Don't use this contractor is the best advice I can give you. We sued him as he failed every aspect on the project from roofing, concrete, framing, painting, cabinets and he causes damages to your property as he has no regard for your property and so much more. The engineer report from both his engineering company and ours, confirms this complete debacle and subpar damaged work. In addition Jimmy (James Hoyt) sued all his subs. To retaliate he filed false complaints against the county on us, he filed a malicious mechanics lien which he had to dismiss because he had no proof. He never proved the expenditures we gave him so he pocketed the money which is basically unjust enrichment or could be civil theft. You have to testify under oath to the validity of the mechanics lien when you go to file it so the guy lies under oath. He had to dismiss two other frivolous lawsuits he filed against us all because he had no proof as they were in retaliation. He is a horrible deceitful contractor and extremely unknowledgeable that causes more damages than good. He damages other parts or your property by not protecting it as he cut our cables for internet, ran into our custom wood fence ruining the gate in two areas, dropped heavy metal objects all over our concrete patio causing huge chips everywhere. His insurance company has offered us a settlement as they don't want to go to trial. He has had his insurance canceled three times per his own words due to shoddy workmanship and he lies constantly. This is what our project looked like after we gave him 2 extensions before firing him. He took money to purchase base case and trim and never brought it to the property, he installed a roof that was 2"off and he claims he has been in roofing for 25 years, he put over 45 chips in our concrete by throwing crow bars on our concrete when digging our post holes, he left unfinished mason work although being paid for it, ran over numerous pieces of metal edging with the mini excavator (even the small one he rented he was too short to operate safely), slopped stain all over our siding and left huge gaps where he installed the posts which he wanted to us caulk because he doesn't know construction and it needed trim installed, LOL! Didn't install stairs or base and case. Left the grounds un-reclaimed and it was in the contract for him to do so. Left at least 9 more cabinets unfinished like this one and paid his friend the full amount of his invoice. Never installed the gutters for the utility room, yet being paid for them. The biggest issue is that he hid the junction boxes for the patio lights under the tongue and groove so we were not able to get final inspection signed off on. He did this electrical work himself. Hire this guy at your own risk. Had to have the step jackhammered and replaced because his guys screwed it up and the entire front of the step fell off and then they did it a second time so we had no choice but to fire James! read more