Father & Son Construction Co

Miraculous, every time I look at their work, I am amazed. They fixed it! They fixed a botched job another company did and I am so impressed with the quality and craftsmanship of Father & Son Construction. My front porch looks awesome now.

They did fine work but I was quite upset with them because they did a few jobs and then they stopped and they blamed the manager in charge. They said he wasn't up to snuff. I had to wait over a year to get all these different jobs done. I asked them if they could take off some of the costs because of the delay. They wouldn't do it. I'd never go with them again put it that way. 10 or 15 years ago we had them do a job and they were great. They came out and re-did this whole cabana. They rebuilt it. They did a fantastic job but things have changed since then, I guess.

They did a good and we are already hiring them again. We would recommend them.

I explained how I wanted the patio to be shaped to the designer; he took very thorough notes and measurements, then provided an estimate on the spot. He pushed to get the contract signed on the spot, but I was ready to proceed and was happy with the price. Getting callbacks when we had questions was hit or miss, but the crew showed up when they were supposed to, and they were very efficient. They brought a load of dirt to pile over a low tree stump between my front and back yards to get their wheelbarrow over, though they left the mound of dirt behind. Overall, the crew did an excellent job on the cement; it is exactly as we designed, properly pitched, and looks really great. I'm very satisfied, and would have them do work again.

I was satisfied when they were finished. They were very courteous, nice, and cleaned up after themselves when they were finished so I was very pleased with their service.

On the first scheduled estimate on a Saturday morning, the guy was a no call, no show. I called the F&S answering service and left a message, three hours later, I had still not received a call back and I called again. Mat finally called me back and we scheduled another estimate for the following Saturday. The following Saturday the guy showed up and did an estimate of my finished basement, which had been ruined by the Royal Oak flood. Here is the estimate: "Tear out the rest of the wall, frame in new wall and drywall, redo up to 20 plugs, install new ceiling, new toilet and vanity, tile complete basement, paint drywall, the city may require us to install an egress window if do the price for everything is $28754.00 if they let us grandfather the egress price is $21254.00 thank you for considering father and son" They were basically quoting me $30k with absolutely no explanation, so I requested a breakdown. I got this: Tear out $500,Walls $1500,Pluming $2500,Electric $5000,Drywall $2184,Ceiling $2560,Tile $2860, Clean up $350, Plans permits $500, Over head and profit $2000, Egress window $7500 Good thing I inquired because there was absolutely no plumbing required for this job other than attaching the pipe under the sink and they added in $2,500 (I did not need a new toilet, but even with that included, it still should have only been a couple hundred, not a couple thousand). Further, they were charging me $250 per electrical plug installed. Absurd!! (I later got a quote from an electrician for $50 per plug) I then researched egress windows online, most would be around $2,000, and the most expensive on the very outside, if they had to really dig deep, would be $5,000. Father and Son just tacked another $2,500 on top of that. I then had a conference call with the estimator and Mat. When I inquired about the basis for the electrical quote they just became very hostile and aggressive. They said something like: "Well if you want the cheapest..." I was like, nooooo, I just want to know what you are basing this quote on. Overall, the experience was terrible. I just feel like they wasted my time, two Saturdays in a row! I can't help but feel that because I am a woman, they just assumed I was clueless and gave me a ridiculous quote. They did not handle this in a professional manner at all. I would be very leery of having work performed with this type of quote. You would never be able to determine the actual price or what you and they are agreeing to. Plus, their prices were literally pulled out of thin air.

Father & Sons boy oh boy. Service rep. Kip @the1st. Meeting spent most of his time belittling the other companies rep. & claims of how long they have been in business. Finally told him he better sale father & sons & stop worrying about the other job est. he then wanted to see the other est. to check their prices & other items listed, I told him NO, just put yours together & give us a price. He had to go back to his office to do that, with little to no notes. He got over 50% wrong we straighten him out with my notes. I should be the one receiving a commission check not that fool He took no notes, none! I'm ex law enforcement, I took my own notes thank God. He for got we wanted the front porch longer by an extra 8 feet! Pretty important I think. Said we only wanted the front of the house resided. I walked him around the job site & questioned him on his opinion of how this would look like Crap with just the front being done.@ this point the only reason I not sending on his way with a swift kick in his butt is the word that the subcontractors are really good @ what they do. Kip forgot to request if we wanted that white foam sheets to add a little insulation the Jerk did not even think to ask @ this point their still in the price range. I call to complain about kiip I was to he had poor hand writing due to a close head injury ?. I can feel for that BUT whem were talking 14,000.00 job I their d*** prices. Once I nailed the main dealing with the salesman what a joke he is down I Started dealing with their contractors. These guys were worth the MAJOR B.S. From the office people. ALWAYS GOING TO LOOK INTO THAT No response none. Not worth their time. Had to threaten the site/job super with action from my Township Building Dept. If they/he did not get a trash bin to toss all the wood debris,nails, steaks chunks is cement all kind of debris. did not give them straight because some of it would reflect on their contractors actually doing the job. Get their phone numbers off their work truckk for future work you may get lucky get one of them during their slow season. Side step all together. Be sure you have at least 3 to four est. if you change your mind adding more wore which equals more he gives you a feeling that

