Working with Levi Morgan of Gladius Construction was a miserable and unprofessional experience.
In short, the job cost 33% more than quoted, took 10 months longer, the quality of work and material were frequently compromised, and our house was flooded.
Levi has very little knowledge of construction techniques, which severely affected his ability to coordinate subcontractors or drive accountability. He rarely oversaw or inspected his subcontractors' work, creating conflicts between trades and leaving glaring oversights in workmanship and quality. He frequently fought with us, defending poor quality without even inspecting it. Nearly every aspect of the job required my intervention. Toward the end I worked directly with subs and saved my time and frustration trying to coordinate with Levi at all.
Levi's attitude was unprofessional and erratic. On multiple occasions he hung up the phone, or yelled, and for days at a time would not answer any phone calls.
Gladius is advertised as a "design-build" firm, yet we still suffered several build conflicts which required costly custom solutions due to lack of foresight. The job was quoted to be a 4-6 month project, but ultimately took 14 months to complete. To Levi's credit he did, ultimately, achieve city inspection and occupancy sign-off. But even then, some work was left incomplete, door and cabinet hardware, thresholds, baseboards.
Levi made no effort to keep financial records during the build. He frequently requested more money, but could rarely pinpoint what, exactly, I was paying for and often contradicted himself. One example, we paid a variance of more than two-thousand dollars to upgrade our main electrical service box, but the electrician determined it did not need upgrade and did not change it. Levi would not refund the variance payment. He revealed that he had taken a personal loan to keep the company afloat and used his financial duress as an excuse for delays and poor quality. At the close of the work, he claimed that he had paid sixty-thousand dollars of his own money to complete our job, but refused to produce any records to substantiate the claim.
Beyond being inaccurate, the original quote from Gladius had large gaps. It completely omitted insulation in the walls and ceiling. It did not include tree protection or termite mesh on drains which were required by the city. All of which we then paid additionally.
The worst part was when our house flooded because the partially integrated roof was not waterproof. There was already a roof-tarp onsite which should have been installed prior, but was not. We had to bail water in the middle of the night, had to rip up floor boards and drywall, then lived with deafening industrial fans and dehumidifiers running in the house 24/7 for 2 weeks. It then took 4 months to close with insurance. To Levi's credit, he was insured.
I would not recommend Levi or Gladius Construction. read more