This contractor just littered every yard in the neighborhood with their business card stuffed in a bag of gravel. That is unlawful and a trespass. Please do not support a business that litters. If you want business, do good work and get referrals like a decent contractor. I also looked up the license number (# 1059358) on the CSLB website, and its says it is a sole proprietorship owned by ANGELICA PLASENCIA with "no employees at this time" so they don't have to provide proof of workers' compensation insurance. If this is a false statement, and they do hire employees, their license is not valid, and under the law, anyone who paid them to do any contracting work can sue them to get a full refund of everything they paid. See Vebr v. Culp, 241 Cal. App. 4th 1044 (2015) ("Section 7125.2, subdivision (a)(2) of the Business and Professions Code provides that a contractor's license is automatically suspended by operation of law as of the date the contractor is required to obtain workers' compensation insurance but fails to do so."). ANGELICA PLASENCIA of Tulare also shows up on a 2012 list of "Top 500 Delinquent Taxpayers" published by the California Board of Equalization for reportedly owing more than $600,000 in unpaid taxes. In a 2011 bankruptcy filing, Angelica was reportedly a part of the following businesses: dba Child Care fdba Mario's Auto Sales fdba Plasencia Incorporated dba Realtor fdba Mario's Auto Service In light of the above, the contractor's license used by Shift General Builder may or may not be valid. So please beware. read more

Shift General Builder & Design - This was the business card in a bag of gravel littered on every driveway and yard in my neighborhood today by Shift General Builder & Design - Fences & Gates Near Me

We had the experience everyone fears with a contractor. They proposed work and included their Contractor License #, which appeared to be in good standing. As the work progressed, we expanded the project. They collected money so that they could order materials, and we've never seen them again. They have admitted in correspondence they haven't come back because they don't have money to purchase the materials -- our money is gone. They ghosted us for long periods of time, and then promised to finish the job when paid by other customers. Hard to give up on that money, but it is clear what happened here. They used the following names and numbers: The proposal contract was Shift General Builder & Design, license # 1059358. The contact is Alfredo Rodriguez, who held himself out as an owner. (He leaves the country from time to time and just disappears from communications). The license is under Angelica Plasencia, and we haven't been able to get a different result escalating to her. Buyer beware. It appears they will take your money to either live or pay for old jobs. read more

WARNING! DO NOT FALL FOR THE BAG OF ROCKS THESE PEOPLE ARE CRIMINALS! We have to second Tim B's review. The exact same thing happened to us. On the surface, everything seemed in order -- licensed and bonded, they came out to to the estimate, worked with us on the price, and even "got us a deal" on the permits -- the owner said he had a hook up. We were naive and this guy talks a pretty good game. After getting us to expand the project mid-construction, shell out over $25k (for "supplies" and "permits") they disappeared and we did not see anyone from the crew in over a month. We called, emailed, texted, probably a hundred times. Nothing. They left an unfinished, unpermitted retaining wall, a huge gaping trench that is extremely dangerous, and about 75% of the job un-done. We will have to tear down all the work (at our expense) and start over entirely. Because the work was not permitted ("Al" said it was) we have now been cited by the city and have had to shell out 13k in surveys and soils report, just so we can un-do what these idiots did. Our back yard is ruined, we are out thousands of dollars and both contacts at Shift have ghosted us. Alfredo Rodriguez (also goes by George) kept us on the line for weeks saying they would "come back tomorrow" or that he would call us, or that he had just gotten back from vacation (that's why we did not hear from him for ten days despite dozens of texts). Finally, when we threatened legal action and said we did want them continuing work, and would contact their bonding agent, they sent the whole team to our house at 7:30 in the morning on a Saturday without warning. Of course, at that time we had realized that the work was not permitted so we had to send them away. Angelica Plasencia claims to have no knowledge of this job or the thousands of dollars we gave "her" business, and confirmed that George (Jorge) is not his real name. I assume they are in this thing together and she feigns ignorance so she has plausible deniability. After months of back and forth, and Al admitting all the money was gone, we got him to sign a notarized promissory note, committing to refunding half what he stole over the next year, in installments. We even got post-dated checks to be safe. Unsurprisingly, he closed the account before we could cash the first one. We are now working with the police and our lawyer to find this guy and make sure he is held accountable. It is clear he does this over and over using different business names, personal names and license numbers. My understanding is that we got off easy, only tens of thousands not hundreds of thousands gone. I do not want another good-willed person to be stolen from like this. Please note: this happened to us in August, and this ordeal is ongoing. The damage to our property is still un-resolved (due to the city now being involved) and we only got $2700 back, out of the $15k he agreed to. read more