Need a fence built in McKinney

[mikec]

As it relates to underbidding I get that, but it's shady to look at other peoples bids and then reprice your job to win the work.

That being said I have a negative review for you. Your crew destroyed the front yard at my rent house and I was told it was par for the course. Did a piss pour job with concrete patches and left a general mess (food wrappers and cans). Again told by your guy it was par for the course. It also took 2 months to get a receipt and final repair paperwork after you were paid. Not to mention I basically begged you to get me quotes on drywall repair, bathroom remodel and new flooring. You never delivered one single quote after I waited around for over a month. Before you tell these people you are trying to feed your family you need to work on your follow through and GC skills.

Edit: I still need someone to stain a fence for me.

You happen to be standing in 6" of mud with myself and the foundation guy when I stated "Where is my grass?" and my response of "Fuck that sucks". You responded with once it rains some it will level out and that I should just re seed it.

I paid you half up front (poor choice) to which you were unable to provide a receipt for at the time I handed you a check. I requested numerous times for receipts, foundation survey and warranty paperwork. Your delay in payment was due to you unable to get the paperwork from your sub.

If you had no interest in doing the quotes why did you string it along for over a month? Be a man and say I'm not interested.

Point being you are a lack luster GC, poor business man and don't appear to be a stand up guy. I avoided stating anything publicly about you because I know what word of mouth does to a business. However when you got so high and mighty in here, you and the others needed to be told the truth.

Couple of things about this were bothering me, so I went back by today and took some pictures of your "yard". You state my guys destroyed your yard, yet, there really isn't any yard to speak of in any of the work areas. In one pic, there is a good view of a patch where we had to go through sidewalk to get the pier in. That looks good. In the other areas, we had to remove brick, do our thing, then reinstall the brick. The only real place the yard could have been messed up is in the rear. No way we would have left mounds of dirt on the sidewalks that cover three and a half sides of the work area. So, what gives? Then, the other yard pics show bare dirt. Are you mad that they left footprints in the mud? It had been raining for a week prior, and you were in a hurry to get it done.

At the end of the day, you're showing your ass because I refused to do more work for you after you took two weeks to pay me for completing the job. This after beating me to death on price, telling me over and over how tight your budget was, how you wanted to do the work yourself, but needed to get it done. And, if I'm not mistaken, you did end up replacing the rotted out siding and painting it yourself.

At any rate, look at the pics of his "yard", look at the work areas where we would have been putting in piers, and draw your own conclusions.

http://s98.photobucket.com/user/Fox466/slideshow/Corey

Also, you four internet bullies are fine examples of upstanding citizens, with morals and character beyond reproach! Especially Matt, with your putting what Sean gossiped to you out there. Such good guys! All four of you are doing this out of spite, because you don't like me, and because this is your playground.

Pretty damned pathetic, imo.

[Baron Von Crowder]

I had Mike put a roof on my house a few years ago; he did a top notch job and came in at a really good price. His people picked up the nails and trash out of the yard too.

I don't know what happened in this case, but one thing strikes me - when you want work done perhaps it is best to spell out everything that needs to be done in a contract beforehand, and specify the milestones that must be achieved before a payment will be made. That way, everyone knows and agrees on the work to be done and when payments will be made. I see this all of the time in my line of work, and when there is no contract explicitly spelling out the scope of the work feelings get hurt when things go wrong.

Mike - this goes for you too - protect yourself with a contract.

Well, yeah, that is something that makes sense.

But, If you didnt know anything about cars, and you needed a timing belt done, would you automatically know that it would be a good idea to put a water pump and maybe seals in while you are in there? Usually (since you arent mechanically savvy) you would rely on the shop/service advisor to help you out with what needs to be done at the same time, just as a GC should do. If you already know the ins-and-outs of getting it done, you could hire the subs yourself, and wouldnt need the GC.

[mikeb]

I had Mike put a roof on my house a few years ago; he did a top notch job and came in at a really good price. His people picked up the nails and trash out of the yard too.

I don't know what happened in this case, but one thing strikes me - when you want work done perhaps it is best to spell out everything that needs to be done in a contract beforehand, and specify the milestones that must be achieved before a payment will be made. That way, everyone knows and agrees on the work to be done and when payments will be made. I see this all of the time in my line of work, and when there is no contract explicitly spelling out the scope of the work feelings get hurt when things go wrong.

Mike - this goes for you too - protect yourself with a contract.

[idrivea4banger]

That kid has some skills.

