STAR CONSTRUCTION CO

It went very well. They did a great job.

We have a design / concept and will move forward with project in 2018. They provided great detail and information about what it takes to improve our home. It will take some time to complete but I have confidence in Star Construction.

We wanted to convert our garage into more living space. We had a number of people come out to give estimates. Of course, a few never showed up. Lenny with star construction was one of the handful that did. We had a few quotes that came in cheaper but they weren't honest with the scope of work that would need to be done. This is where Lenny and star construction shined. He came in and told me honestly EVERYTHING that was going to have to be done to get the project up to code. His estimate came in to the penny. He was forthright about having to change electric panel and adding driveway space to meet code. After we signed on with star, Lenny became even more of a "star". He constantly fought with the city on our behalf for the necessary permits. After a lengthy battle he obtained the necessary permits. Vega came in to head the construction aspect and was also a "star". They obtained every necessary inspection and passed each one with flying colors on the first attempt. Everything was completed on time and it was a wonderful experience. I would NOT hesitate to use Star Construction in the future.

This was BY FAR the WORST experience my husband and I have ever had with a contractor in Miami. STEER CLEAR. We saved up our hard earned money to finally do a major overhaul on our severely dated kitchen as well as several other upgrades to our AC unit, electrical and flooring. Lenny met with us first and seemed like the nicest guy in the world. We signed the contract with little hesitation and a good feeling, assuming we were in good hands based on all the good reviews. We were told the work would be completed in 5-6 weeks which seemed like a reasonable amount of time. Well, let's just say we started the process in May of 2018 and work was not finished until the end of September. Imagine being without a kitchen for almost 5 full months. We were introduced to Jose Vega who seemed like a nice guy and they started demo within the first couple of days of signing the contract. He seemed nice enough and would chat with us off and on about how things were going, putting our minds at ease. Things deteriorated quickly. The crew started not showing up for days at a time. The excuses started flowing and got more and more creative. I have to say, we believed Vega when he said, "my wife has cancer treatments" and even got really elaborate saying she had ovarian cancer. We felt terrible and I actually considered sending him a get well basket because I felt so bad, but I have to admit I believed him. Who would lie about such a thing? Then, I started finding beer bottles in my kitchen and garage with leftover food all around my backyard. During July, they didn't show up for 3 weeks. I had NO FLOOR in my kitchen whatsoever and was walking on a piece of plywood and exposed floor joists. Not to mention, the house was open to the wonderful Florida vermin that run around - cockroaches etc. My poor husband had to take off days of work and I cannot tell you how many arguments they got into. He would call Lenny to complain who often did absolutely nothing, clearly having no control (or care) over the situation and his subcontractors. Not to mention, once we finally got the floor put down and the work began to move forward, many of the things they did had to be done multiple times due to shoddy workmanship. For example 1) we told them we had a gas stove - they drill holes for electrical line and and removed our gas line - thankfully we noticed it and they had to fix it. 2) they installed the refrigerator with hot water connected to the water line so the drinking water would come out hot. Then, the water line broke and caused a huge mess and had to be replace. 3) the kitchen floor tiles were laid down completely crooked and incorrectly. I came home to a crew of 6 people (including Vega's extremely sick wife who look completely fine) just haphazardly laying down the tiles and then walking all over them when the grout was still wet! of course the next day the grout was cracked and tiles were lifting up. They had to send a tile guy out 3 times to redo them. 4) The center kitchen island had to be relocated because they decided to install the hood before the island making it look extremely off center. My husband even told them to measure and run the vent pipe in the beginning when the ceiling was completely open before the recessed lighting was put in. Vega decided to do it at the last minute after all the cabinets were installed so had to rig it to look right, it still does not. 5) the cabinets were installed by Mr. Magoo himself - almost comically crooked. Not to mention the cabinet guy left for Cuba for 6 weeks so the work halted again until he got back. Then I had to see him 2-3 more times to make adjustments. When they pulled one of the cabinets down, they put a huge dent in the new drywall which I need to look at to this day. 6) We noticed a leak in our patio roof and asked them to patch it. It took them several tries and the roof still leaks. 7) the tile guy attempted to install the backsplash but ran out of tile so left a gap about 2 inches from the bottom of the overhead cabinets. The ONLY GOOD THING Vega did was literally re-do the entire thing - he cut the tiles so they would fit perfectly and it actually does looks nice. The bottom line is, at the end of the day we were not happy at all and even entertained consulting lawyers. We are concerned the work they did will not hold up and we'll have major issues down the road. Ultimately they completed the work, 4 months behind schedule, but not without constant prodding and arguing. Vega would show up looking for advances for materials, but we told him several times they aren't seeing another cent until work moved forward. After telling Lenny we were unhappy, he offered us a $50 Outback Steakhouse gift card (laughable) which we never even received. I would never recommend this vendor to my worst enemy. STAY AWAY.

