We hired Sineath Construction to renovate and add an addition to our home in Fairview. Our first project manager left the company after about two months on the job. He was replaced by a new employee who lacked the experience to handle our job, (search Jonathan Platt and Appalachian Builders Collective for his poor reviews). Our project was originally scheduled to take nine months and after fifteen months we were able to sign off although additional work needed to be done. Many of the original estimates Sineath Construction provided were low compared to actual cost (electrical budgeted at 14K with lowest bid coming at 28K) , and the project went almost 200K over budget despite us downsizing the project. Here are a few highlights of the major mistakes made: tried to hook up two pressure tanks to a well; installed floating staircase backwards; installed bedroom windows in wrong sequence and had to remove and reinstall; installed thermostat for heated floor in wrong room; installed siding around windows three times before done correctly; forgot to run water line to master bath and had to open dry wall to add - then failed inspection and had to reopen the ceiling to fix; installed the wrong bathtub; we had to source and order our own hardwood floor and tile because PM told us "Go to Carpet One." and refused (or couldn't) to compute square footage of rooms; failed 10+ county inspections, completed interior painting was such a mess that Sineath paid $8400 to hire our painters to fix it; exterior paint began to peel within a week of completion; forgot to run electric lines for kitchen stove, bedroom ceiling and all exterior lights; had to open entryway ceiling for the third time to fix missing wire for ceiling light; general lack of efficiency ordering materials, as we had multiple returns of pallets of materials; materials also disappeared from worksite. We were also told that most of the rework we wouldn't be charged for, but it often still showed up on our invoices. We had to comb through each invoice and find items that were incorrectly charged and to remind them to give us credits for materials returned. Efficiency never seems to be their concern since they are charging 18% on top on all invoices. We voiced our concerns to Brian and Ed during the process and were promised improvements, but the project continued to flounder from a lack of attention to detail and lack of management experience. Needless to say, we were disappointed with Sineath Construction and would never rehire and do NOT recommend them. They may have been builder of the year a few years ago, but with personnel changes, poor internal communications and growth, they cannot provide the attention a project needs. read more