Jc Construction was contracted to perform the water/mold mitigation and restoration in our condo (we are tenants) after an upstairs neighbor's toilet overflowed. The water ran undiscovered for 4 hours and required our master bath to be demo'd as well as our living room walls.
We were asked to get a hotel while the wet areas were disinfected and the fans and dehumidifiers ran (estimated time was 4 days). After that time we would be able to continue residing in the condo as it's a two bed, two bath and only one bath was affected. We came back the same night to grab some items we left to find that no disinfectant, fans or dehumidifiers were ever placed in our unit. This was a Friday and we assumed perhaps they would bring the mitigation equipment over the weekend or even the following Monday. No one showed up. The condo continued to remain wet for 4 days before someone arrived, not to mitigate- but to start the repairs. They continued to rebuild without taking care to assure the structure was dry, mold free, and safe. No county building permits, no mitigation, no consideration for the family paying $2000.00 per month to reside in the unit.
This review is not meant to evaluate the poor/dangerous quality of work as I have no invested interest in the property. This review's sole purpose is to advise others about the company's cavalier and unprofessional behaviors during their time in our home.
We were instructed to move our person items and that our large bed would be padded, protected and moved by Nick's crew. The bed was the only item that remained in the room. We had completely moved into our second bedroom. They didn't dissemble the bed. They moved the entire king frame as a whole unit and stood it up against a wall with finished edges dragging against the concrete. They also broke all 4 bolt locations at each corner. Nick saw the damage and told us he would have it repaired or replaced- this never happened. The bed was destroyed and is now in the landfill.
In the living room we had 2 other pieces of furniture covered in caulk, paint overspray, and wall texture. One chest was caved in after being used as a step stool. Again, Nick saw the damage and said he would reimburse us. This never happened.
Our new rug was taken out of a folded pile on our couch and used for a drop cloth for the tile setting crew. The crew apologized and said they would replace it. This never happened.
We were absolutely ok with the crews using our second bath while they worked. They are good hard working guys. We were not ok to come home to our trash can being filled with their feces. We don't know the reason for them leaving their stool at the top of our bathroom trash can. We let Nick know and he said he would talk to the crews. The next night... even worse. Even more fecal matter piled to the top of the can. Brazen, unbelievable and definitely on purpose. After this I installed a keyed lock to limit the bathroom use.
On top of having to look and smell what the crews had for dinner the night before we also had no barrier plastic to keep the rest of the condo protected from the drywall dust. I'm a contractor myself, and I was completely shocked to come home to a thick layer of dust on every item we own. I would never do business this way, and can't understand how Nick is able to.
The demo trash was left in our condo exterior hallway for over a week. Broken mirrors with neighboring children having to pass by. The crews scraped out their lunch bowls daily into the pile. The neighbors repeatedly asked it to be removed, and Nick came up with a new excuse daily as to why it remained.
Moldy wet carpet stayed rolled up in our master closet for two weeks. The smell was terrible.
Our house key was handed off to different people who would show up at random times and open the door without knocking. We tried to be accommodating and understood that the repairs need to take place, but we did request some kind of schedule.
We lost all trust in Nick. We watched him attempt to fraud the insurance company (wetting walls with the sink tap so that his moisture meter would show wet in areas that were indeed dry and undamaged). We saw him completely disregard State contractor law ( no permits for a full bath demo and replacement)
Nick has caused an incredible amount of disruption to my family. He doesn't care, and now doesn't respond. I called him from my wife's phone number to discuss the $1040.00 dollars he owes for our property damage and as soon as he knew who was calling he just hung up on me.
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