Contracted to build a small pole barn. Poles were 2" out of square. They brought within 10" of square , took $20k and never produced materials to finish and I fired him. Shoppers beware! read more

Dealing with Jerome Graber was a complete nightmare! Unfortunately we hired him to build us an attached garage with a bedroom and bathroom above it for my daughter. After 1 year on a 65 day job it was still not completed. He lied to us, made promises that were never kept and anytime he said someone would be out he wouldn't give us a exact date. He always calls the guys who do work for him "his guys" but when something is damaged he tries to deflect on to them and it becomes apparent that they are subcontractors. "His guys" damaged our septic system to where we had to connect to city sewer and now have a monthly bill. "His guys" cut our gas line for our pool. He tried to charge us to fix the septic system. He said he would pay for the septic system to be pumped but never did. We had poop water running across our driveway. We ended up paying for(also insurance payed for) to have the system pumped every 2 weeks because he always said "the check is in the mail" but the guy pumping it never received payment and wasn't willing to come out until he was paid. He charged us for Champion windows but put in a cheaper brand and not even the color we chose and then painted them. In our contract it was to be framed with 2x6 and it was framed with 2x4. He was going to put the bathroom in front of a window where we did not want it and was going to do so without our permission. The plans he had drawn up were not correct the 1st time and had no elevations or detail to them where gas, water, sewer, hvac, and electricity would be. The garage was built so high that just to be able to get a vehicle into it and not fall down it walking it, we had to have the apron come out ito our driveway 6-8'. And it's still a hazard to walk in in the winter. He told us he was only going to come out 18". Which would have made it a danger to walk on or drive a car up. Non of that was told to us when we signed with him and was not on the plans he had drawn up. He sold us a gas mini split system(which we paid extra for)to heat and cool the bedroom which was also to be ran to our basement to help heat and cool it. I asked on many occasions for him to send me the specs on the system. He never did but sent me the quote from the company that was to install an electric mini split. Well after speaking with several hvac professionals we concluded no such system exists. Him and the company contracted to do the mini split we're going to put the system on the front side of our house which was going to be extremely ugly when there were better options for placement. He did not consult with the hvac/electrical/plumbing company contracted before he sold us the system. So there were no runs put in before the slab or footer for gas, electric or sewer. So the gas line, and electric are on the outside of the house and the sewer had to have a hole cut in the concrete slab and trenched over. Which he never did. He was supposed to drywall the bedroom and bathroom which he didn't do, he tried to charge us extra to drywall the ceiling of the garage. By code it was supposed to be drywalled because of a living space above it. The rear man door was installed below grade which is not to code. One corner of the garage the top plate was not overlapped which is not to code. His permit was for prescriptive, he didn't build it to code for it to pass on a prescriptive permit. We know this because we had a city inspector come out to make sure what he had built was to code and we didn't have to tear it down. The shingles on one section of the garage are not straight. Some of the board an baton siding are not straight. Over spray from it being painted is all over the shingles. We picked up pounds of screws and nails from our pool area where my kids run around barefoot. Along with some type of razor blade after repeatedly asking for him to have the site cleaned up. One of "his guys" stole some tools and he wouldnt replace them. After speaking with some of "his guys" we became aware that he has had problems paying some of "his guys". So we asked for invoices, payed receipts and lien waivers. Come to find out at least one of the lien waivers was forged. We contacted our lawyer and he said to look him up on mycase.in.gov and that we would t like what we saw. And boy was he right!!! I've never seen someone who has been sued as much as he has let alone the criminal cases(2 felony check deception cases just this year). We gave him a 30 day notice to get the job finished and that no work would be done until we had all the documents we asked for to make sure he was paying "his guys". Well it didn't get finished and we sued him. We went to mediation and agree to a sum that he would pay us in 2 installments. The 1st payment was around 4 days late and 2nd installment we still haven't received and as of today is 11 days late. So, I cannot recommend hiring this man but I do recommend looking him up and his former business Midwest Developing, on mycase.in.gov along with google, BBB, Yelp. read more

We received a very prompt and fair estimate for the work we were considering. While we didn't go ahead with the job, I felt he was fair and professional and will use him in the future for work. read more

