Save yourself the headache and AVOID Gaddy Construction. We hired Brian Gaddy to renovate a master bathroom and a guest bath. The process was arduous and got confrontational at the end... Craftmanship is a C, attitude was a D-, timeline was a C, Painting and finishing touches gets a D, and the overall process averaged to a D+. It's a shame to spend this much money and be marginally happy with the end result.
During the bid process Brian indicated he would be on site regularly to manage the process. This was a lie and could not be further from the truth. He was rarely at the job-site, unless he needed a check.
Craftmanship: Lack of caring was the biggest issue here. At the end of the project we are left with trim boards where the nail holes were never filled, just painted over - some of them aren't even painted over. Corners on trim are not square or flush in most cases. The drywall people never sanded the second layer of mud - which shows clearly through the paint. Workers chipped the Brand New quartz countertop and 'fixed' it with some very potent epoxy - burns my blood to see brand new quartz get chipped due to carelessness.
Paint and Finishing touches = The painters were horrible. NO drop cloths were used and we ended up with paint spatter all over the windows, hardwood floors, ceiling fan, quartz countertops, new vanity, shower tile, everywhere... See pics. The cleaners that were hired by Gaddy Construction did not clean the paint up at all - in fact they didn't even clean the windows. This left the painful task of scrubbing paint off the floors to me and my wife. It took 4 hours one day just for the bedroom floors and walls - we are still working on the tile floors in the bathrooms as the paint is in the grout, etc. Finish carpentry was spotty at best. We are still finding finish nail holes that were never filled - and holes that were filled but never sanded and have since been painted over. This will likely result in us re-hiring some painters next summer to do the job correctly.
Attitude: Brian was agreeable enough during the process until I disagreed with building a new wall OVER existing carpet. Brian wanted to shortcut the process - and got very confrontational when I questioned it (FYI: Building a new permanent wall OVER carpet and padding is not acceptable per code). Brian got frustrated and walked away from me in the middle of a conversation - he stomped off to his car and sped off like a crazy person. Needless to say it's been a bit awkward since then. Most recently I was told it is "just not appropriate" to send a text at 7:30 PM on a Sunday asking about the electrician who is showing up on Monday...
Entire project gets a D-. It was frustrating and I will not deal with Gaddy Construction ever again; and I would warn you to think twice before even asking for a bid from his Company. It is not worth your money or effort.
Feel free to ask me any questions - or just look at this pics and ask yourself "Would I pay my hard earned money for that?" Hint: the answer is NO! Go find a real contractor... and email me when you find a good one please!
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