Since my first review was deleted by Daniel... here is another review taking off my amazing contractors contact information since apparently that isn't allowed.
I was referred to Daniel at ProBuild by a third party who had done work at my mothers house. Regretfully, I didn't shop around because I thought this third party was reputable and I took their word for it. Wow, was that a mistake. If you want a company who overcharges and has poor communication skills, this is the company for you. Otherwise run the other way.
To start from the beginning I was given a contract and it stated that I would have to make the initial payment upon signing the DocuSign, which I was aware of, and once ProBuild gave me a date on the schedule for my project to begin. I communicated that I wanted to pay by check only, but to sign the DocuSign a credit card is required. *this should have been my first red flag*. So I signed and was awaiting a call for the scheduling date, instead I was greeted by my bank telling me that a withdrawal had been made. Seeing as how I am paying check, I'm throughly confused, but let it go because maybe they didn't get my email in time, or some other excuse.
Second payment is taken after demo. Seems reasonable, no big deal. Well again I'm waiting for Daniel the owner to get in touch with me, because for one I haven't seen him since walk through, and two I'm thinking he is going to want his check from me. Instead, my bank notifies me again that a withdrawal had been made. Again confusion because at this point Daniel has reached out to me and Karah, the accounts lady, to say I am paying check.
Some time passes and my contractor informs me that Daniel has ordered the wrong window for my house and this might cause a difference in price, not on the window front but more work needed to my house as a result. So I reach out to ask about the window with no response. I also reach back out because payment three is after completion of tile. I'm to the point where I do not want this being pulled from my account without notice so I tell them they do not have permission and I will only be paying check from now on. Per the contract we have an allowance for tile and the overage is paid by the owner. No problem there, but when I asked Daniel about the reimbursement he said no problem it would get to me on the last payment, yet Karah, in accounting, shows that no allowance was granted, meaning I am being charged twice. This wasn't the first mix up in money, I was also charged twice for labor on countertops, I was also charged for hardware that I had purchased and provided for my contractor. None which they were saying I was entitled too.
My next issue came when I was having a conversation with my contractor and he mentioned needing to get x,y, and z done so that he could get paid this week, because apparently out of all the money I'm paying to Daniel 25% is what he is paying the contractor who is doing all the work at my house. By now this doesn't seem to surprise me as communication with Daniel sucked from the get go. So I tell Daniel that I need to talk with him, 3 phone calls and numerous text and emails later he finally decides I'm important enough to respond too. I tell him that I will be paying my contractor myself so that my bathroom gets done. At this point Daniel is trying to get me to pay the contractor less so he could pocket more money for doing absolutely nothing. Daniel also told me that my contractor "didn't want to work for me anymore" which was a bold faced lie, seeing as how I talked to my contractor daily and he never expressed this.
By this point I had also asked for Daniel to send someone out to measure my shower glass since I was told it takes 2 weeks to get in. To no surprise Daniel ignores me. Along with the window issues, I decided to reach out to my contractor to see if maybe he could find contractors to finish my project, glass and stucco work. Which my contractor did and my project actually got finished. read more