Weinstein Construction Corp

Weinstein construction came to do retrofitting at our apartment complex. Was supposed to be completed in November, but it wasn’t done till March. They guys kept leaving nails and the metal nail-like things used to weld all over the garage floor. They turned off my water without letting anyone know, so I had to have the landlord’s plumber come out when it hadn’t been turned back on after several days, and he found out what happened. Took the metal strap holding a one pipe off one area, causing the pipe to sag and break open, and crash down. Left trash like food and drink containers (and a roll of toilet paper) on the garage floor for several days. Pulled down cables for internet but did not tack one of the up (it was low enough to choke someone) and I called several times asking them to tack it up. Also called several times asking them to put the lightbulbs back in so the garage has sufficient lighting where there were steps. Neither were done.

Very pleased with everything from the inspection to the finished work. Also very helpful in providing photos of the work under the house, as well as certifications for my insurance.

He was like a car salesman - put pressure on me to make a deal that day - talked and talked about how great his service was- spent the entire time trying to get me to make a deal with him. So unprofessional. (approximate cost of service $18,000.00)

The retrofit went well and exactly as planned. They were done within a day.

Mr. Weinstein, his salesman Ed and the crew were AMAZING. Mr. Weinstein was there from start to finish, he pulled the necessary permits, his crew were so concerned about my feelings. They were clean, quick and truly WONDERFUL. I highly recommend them. Mr. Weinstein met the city inspector, he signed off on the retrofitting right then and there, it was a painless experience. I can't recommend them highly enough and I thought their pricing was perfectly fair.

They were punctual and quick to respond which was just about the only good thing I have to say. After a and quot;thoroughand quot; inspection their suggestion was to basically retrofit our entire foundation and replace all bolts that hold frame to foundation. Instead of trying to address the root issue which is drainage problems around the house that is causing settling they were quick to prescribe a full retrofit of the house for 18K. I can't help but feel they were trying to take advantage of our major concerns regarding the cracks in drywall. It's that or they just don't have the proper expertise. We had another wonderful foundation company come out for a second opinon, Foundation Works. Their inspector was incredibly thorough and suggested many ways for us to improve the drainage around our property to try avoid or limit the constant settling. They did find some posts that need to be lifted/adjusted, and one that needed replacement as well as a couple significant cracks in the foundation that should be repaired. This in addition to a few other minor repairs added up to a proposal of 3.7K - a far cry from the work recommended by Weinstein. Our has has been retrofitted in the recent past but Weinstein said it was a poor job and is doing no good at all. Foundation works told us that the retrofitting currently done on the house is up to par and didn't try to up-sell us on unnecessary work. I would absolutely not recommend this company. We may get a 3rd opinion but after Matt from Foundation Works explained the root cause and remedies (including a lot of work they won't perform and we can do ourselves) it makes perfect sense. It'e very concerning that Weinstein recommended 18K worth of work that likely would not have solved our problem. Very disappointing.

Weinstein removed a considerable amount of dirt from an under-house crawl space and lined it with a clean liner.

The Weinstein Construction representative who came out was very professional and knowledgeable. He physically went under the house and found all in generally good repair and condition. He did not push for or recommend expensive unneeded repairs to pipes, electrical or insulation. He did discuss that earthquake retrofitting would be a good idea, as 1950's era foundation bolting deteriorates and is considered inadequate by today's standards. He recommended I research retrofitting, and provided a written quote by email within 24 hours.

Pretty prompt service and really responsive field techs, but took more than two weeks to complete the estimate since the boss was apparently out of town and they supposedly wanted his input on the proposed solution. After several follow-up emails/ phone calls, a more seasoned person opined on the solution and we were set with a plan of approach. Unfortunately, upon review of the contract, the following was indicated, and quot;This company has no employees and is exempt from workers' compensation requirements.and quot; Then the salesman (who was a nice enough guy) had an expired license (but since, I can see renewed). But, the clause in their contract that we absolutely could not come to agreement on read, and quot;By performing the Scope of Work, WCC is not responsible for any damages ocurring directly or indirectly due to the said work being performed.and quot; I suspect they have done many jobs without incident, and I suspect if it really came down to a legal issue, this clause might not hold up, but there's just something wrong (in my view) with a company that is not willing to stand behind their work, especially when it comes to structure and/or foundation work on a home. I even proposed to change the language to say and quot;onlyand quot; responsible for and quot;directand quot; damage....no further response from WCC. Pretty disappointing for a company with decent AL ratings.

