Martinelli Building and Contracting totally renovated our kitchen and primary bath along with a…read morerefresh ( painting, new cabinet front, lighting and vanity top) of a hall bath. The kitchen renovation required the removal of a load bearing wall to open up the space. He also replaced carpet in three bedrooms, installed hardwood floors, refinished the existing hardwoods and painted the interior living space. Adam was very detail oriented. He was organized, creative, dependable, professional, timely and experienced. The skills of his crew also reflected his high standards. They were always on time, worked steadily while on the job and left their work area neat at the end of the day. We would definitely recommend his company to anyone in the market to build or renovate a home.

These guys built my home and did an EXCELLENT job. I once had an issue with a leaky window and they…read morecame out and fixed it, no problems or issues! 5 years later and we are very happy in our home.

Great folks who do great electrical work. Contractors are professional, knowledgeable and quick…read morewith their work. I recommend them to anyone who is needing electrical work done. Regardless of the size of your job, call them and see what they can do for you!

Pros: - plenty of connections to leverage in completion of…read moredifferent types of work - helped us find reasonable priced solutions - timely - communicative with us during the process (until the end) Cons: - disappeared after a slip-up (more details in following paragraph) - did not follow through with "punch list" for clean up - made assumptions of what work would be completed by outside trades we hired, leading to delays after his portion of work. Summary paragraph: We had hired Jake to complete a renovation of our basement. The process leading up to and during the renovation was very good. Jake cleared most of work with us as he completed each step (sheet rock, drywall mud, electrical, etc.) Everything was moving swimmingly, and frankly a 5 star rating, until we got towards the end and a minor mishap by CHS handyman with the flooring caused a delay in completion of the entire space (work after Jake's initial portion). While the delay was unfortunate this wasn't something to dissuade us from working with Jake in the future. The cons of our experience come after all of this occurs. Jake had asked us to make a "punch list" of things to clean up cosmetically for him when he came back. We had also spoken about completing some floorboards for the room at an additional price. We said we would love to do both and when the time came we would follow up. We reached out to Jake to inform him the basement was cleared for him to do the floorboards and to complete the "punch list" of items for cosmetic clean-up. Jake did not reply to these inquiries. TLDR: - removed 1 star for ghosting us in completion of additional work. Leading to further delays in completion of the space. - removed 1 star for not following through with punch-list items. Requiring us to hire outside help to fix. Edited review to move to 3 stars as I was able to fix some of the previous issues myself.

I had them install some pull down attic stairs, which was beyond my skill as the existing opening…read morewas too small, and there was some electrical wire in the way. They came out to provide an estimate, and to my surprise, they offered to proceed with the installation at the same time. They reviewed the estimate with me in detail, and after I signed off on it, proceeded with the project. Apparently, they charge labor by the hour, so when they were done, they charged me $500 less than estimated as they finished quicker. A very professional service, and I appreciate their honestly in their billing, would definitely use them again!

Reliable Subcontractor, would recommend. Good quality and value. Have used on several recent…read moreprojects.

Positives - pricing and ability to start the job quickly. As well, Melissa in the office is…read morewonderful. Negatives - the workers were like bulls in a china shop. They trampled flower beds( thank goodness I had put off planting). From removing the old roof many things were damaged - screens, marks on my siding, and I later discovered my grill. The screens were replaced - at first with 2 non matching screens and when the gentleman came out to inquire why I wasn't happy he acted like I was such a bother to him - keep in mind his company damaged them and I just wanted screens to match each other and the rest of the house. They also broke my gutter which I pointed out to the crew chief - he promised they would fix that and add back my rain diverter before they left the job - they did not. Once again I was the bother when the gentleman came to inquire what was wrong. Overall there is just no respect for the home owner or their property. The roof itself is very nice and I believe the work they do to be quality. There is just no customer service by those that come out to the house. Melissa in the office was the only thing keeping me sane with all the issues.