After inquiring on Angies List, we were contacted within a couple of hours and the woman was very nice on the phone. She set up an appointment for the next day for someone (Kip) to come out and look at our deck. 30 minutes before Kip was to come out, he called and told us he wanted $350 to look at our deck. He said that Fand S does not do repair work, but will replace what is damaged. He gave an example that they will not repair a leak in a roof, but will replace the entire roof. Kip told us that with all the water damage in the area, he could run 100 estimates a day, but that would not make them any money. I told Kip that we did not know if the deck needed to be repaired or replaced (could be $40,000), but we wanted him to come out and tell us what he can do for us. Kip did not seem to care one way or the other, and seemed bothered that we called. We won't be contacting Fand S again. UPDATE: 1) I told Kip on the phone that we did not know if the deck needed repair or replace and he flat out told me he wanted $350 to come out and look at our deck. Kip told me that because of all the water damage in the area, he could run a hundred estimates a day, but that would not make them any money. Does that sound like something I would make up? To call me a liar in this matter is ummmmmm, expected I guess. 2) and quot;This home has what appears to be mold issues and Kip gave his best remedy to solve the problemand quot;... .wrong!!.....We NEVER mentioned anything about MOLD and Kip NEVER came to the house, nor did I send any pictures. 3) and quot;The homeowner did not like what he heard and asked Kip to leaveand quot;.... WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!!!...Kip NEVER came to the house!! How did I ask Kip to leave when I have never met him?? Whoever is writing these replies for Fand S really needs to get their facts straight. 3) and quot;Though unfortunate that this homeowner decided to give us such a low rating, we would rather accept that rather than to and quot;patchand quot; the problem and hope for the bestand quot;... KIP NEVER came out to see the problem, so how does anyone know if it should be patched or replaced? How can you patch something when you don't even know the problem? 4) and quot; Face it, sometimes we all do not like to hear the and quot;issuesand quot; that we are dealing with...such as a health diagnosis or a repair, and we seek other advice. But to complain because of a problem that we did not create is simply unfair. We wish this customer the best in their efforts to go forward and fix the problem that can potentially lead to health issues, but we will not :put a band aidand quot; on a bursting d***....... HEALTH ISSUES? We have a deck off of the master bedroom that has water damage and cracked cement. What does that have anything to do with health issues? 5) I thought no job was to big and no job was too small? Our deck was built for about $40k and we are prepared to repair or replace the deck. Perhaps if we sent in a check for $40k someone will come out to take a look at our deck and give us an estimate?

Very good. Nice, ethical people. We were told by another company we needed a new window. Father and Son told us we didn't need to replace the window and told us how to repair the leak without having to purchase a new window.

They have corrected everything now and we are satisfied with the jobs that were done! They we very good at satisfying all or concerns! The supervisor was very understanding, and made every effort to make thing right! Thank you Father and Son!!!!

They reconstructed the boards and repainted it all for me. They did a great job. I would recommend them to others.

This was really quite useless. The rep did not seem to know what was in the and quot;dealand quot; I purchased. I ended up receiving a terrible, and silly drawing of a kitchen layout. Not at all what I expected. The rep was quite dismissive of me when I presented my ideas - as unworkable. I ultimately was able to incorporate all the ideas he dismissed when I re-did the kitchen with Ikea cabinets and Ikea's great interactive planning program.Basically this was a waste of money.

It was done on time. It was great. All of the trades were professional and everything was done as expected.

I just got off the phone with F and S, and I have to admit I'm a little disappointed. After years of hearing the jingle for Father and Sons Construction (We do it allll) I was excited to be able to use them. But after speaking with two Representatives from the company I can't say that I'll be using them. We have a bit of a unique situation where and quot;the other person on the titleand quot; works Midnights, and is ready to go to sleep when she gets home. I explained this to both people I talked with from F and S. But they both insisted that and quot;the other person on the titleand quot; be present. And even though the second person I talked to said that they would come out, I still could not get him to set the appointment until I could guarantee the other person could be present. It's a shame because I need the work done, but if they don't work Midnights, they should be more understanding.

Punctual, professional, cleaned up like they were never there.