Showed up on time, very friendly to talk to, spent about 20-30m discussing and inspecting and measuring, showed binder of the work they have done. Followed up with quote quickly which was competitive with other bids.

I had a great experience with Weinstein when they retrofitted my house a couple of years ago. I called them back to fix a leaking issue and ended up not hiring them for the following reasons:They have a floor of $2500 per job. I wasn't convinced my job was that big, but to get the job, they pitched worked that would justify the $2500 cost.The guy who came out seemed to also agree I might not need that much work to simply solve the issue at hand, and in an effort to see if they could go below that floor, he brought out the owner to see if they could go below their own set floor. The owner, however, seemed more interested in fishing how much he could get for the job, and gave me a quote for LESS work than the guy had offered at $2500 for almost TWICE the price.It was a huge turn off -- and felt like he was trying to take advantage of me. I got the job done perfectly through a private contractor for $750 by the way.

They were fantastic and available by phone. They still have a few details they're doing, but other than that everything is finished. I give them gold stars for everything. They really know their stuff. They had different crews that had expertise in different things throughout the house. When one crew finished, the next one was there. They were always on time. If there was a holiday they always let me know ahead of time that they weren't going to be there. Someone always at the office answered and got back to me. They were very punctual. The manager of the job would call back within a half an hour. He was always available.

Weinstein did an ABSOLUTELY wonderful job! I would use them again anytime. I recommended this company to family and friends and they have all been 100% satisfied with all of work they have done. The professionalism of the company and its workers is well above other contractors I have dealt with. Their quality of work is top notch and the pricing is competitive, fair and below what other companies would charge for the same quality of work. I would highly recommend this company and would definitely suggest you use them for the work you need done. Another happy Weinstein customer!

I live in an old home in the Los Angeles area and I noticed cracks on one edge of the home on the exterior bottom portion around all the stucco. I was concerned about this and recognize that it was a foundation problem. I looked on the internet for someone who specializes in foundation repair and I came across Weinstein Retrofitting Systems. They came to my home the very next day after I called and they performed a free home inspection of the foundation area. They noticed that the concrete footing and concrete wall on that one side of the home was severely cracking and deteriorated. They also noticed that the home was not bolted for earthquake/seismic protection. They noticed that the reason for the cracking was due to no drainage system installed in the backyard allowing for rain water from the gutters to damage that side of the home. Furthermore, they showed me pictures of how dirty the crawl space was. I contracted them first to repair the concrete foundation and install earthquake retrofitting hardware all along the perimeter of the foundation of my home. They went by City Permits and the City approved the beautiful work that they did. They installed all new concrete and they hauled away all the debris that they tore out from there. I was very impressed by their cleanliness, expertise, and professionalism. I was very excited to see the construction work unfold there at my home and seeing them going to work made me smile each day they were there. They also were not there for long. They are very fast for the kind of work there is to perform. They didn't oversell me on anything and I they were very thorough in their explanation of what was happening to my home. They treated the home as if it were theirs. The next time I contracted them about a month later, they came and cleaned the crawl space. They did some grading of the top soil to remove fungus growth, bucket by bucket, and now I myself can crawl under my own home without feeling like I am getting too dirty. The last time I contracted them was to finally install the drainage system in the backyard to allow the rain water to exit properly instead of displacing itself into my foundation. After all, what is the point of fixing the foundation if you're not going to fix the problem that is causing it? They installed a perforated French drain pipe system to exit from the yard to the street with city approved curb cut into the sidewalk. I cannot express enough how professional and on point this business is! This is DEFINITELY the company you should utilize for your foundation repair needs!

it went so well and so smooth, they were able to get to all unreachable areas, and completed the job on time to our great satisfaction.

It went pretty well. Showed up on time. Worked hard. Cleaned up after they left. It was noisy, but that was expected. Dealing with Paulo was great. Clear communication. Everything as expected. No surprises. I wished they were a bit cheaper, but they did a good job and we paid for a good job. I'm happy.

did full foundation inspection, and general home inspection when i bought the house in 1999, I hired them to do foundation work, then we did a full house retrofitting, then we did a and quot;clean spaceand quot; job on the crawlspace under the home. Last job we did was Concrete walkway around the house i had a great experience with them, pleasant, honest, reasonable, accommodating, clean, professional and on time I called them back for small jobs a few times

They were very good. They did an excellent job. It wasn't a terrible experience, but it could have been better. They had a little lack of communication. They were professional. I will use them again in the future.

