R.D. Bingham & Company

We've had Bob handle multiple renovations for us in the last 4 years and could be happier with the service, quality and general knowledge Bob brings to the table. We initially had him renovate a full bathroom at our house in Glenview and had such a positive experience he was our first call when we were looking to purchase a new home that needed work. Our latest renovation was full interior remodel in Lake Forest and while nothing ever goes perfectly smoothly (we were attempting this during peak pandemic supply chain shortages), he was a great advocate for us during the process and made sure that we were completely satisfied with everything done each day he was on site.

A big warning to anyone considering hiring Bob Bingham with R.D. Bingham & Company for any building or remodeling needs. Our remodeled basement looked great once it was finished so we were able to get past the fact that he missed our deadline by 2 months, only provided two decent subs while the rest were sub-par, and made our project a grueling, painful, and drawn out process. However, what we’ll never get past is the fact that we had to tear up a significant portion of our brand new basement just 3 months after it was finally completed. We added a full bathroom, and Bob’s plumber connected it to our existing cast iron sewer pipe. Since we knew our house was old and had a friend who had to replace theirs, we asked about the condition of this pipe directly on two occasions. Bob and his plumber both told us our sewer pipe was “good” and “fine”. They never once warned us of the risk to our investment by leaving this pipe in place. They never once said they couldn’t say for sure what its condition was. We trusted them as the experts and figured since they’re in the business of making money, they would recommend replacing it if that’s what we needed to do. The sewer pipe failed and we had sewer backup in our brand new basement. Bob came over right away and was very helpful right up until the point when we questioned how he could let this happen to us, expected him to accept at least some responsibility, and requested minimal compensation for the repairs. We had to rip out our brand new carpet and have our laundry room tile destroyed so our basement floor could be broken up and a new PVC sewer pipe installed. And after this major work was done, we were still seeing toilet paper in our mechanical room drain, which Bob’s plumber put in. They came out, broke up an area of the floor, corrected the pitch of this floor drain and apologized. Yet still nothing from Bob. While this is the biggest example of how Bob Bingham has zero integrity and takes responsibility for nothing, I have several other smaller examples and would be happy to share them with you if you’re considering making the same mistake we did by hiring this contractor. As customers, this is our worst nightmare. This ordeal is costing us thousands of dollars and has been completely draining physically and mentally. Bob had an opportunity to make it right but didn’t.

I used Bingham services for many of my projects as a General- Wentworth Construction Randy delivers what he promises, on time, on budget and quality workmanship

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Use at your own risk. Thoroughly miserable experience.

We are very happy with the work and love our new bathrooms. Bob is a pleasure to work with and brings a wealth of knowledge in design as well as expert craftsmanship by him and the carpenters, electricians, painters, etc. that he hires to complete the work. All the workers kept the work areas clean and were polite. I trusted all of them to be in my house when I was gone. Throughout the job Bob had superb attention to detail. No issues and would recommend to all friends, family and neighbors.