[YALE]

That kid is a beast

If Adam had a kid...

[lowthreeohz]

That kid is a beast

[lincolnboy]

do we need to bring this kid to stop the drama..
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[SMKR]

So you won't say it?

No wonder a messican can't get no work around here with all these damn undercuttin fence builders, shit!

LOL, I like menudo....

[lincolnboy]

pm sent.

thanks homie,

[mustang1200]

i need a dry wall guy. busted up dry wall thanks to neices and nephew.

pm sent.

[lincolnboy]

Glad you are happy with the work. He is coming by the office to patch up a bunch of random holes after redoing and adding a conference room.

i need a dry wall guy. busted up dry wall thanks to neices and nephew.

[mustang1200]

Albert is a great guy and I would use his guys again in a heart beat. We didnt even discuss the drywall scrap haul away as part of the deal. My house is being treated like new construction... they dont haul away the mess. A builder had a cleaning crew do that. I have learned now if I ever did this again to make sure it is in the agreement when we get the bid.

Again, thanks for the recommendation. Albert and his guys did a great job. Did a level 5 smooth drywall finish. He takes pride in his work.

Glad you are happy with the work. He is coming by the office to patch up a bunch of random holes after redoing and adding a conference room.

[8mpg]

It was muddy because they dumped the dirt from the holes all over the yard. It would have been wet grass otherwise.

It saved me money in the long run, but the savings wasn't worth the headache. I would have kept searching for another contractor had I known. Hind site is 20/20.

I just had a pool put in and they destroyed pretty much my entire yard, but as expected they repaired all the dirt work and grass.



I did complain to the contractor and to Mike himself. Neither seemed to be to concerned about fixing the problem and I wasn't going to get in a pissing match.

I paid after he hounded me about it and giving me sob stories about a broken truck. The work was complete and I felt I could trust him to follow through with what he said he would do. Again hind site is 20/20. I've had fairly good luck in hiring contractors over the years so I tend to give them the benefit of the doubt. I'm far from naive, but at times go with my gut rather than my head.



you shssh.





Bitches should be cleaning up. I would mention it to Albert because he lives off word of mouth. Contractors aren't very clean in generally sadly.

Albert is a great guy and I would use his guys again in a heart beat. We didnt even discuss the drywall scrap haul away as part of the deal. My house is being treated like new construction... they dont haul away the mess. A builder had a cleaning crew do that. I have learned now if I ever did this again to make sure it is in the agreement when we get the bid.

Again, thanks for the recommendation. Albert and his guys did a great job. Did a level 5 smooth drywall finish. He takes pride in his work.

[mustang1200]

Never pay if you're not satisfied with the finished product. Even if it's a family member, not paying is the only real leverage you have in order to get the person or company to honor what they said they would do. If they truly did a shit job then they will come back and fix it because they want their money. And if they threaten with taking you to court you tell them go right ahead, after all no one is going to go to court knowing you're going to have pictures of their shoddy and/or unfinished work. So for future if that happens, I'd suggest keeping the cash in your pocket until everything is done and finished to your standards. And you might want to let others know right after it happens. Waiting so long makes it easy for others to question legitimacy.

Oh I completely understand how it's suppose to go down. I chose not to blast him here openly because I saw it not doing much good. I only decided to after he got high and mighty in this thread.

I went about my business and just ensured that none of my friends used him. I'm not worried about my legitimacy to others as the people that know me know me. I do appreciate your advise though as it's all solid advice.

[Lone Sailor]

I did complain to the contractor and to Mike himself. Neither seemed to be to concerned about fixing the problem and I wasn't going to get in a pissing match.



I paid after he hounded me about it and giving me sob stories about a broken truck. The work was complete and I felt I could trust him to follow through with what he said he would do. Again hind site is 20/20. I've had fairly good luck in hiring contractors over the years so I tend to give them the benefit of the doubt. I'm far from naive, but at times go with my gut rather than my.

Never pay if you're not satisfied with the finished product. Even if it's a family member, not paying is the only real leverage you have in order to get the person or company to honor what they said they would do. If they truly did a shit job then they will come back and fix it because they want their money. And if they threaten with taking you to court you tell them go right ahead, after all no one is going to go to court knowing you're going to have pictures of their shoddy and/or unfinished work. So for future if that happens, I'd suggest keeping the cash in your pocket until everything is done and finished to your standards. And you might want to let others know right after it happens. Waiting so long makes it easy for others to question legitimacy.