I used them for the $22,750 hollowcore set on a project and held off on the precast stairs as space at the front of my site was limited until the project progressed. They did a great job setting the floors with no issues. I approved my precast stair drawings and quote for $7500 end July 2023. Several weeks went by with no call from a salesman or project coordinator, so I followed up with several calls and email to them. Weeks later, still nothing. I decided I would stop in and see why no one is returning my messages. The owner came out after 20 minutes with my signed quote in hand for $7,500 and proceeded to ask me if I could form and pour my stair case instead of using his product. I said no that is not something I had figured into the project. He then proceeded to inform me the price would double to $15,000 and wouldn't be able to do until possibly December, 2023. I asked him to justify the price increase and he said the crane would be $4,000 of the additional $7500 with the other $3500 being material cost increase (Sand, ect.) If I had to guess I would say there was approx. 2.5 yards of concrete needed to make these precast stairs. That same 2.5 yards of concrete would cost me no more than $500 if I had some delivered to my site yet they make it on site at their facility and they own the crane and the operators are employees. After challenging him on the price increase statement he made he then proceeded to state: "If you are calling me a liar then we are done here".
My question to the owner is "Why not just be upfront with everything"? Why not be honest about the true cost of materials. I'm in the trades, I get the notices of price increases all the time from other vendors and suppliers. He would rather lie to me and try to convince me that 2.5 yards of concrete went up to over an additional $1000 a yard beyond the initial $7500 for the stairs when that is a flat out lie because I have the increases sent out to me from other concrete companies. So yes, I am calling out the owner as a liar. Try being honest next time, you never know, we might be willing to understand and stick with you but after today, I will never have a good word to say about this company or use them going forward. read more