We had high hopes when we contracted MidWest to replace a section of our roof which was leaking, install new rolled roofing on our all seasons room and to repair the ceiling in the room affected by the leak which included replacing our skylight. Owner was friendly, knowledgeable and quick to respond when we asked for a quote. The price was reasonable though the wait time was quite long (about 4-5 weeks quoted.) We signed the contract which stated when they anticipated to start the job (1st week of July) and a commitment to finish by the end of July. Unfortunately they did not start until the 2nd week of July and did not give us any notice that they would not make the original date. They gave a short notice of when they would come out and actually arrived on the first stated time. They did the first part of the job (removing the damaged roof) quickly and efficiently but did not do a good job of making sure our roof would not leak. When it rained the next day it leaked very badly. When we informed the owner he came out right away and corrected the situation. Several days (or a week maybe) later they came back to finish the roof and install the skylight. There was an additional delay while we waited for the ceiling drywall to be repaired. And yet another delay before the person came out to finish the drywall (tape/spackle, etc...) Finally, after another delay and contacting the owner the "painter" came out to finish the job by painting the ceiling. He only brought a roller and pan with him. No ladder. No drop clothes. No paint. We had to let them use our ladder, drop clothes and paint that we had purchased for another room which was a slightly different color. He was in such a hurry to finish that the job was very poorly done. Lots of areas where the original paint showed through and he did not even do the entire ceiling. It was so poorly done that we are currently forced to repaint it ourselves, properly. We decided not to complain to the owner as by this time we were just glad they were finally finished. It was the second week of August and we wanted to be done. Pros: Initial quick response (quote) Knowledgeable Fair price Most of the work (except the painting) was done well Treated us fairly when noted they did not provide the skylight that was quoted (should have had interior blinds) they gave us the difference as a discount off the final payment. Cons: Communication is not their strong suit, we often had to initiate the contact after wondering why someone did not show up when promised... Crews were unprepared - we often had to loan them our ladders and painter was totally unprepared. Promised work was not done when scheduled. We rearranged schedules and made ourselves available when crews were supposed to work and no one came, no communication just "no-show" Long delays between crews doing the work - sometimes more than 1 week with no activity on our job. Crews did not do a thorough job of clean-up. We had to pick up scraps of lumber around our property and clean up paint spots on our wood floor and furniture after the painter's work. They were supposed to remove all the trash from the job site and only did so one time. The rest of the time they filled up our trash cans instead of removing from site. We had hoped to use them in the future for some of the other jobs that we want done at our home but after this experience we will not be doing so. If I were grading them I would only give them a C- due to all the frustrating issues and lack of clear communication. read more

Here is the review I wish we would have seen before signing with Jerome Graber at Mid American Construction Management.... Attaching a garage and adding a bedroom above for our daughter was supposed to be a fun, exciting, experience, (she was especially excited cause she was going to get her own space away from her brother who she currently shares a room with) but that is not the case.... It has been an absolute NIGHTMARE! Jerome is that contractor that every homeowner should fear! We are well over a year on a job he promised would be 65 days. The amount of lies that has come out of this mans mouth is astronomical, the ridiculous excuses are even worse, and then when he runs out he will blame everything on you. I could go on and on about everything he has messed up, short cornered, and the damage he has done on our project but honestly I'd probably be writing for days so I'm not and just going to hope that this review will make you decide to look elsewhere. I'd hate to see anyone else ever have to go through what we have with him. He had a prior company, which unfortunately we did not find out about until it was too late, (we were tipped off about this by a subcontractor that he had out here to bid a job that he hadn't paid in the past) named Midwest Developing Company. Look them up, even google just his name Jerome Graber. Nearly every complaint is something we have personally experienced and if we haven't we are waiting on. With his track record I'm sure we are not the last he will do this to. read more

The lead times were a little bit long due to their schedule, but it was well worth the wait. Our new building is exactly what we had been expecting, and any minor mistakes were quickly resolved. Our only complaint is that it did take about two weeks longer than originally projected to get started, but once it got underway it went very smoothly. And most importantly, our beautiful garage is complete and ready to be used! read more