Overview: Hired Big Hands Brown Construction for a large house remodel and garage door replacement.
2 stars for poor *accountability*, communication, punctuality, guarantee on work, and timeline. Mostly quality work completed yet with higher costs and longer timeline. This company left me on a bad note after causing a lighting and electrical issue in my home and neglected to fix it for 3 weeks, which in turn cost me $1000+ to hire a third party electrician bill which Big Hands Brown Construction has declined and refused to pay. Overall, I would NOT RECOMMEND working with this company.
Accountability: VERY poor accountability. Left the project unfinished with the electrical not working in the kitchen, dining room, and first bedroom. I had to be the one to mention the issue and they pretended to not know what I was talking about. This issue was caused by the subcontractors doing final wiring connections. The problem continued to be unresolved for weeks, with action being taken. After 3 weeks, I have a tenant moving into the property (still no working lights/electrical), therefore I chose to hire a local electrical contractor to come diagnose and fix the issue. They spent 2 visits and 8 hours resolving the issue which cost $1000+. See quality and guarantee of work for additional accountability issues.
Communication: Mediocre communication. Collin had the best communication at the very beginning. Overall, it has been choppy communication between the owner, the "office lady", and the "foreman" main subcontractor on the job. They said they would provide liability, insurance, and license information and the beginning of the project and never did. Of course they were the most forward and would often have the best communication when asking for additional payment. Over the course of the project, direct questions via message and in person (especially about timeline) were evaded and avoided.
Punctuality: Poor punctuality, even from the beginning. Collin was repeatedly very late or was a no show on times or days he agreed to meet up or show up to the property. No workers showed up some weeks or were there for only a couple hours, even when I was guaranteed to be the "priority" job.
Quality and Guarantee of Work: Mostly good quality, with nice finishes and pleasing results. No guarantee of work seems to have been provided. The whole interior of the house was re-textured and painted, yet was left with noticeable paint patches with mismatched sheen. Trim/caulk is already peeling from wall (within 1 month), construction debris left on property (old toilets, cabinet).
Timeline: Poor timeline. Unclear and dodgy from the beginning about a timeline. The project slated for 1-2 months starting in late February and took until June/July (with granted some additional work being done, however not 3+ additional months worth). I ordered most of the new material hardware, fixtures, and finishes, yet they sat in boxes in a closet accumulating dust for months until they finally got around to them.
Subcontractor Quality: Great quality with friendly and skilled workers. Was a very small team of two the majority of the time which seemed to hold back the momentum of the project.
After spending months working with Big Hands Brown Construction, I would NOT recommend working with them. If you do, it might be possible for smaller, more manageable projects where the accountability and timeline is crystal clear. AND do not pay the rest of the invoice (regardless of their pressure campaigns) until it is absolutely 100% done and to your satisfaction. read more