Keenan Construction

First I'd just like to say that Alphonse is awesome and I'd use him for as much work as I could feed him. As a designer/ owner / builder / self GC I've worked with a lot of trades and most of my experiences have been luke warm at best. Alphonse was super responsive and when work was going to be delayed, he was up front and was sure to let me know with some warning. He is very busy and there were some typical delays but in the end when Alphonse said he was going to show up, he and crew were there. We're building an architectural house with modern clean lines and I'd use Alphonse and crew 10 out of 10 times if I had to do it again. Bottom line, Keenan Construction is a solid value for solid work.

Three years ago, we had a company called Cowette Construction (West Bath, ME) replace our roof and install ridge vents on four sections of the roof. Just this summer (2008) when removing a ceiling in the attic, we discovered that when Cowette Construction installed the ridge vents, they did not cut the small slots in the ridge of the roof that allow the hot air to exit through the ridge vents. This meant that the ridge vents were totally useless. When I tried to contact Ryan Cowette of Cowette Construction his cell phone number was no longer in service and apparently Mr. Cowette had declared bankruptcy and gone out of business. Mr. Alphonse Keenan had been a manager for Cowette Construction at the time of the roofing job. When I called the old office number for Cowette Construction, it answered as Keenan Construction. After talking with Mr. Keenan, he explained that he had started a new company called Keenan Construction without Ryan Cowette. Mr. Keenan explained that Cowette Construction had left a number of former customers with problems in the work that Cowette had done. Mr. Keenan said that even though he was not legally responsible for the work done by Cowette Construction, he was doing his best to fix what outstanding problems there were as a gesture of goodwill for the new company he had started. Mr. Keenan agreed that if I paid for the materials ($200) he would do the labor for free. This past week he came and removed the old ridge vent, cut the required slots, and put in a new ridge vent. The quality of his work was excellent. I was very impressed with Mr. Keenan's professionalism and willingness to correct a problem that was not technically his responsibility. I will definitely call him for future work.