Mike FixesHomes LLC

Awful - Worst decision of my life. Unskilled labor, sloppy. His workers left food & trash all over. House got full of flies. They lost my house key and blamed me, the customer. An estimate of 4-6 weeks turned into 4 months. We finally just fired him to get him out of our house. They damaged counter tops, dented and scratched appliances. Refused to take responsibility for it, except for one major obvious deep cut in my counter he couldn't deny. Left me broken hearted and I feel I can't trust anybody anymore. I should never have trusted the first person to quote the job. (That was my fault.) Should have known from the start when he was over an hour late to the initial appointment. The painter painted over a smoke detector on the upstairs wall (who does that!?) & got paint all over. Didn't fix the wall surfaces or prep them like he had said he would. I think he started out wanting to do a quality job but he bit off more than he could chew. I don't think he's a bad person, just a very bad business person. I could write a book on all the crap that went on. Crew was there only a couple hours a day most days when somebody showed up. Neighbors kept me apprised of activities. They spent lots of time outside smoking instead of working. Left a bucket full of stinky cig. butts by the front door for months. One Sat. morning during the summer I went into the house and the thermostat had been put on 50. The house was freezing! He blamed the thermostat malfunctioning. Grout work is sloppy and full of cracks in the master bath. Wall tile where the wood stove goes is seriously crooked in the kitchen. Flooring actually has a thin piece missing in the kitchen just under the molding. Don't know what I will do to fix that. He had the nerve to call my son-in-law a moron to his face when we fired him. Very unreliable, undependable, & unprofessional. Should have taken legal action but I just couldn't continue with the grief any longer. I wanted it over. I felt so hurt and so victimized. We heard he thought we would take legal action against him. We are slowly trying to fix and improve what was unsatisfactory. So much was left unfinished but we just couldn't take it anymore. Heard he was going to declare bankruptcy and start another business under a different name. I would gladly share his name but not sure if that is appropriate or wise. I've learned to ALWAYS get references and see evidence of previous work. Never take a person's word for anything. Lesson's learned can sometimes be painful, heartbreaking and very expensive as in $35,000. Believe it or not, he had a Preferred rating on Home Advisor and that is why we contacted him and thought he was good. Guess what service we will NEVER use again!