Avery Construction Design Consulting INC

He is my preferred contractor!

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The experience went really well. Yes, there were some problems, but you have to understand that any major remodel or construction project will have issues. But this company's excellent on site project manager worked with us to our complete satisfaction to remedy any of these situations. And it's not like any of these situations were of a major surprise, but those that come with normal construction. That is something you have to understand can happen going into a construction project/remodel. The end result was amazing and it was completed on time and close to budget (we made some changes along the way). Bottom line, we would not hesitate to used this company again, nor would we hesitate in recommending this company to anyone interested in doing any construction or redesign. This company uses quality vendors that supplied us with the high end finishes we wanted for our bathroom remodel. They were helpful in helping us sort out the hundreds of choices out there on the market. Promptness, kept to the schedule, professional crew, professional project manager, flexible and responsive are the key words I would use to sum up this company.

I'll start with the positives - The designer/salesman Rob was very responsive and did a very thorough estimate. The Project Manager Keith had caught an issue with the design, and corrected it before the contract was finalized. (Designer undersized cabinets.) He also resolved issues directly with a broken shower faucet and a lighting sconce the electrician broke. This was very nice that it was not put back on the owner to get the replacement parts. Other than two small change requests that we agreed on during the build-out, the end cost met the estimate. Project took 6.5 weeks from the time work started. The finished bathroom looks fabulous. Quality of the cabinets is good and the tile work looks great! Opportunities - Designer did not offer anything in the way of design services. We had to dictate every step, and I even caught some of the design issues myself after getting out a measuring tape and seeing that he had the mirror and electrical outlets over lapping. Project Manager caught another in that he had a small cabinet (18 inches) above the toilet, rather than taking the cabinet wall to wall. Unfortunately I did not catch one of the major design flaws - the dual sinks in the vanity were not properly center. One sink only has 3 inches of clearance to the wall, while the other has 8 inches. This should have been caught by the designer, owner, installer, project manager, or me. It looks awkward and makes the sink difficult to use. This is my only issue with the final product. The rest of the layout is great. The installer was argumentative and less than professional. He started off great, friendly, worked hard. However he was sloppy and did not treat our house with care. Examples - flooded our downstairs, washed out his tools in a spare bathroom getting grout/morter everywhere, stained a carpet in a room he was asked multiple times NOT to go into, argued when we pointed out a poor tile job (uneven grout lines, some tiles higher than others), put wet boxes on our hard wood floors, did not put all of the demo'd materials into the dumpster (left on the side of our house) and had all of his tools spread out across our master bedroom for 5 weeks - nothing like a plugged in air-compressor going off in the middle of the night. The Project Manager was afraid to confront him as he didn't want to 'disturb' the current work/project. Seemed like there was no one doing quality checks as we had to call the PM in to show him each of these things. When we did this, the items we pointed out were corrected...for the most part. Before we signed the contract, we spoke to the owner about how important it was to us to be kept informed as to working days and milestone dates because we both work and would not be at home during most of the construction. We also have pets that needed to be put away on days that the workers would be there. We were assured multiple times that our Project Manager would fill this role and be on top of everything. This did not happen. The project manager rarely came on site (and if he did, I have bigger concerns about the issues he overlooked), and I was unable to ever get a schedule from him. Most I would get were updates such as "tile will be done in next week". When I brought this up to him, he denied it and was arguing back until i said that I said that i keep all of my emails and texts and have my constant requests for a schedule in writing with no response back from him. I could look past the first few weeks of issues and mistakes, but as the issues continued and always the initial response was "not our fault", and i could never get a schedule, I cannot recommend them and would not use again. If a daily schedule is not important, and you are onsite to constantly review the quality of the work, then maybe they would work better for you.

Removed wall between kitchen and living room. Completely gutted kitchen and modernized. Relocated refrigerator and installed new island and cabinets. Tiled floors in majority of living area.

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My experience with them has been very good. They will be finishing the job tomorrow. So far the whole experience has been excellent with them from design to construction. They are just very good to work with.

All work that was done was handled professionally with great care. I was extremely pleased with how the room addtion turned out. They made sure that the electrical wiring was done correctly and definitely listened to what and how I wanted things to be done. On the whole, they did a really great job. I would definitely use them again if needed.

