Barbera Homes was great to work with. They built a beautiful home for my clients in Kelly Farms…read more The listing agent, Cindi Cox, was a great communicator and easy to work with. I would highly recommend them again! Palma Pedrick Roohan Realty

I could not agree more with Nick's review. Even 3 years later, not one thing has changed and I was…read morein complete denial until I experienced everything he described. I went through it during the construction process first hand and I'm still dealing with them almost a year after signing my contract. I wish I had never done this. I was constantly stressed out and this was and is still a completely awful experience. Whoever gave this company 5 stars was clearly paid to, probably so they wouldn't have a 1 star rating. I honestly don't know how Frank can legitimately run a business like this. Not one person working for him will care about you, your family, or your situation. All they want is your money and they will say anything to get it. A perfect description, as Nick said, is over promised expectations and undelivered results. That should be their slogan. If you do choose to go with them, be prepared to: 1. Overpay for your house by thousands of dollars for pretty shitty work and low quality materials. It's what Frank calls "affordable". Do your research and the math on the outrageous upgrade costs. You will realize you're getting screwed. 2. Have zero communication between the site coordinator, operations manager, construction manager, and the construction team... you might as well kiss your blueprints goodbye because what you sign won't be followed and the things listed as standard features in your contract won't be included. I know this sounds crazy and you're saying to yourself, "how can that be?", but it really is true. 3. Have plenty of incompetent subcontractors working on your house. 75% of the guys are still learning how to do their jobs or are in training and the construction manager is never there to supervise anyone. This is because Frank is so cheap he's not willing to pay for people who actually know what they are doing. I am afraid for what is behind the walls, seriously. The day we closed on our house, we had no hot water and our dishwasher wouldn't turn on. How bad could it be, right? After being present for the necessary repairs, we found out that our hot and cold water lines were connected together and the water line to our refrigerator had never been done at all. The main electrical wiring to our dishwasher had been nearly cut in half and could have started a fire if the dishwasher was able to turn on. I thought you're supposed to have peace of mind building a new house... not so much. One more example, our neighbor's house was built 6 months before ours. Their sump pump failed a weekend when they were out of town. They came home to 2 feet of water in their basement, everything was ruined, including the furnace, and they did not have flood insurance. They had quite a battle getting that taken care of with BH. 4. Deal with their greedy real estate agent/site coordinator, Maryellen Blair. She is a complete bitch and has a serious conflict of interest with this type of home purchase. Unfortunately, she is the only tether you have to your house after you've signed the contract so get ready to deal with her for 4+ months. Be sure to have your own real estate agent with you for every single meeting. I would highly suggest one with new construction experience who will abdicate for you because Maryellen is a snake in this industry. I could not stand this woman, by the last walk through I wouldn't even speak to her, let alone shake her hand. 5. Be lied to...constantly. We were rushed into making decisions and signing off on things that were not correct. If we didn't, then we were told that we are holding up the building process. This is a complete lie because they already have their own agenda (and blueprints apparently) and the time frame in which you make your decisions has little effect on that when they are just starting to build the house. What they don't want you to know is they are rushing you so you don't look at the details. They are vague for a reason, which allows them to get away with shit behind your back and still make you pay for it at the end of the day. Clearly, I am very unhappy and I do not recommend BH to anyone. Everything I've had to go through has been a fight because nothing is ever done right the first time and no one cares about my house. I paid more than market value for it, so I've literally thrown my money out the window and I won't be going get it back anytime soon. No amount of remedies has made up for what this builder has and continues to put me through. I don't care about his reputation in the Capital Region because it is a bunch of bullshit. It is unfortunate that more people don't voice their experiences to warn others from going through this fate. He should not be allowed to lie to people and use and abuse them like they are garbage, it is absolutely disgraceful. Save yourself the aggravation and build with or buy from someone else...

DQ Renovations provided great service at a fair price for my upstairs bathroom reno. I was…read moreconverting a tub to a tiled shower with soap niche, replacing the vanity, and replacing the floor tile. The work was done well. I appreciate the attention to detail, expert tile work, and the long hours. I appreciate the easy communication with the renovation team, and how they were respectful of my home. They were particularly kind to my momma, who was there during all of the work. The work did take longer than expected; but I was told I'd be happy with the finished project. I am!

David and his team are unbelievable. They are so professional and their level of work is such high…read morequality at an extremely reasonable price. We are going to work with them on many more projects and are very lucky to have found them!