It went well, it looks good. I love it. It went very fast at first but because of permitting, it took longer than expected.

Excellent quality of work- totally satisfied! Very responsive to questions, concerns and recommendations. Very professional. Exceeded my expectations. Would definitely use again!

I opened the door to the garage one day and there was light coming in the original 1959 wooden garage door and i realized it was bowing out and the header was slipping down. I talked to garage door companies and they were unwilling to touch it because it would require structural engineering to bring up to hurricane code. No handyman would touch it because it was too big of a job for them, and I talked to several general contractors who would either refer me to a structural engineer who couldn't seem to coordinate with anyone, or they weren't interested because it wasn't a big job. One contractor said he only did highrises. And then I talked to Lenny, and he wound up coordinating everything and everyone. The county inspections, the extra electrical work, the engineering, the concrete work and the rebar work, custom sizes, everything. Very happy! The crew came out, worked quickly & professionally, cleaned up after themselves. Lenny was very responsive and always returned phone calls in a timely fashion. The price was more than reasonable. I am working on my house piecemeal, and I would not hesitate to use him again.I just wish I had found him for the last big job!

This is by far the worst experience we had (and we hired several contractors for this remodeling as you can see in our other reviews). We actually took a couple of months after everything was over, but our opinion remains intact. Lenny is a nice guy very charismatic, but the crew is absolutely unprofessional and he cannot control them. We ended up kicking out the crew in August without the job completed. It was a nightmare. We hired Star Co (Lenny) in March to re-pipe and remodel three bathrooms, and build a closet according to our approved plan. They sent an estimate and we accepted it without any counter. It was reasonable and we wanted to have the house remodeled as soon as possible. The crew manager was Angel Vega, STAY AWAY FROM THIS PERSON. a real piece of work. We spent four months taking his lies (i.e. that he didn?t show up because his wife died which of course never happened), disrespectful behavior (i.e. he would call me ?girl? ?nena?, called me a liar, and make a move on my 20yo Babysitter), aggressiveness (i.e. he would scream at us and even invited my husband to fistfight? not kidding), until we were-fed up and were forced to ban him. Vega was always trying to convince us to do things that we didn?t want to, for his own benefit. At one point he wanted to convince us that the vent should be in the middle of the master bath (although the plans showed it in the wall) and that we should do a column there ( I am not kidding), he claimed that the city code required that. We asked the city and the architect, they told us that it was not right. Then he confessed he gave the plumber the wrong measures and he didn?t want to pay him for his work again. Of course he moved the vent to the wall at his cost. According to Vega nothing was included in the work order. He wanted to charge more for every little thing (like painting the bath ceiling or having a power line for the Jacuzzi although the Jacuzzi installation was included?ridiculous), or the tile installation that he claimed us that was not included at all in the remodeling of the bathroom (!!) we added an additional work order to have it included just to have him out of the house. Vega would not show up for days (even weeks). He claimed he had other jobs in parallel (some with Lenny and some on his own). When we complained about it, he would send the crew for a couple of hours (literally) and make them leave. In the first 90 days they only showed up 7 entire days (6 hours) and 5 days they came a couple of hours. At that point we were fed up and my husband start pushing Lenny to make them work. In the last 30 days, my husband took several days off and acted as contractor, pushing everybody to move, advancing money for materials. Vega would not buy the materials (although we pay the advance as requested) so the job was completely stopped for weeks. My husband talked to the workers and found out that they would not advance because they