This was a very positive experience. All involved, right down to the workers who cleaned up, were very professional and courteous. The down time, where I had no kitchen was minimal, and work progressed right on schedule. The cabinets are high end, and well worth the money. I was consulted every inch of the way, as to my preferences. The installation was done with expertise and a lot of creativity. I can not speak highly enough about Javiar, our installer and day to day do everything man. When the wine cooler would not fit (my fault), he did a little on the spot redesigning and made it work. When we were undecided about a back splash design, he made suggestions that we had not thought about, and ended up really liking what he suggested, and went with it. He was invaluable. The design suggestions made by Keith and Jason, made it a very attractive and functional kitchen, with pull outs and all sorts of conveniences. It made me feel a part of process when they also did their best to accommodate my ideas. They definitely have a "Can do" attitude. Avery completed all that was in the contract, and more. They knocked themselves out to see to it that we stayed within our budget, while giving us an exceptional kitchen and baths.

They were very nice. He did a nice job, he's very entitled but I choose another company. They gave me the quote the same day, did follow up with me, and I did contact them by email telling them I had chosen somebody else.

The wood flooring was looking old and tired, and Avery Construction Design Consulting had done work for us before. We were happy with their work and in fact, we have referred others to them. So of course we called them again. They check in frequently to be sure we are happy, and if we have any issue at all, they are quick to fix it. Our flooring looks great. The guys who did the work were excellent...very careful to get it right. I have seen a lot of bad tile jobs, and this isn't one of them. Avery Construction had tiled for us before, different rooms. The job was great, and I was hoping to get the same guys. I was a little nervous when they sent different guys, but they assured us these guys were excellent too, and they were correct. I will say that the guys were not always at our home when we expected them, so we had miscommunication there. But when we called, it was corrected and all was well. So that's how it went. A professional job, and we are happy. We will use them again, and will continue to refer them.

Did not use them.

The main installer, Dave, did an above the norm install .The client (me) was on the site 95% of the time and being a bit of a handyman I was aware of the install quality.At no time did I hear any complaints or grumbling even when I had a few things changed or redone as time went on during both renovations.Any problem or concern I voiced was taken care of immediately.Dave and I discussed certain aspects of local codes and because I remained on site any problems that did arise were handled between the two of us instead of Dave needing to guess what I wanted. I have recommended him to several of my friends who were very impressed with the work outcome. Jason Avery along with Keith and the install guys were a pleasure to work with over the holidays.

we saw their display at Tampa Home Show and were impressed. We put in a request for an estimate. They called about two weeks later to set up an appointment. The guy came we discussed what we were looking at for a kitchen remodel. We also stated that we wanted two bathrooms remodeled. After discussing the kitchen he wrote out an estimate with a reasonable price before he left. This took place in August. In mid to late December we got a call from the company asking us if we wanted to proceed with the job. Since there was no follow-up and the estimate was only for the kitchen we decided not to proceed.

A few notes on our bathroom remodel…it was a complete gut down to the studs and bare cement floor and in the case of the shower and tub, new cement floors. It was an extensive job and we are very happy with the work. We got four quotes, three from local contractors and one from our favorite store, the one with orange aprons on the staff. All the quotes were in the same ballpark with Avery being 2nd to lowest and the store being the highest. We chose Avery as he has his own employees versus subs do most of the work and his cabinets are all custom made versus boxes that are customized. The process for all is the same, somebody measures the room, somebody comes with a prelim drawing and then manipulates the drawing on a computer, a final cost is quoted plus a shopping list. Make no mistake the shopping list will add about a third of the cost or more if you go high end on fixtures and tile. Avery has a list of vendors that will work with you on all the purchases and make sure they not only fit the budget but the job as well. This might be our only real complaint as the list was available but wasn't highlighted to us. Jason told us about a vendor for the fixtures and we dealt with them but we found our own tile vendors and a few other sources as we didn't know he had relationships with some already. A word to the wise for anyone thinking about a total bath remodel…you will not be able to use the room for 5-6 weeks, you will have a dumpster parked in your drive for about half that time and if tile removal is involved everything in the house will be covered in dust. That being said, when Jason Avery and crew are finished you will forget the dust, the dumpster and the down time. They were VERY careful in trying to keep the mess to a minimum and protect our other floors. With the exception of the unavoidable dust they did an admirable job. We only had two minor errors and while both added a few days to the process they were both corrected to our satisfaction and at no cost to us. Jason worked with us on the initial design and helped us come back to earth on our expectations (the 6'+ claw foot tub really wouldn't work in the space available) and gave us plenty of options to express ourselves. He told us upfront he wouldn't tell us something was possible if it wasn't. Those errors notwithstanding the work done exceeded our expectations. I laid out a pretty detailed plan for the tile work and Brian (our primary craftsman) matched it perfectly except for a few minor details where he first suggested different options and got approval and in all of those the details improved the plan. Brian was on time every day and worked a solid day every day he was on site. The electricians were thorough and worked hard as well. All required code was met and inspectors were shown all work. Keith was the project manager and we saw him at all the right points in the process and was always responsive to our questions. At no time did we feel that someone wasn't listening to what we had to say. Actually, they had to ask for feedback as we felt things were going pretty much as planned and weren't all that demanding of their time. When the work was final he gave us a week to ten days to use the room and come up with a "punch list" of things to be redone. We found few minor things and Brian come back and corrected all of them. Overall, I can and have recommended Avery Construction for any bath or kitchen remodel. We are planning on redoing our kitchen in a few ( 3 or more) years and we'll call Avery Construction first.