Rob Hanawalt is awesome! Hire his company!…read more We met Rob in 2005-2006 when he worked as a subcontractor on a house we were building. He obviously had skill as a carpenter and was very respectful. His attention to detail is great as he built a door from a door slab we provided (he didn't require a pre-hung door). He always checked with us when we were both on site to see if we were satisfied with his work and to see how we were doing. Soon after the completion of the house, we directly hired him to do some handy-man work on the townhouse we were selling. His price was fair, and he did a great job. As usual, he kept to schedule and finished when he said he would. In 2009, we hired his company, Inspired Construction, to fill in the ground level of the house he worked on in 2006 (house on columns). Again, Rob listened to what we wanted and was willing to work with us on tasks that we wanted to do ourselves. His quote was fair, and his crew members were as trustworthy as him. He did a great job. He suggested subcontractors to us instead of just hiring them. We went with his suggestions, and the subs were as good as Rob. You're probably wondering what happens if something goes wrong. Well, my wife and I left confusing directions with Rob about how we wanted our exterior steps built before we left on a long weekend trip. I described how to build them, and my wife later told him that a neighbor had a set of stairs similar to what we wanted. The stairs were done when we returned, but not how we wanted. Instead of refusing to work with us, he agreed to rework the stairs for half of the rework price. He's never run out on a job like other contractors we hired. He's so good that he provided a copy of the paid invoice for the 2009 job when we couldn't find it in 2016 for tax purposes. To summarize, Rob is competent, hard-working, dependable, respectful, and trustworthy. The definition of professional should have his picture included. The worst characteristics about a contractor are lack of communication and not showing up. Rob doesn't have these characteristics. He even returns a call to say that his company is too busy to take on a job (give him a couple of days to call back though). Stop looking and hire him if you are lucky enough to find him with an opening in his schedule. I did read the review by Arienne L. and have no knowledge of the project. If that review concerns you, you really need to contact Rob to discover his side of the story. All I can say is that we had at least 4 ventures with Rob over at last 5 years, and he was ALWAYS a stand up guy.

Where to start... Everyone said my husband and I were crazy for even contemplating a home…read morerenovation. General contractors have about the same reputation as car salesmen (except about 10 times worse), but we made sure to do our homework and interview MANY general contractors in the Charleston area. We narrowed it down to two, and decided to choose Rob Hanawalt of Inspired Construction. He seemed to be a diamond in the rough. His appearance was so non-threatening, he was well-spoken and intelligent, and above all he seemed extremely passionate about his work, craft, and customer service. Unfortunately for us, he has proven to be anything but. Our experience with him has lasted for over a year now, and the nightmare seems to be never-ending. Our project was a large project, but was one that he assured us he had the expertise to undertake. The job went over budget, well over the time frame (as it still has not been completed 100%), and has left my family with hardwood floors that need to be replaced and will likely cost us tens of thousands of dollars to fix. Here is a list of just some of the specific issues he failed to complete: - He failed to have proper knowledge of how to install our bamboo flooring throughout our house. He failed to properly manage his subcontractors while they were installing our floors, and could never provide us with full documentation on the type of glue that was used during installation. Our floors now need to be replaced and could cost us up to $30,000 to replace! When we asked him to file a claim with his insurance to fix the problem, he denied any wrongdoing and threatened my husband and family. - He failed to have proper knowledge of Charleston County code requiring our house to have hurricane protection shutters, which cost us thousands of unexpected dollars to create and install. - Our yard was left in shambles, with nails, concrete, piles of dirt, bricks, paint cans, and other debris strewn about. When we brought this to his attention and asked him to clean up the mess, he told us that the yard was not a part of his "scope of contracted work" and that we basically should have expected our yard to be destroyed during our renovation. Instead we had to spend days cleaning up the mess ourselves, as well as having to hire outside help to do the things we could not do ourselves. We also had to just pray that our young children would not hurt themselves while in our yard. Our children's safety was obviously never a concern of his... At first we were devastated by this huge blunder caused by Inspired Construction. We tried several times to bring the problems to his attention so that he could attempt to rectify the situation, but unfortunately that didn't work. Not only did he deny any wrongdoing (which we figured he would do), but he went so far as to blame the problem on us, the clients, and threaten us with all sorts of outlandish things. Honestly, there are many more issues to report on, but I am tired of thinking about it at this point. I have never in my life dealt with someone so unprofessional, dishonest, disingenuous, and lacking of common decency. There is not enough room on this page for me to express the entirety of grief and aggravation that he has caused my family. PLEASE, for your own sake, DO NOT hire this company to do any sort of work on your house. You will regret it. The phrase "wolf in sheep's clothing" was created to describe individuals like Rob Hanawalt.

We reached out to RJF for a quote on a remodel. 2 weeks later when they came out to look at the job…read morethey looked at it, asked a few vague questions and then left. Never heard back from them. No quote, no "sorry we are not interested" just ghosted us. Highly unprofessional, but they were unresponsive from the get go. I think the job might have been a bit much for them, but they could have said something. Shed or a deck they might be worth a try, but unprofessional in one aspect of the business is a red flag to me

Dave has done several electrical and renovation jobs around our home and has always done a fabulous…read morejob. He is responsive, reliable and honest, is clean and curious and performs high quality work at a fair price. I would 100% recommend Dave for your next project! It's difficult to get a good contractor like him.

They pulled my chimney down into their trailer and busted the axle. They had to come with another…read moretrailer to load the bricks into.

Company using door to door salesman for business. Ignored no soliciting sign, very pushy, and left…read morea door hanger after I said no thank you we don't need anything. Let your work speak for itself..