BEWARE Really wish I had trusted the Yelp person who wrote on here back in 2024 that "Everything they touched was left in a much worse state than before." I remember reading that and thinking maybe it was just one bad situation. Turns out........ nope. That's pretty much exactly what happened, honestly multiplied by 100. The whole experience was horrible from start to finish. And after all of it, a roofing inspector said the work that had been done needed to be torn out and redone. DO NOT get fooled by the lowball bid from Mad Pelican aka Avi Cooper. Anyway..... should have paid more attention before going down this road. Hopefully this helps someone else avoid the same mistake. read more

He Built something for my dad and it fell over. My dad was willing to have him come back and do it again since no property was damaged. He wouldnt. My dad took him to civil court and won. read more

The worst experience with a contractor ever. I seriously believe Avi of Mad Pelican is mentally ill. He underbid the roofing job for our condominium building presumably in order to get the contract. He then started and stopped ... and started and stopped the job... over and over again, sometimes staying idle for 4 to 6 weeks. When it rained he left the roof without covering and protecting areas that were vulnerable so that all our units developed major leaking. As he continued to work in this manner he kept finding reasons to raise the price. Avi would harass our management team and board of directors; demanding the additional money over his original bid. A pattern emerged where he would not return to work without getting the additional monies he demanded. The more he worked the worse the leaking became and I began to believe he was either incompetent or purposefully sabotaging our roof (in order to extract more money from us). This went on for three months until our HOA finally terminated his contract. We have now to hire another roofing company in order to repair what Avi has done and complete the job! HIRE THIS COMPANY AT YOUR RISK AND PERIL!!!!! read more

Jay came out last year and did my parents roof. He was professional and did a great job.

We've been living in our 70+ year home for 15 years. Our roof has been a big issue since our first winter here. John and his team at Mad Pelican Roofing assessed the many problems we had and came up with a creative and reasonable plan. We are very pleased with the work done, and so far we've had two big rains and no leaks. We highly recommend Mad Pelican Roofing. Thanks, John! Anthony & Karina Stapert read more

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This guy is the worse. Wouldn't recommend him to an enemy. Poor workmanship underestimate the work and then he comes up with asking more for his pitiful work. Don't waste your time shop around these will rip you off read more

Shoddy work as someone commented. After roof done which Jay said should last 25+ years, tar debree dripped off daily from the morning moisture in the air and dripped onto the deck. After completion, we had to wash the tar off daily! Some Roofing material gaps where not sealed properly. Braces not consistently put in on some areas to support beams but also customer had to removed one that was left hanging and not connected. Deck flooring cut short under benches so no flooring. Complaints about loosing money on the job which he increased the price multiple times. Nails not securing wood/missed. Slight rip in screen door. Moody attitude at times - pressured to get paid asap when job not done yet. Didn't do what was agreed on a number of things. Unprofessional experience and a disappointment. Had someone else work on problems left behind. read more

We had a small mold issue on our ceiling and hired Avi to replace the affected drywall and baseboard trim. His quote was much lower than others, so we decided to go with him--huge mistake. He agreed to the following: 1.⁠ ⁠We'd only need to supply the paint, and he would provide all other materials. 2.⁠ ⁠He would handle mold prevention. 3.⁠ ⁠He would use a HEPA vacuum (due to mold). I've dealt with contractors who make promises but later deny them, so I confirmed these points multiple times with Avi. Before work began, we cleared out most of the room, leaving only heavy items like a treadmill, exercise machine, table, monitor, TV, TV console, a big carton of books, etc. When Avi and his assistant arrived, they moved everything to one corner and attempted to cover it with a plastic sheet that was too small. They laid a dirty rag on the carpet and started working. Avi asked my husband to pick up the paint from Home Depot, but while he was there, Avi kept adding items to the list: trim, nails, a paint handle, silicone caulk, etc. We ended up spending over $100 on additional materials beyond the paint. They replaced part of the drywall and the trim, but the drywall sealant was too wet to paint, so Avi said they'd return another day to finish. The ceiling was visibly crooked, and when my husband asked if it would be leveled, Avi brushed it off, saying once he was finished, it would only be noticeable if someone looked really hard (big lol). The trim work was shoddy, with visible nails and large gaps at the seams. This after Avi said they had completed the work there. When I pointed this out, Avi casually said he'd fix it next time. When they were packing up, my husband calmly asked Avi to confirm that he'd cover the extra material costs. Avi suddenly became angry, shouting about us "busting him over $20." My husband reminded him it was over $100 and that he'd already sent the receipt. Avi refused to believe the trim could have cost that much and stormed out to his truck. My husband tried to calm him down and said we'd cover the materials, and asked him to finish the job properly. The assistant did a great job of cleaning up after them. He basically took the rag that covered the carpet, dusted it off on the carpet and left my carpet covered in debris. Since we had the drywall replaced due to mold, I would have expected better precautions to cover everything properly but no precautions were taken and no mold prevention was done. The next day, they returned to continue the work. I had no idea how much white dust the sanding would produce, but Avi should have known and covered everything better. I checked in during the work and asked if he could make the ceiling look even, as it was concave in some areas and convex in others. He said this was the best he could do. A few hours later, his assistant informed me that the job was done, and Avi was outside on the phone, asking me to pay the remaining balance via Zelle. At this time, I went to inspect the room. The ceiling patch was so horrendously uneven - like someone had smeared the ceiling with mud and painted over it; it didn't take any effort to notice it. The trim was a disaster, with nails still visible and gaps filled like a child's art project. The paint job was uneven, with one wall looking fine and the other looking like someone randomly rolled paint in different directions. The carpet was covered in white dust and chips. When I looked at the items in the corner, they were coated in layers of white dust--every single item, every single part. A carton full of books had been left open, and now all the books were covered in dust. I went out to ask them to clean up after a minute of looking at the sorry state of affairs, but they had left already. I messaged Avi to ask if they had used the HEPA vacuum as agreed. His response? "What's a HEPA vacuum?" Seriously? He claimed he had used a vacuum and was "sorry" I didn't hear it running. A few days later, I opened the door to my closet in the room where the work was done, and everything(clothes, sheets, bags, etc) in the room was covered with a layer of white dust. Not only that, they had thrown the mold infested garbage from their work in the backyard dustbin and didn't care to even inform me. I have had very extensive attic work done prior and they sealed off the work area so well, left my house in a better state, took all their trash with them and didn't leave a mark. On the contrary, a couple of months since these guys did the job and I'm still clearing off white dust from all the stuff and still need to pay someone to redo the work. Avi made sure to let us know how little he made in this job. That is no excuse for a shoddy job and for sheer disregard for someone's home. "How you do one thing is how you do all things." This phrase perfectly sums up their work--shoddy, careless, and far below even basic standards. Everything they touched, was left in a much worse state than before. read more