Our kitchen remodel with Javier was a nightmare. We hired him to do granite counter tops/backsplash and paint our cabinets. Counter tops had to be done twice. First attempt the sink was off center by 4 3/4 of an inch and he was trying to get us to just accept it as is. He knew it was off center and wasn't going to say anything. He had cut my cabinet underneath to try and get it where it needed to be but couldn't get it over enough. After my husband made it clear that it was no acceptable he agreed to buy another slab and fix it. Lied about buying another slab and he used what he had left of the original material.
We had to point out flaws in his work numerous times and be constantly babysitting the job. He asked for a deposit of $2000 on day 2 for a $5600 job which is illegal. Plus we had to buy our own granite....that he messed up. Granite job came out only OK. Seams are kind of big and visible and spots where he missed filling with epoxy.
Painting.....absolutely atrocious! DO NOT LET HIM PAINT. He only caulked half of what he needed to, there's paint runs, not enough paint on the cabinets. He painted with a tiny roller and an art brush. Never even used a real paint brush. After 3 days of painting, when he left I found my drawers painted shut.
He damaged my dishwasher with his grinder and left spilled paint on my driveway. He also cracked 2 of my cabinet doors. When I brought this to his attention he had nothing to say and didn't deny it either.
Anytime you point something out to him he has excuses. After he got done with the granite and had 1 more day of work (touching up paint) he was asking for more money. Once the granite was done, we fired him and didn't pay him for paint. The cabinets literally need to be completely redone. I pointed out the caulking that he didn't do and he said, "that's alot of work". I explained that is part of painting and reminded him that he looked at the job in person before he gave me a price. He insisted that he could just touch them up. They are way past that. They need to be resanded and repainted. He is not capable of paint and granite is questionable.
Javier is licensed for counter tops/stone work. Javier looked at the job in person to give me an estimate on counter tops. He mentioned numerous times that he is licensed, bonded and insured. Javier asked what I was doing with the cabinets and I told him I was getting prices for paint. He said, "I paint too, I can do it, it will be beautiful. I paint cabinets all the time." I was under the impression that he was a general contractor. He should not be offering other services that he is not capable of doing. I told him that when he was fired and he said, "ya paint is easy, paint is whatever".
He told me the job would take 5 days. 2 for paint, 1 day to fabricate the granite and 2 days for install. Job took 2 weeks. read more