Atlanta General Contractors

"Mr. was on time, professional and clearly a journeyman carpenter. It has rained very hard since the job was completed, and the garage is as dry as it can be."

"It started out well - was very responsive in setting up an appointment and showing up on time. He spent adequate time talking over the project with me including finishes, the level of quality of his sub-contractors, etc. I was told it would take about 1 1/2 weeks to get back with a quote which was completely expected... Then, ...more I didn't hear from him for almost 3 weeks as he did not respond to my emails. When I finally contacted him through his office he explained that he had been sick for an extended period of time and that is why I didn't hear from him. (Could someone in the office not have read his emails and given me a heads-up if that was the case?) He said I should expect a quote in the next few days. Instead of a quote I got an email saying he had just gotten a couple of 'big jobs' and didn't have time for my job. After further probing I got what his quote would have been ($$$ - he said that he wouldn't be the cheapest nor the most expensive, but I have to believe he is closer to expensive) and a recommendation of another company that might be able to fit in my 'small' job. From reading other reviews my expectations were definitely higher than what actually occurred. Oh well."

"They charged more than $100. They did a really great job. was really nice. He came out quickly to do the estimate. He came out quickly to get the job done. I will consider using them again in the future."

"My total roof was replaced. I live in 80+ year old home. The house had 4 layers of old shingles that had to be removed and wood that had deteriorated. The wood was replaced, the roof done, and soffit vents were added as well. Professional job done in 2 days (rain came during the later half of the first day, but the workers worked as long as they ...more could). The site was totally cleaned after the job was done (was pretty much the way it was before they started working). I would definitely recommend this company to anyone and would use them again."

"Horrible. The story is much more detailed than below but don't want to waste time, just warn others. Warranty and promises are worthless. Great deal of scope creep, add-ons, and do-overs. In some cases, work not permitted. Unqualified sub-contractors in many cases without tools of the trade. Later in project, many major jobs outside of painting ...more had to be redone. Signed contract for do-overs not honored. Firm owner disappears when project has problems. Total cost of project very high. Quality very low on most projects. References were based on smaller jobs. Worst part is that signed contracts promises do-overs were not honored. Contractor walked away with money leaving sub-contractors and client waiting for payment or redo--neither of which happened. Initial painting, tile work, electrical, roof, and gutters was done well so client gained confidence to move to other work--renovating and repointing existing stone patio, building a new stairway from existing patio to a new lower patio, repaving driveway, building stone walls for patio and a new driveway gate. But, started to notice discrepancies in

's invoices after spreadsheeting all charges--revealing overcharges, duplicate charges, and phantom invoices. Made a list of these charges, work that was paid for but not delivered, refunds for bad stonework (labor and materials), and undelivered projects--such as driveway gate. It has been two and a half months and all I have heard is promises, unanswered or full mailbox messages. The promised delivery of receipts about the original materials charges has not taken place (>15 promises). Final reconciliation of bills (>5 promises) has not taken place. Several sub-contractors have been stiffed.

hired a stucco guy he raved about as a sub-contractor for the stone work. Guy who new nothing about stone--level, plumb, pointing, grade lines, drainage, or design.

kept asking me to give the guy a second and then a third

--that he was great. Finally I had to fire the guy after viewing crooked walls, wasted materials, two trucks of concrete, and a lower patio with a bow that looked like the Titanic. All of this stone work had to be demolished--stairways, walls, lower, and upper patio. Mortar joints were very wide and covered stone. Pressure washing and muriatic acid only made matters worse.

agreed to sit down and settle all invoicing discrepancies, refund labor and materials for the stonework on the patio and walls, and complete other unfinished projects or redo's of unsatisfactory work--kitchen and bathroom cabinets, driveway gate, poorly poured concrete driveway that doesn't even pitch toward an expensive drain system I had installed, and poorly installed cobblestone edging. I took over management of the stonework at that point 10/6/09--

from any stonework--and found an excellent replacement with great references who gave me one total price for excellent work. Oddly enough, this price was significantly under

's quoted price for much higher quality work; I had hired an excellent stonemason who gave me a total price for excellent work. Summary.

owes me (est.) for: $31,000: Wall and patio stone refunds $11,000-$15,000: Repave parts of driveway $4,800: Total construction and installation of posts, lookouts, joining fences--not done. Iron man making hinges not paid. Iron guy holding gates hostage until released by

. $3,000: Cabinet doors; owes cabinet guy $800. $1,800: Driveway Seal. $900: Stone Columns for Gate Posts $10,000-$12,000: Overcharges, duplicate charges, phantom receipts: . "

"My home was flooded and after i got everything dry again I called - and took the opportunity to remodel my all house from top to bottom, he did an excellent work even better then my mom house that he did a few months ago, - and his crew are really rare to find these days"

"I called and explained what I needed, which was basically to fix the shoddy work of another handyman. He asked me a number of questions about the type of door, lighting, etc. and he was very patient in answering my questions. Before he even came out to do the work, he told me: what supplies he would need; what time he would be there to start; an estimate ...more of the amount of time it would take to finish. Basically, there were no surprises. I like that. Once he got there, he called to let me know he'd arrived (someone else was at the house to let him in), and to just briefly review what we'd agreed on. Again, I like that. Later in the day, I called the cable company about something unrelated, and they said I could get an electrician to fix the problem. Since he was there, I asked him if he could do it. I appreciated the fact that he was willing to do it, but honest about the fact that what I was asking for was not something he normally did (not that he couldn't, just that he didn't normally do it). He seemed to be really sensitive to the fact that I'd just gotten burned by someone who overpromised and underdelivered. I really appreciated that too. It ended up taking longer than he originally estimated for him to finish the work, but that was okay because before he came, we discussed how we would proceed if the estimate needed to be adjusted. So even though the final cost was higher, it wasn't a surprise because he called me as soon as he realized that it would take longer, and let me know. Plus, in all fairness, the first estimate was sight unseen and based only on my description. Before he left, he called me to let me know he was leaving, and to explain everything he'd done, and everything that I would see when I got home. He did this even though my mother was there in the house. I really appreciated this as well. Sometimes contractors forget who actually hired them, and they give progress reports, etc. to the person they see rather than the person who is paying them. He made sure to keep me in the loop every step of the way which was great."

"Very, very good. Workmen showed up on time, very courteous, knew exactly what to do, kept the job site clean, communicated well during the job. Work was better than I could have hoped, all boards were primed on fours sides, insulation installed, sealed up very well."