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    Kanga Room Systems

    3.5 (32 reviews)
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    Wow! Don't even know where to start. Jeff Ellis and his sons own Kanga Room Systems in Waco, Texas, building pre-fab homes. My husband and I have been watching and researching this company for a few years and loving what we saw. We contacted Kanga last year during the pandemic to have them build a pre-fab home for us, finishing only the exterior. Having remodeled several homes, we wanted to finish out the interior. After signing the contract, Kanga said they had a 4-6 month lead time. It was more like 9 months but that was fine since we could be flexible. The pandemic, coupled with labor shortages, was the issue. Everything about the build was quality and they were the nicest people to deal with. We are located about 3 hours away from Waco but that was never an issue. Needless to say, we are absolutely thrilled with our home and the entire experience. They are a small company so you have to flexible and patient. We are extremely happy with our Kanga Room Systems home and we would do it again in a heartbeat! Thank you Kanga Room Systems for our new lakehouse!

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    Justin H.

    We wanted to add a small space for our parents and grandparent to be comfortable in when they visit and after seeing the old model units in Burnet and falling in love with them, we gave Kangaroom a call. We have not regretted this decision in the slightest. We were able to view one of the units at a private residence and it was just what we were looking for. Jeremy, one of the owners, came by a few days later. We went over the options and signed the contact. We were given a time line of 6-8 months. It ended up coming in closer to ten but there were some serious weather delays and the city takes their time with permitting and inspections. Through any delay, the site manager, Kenny, was very communicative and we never felt like we were in the dark or being misled. Kanga Room Systems is a true soup to nuts service. Once we signed the contract, we never had to lift a finger other than a few cosmetic decisions. The sub contractors were fantastic and I can genuinely say that I will miss having them around. We could not be more pleased with the finished product and look forward to the joy it will bring to our family. Kanga Room Systems is a true Texas company and it absolutely shine through in how the conduct their business.

    Rob M.

    I contracted Kanga to build my studio shell. Build was fast, good quality, and the team communicated clearly. Was the perfect choice for my needs.

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    I know these are beautiful buildings, but do yourself a favor and AVOID this company. The work is shoddy, not done on time, and the sub-contractors Mr. Ellis uses barely know what they are doing. Pros: Decently quick turnaround from order to installation (2 months). Externally beautiful buildings. This design could be recreated by any decent carpenter though. Cons: Almost too many to list. Most importantly - I asked Mr. Ellis to come out and see the poor workmanship (he was never on-site) and he declined. Getting to the details: Skid base was just plopped on top of ground, 22 inch rise to the floor; Poor framing (using badly warped wood); shoddy workmanship (at least 10% of the nails missed the framing and are sticking out into the interior of the shed; Poor paint job (said he would use Sherwin Williams paint, had to send guys back to Waco when they showed up with Behr; still didn't use right type of SW paint that I requested; and still, in the end, I could see the primer in many spots). While Mr. Ellis was never quick to return phone calls or emails (and I was very understanding since he has a young family), he literally emailed and texted multiple times a day for several days in a row in order to get the final payment. I was able to get some of the cost knocked off, but seriously, find a carpenter or contractor that doesn't sub out. You'll get the same beautiful shed and support talented, but ever-more-scarce craftsmen. Update 3/17/2015: The door of the shed won't stay closed. We have to keep a brick in front of it. Update 5/2/2015: Mr. Ellis has contacted me regarding my negative experience and apologized. We are working together to resolve the issues. I will update my review once we come to a resolution. Update 8/9/2015: three months since contacted by Mr. Ellis and they have yet to come out. My last three emails have gone unanswered. I stand by my original 1star review.

    Nicole V.

    Let me start off with the fact that when they came to install the plumbing, they broke the main sewer line from my house to the city, resulting in me finding human feces in my yard one morning. When I brought to the subcontractor's attention that there was feces in my yard, he seemed surprised. When you pay a company over $50,000, you would think that they would be professionals and at least know not to break the main sewer line. After reading several poor reviews on Kanga, I really wanted to give Kanga the benefit of the doubt. May of 2017, I started the process of having a Kanga built. I was told the process would take 3-4 months. Almost 1YEAR later, I am not hopeful that the Kanga will be finished anytime soon. I have really tried to be patient, but I am finally fed up. Kanga has given me the runaround from the start. Including taking months to send the needed paperwork to the bank so I could get approved for a loan, taking months to submit plans to the city for permitting and inspection, and not finishing the work, and doing the work incorrectly. For 3 months (since January 22nd ) my entire yard has been ripped up with 2 foot trenches. I used to enjoy my backyard, but for the last 3 months my yard has been a dust and mud pit. They also left trash and a huge pile of supplies in our yard where snakes, spiders, and weeds have taken up residence. The plumbing was not installed correctly so there has been dirty water stagnating in the kanga shower for over a week. They say they will send someone out to fix the issues, but the problems have not been addressed. Kanga blames the slow progress on the city and inspections, but I am realizing that Kanga and the subcontractors they hire are the problem, not the city. From what I can gather, in order to secure your contract and money, Kanga tells you the process will take about 3 to 4 months (because who in their right mind would give Kanga their good hard earned money if they knew it would take over a year to build a 16 x 20 ft room complete with one sink, one shower, and one toilet?!). Once Kanga has your contract secured, they continue to secure as many jobs as they can and juggle all of the jobs doing poor and slow work. If you are looking to have an extra room, guest house, office built, I highly recommend you look elsewhere.

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    Well built with excellent follow-through. Works closely with we to identify items I wanted to accomplish by myself. Highly recommend.

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    After the build was completed, we had some questions and concerns and Taylor was so responsive it was almost instant.

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