We used Tony on our house in Maine. His work turned out to be shoddy and substandard. We would never use him again. Nor would we recommend to anyone.
We were tiling a small 7'x8' powder room with a stall shower. Tony wrote up an estimate at a reasonable price and a detailed timetable with completion in 3 weeks. It ended up taking more than three months, and when he left it still was not done. Many days his crew did not show up. We understand that some days he may have to be elsewhere, but when we asked for advance notice if he was not coming, Tony got very angry. He told us that, "in 35 years, I have never had to give my itinerary to any customer". So, day after day, we would wonder if he was coming. As our job sat, the company posted photos on Facebook showing progress he was making on other jobs. When they did show up, the workday was about 11 am to 2 pm with 1 hour for lunch, so very little daily progress was made.
When he spec'd the job Tony told us how many tiles to order. Two months into the job he told us we needed to order "a few" more tiles. A "few" turned out to 44 sq ft more. Now that he's gone, we have many unopened boxes left over.
After Tony laid the last tile there was still more work to be done but he wanted to be paid in full that day. We agreed, but withheld $500 from the contract price, with his consent, to be paid when the job was completed. When Portland Glass come out to measure for installing the shower doors, we learned that Tony left an overhang that prevents installing a door. We told Tony about the mistake and asked him to correct it. He said, "You're not correct. I did not make a mistake. I've never had a problem with overhangs. Only yours. With your insults I'm not sure I may come back to fix it." He told us he would not fix the overhang unless we agreed to pay him the $500 balance that day, even though there was still more work his subs had to do. He told us if we did not pay him, to quote him, "IDK what I'll do."
We asked him not to come after that. We are not that happy about paying others to repair the work he left behind, but it's worth it to get him out of our house. He does not know what he is doing when it comes to laying tile, but he knows even less about interpersonal relationships and the need to keep promises. This is a talented tile guy whose work looks nice in photographs, but we found him miserable to deal with. read more