Avery Construction replaced everything in my living room. It was stripped down to bare walls & floors because of a mold issue. They had to remove my sliding glass doors & fix / replace everything. They also found that there was no insulation in my ceiling - so we ended up ripping that down too. He took out my hardwood floors (that were destroyed by the mold) and replaced it with tile - so they had to level the floor & prep it for the tile - then lay the tile for me. Their work was amazing & I was impressed with how clean they are! For so much work being done in that one room, I really didn't have much to clean up at all! We also had a leaking deck on my 2nd floor above the room with the mold. This was probably the cause of the mold - - - but they had to strip off the old deck & wrap around some kind of flooring that will make it so it won't leak in the future. While doing this, they had to remove my old railing (which was about to fall down anyway) - and replace the railing around my 2nd floor deck. We also had some minor other things that needed to be fixed according to my insurance company. I had just switched insurance companies - and after I signed on the dotted line, they came back to me with a laundry list of things that needed to be done in 2 weeks. Avery Construction was able to fit me in so that I was not cancelled by my insurance company. I am so thankful they were able to get it all done in the short time frame the insurance company gave me! This included a handrail be added to my deck that ran the length of my house - as well as a handrail being added to the steps of a storage shed because It has more than 3 steps up to it. Avery was able to make this all happen when other companies wouldn't have been able to get around to my job until a few weeks past my deadline. They also had to replace some of the T-11 (siding) around my house. My lawn guys had let the vines grow a little too much on my house. When we had that all removed (per the request of the insurance company) - we learned that some of the vines had somehow gotten behind the T-11 & were pushing it out from the house - causing it to decay & create a possible leak situation. Avery removed the damaged T-11 & replaced what was needed. I had full faith in their crew. Even gave them a key to my house & moved out while all of this was being done. It took almost 3 weeks for everything to be completed. I could have moved back in at the half way point - but I figured it was easier for them to work without me there. I'm usually very over protective of my house - always turing on the alarm when I get home & as I leave - but with Avery Construction, I felt I could trust them with everything & not have to worry about a thing. I feel so lucky to have found them - and to have them guiding me through this process that was not something I had planned to do right away. They were able to turn what should have been a negative experience - into a positive. I love my living room now - more than I did before! Laying the tile & painting the walls a color - totally opened up the room & I actually enjoy sitting in there more now than I did before. Everything happens for a reason - as long as you have the right people on your side. I feel very lucky to have had Avery Construction on my side & will for sure use them for other projects as well! :)