We had been having water drainage problems since moving into our home in 1993 (heavy rains flooded the garage and storage room), and over the years had paid for two previous and quot;fix-itand quot; attempts. I was determined to find the right contractor to solve the problem. I chose Weinstein because they impressed me with their professionalism: from the message introducing their voice mail , to the person answering the phone, to the estimators who came to assess the situation, all the way to the participation of the company's Principal, Itzcik Weinstein. They made a presentation in such a way that I had confidence that they were skilled in their fields and could help me. Once the work began, the workers were respectful and friendly. Most of the work was outside of the house, but inside was involved also. Regardless of the area in which they worked, at the end of the day they conscientiously cleaned up after themselves. Another thing that was outstanding, they never once (in over six months) used oine of my bathrooms. I inquired about it and was told that the company's protocol dictated that they use nearby public facilities! Having extensive work done on your home is intrusive and stress producing ; however, the Weinstein experience was the best it could be. Nonetheless, I do have one criticism: the company did not work on Jewish holidays and more than once did not advise us in advance of same. It has been three years since they fixed us up. And, certainly, we have had periods of heavy rainfall that have put their work to the test. All appears to be well. In evaluating the price of their work, I chose and quot;goodand quot; because I think we received value for the money spent.

I got the work done by somebody else. I never got that job done. They were very professional but their approach to the problem was not practical in my estimation. I had an estimate from somebody else and a plan to do the work which was half of what they quoted just to do the testing on the hill side. The work is done entirely. Everything else about them was fine except their approach. I just didn't use them. I had two quotes and one seemed to have the right approach and the price was right to me. My experience would not relate to anybody else as I had a unique situation. They were on time, professional and thorough but I just didn't agree with their approach. If the solutions given to me by the other contractor don't work then I would call them back again and consider going ahead with their testing. This seemed like a more effective approach and plan b is that I can always call them back. If this works I would not call them back again.

I hired Weinstein Company to fix some severe settling problems in my house. They recommended that I redo most of my foundation, which I did. The cost was exhorbant -- 70K, but I trusted that they appeared to be very trustworthy and assured me this would solve my problems. However, the settling problems were not solved after the new foundation was installed. I called them after several months and they did some minor reinforcements. However after this the problem was still not solved, the same cracks and movement reappeared. I called them back and they told me it would cost an additional 10K to solve the problem (the one I originally hired them to solve). In the end I had to (a) hire another contractor to help solve the original problem and (b) file a complaint with the city and with the Contractors Licensing Board against Weinstein. After the complaint Weinstein returned and did some more work which now seems to have helped. I was awarded some money after the arbitration, but not nearly enough to make up for all the time, aggravation, and malfeasance of this company. I was grossly overcharged for the work that was done, some of the work was shoddily done, and in the end it did not solve the problem it was intended to solve.

We were very happy with the work and it has made a big difference in the moisture level in our house. Pablo was our rep and was very responsive to phone calls before, during and after the job was done. I would recommend them. They are pros. They may not be the cheapest but they did a great job for us.

Weinstein Construction workers were on time every day. They completed the job exactly on schedule. They did the work they said they would do, and they did it thoroughly, and with incredible neatness. They left leaving no footprint (no mess, no loose ends) except a job exceedingly well done. The County inspector who inspected the retrofitting upon job completion said they did an outstanding job. The office staff was efficient and courteous as well. Overall, it was a pleasure having them do the work!

The company representative was very helpful, did an extensive inspection and went through his findings with us. He provided us with a written bid right away, and the price was reasonable and within the range of other companies we spoke to. They gave us a discount that brought them under the other bid we had. Their workers were tidy and overall seemed to work efficiently. They showed up when scheduled and left the job site clean and organized. Their office staff was easy to work with and had our files on hand when we spoke to them. Overall, we had an excellent experience. My only small problem was that the guys trampled some of the plants in our front yard on one of the days they were working. But after we asked them to be more careful, they were great the rest of the time.

His price was not cheap, but was reasonable. He came out and looked at the things. He took a picture of the cracks below and showed me. I was very satisfied with him. They were very punctual.