didn?t have the materials so we start paying for them and deduct them from the final balance and then they started to move. Vega loved this and started to order us what to buy!!!! Vega is also messy and stubborn, he would claim that he couldn?t work because the materials were not there. We had to move his garbage personally to show him personally where they were. He was also disloyal, he would offer to do jobs on the side without involving Lenny. After screaming at me and having a big argument with my husband, we ended up banning him from the worksite (my house) and threatening Lenny to call the police in case he showed up. The crew is the same kind. They are lazy, filthy, thieves and unprofessional and their final work resulted in a disaster. The would show up at my house and chill out under my palms, in my backyard. One would work and three would be watching. They even took naps in our kids playhouse for god?s sake!. At one event they were even drinking beer in my backyard and called us liars until we showed them photos and only then apologized!!!!!! They would drop garbage in our plants, in our patio and in the grass. They never picked up after themselves, my husband and my son picked up the all the garbage they could find. We keep finding bottles, sandwich wraps and other stuff everywhere. They never covered anything with plastic, ruining our furniture and floors. In several occasions my husband and me had to do it personally (while they were looking at us) because they wouldn?t move. They even gave us directions on how to cover the furniture while standing there watching us!!!!! They broke our sprinklers and never fixed it. After a month, I forced them to come and fix it. They came three times and always left something broken. Finally my husband personally moved a pallet with concrete and showed them another hole. They fixed it but broke another one. Finally my husband fixed it himself. The work they made was terrible. They did everything at least three times. They did one bathroom with the tiles absolutely crooked, my 3yo could have done it better. Their actual excuse was that the wall that this same person built was crocked?. I pointed out that he made it and he just blanked.They were doing the other bath and we forced Lenny to act and change the installer. A new guy came from a different crew (Jose Rivera, which I strongly recommend) and Lenny bought the materials again. Still one bath remains a very poor work. They didn?t want to go to the roof to pass the electric wires. They claimed they didn?t want to because it is hot and itchy. They spent months trying to avoid it until they had to do it, so they did a hole in the ceiling in every room so that they could stick their heads instead of going up. At the end, when we kicked them out they were trying to steal boxes with unopened tiles. They took some of my husband tools (a pick, a shovel and a Wheel-barrel among others), which they took from the house because ?they needed them?. Lenny intervened and they took back a couple of tools but not all of them. We were extra patient and gave several chances but it was ridiculous. I ended up with nervous breakdown, and my husband with high pressure events. He had to took several days off to keep track on the mess they made, and had to take vacations days to finish the job himself. Even the inspectors from the City urged us to terminate their contract pointing that this crew was totally unprofessional. In case you have doubts, and something seems unreal (believe I would totally understand the feeling) feel free to contact us. We have everything documented. Emails, photos, videos. It was a nightmare and we are happy that this is over. To Sum up, Lenny is a good guy but he cannot handle Vega.Vega is a crook. His team is absolutely unprofessional. The combination is lethal. I WOULD NEVER DEAL WITH THIS PEOPLE AGAIN

Although my family and I decided to stay within the family to have the work performed in our home, Lenny and Star Construction would have been the ideal source to have our home remodeled. His level and efficiency with communication is by far the best we have experienced. He is punctual, professional and beyond experienced. He provided photos of his work as well as complete and detailed information regarding our property and what could and could not be done. Star Construction is clearly a company that takes its customers very seriously.