The young man who came out from Father and Son was very knowledgeable and polite. He called ahead to make sure we were home for his visit, and came when he said he would. He showed a bunch of pictures of Father and Son's work, and was very anxious to sign us up for future jobs. The task at hand was small- adding an 8 foot long wooden railing at the top of our stairway. He looked at the location, then sat down to write an estimate. We asked for quotes with the company doing the final staining and painting, as well as leaving it unfinished for us to stain and paint on our own. Everything was great until he came up with numbers! The complete railing, including the finishing, would cost more than $6000. If we did the finishing it would still be more than $4000. The man told us that Father and Son did and quot;Cadillacand quot; work, and that they would cost more than other companies because of that. I guess he didn't notice that we live in a very and quot;Chevyand quot; house! He was not pleased that we wanted to get other estimates. I am sure that Father and Son could have done good work for us. If they had really wanted our business, though, they would have presented costs more appropriate to the work we wanted done. The materials for this project cost just over $200 if purchased at Home Depot. $3800 or so for a few hours work (tops) is unbelievable!

Father and Son was hired on October 10, 2012, at that time we were told we would hear from someone within two weeks regarding a start date. We received a letter in the mail at the end of the two week time frame stating the and quot;project mangerand quot; would be in touch with us regarding a start date- three days later we received a call stating the blue prints were being worked-on and someone would be in touch with us. SEVERAL WEEKS later we received a call stating permits needed to be pulled and someone would be in contact with us to schedule a time to go over blue prints. SEVERAL WEEKS (Wednesday before Thanksgiving) later upon a follow up call by myself I was informed that the permits had been issued and the project manager and estimator would be coming to my house to go over final plans and answer any questions. During that meeting we were told once work started (which would be end of that week start of next week) the job would be done in 7-10 days. The first day of work went REALLY well-demolition of our wall took place, all heating and cooling work was done and the master closet was built. I was impressed- that was a lot of work for one day-I thought at that time we certainly hired the right company for the job. Sure, it took A LONG time to get work started but now that it was started it was MOVING! Next step was electrical work-electrician was beyond amazing...actually the heating and cooling crew, electrician and demolition, carpentry crew were ALL amazing. All inspections happened in a very timely manner and everything passed with flying colors. Next step...drywall-here is where things go down the drain. Dry waller (one person crew) shows up at my house and needs assistance from my husband carrying all the drywall into the home from his truck. Oh his truck-an old work truck that leaked oil and left a huge oil stay in the middle of the driveway of my brand new home. Dry waller did NOT put down down any drop clothes like the other crews, walked through my entire house with dirty shoes (drywall dust, mud) leaving foot prints up and down my stair way and through my halls. At the end of his work day he asked if he could come back and work on Sunday morning..we thought that was kinda strange but figured whatever it took to get job DONE. He said he would be there by 10 in the morning...didn't show up until 10:30 worked until 11:45 and said he was done for day and would come back another day. We rearranged our whole Sunday so he could work for an hour and fifteen minutes!?! A call to Father and Son was made regarding his respect for our home and the hours worked we were told it would be taken care of...THEY PROMISED! The dry waller showed up again the Wednesday before Christmas and one other day after Christmas to finish the job....so we thought. We hired a professional painter to start painting on January 5th since our new master bedroom was finally complete..remember we are now THREE MONTHS into a and quot;minor remodeland quot;. Painter showed up could only work for 3 hours of his eight hour day because the drywall work was so bad he could not paint over it. IE: The ceiling was already falling down, cracking and seams splitting. We still had to pay painter for full hours because of other jobs he missed! Father and Son was immediately contacted they sent someone to our house (new drywall guy) on January 8th who spent an entire eight hour day fixing the drywall-he himself could NOT believe the way the first drywall job was done in our home! So here we are January 14th and the job is FINALLY done, Father and Son has had no explanations and has done NOTHING to compensate for our time, inconvenience or hassle...they have done NOTHING expect say and quot;Sorry, we thought the job was going welland quot;. So I guess the bottom line is if you don't mind being inconvenienced for MONTHS at a time, don't mind your home being disrespected by some of their crews, and paying TOP DOLLAR for shotty work at best than Father and Son is the company for you...otherwise save yourself a lot of stress and hire a different company!!

