I hired Desert Sun Builders to refurbish my deck, including new deck boards and new railing. The job involved demolition, rough carpentry, and finish work. The quality of work varied from good, to acceptable, to not acceptable, to breathtakingly bad. I had to check the work at the end of every work day because the contractor never got around to checking what his crew did. And the more I found that needed repair, correction or completion, and there was a lot of that, the more surly the contractor got. When the work moved to the deck stairway, it quickly became apparent that his crew had no clue how to finish stair risers and treads, how to use a miter saw, how to make things level and square - it was unbelievable - and the contractor still could not be bothered to check their work and was quite hostile when I did. In their final day onsite, both the contractor and the crew got careless and damaged materials prior to and after installation. He ran out of materials and was not able to finish the job. He packed up and left, saying he'd be back with more materials. I never heard from him again, and that was kind of a blessing. I am still dealing with the aftermath. read more