The work went quickly, and Lenny and Jose were professional and knowledgeable. When we discovered the damaged support beam, Lenny did not pressure us to have the extra work done but explained the situation. Jose and his crew installed the new beam securely with quality workmanship. They did the job right! The finished product is solid and beautiful. As predicted by Lenny, the replacement pebbles in the patched patio do not match exactly, but they are so close that I think that with time they will fade so that the difference will be unnoticeable. What is most important is that the posts and beam are secure and our roof is not going anywhere. On top of this, both Lenny and Jose were friendly, easy to work with and cared that the job was done with excellence. Great job! Hire them! P.S. I just had a roofer come out for an estimate, and he complimented the craftsmanship of the beam and poles installed by Star Construction. They pass every test with flying colors!

They started the work in march and are not finished here in July. ?They work on other jobs and mine falls to the wayside. Also I feel that I am being charged for things that should have been in the contract (like permits, inspections, and fixtures) They also cut into a sprinkler line and I had to pay $75.00 to have that fixed. ?They are too slow, they will leave me for days to work on other jobs. This is rental property that I can not rent out until the job finished.

He is very responsive! I called two or three different contractors and he's the only one who seems to follow through.

Replaced old cabinets with new cabinets in the kitchen. Star Construction kept all the appointments on time, delivered excelent quality cabinets. They were very professional and courteous. I am happy with the results. Luis Montero

Lenney informed us that our plans and idea would not be approved by our HOW and city. Therefore we changed our plans and dropped the idea of Sun room construction.

Replaced kitchen cabinet and tile backsplash

Cost Was more than I could afford. He gave me the best and most detail description of cost to complete the project. gave well written and detail description of cost to complete the project. I would have hired but my budget was limited.

Very helpful. Not really an area that this company handles, but Lenny answered the call on the first call to him, and gave guidance on who to call for this type of smaller job.

We had Lenny over for a quote for an addition we are thinking of doing. We was on time and professional. He showed his knowledge and we walked through the process. Lenny also did a great job following up. We didn't obtain a full quote yet through Lenny as this will cost $900 to fully quote out and prelim drawings. We haven't picked a provider yet but Lenny is on the list. Thank you.

I called Star Construction and it to my nice surprise Lenny picked up the phone. I got a great vibe from him from the start. I told him I needed to know if I could remove a few walls in my kitchen in order to expand it. I wasn't sure if it was load baring or not. He said he'd have to see it. We agreed on Saturday but later on I had to call him to postpone. I really wanted to meet with him over the weekend so that my husband and I could both be present. He told me he would call me on Sunday to see if it was okay with me that he pass by. He called me and came right over. He explained everything to us from start to finish. He even looked over the site plans! He recommended that we have the space designed by an engineer before starting the job and so we will. We were so impressed with Lenny and his professionalism we will definitely be calling him soon.

Leonard Feldman, the owner of Star Construction and his crew where perfect in performing their jobs. Dedicated, punctual and most of all, very professional. Despite the unexpected issues inherent to that kind of projects Lenny and his crew managed to stay on schedule and did the best they could! After considering many other options (and prices!) Star Construction appeared to be our best choice in Miami!

Star Construction Co. and its owner Leonard Feldman are certainly among the most professional and reliable contractors in Miami.I strongly recommend their services.Alan-Surfside

I was always surprised how soon each part of the work was accomplished.

It went great. When compared with other estimates it was competitive with other estimates that I received. I have not done the job yet, but when I decide to do the job, I would chose Lenny.

It was a lot of work, but it was finished in a timely manner. I didn't like that part, but I am satisfied with their work overall. I was planning on having them do some lawn and yard work too. The foreman was very knowledgeable. He really knew what he was doing. It's hard to find people who know what they are doing. They have so many contractors in here. People wouldn't even crawl under the house to see what's going on. I would recommend Star Construction Co.

They gave a proposal date to replace the rotten floor joist and bathroom remodel. They didn't charge anything. I will use them again in the future.