My review did not fit in the space allowed, some details left out. I contracted with Jason in December of 2012, with construction and release of lien complete in May of 2012. I made contact with Jason Avery and he responded quickly and was able to come by and sit down for several sessions to get a plan together that was within my budget. We came up with a plan and paid him the 1st installment with the understanding per the contract that payments will be made with certain milestones being met. Demolition began at the beginning of 2013. Right off the bat, the city required we bring the house to code with adding a hardwired smoke detector system. Jason said it wouldn?t be a problem, maybe a couple of hundred dollars. It ended up costing an extra $988 before the demolition ever started. That code should have been known in the planning phase. A lack of the local building codes will be a recurrent theme throughout the whole process. We were told it should take 5 weeks with as long as 8 weeks. Demolition started on the 7th or 8th of January. Demolition went without incident and the job started off ahead of schedule with Joe Palmer doing the demo and most of the construction throughout. I was able to be there for the initial framing of the new walls and realized that the walls were not going to work with the flow of the house. Joe gave some recommendations and we ended up doing a change order to make the house flow better. With the changes, it was pretty much a wash with taking out walls and cabinets in some places, and adding a pantry. It was a great idea from Joe. Throughout the whole process, Joe was always upfront with me and never gave me the run around and often added his opinion to things that we sometimes went with, sometimes didn?t. The first of several short comings arose when the electricians (Theta Electric) came to do rough in on the new electrical install and noted that the current service box was not able to handle the added appliances and would not pass inspection. My choices were to add a new service panel at $1400 or add a supplemental box for about half the price. I opted to install the new service panel and was able to get it for $1200. I feel that is another thing that should have been caught in the planning and budgeting process. Demo and rough in went on as planned and on or ahead of schedule. The second payment was supposed to be paid after initial inspections were completed and passed. Jason asked for the payment early and since he said all was going well and on time, I felt ok paying him before the inspections were completed. I paid him via wire transfer on the 24th of January since I was traveling, and I was unable to be there to verify the work and give him a check. On the 29th, I made contact with him assuming that drywall should be installed that day and all was good. He text me back saying that the HVAC and plumbing did not pass inspection. Furthermore, the inspector stated that because of the large CFM of the exhaust hood (1100cfm) a makeup air system had to be installed. I was not aware of such a system so I asked how much that was going to be. Jason quoted me that the makeup air system is a fresh air system that is tied into the existing air conditioning system and that the whole system would be $6000-$8000 extra. I asked that they show me the code and why he didn?t know about it back in December when we were going over plans and budgets. I ordered all work to stop until I got a definite answer from the inspector himself, to see what was required. The inspection was failed somewhere around 19 Jan. I didn?t hear about the makeup air until 29 Jan. I expected Jason to get an answer immediately since he was more worried about the time line than I was. On February 6th, after I made at least 3 calls to the inspectors office, I was finally able to speak with the inspector and get the answer. The final answer was that the $6000-8000 conditioned makeup air was not required, and in fact was not recommended. A makeup air system venting to the outside directly was the requirement and recommendation. This was the 3rd example of a lack of the building codes knowledge when installing a high CFM hood in higher end kitchens. Once I found the solution, he asked when I would have the makeup air valve at the house to have it installed. I was not going to order it until I got a quote for how much the install was going to be. After 3 more days of waiting, I got a quote of $875 for the install. I ordered the valve for $199, and it arrived sometime around the 16 or 17th of Feb, roughly 28 days since he knew of the makeup air requirement. As it turns out, the building codes were updated in March of 2011, a year before this install. The extra overages now over $3000 from initial planning, I had to make the decision to change the tile plan from a prepped slab, zero grout line floor to an 1/8 grout line saving me $1200 of overages. On the 12th of February, Jason was once again asking for the 3rd installment. Keep in mind that at this point, the rough in inspections (1st milestone) are not complete yet. I reminded Jason of that fact and told him since work has been done, I am willing to pay half of the 3rd installment and the rest when the inspections were complete. For the whole time, Jason was at times difficult to get in touch with unless he was looking for payments even before the contractual agreements. Painting and inspections are finally completed and he is paid per the contract. The tile floor install was the next phase of the rehab that was going to take about 7 days. We elected to use a 20? rectified porcelain tile. The slab of the house was known to have imperfections, but I was told by Jason, the tile installer and the tile salesman that the prepped/leveled slab would not be necessary. The owner of the tile company and the installer stopped by the house and we went over the floor and the layout of the tiles. I asked if a staggered layout was too difficult given the condition of the slab and the answer was ?No. It won?t be a problem.? The tile installer started on a Monday and from the beginning I thought the installer was rushing the job. Joe even mentioned that the installer was rushing. From an inexperienced eye, I could tell that the tiles were not level. I was told that once the grout is in I wouldn?t be able to tell. Well, the job was finished and the tile looked horrible. There were no less than 100 tiles that were either broken, hollow, or so out of level, that you could kick the edges with your feet (kickers). When the sun shined on the floor, large shadows would accentuate the unlevel tiles. Along with the unlevel tiles, the first line of tiles set were 1.25 inches off of square, which put the whole entire floor 1.25 inches off around the whole house where tile was installed. The tile installer came back and fixed most of the un-level tiles, but left many. I had to cover the tiles that was fixed with the overages from the tile purchase that I was going to return to the store. Two more boxes of tile were purchased by Jason. I was not reimbursed for the tile that was used, which I feel that since it was a sub-contractor shoddy workmanship, I should not have had to pay for the tile. The cabinet frames were installed and I noticed that the tile under the island is out of square. At this point it was too late and too expensive to fix the tile floor by ripping out all the tile and putting it in correctly. Jason once again contacted me for another payment. The next payment wasn?t supposed to be paid until the delivery of the cabinets. As far as I could tell, just the cabinets were delivered without the faces. I told Jason I wouldn?t pay until all the cabinets were delivered. It took another week or so since the cabinet faces and doors were delayed for some reason. It was time to select a countertop. We decided on a mid level countertop and ended up selecting a Danby marble for our countertops on February 27th. I did research on the countertops for several weeks and realized that the budget on the contract covered the cost of the marble except for the marble sealant. Jason called and mentioned that the marble was going to double the amount which did not match the numbers of my research. I mentioned it to him to ask again and he said that the marble was going to be about $600 more. In reality, after seeing the receipt, it was the amount per the contract. When it came time for Jason to pick up the final payment, I wanted to show him the imperfections in the tile, which were still noticeable. I was hoping in order to make it right he would have added crown molding or finished off the fireplace with leftover marble from the kitchen to minimize the visual skew of the floor. He said it would cost him $6000-$8000 to do it with zero profit?at his cost. I was quoted from another it would cost about $1000-$1500 to do the job. Tiles are not level, and to this day I am still finding hollow tiles. I paid him his final payment in order to receive the release of lien. All said and done, I have a finished product that is at best nice. Jason has started a business in hopes of producing a high end product. Based on my experience, he does not produce a high end product. His lack of knowledge on local codes may have been remedied on this project, but his timelines and budgetary milestones are not where they should be and lack of availability leaves a lot to be desired. If you want a higher end kitchen, at this time I cannot recommend Avery Construction.

