Meredith Construction and Handyman Service

This has been the most difficult person/service to rate but am going to do the best I can here to give a full picture. I needed a screen repaired on my porch door and met with Ray who said he could do for 65 dollars plus 10-15 for screen. We agreed he would come fix on Tuesday. He did show up on Tuesday but did not fix the door- he took it away with him. This was not discussed so I was thrown but figured maybe he had to take home for tools or take to store to match something or what not. Did not hear from him all day- when contacted him that evening around 7pm he said an emergency came up and he would have the door done and back late morning on Wednesday. According to a neighbor he did not show up to my house until a little after noon. That being said I have since seen the door and it does look like he did a good job with the door so no issue there. Next issue was the bill. He then proceeds to tell me that I owe $125 quite higher than agreed on. At first stating it was supplies so I asked what supplies cost planning on of course wanting receipt. He then says it took him two hours to do instead of the expected one hour. He never called to tell me it would take longer and be more than expected. I would have said no as I could have just bought a new door for that much. I double checked the paperwork of estimate and it clearly states 65 dollars plus supplies . (it was 18 for screen and 7 for chord which he didn't tell me it needed or that he was going to add to the cost) All that being said I will of course not hire him again. If whomever reads this does I will say the work he did was fine but make sure you get EVERYTHING in writing and constantly check up on him to make sure nothing is going to change. Plus be very clear about him doing the work at your home in front of you. Its really too bad the lack of honesty was here as I was looking for a long term person to do work for me and had a list of things was going to have him do.

We discused what I wanted. He came back with a plan that we agreed on. He and his crew did the work. I have used him a couple of times for some small things. Like installing a couple of sump pumps. Did a great job.

Ray did a decent job on the pocket doors but had someone else to install the bathtub and they did not do a good job. I am still waiting (12/08/2013) for a paid invoice and also receipts for supplies that I paid for. Never received the paperwork I asked for.

I called him on Thursday and we scheduled the appointment for Friday. He arrived early and got right to work. The job took all of 15 minutes, but he treated us like we were a top notch customer. I will be calling him again for any and all future home repair needs.

Ray having done some emergency work for us on the foundation header when our patio was replaced, at the time informed us that there was problems with the slider door (which we already knew about but did not understand why we were having the problems). When we decided what type of new door to get for the family room, Ray met us at the store to make sure we were getting the product we needed and the correct size, etc. On the day it was scheduled to be installed, he picked up the door himself, removed the old door and made all the needed repairs, installed the new door, hauled away the old door and all the packaging etc that came with the new door. He was quick and his team was very professional. We watched him as he carefully made sure that the work was top quality in the installation and that there would be no surprises down the road. We will use him again on other projects we have in mind for 2013.

We were having a patio replaced. The cement contractor discovered after removing the old cement that there was some structural damage to the house that needed immediate attention before they poured the cement the next day at noon. We did not have a contractor who did this work. The cement contractor recommended Raymond Meredith and he called him for us. Ray got up from his dinner table to come look at the work. Not only did he give us an estimate, he was able to come the next morning at 8:00 am and do the work. The work was completed in time before the cement arrived for the patio. I was so impressed with Ray because I told him that I did not want just a "get by" job, but one that had to last for good. Ray is of like mind. As a result we plan on using him to do some other work we have elsewhere in house. Wonderful job, great price, and I especially like his ability to explain things, and communicate all that he has done.

Called Ray on Monday afternoon to see if he was able to install two sump pumps. He said he could. The next morning he was here took him about and hour and had both pumps in and running. Ouststanding job and service...........

Ray came out and did the estimate the same day I called him. Per our agreement he order material. He selected and supervised the placement of material at the job site. He discussed with me in detail what his goals were for each days work. When problems came up Ray discussed them with me to get a complete decision as to how my wife and I wanted it done. Ray is very detailed oriented. I would recommend him for work. I am planing on using him again in the future.

It went very well. We met him at our neighbors while he was installing a privacy fence and in talking with him discovered that he has many construction related skills. His crew showed up on time and worked every day. He understood what we wanted and that couldn't have been easy because we had no plans for him to look at, this was all designed by my husband and he didn't draw it out he simply explained what he wanted and how he wanted it to look. He also made many changes throughout the project but it was never a problem and he didn't add any charges for the changes as most contractors do.