We had Fand S come out to help us fix up a DIY project involving a walk through closet area in our master bedroom (it had been sitting unfinished for 8 years). The quoting process was super easy, Darrin was awesome and wrote out everything we discussed. After trying for 3 weeks to even get anyone else outto quote the project (no one would even call us back) I was able to talk my husband into moving forward with Fand S. Darrin and Mat came out to do a walk through befoew the work even began so that we wee on the same page, Mat was open and honest with us that since we didn't want to start from scratch his crew would do everything they could to make it look like a professional started and finished the job. (Side note, my husband did the original drywall and there were many areas where it was crooked or not lining up at all). As soon as the drywaller came out he started repairing/ replacing the previous work as need, even after that first day I could see a major difference. The electrician came out to do some minor fixes with the outlets and a ceiling fan, and the flooring crew made out beat up floor look like it was just laid down. After the drywall work was done (by the way he fixed even the smallest imperfections that someone else might have skipped) and all the molding and trim was put up you would never know that we had tried to start the project as do it yourselfers. The team was able to fix all of our errors and give a beautiful closet area that I am truly proud of. I can't stop showing people the pictures and I want to invite people over just to show it off. Everyone was super professional and even called me the night before they were coming by so I could put my dog in daycare on the days they were working. I would definitely call them again and pass their name on to anyone that asked.

This will explain it all: We called them back to do a minor repair in a different part of the house, and they said it would cost $5,000 to fix it. We called a different person for a second quote -- and he offered to do it for $200. We chose the second guy, he did a great job, and did it perfectly in a day. Just saying.

I like their professionalism. The sales process is easy. The sub-contractors they use are hand picked and have been working for their company for many years.

It would be tough to find a more professional bunch. These guys are super squared away. My job required masonry work, framing, carpentry, drywall and A/C unit installation. Each crew was polite, informative, and very skilled at what they did. The crew that did the actual A/C unit install went as far as inspecting the new units I had purchased online for damage from shipping. To me this is above and beyond and is indicative of folks who really care. The same crew actually READ the A/C unit installation directions and FOLLOWED them to a and quot;Tand quot;. Let me begin this next paragraph and talk about the after work clean up. It was as if they were never there. I even joked with the crew about their prep work, stating it looked like a clean room you'd see in the computer or hospital industry. No kidding folks it was as if they were never there. In closing, the estimator was on time, polite and very knowledgable. If something changed the estimate, he explained it and put it all in writing. Father and Son isn't going to be your cheapest estimate, but folks, you get what you pay for, and they stand behind it.........and I even got a Christmas card! Thanks again and I'll be calling you soon for another job.

Fand S was the last of 7 bids I took. They came out and it took them over a week to get me a quote and they promised to email me, but could only find the time to leave me a voicemail a week later with their quotes. I have never seen such ridiculous pricing in all my life. It was criminal! They wanted up to 7 times more money to perform the same projects as other companies. I thought because they had been around so long I could count on them. This makes me wonder how they have survived. I am so angry with the unprofessionalism I experienced. Crooks, plain and simple!

Father and Son performed the job flawlessly. Estimates were accurate and fair. The worked performed was quality and the workers were alway on time and reported exactly when they said they would. Each worker was well trained and knew exactly what to do, all construction trash was picked up and my home was left as clean as when they found it. I highly recommend Father and Son and would hire them again. The cost was alittle more than expected, however you get what you pay for when having this type of work performed. Thanks again Father and Son for a job well done.

Our experience was that though the plans said one thing, for example 'tear off and new roof', they said that that isn't what was supposed to happen and that we had to pay more at every turn. The quality of the work is average at best. The workers opened the back of our home, didn't secure it properly, then went hunting so work was stalled for almost 2 full weeks. We were so happy to see them leave... and it was a 6 month long project. The best part of the project was my closet in the master bedroom. That turned out just fine, but everything else was a disappointment.

I got an email from Angie's List offering a special "3D Kitchen Design" from this company for ONLY $50!!!!! The company representative arrived on time and started talking about lay outs and new windows and counter tops and made some measurments while I looked at pictures of cabinets. He finished and said the results would be back in a few days and he'd let me know. He called back and the time he was driving by wasn't convenient for me, so he said he'd drop them off in my mail box and we could follow up. Fine I said. I realize now that I wasn't sure what a "3D kitchen design" would be, but I was shocked to see three pages of black and white photo copies of a simple line drawing of cabinets, and measurements for cabinets. In the middle of the page it listed the name of the cabinet manufacturer and $15,000. I called confused and asked him to explain what I was looking at. Did the $15,000 include the granite countertops, the vinyl floor and even the new window he discussed quoting for me? He said it didn't include the floor, and he'd get back to me with the window quote. He never called me back. About a month later, someone from his company called and left a message to follow up. I did not return the call. I don't plan on wasting my time speaking with people from this company. The other day I referred back to my $50 3D kitchen design to see if it was at all helpful as I make plans for a kitchen remodel and found that THE MEASUREMENTS HE MADE FOR MY KITCHEN WERE WRONG!!!!!!!!!! Off by ten inches on one side! If the cabinets he had designed were put in, they would take up half the doorway!!