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.

Unfortunately Matt Jones is unreliable. I contracted with CNJ Services in March to install a…read morekitchen tile backsplash. I gave Matt a deposit and we scheduled the work for mid-April, After 3 scheduled date No-shows he will no longer return my phone calls or answer my voice mail messages. It has been a month without communication and I'm out my deposit,

I would highly recommend CNJ services. The owner was very responsive to my initial contact and…read moresubsequent request. Best of all, they were able to remove and install a new fan in my home's great room that has a 20 foot ceiling! After contacting several handymen services, I had almost given up. CNJ came to my home, quoted the job, showed up at the agreed upon time with scaffolding, and completed the job with no hassles. The team was very professional. My new fan looks terrific!

I hired Donnie to replace 2 dry rotted gable vents on my house. He was very responsive and…read moreprofessional with his assessment and did a really good job installing them. He was very thorough in making sure everything was sealed up and done properly. Nice work area cleanup also. His price was very reasonable. Highly recommended. - GH

These guys were hired by our GC to do a small deck repair job. They finished their part Thurs…read more evening after dark. The next morning they came to our door demanding payment claiming our GC didn't show up to their meeting somewhere. This frightened my wife, who was home alone. He threatened to climb up and destroy his work or place a lien on our home. She told them she would contact the general contractor and figure out what was going on. The GC was unavailable. They showed up two hours later to bully her some more. She called me where I told her to just pay them to get rid of them. They were rude and extremely unprofessional. The job had not even been inspected by the GC yet. There must be better companies to deal with for roofing needs.

David and his team are amazing to work with and I recommend them 100%! We used them to do a front…read moreporch structural repair, lay a new wood floor, add brick steps, and add screen to our back porch. We have done major remodeling to the interior and only wish we had found David for those jobs! He was communicative, timely, and very professional! He posts pictures on a customer website often, shows up on time...even during a tornado!, and works ALL day. I have to say it was a pleasure having him do work for us and his prices are very reasonable!

Pear Tree Renovations is one of the most unprofessional and unreliable services that I have ever…read moreutilized. David came over and completed a quote. During his visit, I introduced him to my neighbor who was interested in a second quote on a job that he was completing. David cancelled my services within 24 hours twice only to show up at my neighbors' house the following day and complete his work. He offered several un-truths, was deceitful and never came to complete the work that I requested. I felt very inconvenienced and discriminated against. I would recommend his services to absolutely NOONE.