to meet with Brent Barton and his project manager. After demolition, the pace of remodeling slowed until we detected little progress at our job. Eventually the workmen admitted that Barton was not paying them or his suppliers, and that during the week they were working elsewhere, rather than on our home. We did not receive work for which we had paid, including new kitchen cabinets, yet Brent Barton was asking for additional payments. After we hired him, Brent Barton told us that he was simultaneously running crews who renovated foreclosed houses, and that he spent alternate weeks out-of-state, not directly overseeing our job. We discovered that Brent Barton had not obtained required inspections and permits from the city. We terminated our contract after nearly 120 days with the worksite in chaos, and filed a complaint with the state contractor licensing board. Some of the work that had been performed eventually was torn out or repaired, due to either substandard workmanship or not being up to code, when we subsequently used a NARI certified contractor to successfully complete our project.
Based on my experience, I cannot recommend this contractor. read more
