In essence, Renaissance does high quality work but they are a complete sales-based slimey business. It is money grab at every opportunity and prices are inflatated to the absolute max; tricky language is used; questionable communication tactics are implemented; and "passed on" costs like dumpsters and porta potties are at least doubled. They rely heavily on change orders, and even though I knew this and begged them to bid it correctly, they still supplied change orders for things that were obvious. They also will refuse to provide your insurance company any supporting documentation for their costs if you have a claim you are trying to get reimbursement for.
They are able to charge this because they do a lot of insurance work and perhaps their typical clientele do not pay any attention. At some point Renaissance was advised how to maximize profit like a used car dealership and they implemented every option. I had issue after issue with them and used my own subs for carpentry, masonry and painting. Even that caused problems.
In the end, it's all smoke and mirrors and sales tactics. The laborers are working extremely hard and someone at the top is making big bank (e.g., a $350 dumpster invoice was line item'd at $900, which the dumpster company managed entirely). I wish I had not supported this entity (to the tune of about $100,000), feeling "had" the whole time, but was in too deep. Never again. read more