Jason's design was spot-on, and the project cost exactly what he said it would, with no surprises. John, the construction foreman, and his helper, Gage, were polite, precise, and professional. All work occurred on or ahead of schedule, and I got an explanation every day of what had been done so far, a detailed plan for the following day, and a summary of what would happen on the days after. Jason also connected me with a granite provider and reliable tile distributor. There are many decisions to be made when you undertake a project of this magnitude. Besides the tile and granite, there are fixtures (e.g. towel rack, faucets, shower head, etc.), lighting, cabinetry, etc., but Jason gave me a clear and detailed list, as well as advice on where to look for each item. With any project this size, there will be some unexpected glitches. With me, it was the shower door. The original door delivered was not the right size, but the glass contractor admitted the mistake, took full responsibility, and reordered the door and rescheduled the installation in as timely a manner as I could have expected. There was some other minor details to attend do after the majority of the work was done, but John took care of all of those in less than half a day. Responsibility, professionalism, quality, and reliability - that sums up Avery Construction. Yes, it's going to be more expensive to use Jason than his competitors, but I have learned as a homeowner, the hard way sometimes, that you get what you pay for. Pay for Jason & team. They are worth it.

The hardworking construction crew did excellent work, paying close attention to detail and accuracy. Any glitches that occurred were resolved promptly and courteously. I was very concerned that my existing tile floor would suffer damage during the process, but they exercised due care and no tiles were broken. Mr. Avery was readily available via phone and immediately responsive to any concerns or problems we expressed. The work was completed in 6 weeks, exactly as estimated prior to commencement. My only negative comment would be that there were a few days when I was not told that workers were scheduled for another job site and would not be coming. The kitchen is absolutely beautiful and the family room wall looks like it was part of the original building plan. This is a very professional, ethical company to deal with. My husband and I are very pleased with the final product.

NO NEGATIVES. Jason and I both text a lot, so we stayed in touch all the way through the process. All of his "subs" are very courteous and clean, excellent "bedside manner" so to speak. I texted him each time new ones came in to tell him (Jason) how they were doing, and he liked the feedback...but it was all good! They were so careful not to "mess up" my house as they went along, and they would come to ask my opinion on things, to be sure what they did was to my liking. (How's THAT for customer service?!) I came around the corner one day, and the man who had put in new lighting in the upstairs bathroom was vacuuming down my stairs! (He was even using his own vacuum cleaner.) Of course I texted that to Jason, and told him how much I appreciated it. He texted back that he expected his guys to be very clean, that he always tells them to be very careful and treat people's home like they would treat their own home, or even better. My home was built in the early 90's, and it was due for some modernization. It now looks so much better, and Jason Avery's subcontractors are very talented. They sure got the job done right. Another thing: they are on time. They show up when they are supposed to. That doesn't happen every day with people working in your home, and everyone knows that. But with Jason Avery's subs, it did. JASON AVERY CONSTRUCTION is one I would refer to anyone without hesitation. Jason is a true professional who understood my concerns from Day 1, quoted me a price that seemed fair, and got right to the job. He checked in frequently to be sure everything was being done correctly and that I was happy, which I always was. Jason is honest and fair, and reachable any time I would call or text him with a question or concern. He gets a A+ in Customer Service. I will repeat again in those same two words, the experience I had with Jason Avery Construction on the fairly extensive remodel on my home: NO NEGATIVES. I have to say more than that: ALL POSITIVES. THANK YOU JASON. I'm glad I ran into you at the home show in Tampa a couple years ago. .

Great job, very happy with my new kitchen.