I write with very mixed feelings. Johnny Green is a likable guy and owns Green Homes construction…read more We hired him to remodel 2 kitchens, paint, build a deck, pergola, plumbing repair, wiring. While his prices are in line with most everyone else, not all of his work is. His people are paid by the hour, not the job. Some of the workers do work very hard and get the work done right the first time. His painter Jose is exemplary but when we had our home repainted recently, the new contractor we hired explained that a poor quality paint was used and showed me instead what they would be using. We had Green Homes put in a deck and pergola. The stain faded within 6 months, the deck sides were never finished out with a finish board border and all along one end, the deck floor ends with the boards cutting off at various lengths like crooked teeth. Not only this but when he purchased the deck stain, he instead used fence stain as it was cheaper. This would have voided my hot tub warranty and he refused to make it right. So I ended up buying paint and painting the whole deck, which had been a nice redwood deck, with a paint to cover up the stain to avoid chemicals getting on me or into the spa. Years back, we had an ongoing roof leak where he had remodeled our utility room, completely gutting it and starting over, including the roof. Everytime we got a heavy rain, it would leak, whereas, it never leaked before. For 2 years I kept telling him the leak was not fixed, something clearly was inherently wrong with the workmanship and he needed to do a deeper dive into the root cause and fix the issue for good because coming out each time and 'patching' it with sealant was not helping. The last words to me, after repeatedly ignoring this request was that he always lost money on my jobs, said I treated him badly and that his warranty ended 12 months after the work...even though the leak was never resolved. I had to hire and pay for an entirely new company to fix what he did wrong. In doing that, I discovered that his men removed a very important floor joist; they just cut it, when it was meant to support our utility room! Johnny is a nice man, but he does not hire top tier folks nor does he Project Manage adequately to catch mistakes and get them corrected. My final words to him were that he made the decision of whether to ever hire him again an easy one. A reputable company will fix what they did wrong and they should never cut a floor joist.