HIred Capital Diamond for a relatively minor repair from winter storm damage. I've found it's a lot…read moreharder to get minor work done than major, but three facts sum up my very positive experience: 1- Bobby came when he said he would 2- his videos both before and after his work were clear and well-narrated. 3- but what was especially impressive - he made a temporary repair and removed potentially dangerous debris BEFORE i even agreed to hire him or gave him a down payment. I would highly recommend him for his reliability and responsiveness.

The experience was great from the first phone call till the roof job was complete I couldn't,ask…read morefor a better job. They removed and replaced it with beautiful new one. When Robert gave me my estimate I was pleasantly surprised at the amount it was so reasonable. Thank for everything. Nancy W

Wanted to re-do two showers and contracted with McDonald Const to do work. There was a delay…read moregetting going as they were backed up with jobs and some other issues but we weren't in any hurry so we were ok with that. Easy to work with, responsive, worked non-stop once they started, including weekends, and we ended up with two new beautiful showers. We felt the price for the work to be done was reasonable. Left our house spotless......

Had a tub to shower remodel of our very small bathroom. Crew arrived Monday for demo. Work went…read morewell at first but then got more and more disjointed. Thursday arrived with significant work left to be done with Friday deadline. Work was rushed from then on and the end result showed it. Paint job was terrible. Tile floor was also cobbed. Much other evidence of hurry up and finish attitude. Issues were addressed a week later after several calls and waiting around for work to be completed again. Overall a very stressful , inconvenient and unimpressive experience. Felt our little job wasn't a priority . Would not recommend this company as they seem to have too much work to handle with reliable, satisfactory work for every job taken on.

Had a leak in our roof. They came and inspected and completed all necessary repairs to the roof…read morequickly and did great work. I would recommend them to anyone.

They just completed my house siding replacement job. Excellent work and very professional. This is…read moreat least the 4th siding job they've did in my immediate neighborhood within the last year. Everyone is very pleased. Highly recommend!

Don and his coworker came to install my outside door and security door. They came within the time…read moreframe that was given to me. Don worked pretty fast and did an excellent job with my doors. I am very much satisfied with the work that he has done. He made sure that I was happy with the job that was done before he left. I will definitely be using him again! I forgot to add that whatever mess they make, they clean it right up and they take away your old doors too!

I needed a small deck, but on the second story of my older brick building. Don did a FANTASTIC job…read moreand I am so happy with the result. It's nice to be able to sit on the deck and enjoy my backyard!!!! And now that my fire escape is attached to my back stairs, I don't have to jump from a fire .

Excellent experience working with Cole. He helped us enclose our breezeway, convert the garage into…read morean office and bathroom, and update our existing bathrooms. Great communicator. Transparent. Would love to work together again. Highly recommended.

Cole is seriously the best. He completely gutted and renovated our kitchen and bathroom and we…read morecould not be happier with the results. It's been almost a year now and the quality of the work is excellent - zero issues with any of it which is a major relief. The detail work he did is stellar - I am still noticing things he took care of without us having to ask. He worked really quickly too which was helpful since the epicenter of our home was completely torn apart. He ALSO found and fixed some MAJOR problems without adding very much to the over all cost of the project which was very, very kind, something most other contractors would have taken advantage of. The last thing I will say is that the weekend before we were set to start the renovation, I severely broke my ankle. I was sending notes and sketches to Cole from my hospital bed and he was unbelievably patient, kind, and open to whatever we wanted to do and made sure he had what we wanted just right. He was easy to work with and made sure we were happy with every single decision. He also gave us great advice when we were considering a bad choice for materials or design. I seriously cannot recommend him enough, Cole is a great contractor, does excellent and HONEST work. He's busy but if you can get on his calendar, I promise you will not be disappointed. 4,000,000/10 will hire him again (I am attaching photos - they aren't great images and don't do the job justice at ALL, but i tried)

A great company to do business with. They actually listened to what I wanted and didn't try to…read moredictate to me what they thought that I should choose. From my initial conversations with Bryan and with Steve , to the team that they sent to replace my windows, Jay, Bob,Jacob and Amir, I couldn't have asked for a better experience. I would definitely do business with this company again.

Our job was to remove worn decking and replace with Trex, remove one set of steps and install two…read morenew sets, railings and lattice work. The work was done meticulously and with precision. Encountered a section of hidden water damage which was smoothly repaired and buttoned up. Daniele Barcaglia and Justin Burton worked daily in absolute miserable weather, snowy, raining and windy cold but continued to focus on our deck with unhurried care and conscientiousness, making sure that each cut and placement of materials was spot on. The final result was just superb and we could not be more pleased with the quality of work and with the friendly and hard-working gentleman on this job. We think highly of Bennett because of their exceptional work.