Nothing went well, this builder took advantage of us, we did not get the kitchen we had picked out, then it was ruined by a leaking roof. We still feel ripped off and don't understand the builders behavior. It was a nightmare for us. Do yourself a favor and use a differnt builder.
Description of Work: We hired this builder for a roof repair or replacement, kitchen with small sunroom renovation. He worked without a bld. permit and did not use the type of contract that the state requires contractors to use. The required contract is to be signed off on by the home owner as the work is completed. The costs were never clear, his electrician (J.P.Electric) would not give me an itemized bill, cut wires so short the appliances could not be installed, cut the wires to our above ground pool and showed up unexpectedly demanding an extra $1,000. The roof was not repaired correctly, it leaked all over the new sunroom and kitchen, ruining the walls and causing black mold to grow. The builder also changed my cabinet order behind my back, we got smaller cabinets and he built a sofet that we didn't want. Once paid, he would never return our calls or repair any of the bad work. Also, he installed the kitchen cabinets with the plastic wrap on, and we are still picking yellowed plastic out of the corners. We are still paying to have the walls & roof repaired, mold removd, etc. years later.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
1.0
value
1.0
professionalism
1.0
responsiveness
1.0
punctuality
1.0
$45,000
JULIA F.
01/2012
1.0
roofing, home builders, home remodeling, sunrooms
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Horrible experience from start to finish renovating our kitchen and sun room. I had to go to my home owners insurance for repair money to fix this contractors mess, then our home owners dropped us, due to the cost involved. I tried hiring a lawyer, but this builder is a proficient liar. He belongs on "Angie's List" "Black List"!
Description of Work: This builder is not to be trusted. He worked with out a building permit and without the correct contract required by state law. He went to the kitchen cabinet company and changed my order. He installed smaller cabinets than the ones I ordered, and he added a commission for himself, when the cabinet company sells to the public and sold to us directly. His work was poor and he ignored our calls when our roof was leaking in our newly renovated room. His electrician, "J.P.Electric" refused to give us a bill that showed a breakdown of costs and over charged us. The owner/ head electrician is so scary and intimidating, I would never allow him in my house again. Frank Antifonario installed my kitchen cabinets with the plastic still on and I am still picking out yellowed plastic from all the corners. Frank refused to give me any itemized list to show where the money went. My sunroom walls were ruined from the roof job he did. My kitchen is a mess, cabinet doors not leveled, board came ungluded and fell off. The wiring was so short, the plumber could not hitch up the dishwasher. This builder was hostile, do not hire him!
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
1.0
value
1.0
professionalism
1.0
responsiveness
1.0
punctuality
1.0
$40,000
JULIA F.
12/2010
1.0
home builders
+ -1 more
This contractor is a pathological liar, and should be avoided. He worked without a (state of mass.) required contract, and refused to pull a building permit ,even when I asked to get it. He refused to allow a dumpster, saying "it will attract attention". All waste, old cabinets, boxes, pipes, insulation, sink, etc. were thrown in my back yard for us to clean up later. I ordered my own kitchen cabinets from a cabinet co. that sold to the public. They told me later, that my builder came in and changed, and also upgraded my order, and, added a commision. He later insisted he could do that because the cabinet co. didn't sell to the public. Another lie! His electrician was awful. All the power cords were too short, and he overcharged us allot. I told the builder I did not want any SOFETS in the kitchen, so he ordered smaller cabinets than I wanted, and had to build sofets for them to hang on. We had waited 10 weeks, with no kitchen, when the undersized cabinets arrived. He knew just what he was doing! The roof that he repaired, leaked down our walls onto the new hardwood floors, just after he completed the job. When we called, he wouldn't return our calls, when we wrote he ignored us. I finally hired a lawyer, but it got too expensive. Frank had ripped us off, and done such poor work that we still needed to hire people to repair and complete his work. Frank refused to repair any bad work. We were good customers, who always paid on time. We felt completly taken advantage of, and I still can't believe ithis happened to us. Oh, he also left the plastic wrap on all the new kitchen cabinets, as he installed them. We ripped off the plastic, but it's still in all the corners and yellowed now. One side panel,of a cabinet, was put on inside out. I showed him, but he never fixed it. He also put dark brown kick boards all around under my new cream colored cabinets, it looked awful! I called the cabinet co. to check my order, and they said "cream" kickboards were ordered, and put into Mr. Antifonario's truck. They called him, and majically, my missing cream colored, cabinet kickboards were returned to me, and installed. There were also several extra,wrong sized, cabinets too. The cabinet co. said all extra cabinets were mine, but, on his last day, Frank took everything. When I showed Frank a heat shield, that was to go between the stove and the dish washer, he threw it in the pile of extra stuff saying, "you don't need that!" Later the wood panel, next to the stove, came unglued, from the heat, and fell off. And last, I was so disgusted, that I demanded to see all my paper work, cabinet orders, warrenty, etc, and guess what? He absolutly refused to give it to me. We had words over the phone, and the last thing he said to me was bizzare. He said, "do you know why guys like me do this?, (meaning being dishaonest), I said "Why Frank?" He said, "because if we don't, we make absolutly no money!!" I'm still stunned and disgusted. DO NOT HIRE THIS CONTRACTOR!!!
Description of Work: We have a small ranch , and hired this builder to do a kitchen renovation with small sunroom repair, and sun room roof repair.
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Antifonario Construction Dracut is currently rated 1 overall out of 5.
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